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The Unthinkable: In Conversation with EIDA x Vodafone Foundation
Domestic abuse already affects your organisation, and employers hold the power to change outcomes like mine.
Nov 25, 2025
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America’s Tempo of Violence: The Charlie Kirk Killing
A reckoning with martyrdom, hypocrisy, and America’s politics of grief in an age of violence.
Sep 14, 2025
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The Hijacking of Women’s Safety
An exploration of how women’s safety became the far right’s most powerful weapon
Aug 31, 2025
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Lily Phillips’ 100-Man Challenge: Who’s to Blame?
Dec 11, 2024
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51 Guilty Verdicts, One Global Icon: The Legacy of Gisèle Pelicot’s Courage
Dec 20, 2024
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Misogyny and Extremism: A Connection We Cannot Ignore
Jan 25, 2025
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Stuart Hogg: The Costs of Leniency towards Coercive Control
Jan 12, 2025
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The Hijacking of Women’s Safety
Aug 31, 2025
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How Do You Survive The Unthinkable? You Write It.
Jun 5, 2025
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How Do You Survive The Unthinkable? You Write It.
A memoir born not from choice, but from the need to survive - to reclaim a childhood lost to silence, and a mother who tried to shield me from it.
Jun 5, 2025
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Misogyny and Extremism: A Connection We Cannot Ignore
As the Southport murderer begins his 52-year sentence, I take a closer look at the overlooked role of misogyny in acts of extremism
Jan 25, 2025
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Stuart Hogg: The Costs of Leniency towards Coercive Control
This week deals yet another dangerous green light to perpetrators of domestic abuse and a devastating blow to survivors seeking justice.
Jan 12, 2025
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51 Guilty Verdicts, One Global Icon: The Legacy of Gisèle Pelicot’s Courage
How one woman’s bravery shattered the silence of rape culture and exposed the ordinary men behind the devastating crimes.
Dec 20, 2024
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Lily Phillips’ 100-Man Challenge: Who’s to Blame?
A new YouTube documentary capturing Lily’s attempt to sleep with 100 men in 24 hours spotlights her as the protagonist, but the real story lies with the…
Dec 11, 2024
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'Sally's Law': How Coercive Control Finally Gets its Due Recognition
New legal reforms reshape the landscape of domestic homicide cases, providing a deeper understanding of the role of coercive control.
Jul 23, 2023
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Greenwood's exit and the failure by football to tackle sexual violence.
Manchester United's troubling approach to serious player issues raises deep concerns over whether clubs can be trusted to act as judge and jury over…
Aug 22, 2023
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