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‘It’s bad luck,’ writes the historian Mathilda Marx, ‘to let your guard down, to find yourself alone, to think you know someone who has been patiently setting a trap, year after year. It’s bad luck that you smiled, that you travel alone, that you’re not afraid to speak your mind…’
— Sep 16, 2026 11:04AM
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Discussion around the demonisation of children, namely punishment. Should you be able to hit your children? Simply put, no, ‘after all, what better way to show our love and respect than with a slap? And how else to teach someone to forever confuse love and violence
— Sep 17, 2026 11:37AM
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‘The aftermath of rape is a battle between you and yourself.’ Unexpected exploration into the guilt and shame shouldered by people who have been raped. Guilt runs through our veins
— Sep 16, 2026 10:58AM
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Powerful start. ‘I could get rid of every abusive person in my life and every toxic person in my life, and if I’m still speaking to myself in an abusive and toxic way I might as well have just kept them around.’
— Sep 13, 2026 05:21AM