Detra @humansofny

Yesterday, Humans of New York ran a 15-chapter narrative on a woman named Detra.

Detra was voted “most naive” at her Baptist college in Arkansas three years in a row, and spent too many tortured months figuring out how to be a sufficiently submissive wife to her pastor husband, the dynamics of which Humans of New York helpfully diagrammed for its Instagram followers in this chart:

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Then, one day, she said “Fuck this shit.”

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It’s a touching read with some “Zola”-esque twists and turns about a woman carving out her post-marriage identity — looking for a sense of belonging, a sense of family and a place she and her 14-foot sectional couch can call home. In a GoFundMe launched 19 hours ago, Detra fans have already nearly met a fundraising goal of $500,000 to give Detra some financial “cushion.” Check it out.

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