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Too Raw for Headlines: I Interviewed a Predator — And Everyone Looked Away

©️ By Sophie, for The Grooming Files / Real Talk, Real Tea I didn’t write this for pity. I wrote it to expose a mindset the media refuses to face. Over the course of three days, I conducted what should’ve been one of the most disturbing, important pieces of survivor-led journalism this year: a full […]

Too Raw for Headlines: I Interviewed a Predator — And Everyone Looked Away

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