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Leah Thorn
Nov 25, 20221 min read
carers
‘I can’t say ‘No, I can’t do it’ ' ‘The world becomes very small’ ‘I can’t tell them she’s my lover’ ‘Ask me how I am...and listen’...
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Leah Thorn
Nov 25, 20221 min read
lesbians
‘The images of lesbians weren't me. I wish I'd known when I was fifteen that Dusty Springfield was a lesbian’ ‘We were walking down the...
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Leah Thorn
Nov 25, 20221 min read
women in prison
‘I can’t cope with a lot of noise. I just want peace and quiet' ‘Nothing is private. I don’t like going to a male officer for things. I...
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Leah Thorn
Nov 24, 20221 min read
'vajazzled'
I’ll never have a designer vagina that vajazzle dazzles and permanently dilates Allie Lee of the Profanity Embroidery Group embroidered...
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Leah Thorn
Nov 24, 20221 min read
an extract from 'cream'
Got taut, tight skin? You’re in. Got ticking clocks? Botox. Detox. Resist signs of ageing at all cost. Stop. Reverse. Hide. Slo mo....
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Leah Thorn
Nov 24, 20221 min read
an extract from 'screen'
Only men grow old on screen. Women disappear from film and TV by fifty, hit dread and disgust in early middle age and suddenly we’re no...
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