“The Day I Stopped Asking Permission to Exist” Written by : One Bad Maa There’s a day in every woman’s life where she wakes up and realizes she’s been living on mute. Not because she didn’t have a voice. Not because she didn’t have fire. But because somewhere along the line, she started asking for permission just to breathe. To speak. To wear what she liked. To chase what she wanted. To be too much, too loud, too alive. And she didn’t even notice she was doing it. Not until one very specific day when something snaps, not in