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  • Who’s afraid of the Ageing Woman?

    It’s no secret that entire industries would collapse if today all women collectively decided to be at peace with themselves and genuinely like who they are and what they look like. But what is it, exactly, that keeps pulling us back into doubt? Into wondering whether we’re pretty enough, good enough, young enough? Girls as…

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  • What if galaxies tasted like blueberry cake?

    I ask Adil what his favourite colour is. He points to his trousers and T-shirt and says, “Green and Red.” Obviously. Then he says, “And I also like black and white, although these are not real colours.” Adil is five. We’re sitting on the floor of his room between scattered books and toys and Adil…

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  • A Room full of Grief

    One day we all are going to wear black I’m sitting in a room full of grief. Grief as thick and dense as the air in a poorly ventilated room on a hot summer afternoon. There are women wrapped in dark clothes, young men handing black coffee and black tea to the mourning mother, sisters,…

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  • What’s new, Miss?

    Cheers, my dears and hello my loves, it’s been a while. Since I last wrote or said these words. Since I blogged. But here we are and Miss Laventura’s back in the game. So, what’s new? I guess, it would take a while to recap the last four years that I haven’t blogged, so I…

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German version – manuscript
not yet available
planned for October 2025
Live Loud & Suffer in Silence
available on amazon (for now)
25% of my royalties are donated
Labelled Love
available only on amazon
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Live Loud & Suffer in Silence
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