☝🏾In support of basic bitches

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This week, I've been thinking a lot about self-worth and what it means to cultivate it. I'd love to hear your take on where I've landed.

Hasan Lied

It all started when I learned Hasan Minaj lied.

Not in the way that all comedians lie by exaggerating the details of a story or doing over-the-top impressions to make a joke more compelling.

Hasan told stories in his stand-up, and doubled down in interviews, about events that never happened at all. Stories that toed the line between hilarious anecdotes and The Moth-style storytelling. Each one epitomized a "if you don't laugh, you'll cry" moment that became the hallmark of his comedy.

He made up a story about rushing his daughter to the hospital for fear of anthrax exposure from a threatening letter sent to him. He invented a story about a white high-school classmate rejecting him because he was Musl…