Tonya Mosley

Back then, I mean, we were – it was the tail end of the Obama era, and we were kind of – we were naming things in a very intentional way.

And there was also a bit of optimism in being able to name for many people.

Sure.

And –

To watch that, just thinking about something like that being created today, do you think it could be?

And so I try to be.

Something interesting about you is you have, you may have more, but I don't know this, but you have two tattoos.

One that is a yes.

Yes.

And then one that's a no.

Because that's what they represent.

There's the optimism and there's the cynicism.

But why did the cynicism need to happen a few years later with the no after this big declarative yes?

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