Dedication
This is for everyone still longing to be seen and wanted for all that they are. For their light, the dark parts we work so hard to hide, and the innumerable things the world has taught you to hate about yourself.
This is for everyone who was once asked to shrink. Or were told they’re too much, too powerful, or too angry.
And this book is for those who read under the covers late at night with their screens dimmed, thighs clenched together, and faces flushed… enjoy.
You’re not too much—you never were.
Here, we do not shrink. We don’t dim ourselves to be palatable to those determined to misunderstand us. We thrive here 🖤
Thank you to my dad, for ensuring my hacker metaphors were correct! And thank you to my beloved late granny, for giving me the strength to live when I didn’t want to.
—LyraVex
