Hey Vice! Here are 99 Reasons I, As a Female Writer, Won't Be Killing Myself

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Author: Aya de Leon. Dress: Betsy Johnson, vintage.
Accessories: Rag for incineration, Vice Magazine fiction issue featuring women writers suicide fashion spread.

1. Because being a woman and a writer is not a tragedy

2. Because my sexy feminist heist novel isn't finished yet

3. Because I'm a mom

4. Because my life was worth living even before I was a mom

5. And for Toni Morrison

6. And Diane Balser

7. And for Audre Lorde

8. And Barbara Kingsolver

9. Because sexism is a cause of depression

10. Because I aim to see sexism end in my lifetime

11. And for June Jordan

12. And Tobe Correal

13. And for Mabel Maney
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