jadexeilish
✈︎𝐼n which-
ғᴀʏᴇ ɪs ɴᴇᴠᴇʀ ᴇɴᴏᴜɢʜ. ʙɪʟʟᴇ ɪs ᴡᴀɴᴛᴇᴅ ᴛᴏᴏ ᴍᴜᴄʜ.
ᴛᴡᴏ ɢɪʀʟs ʙᴇᴛᴡᴇᴇɴ ʟɪɢʜᴛ ᴀɴᴅ ᴅᴀʀᴋ, ᴘᴜʟʟᴇᴅ ᴛᴏɢᴇᴛʜᴇʀ ʟɪᴋᴇ ɢᴀʟᴀxɪᴇs ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴅᴏɴ'ᴛ ᴋɴᴏᴡ ʜᴏᴡ ᴛᴏ ᴇxɪsᴛ ʙʏ ᴛʜᴇᴍsᴇʟᴠᴇs.
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" She'd first heard it when she was fourteen, scrolling on TikTok at midnight, eyes drowsy from lack of sleep. A line from an old poem or a novel she couldn't remember. Don't ✿𝑔𝑖𝑙𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑙𝑖𝑙𝑦, the stranger said. Don't paint over what's already beautiful. Don't ruin the natural by trying to make it unnatural."
definition:
gild the lily
phrase of gild
try to improve what is already beautiful or excellent.
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She remembered one particular comment, burned into her memory: She looks like she'd choke you out then kiss your forehead.
Another: If Billie told me to kill myself, I'd say yes.
They weren't compliments. They were violations, dressed up as worship.
sex·u·al ha·rass·ment
/ˈsekSH(əw)əl həˈrasmənt,ˈherəsmənt/
noun
behavior characterized by the making of unwelcome and inappropriate sexual remarks or physical advances in a workplace or other professional or social situation.
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ᴡᴀʀɴɪɴɢs: ᴛʜɪs sᴛᴏʀʏ ᴄᴏɴᴛᴀɪɴs ᴍᴀᴛᴜʀᴇ ᴛʜᴇᴍᴇs ɪɴᴄʟᴜᴅɪɴɢ sᴇxᴜᴀʟ ᴄᴏɴᴛᴇɴᴛ, ᴅʀᴜɢ ᴀɴᴅ ᴀʟᴄᴏʜᴏʟ ᴜsᴇ, ᴘʀᴏғᴀɴɪᴛʏ, sᴇxᴜᴀʟ ʜᴀʀᴀssᴍᴇɴᴛ, ᴀɴᴅ ᴍᴇɴᴛɪᴏɴs ᴏғ sᴜɪᴄɪᴅᴇ. ʀᴇᴀᴅᴇʀ ᴅɪsᴄʀᴇᴛɪᴏɴ ɪs ᴀᴅᴠɪsᴇᴅ.
ɪғ ʏᴏᴜ ᴏʀ sᴏᴍᴇᴏɴᴇ ʏᴏᴜ ᴋɴᴏᴡ ɪs sᴛʀᴜɢɢʟɪɴɢ: ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ᴜ.s., ᴄᴀʟʟ ᴏʀ ᴛᴇxᴛ 988 (sᴜɪᴄɪᴅᴇ & ᴄʀɪsɪs ʟɪғᴇʟɪɴᴇ).