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This article is written by a student writer from the Her Campus at MSU chapter.

I’ve never had to deal with heartbreak

I’ve never been the one to abandon her friends for her love

I’ve never sat around and waited to be ignored

But I’ve also never known love

And there’s only so much claiming to be independent can bring me

Because it makes me doubt my own feminism

It makes me doubt if I’m really actually that smart

It makes me doubt myself that I don’t need anyone but myself

I’ve gone far on my own

I don’t want to be held back

But at the end of the day

Why do I feel alone? 

Because independent women are independent

Because I know very well how to survive on my own

So loneliness shouldn’t be creeping in

Even though I’ve celebrated it for a while

Even though I truly, truly don’t need it to survive

Even though I could easily be by myself forever

Wouldn’t it be so nice?

Madison Reinhold is Marketing Director, Events Assistant and Staff Writer for Her Campus at MSU. She leads the Design Team which produces content for social media as well as merch and recruitment, in addition to planning team events and contributing articles to Her Campus. Madison is a senior studying journalism with a concentration in writing, reporting, and editing, with minors in women's and gender studies and history. She also interns for MSU's Center for Gender in Global Context, creating social media content, contributing to their newsletter, and editing their department magazine. She previously interned for local non-profit The Women's Center of Greater Lansing. Additionally, she works for MSU's College of Social Science Office of Student Success, providing supplemental instruction to students. In her precious free time, Madison is attempting to write her first novel, playing fetch with her dog, Hazel, or finding a new niche history book to obsess over.