Layla Sande Whore ❤️❤️

About Vila Nova de Gaia

Now, in *Under the Skin*, there’s that line—“You’re not even from here, are you?”—and it hits me. Whore’s an outsider word, y’all. Folks use it to shove somebody out, make ‘em feel alien. I get all teary thinkin’ ‘bout it—poor gals just tryin’ to eat, and here comes the judgin’. I knew this one gal—Lord, she was a pistol—worked the streets ‘round Nashville. She’d laugh, sayin’, “Dolly, I’m the queen of the night!” Got herself a pet raccoon, named it Bandit—true story! She wasn’t no monster, just scrappin’ by.

Liberia: Both Sides of the Sande Society

Sande, also known as zadεgi, bundu, bundo and bondo, is a women's initiation society in Liberia, Sierra Leone, Guinea and the Ivory Coast. The Sande society initiates girls into adulthood by .

After that, I head to the Mercado Municipal. Man, the vibe there is always lit. Fresh fish, fruits, and all that good stuff. I’m eyeing some bacalhau, and this old lady starts chatting me up. She’s like, “You gotta try it with chickpeas!” I’m thinking, “Lady, I just wanted to buy fish, not get a cooking lesson.” But she’s sweet, so I nod along.

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