What the Fundamentalist?!

What the Fundamentalist?!

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What the Fundamentalist?!
What the Fundamentalist?!
I split in two to please you. And that was never gonna work.

I split in two to please you. And that was never gonna work.

The unexpected consequence of taking a pen name.

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Tia Levings
May 21, 2021
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Dear Fellow,

I wrote this to fellow writers on Instagram but in truth, the impact of a pen name touched my deepest psychology and every relationship. I think my fellow humans will relate.

It started innocently enough. Smart and advised, even.

I have a memoir on a dark and sensitive theme. My story is about how the church grooms, nurtures and sanctions d…

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