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The Question No One Should Ever Ask: “Why Didn’t You Leave?”
I was reading a thread the other night.
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When the Bassline Forgets the Struggle
On reggae, resistance, and what gets lost when the music travels further than the meaning
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The Myth of the “Nice Guy”: Why Sexual Offenders Depend on Charm
When I was eighteen, I became one of the statistics I would later spend my life studying.
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When the Thing You Prayed For Breaks You
There are certain dreams we carry so long they begin to feel like extensions of our own bodies.
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It’s Not All Men — But It’s a Lot of Fucking Men
Every few years, the same idea crawls back into public debate like damp in an old building: women-only carriages on the Tube.
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For Khalil
I was fifteen, sitting in our study, watching Gilmore Girls.
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The Distraction Is the Point
A reflection on the quiet violence of being unseen, even in spaces built for liberation.
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2:31
When the Language Got Too Safe
At UNGA this year, I kept listening for the words that never came.
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Sanitising Gender
A Reflection on UNGA
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Leanne’s Substack
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Writing at the crossroads of race, gender, justice, and care—where the personal is always political.

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