Last Word
Trapped by the prison of gender
We’d all love to escape circumstances not of our making, but it’s hardly ever possible
12 April 2020 - 00:00
I have always loved the word "escape". I was once locked down in study week before my law exams when a friend sent me a handwritten note. "Let's escape," it read. Oh, how my heart swelled and soared...
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