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Each of you brought something so unique to the book, and had so many great ideas. Thank you for working around my busy schedule, driving, letting me borrow your clothes and dress you up. Thank you for wearing crazy colors and heavy makeup for too many hours. Thanks for sneaking around and getting kicked out of places with me. Sorry for blowing up your social media feeds. This book would be nothing without you.
To Ben, thank you for putting up with the long nights of editing, writing, and for making me coffee for early photo shoots. Thank you looking at the same pictures over and over, and putting up with my velvet addiction. Your support means everything.
Thank you to the following establishments for making cute places and letting me take pictures of your cute places: Fishers High School, Brooks School Park, Dollar Tree, Dave & Buster’s, Hotel Havana, Jacob’s School of Music, Village Pantry, The Indiana Memorial Union, Herman B. Wells Library, The Salvation Army, The Kelley School of Business, The College Mall, Darn Good Soup, Dairy Queen, Rainbow Café, Anthony’s Pets, and Ben & Ari’s.
Thank you to my personal, feminist heroines for being the giants who gave me shoulders to stand on: my mother, Heather Dismore, Keisha Lozano, Michelle Obama, Sophia Amoruso, Frida Kahlo, Sarah Silverman, Audrey Hepburn, Pussy Riot, Susan B. Anthony, Amy Poehler, Tina Fey, Lady Gaga, Beyoncé, Gloria Steinem, Laura Mulvey, Hillary Clinton, Mindy Kaling, Emma Watson, Ellen DeGeneres, and my sister, Lucy Dismore.
Thank you to all the girls out there for not giving up, for fighting, and for speaking up. Thank you to all the queer girls and boys out there for being brave and spreading love. Thank you to everyone who voted for Hillary. Thank you to the boys who stick up for their sisters, say please and thank you, walk girls home at night, and speak up when they see something wrong. Thank you for mothers who teach their daughters to fight back and their sons that it’s okay to cry.
Thank you for reading.
Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.
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