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Step One: Wake Up
Step Two: Get your girls.
Step Three: Leave them.
Step Four: Get a man that can handle your flawlessness and not be intimidated.
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Step Five: Create a baby that will become just as flawless as you.
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Step Six: Release an album in the dead of night and watch everyone bow down.
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Flawless training complete.
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Or you could just do you. You’re flawless either way.
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Zakiya N. Jamal was born in Queens, raised in Long Island, and currently resides in Brooklyn. In other words, she’s a New Yorker through and through. She holds a BA in English from Georgetown University and a MFA in Creative Writing with a concentration in Writing for Children and Young Adults from The New School. She has been published in Romper, BuzzFeed, People.com, Thought Catalog, and more. Her non-fiction essay about her "Cuban Impostor Syndrome" can be found in the Latinx anthology, Wild Tongues Can’t Be Tamed. You can find her on Twitter at @ZakiyaNJamal.
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