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I SHOULD HAVE CUSSED HER THE F*CK OUT!

"a growing body of evidence says holding our emotions in is damaging to our health, especially and specifically as Black women and women of color." - Fatima Kay

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Welcome one baddie, welcome all baddies.

Mar 14, 2024 • Coral Bello-Martinez

I spent 20 years confusing being needed with being loved.

Jul 15 • Latay and Coral Bello-Martinez

I put that on my mama.

Jan 13, 2025 • Coral Bello-Martinez

Baddie, deadass—what are you going to do about it?

Mar 18, 2024 • Coral Bello-Martinez

Issue 01

I SHOULD HAVE CUSSED HER THE F*CK OUT!

"a growing body of evidence says holding our emotions in is damaging to our health, especially and specifically as Black women and women of color." …

Jul 29 • Coral Bello-Martinez and Fatima Kay

I spent 20 years confusing being needed with being loved.

"Healing doesn't always arrive as a breakthrough. Sometimes, it arrives so gently that you almost miss it." - Latay Moultrie

Jul 15 • Latay and Coral Bello-Martinez

So yeah... Free the Baddies is a magazine now.

Because I am of the deep belief that it’s never too late to begin again. It’s never too late to reinvent yourself.

Jul 1 • Coral Bello-Martinez

Issue 00

I spent 20 years confusing being needed with being loved.

"Healing doesn't always arrive as a breakthrough. Sometimes, it arrives so gently that you almost miss it." - Latay Moultrie

Jul 15 • Latay and Coral Bello-Martinez

So yeah... Free the Baddies is a magazine now.

Because I am of the deep belief that it’s never too late to begin again. It’s never too late to reinvent yourself.

Jul 1 • Coral Bello-Martinez

Your Comfort Zone is Killing You

“People don’t hold on because it feels good, they hold on because it feels familiar.” - Abida Jafari

Mar 27 • Coral Bello-Martinez

I Thought I Fumbled January

"I'm aiming so high I keep forgetting I'm already living my dream." - Benny Cruz

Jan 28 • Coral Bello-Martinez

Can you let me have my moment?

"Most of us never learned how to handle hard moments without taking them personally. Most of us don't know how to hold a mistake without making it a…

Dec 1, 2025 • Coral Bello-Martinez

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“Every cell in your body is a living being that depends on you. For all those living beings… you are God. You can love all those living beings, or you…

Nov 11, 2025 • Coral Bello-Martinez

Don't tell me you played yourself.

“We’re worried about making a wrong choice or living a wrong life. It’s important to remember that life is meant to be experimented with.” - Ehime Ora

Oct 20, 2025 • Coral Bello-Martinez

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"And you can say what you want, I'm the shit. I want everyone to feel like this." - Beyoncé

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