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Posted on January 23, 2018February 19, 2018

#Ciara ‘s “Level Up” Comments, #JohnGray, “The Spirit of Girlfriend,” Singleness and (of course) Men | Ep. 2 Sipping with Simone

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The singer Ciara recently tweeted sermon and the words “level up.” The tweet rubbed a lot of people the wrong way. Here are my thoughts:

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