What it Really Takes to “Level Up” in Love

We don’t have to dim ourselves to get what we want. It’s out there.

Ayesha K. Faines
ZORA
Published in
5 min readNov 25, 2020

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When California rapper Saweetie appeared on Instagram Live with her boyfriend, Quavo, and told women that a man isn’t worth dating “if he’s not getting you a Birkin,” it sparked a heated debate about women and their standards. How high is too high? But for me, that brief viral…

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Ayesha K. Faines
ZORA
Writer for

I’m a columnist for Zora 🍯, founder of Women Love Power, talking head & salsera 💃🏾! WomenLovePower.com | IG & Twitter @ayeshakfaines.