When the Place You Call Home No Longer Feels Like It

When the Place You Call Home No Longer Feels Like It

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FRANCESCA NICOLA

A personal reflection on the quiet grief of returning home to London, only to feel estranged from it, exploring themes of belonging, restlessness, and the courage to outgrow the life you once loved.

A powerful exploration of how society overlooks the quiet signs of domestic violence, mistaking fear for shyness and abuse for misfortune, while failing to truly listen.

Things We Refuse to Hear

BY
FRANCESCA NICOLA

A powerful exploration of how society overlooks the quiet signs of domestic violence, mistaking fear for shyness and abuse for misfortune, while failing to truly listen.

Speak English Because It Is the Only Language You Know

Speak English Because It Is the Only Language You Know

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FRANCESCA NICOLA

This article examines the complex relationship between English and identity, showing how the same language can reflect privilege, colonial history, cultural displacement, and unequal power.

Examines how language and domestic violence intersect, showing how the question ‘Why didn’t she just leave?’ shifts blame from survivors to abusers and sustains a culture of silence.

On Asking the Wrong Question: Rethinking Agency and Blame in Domestic Violence Discourse

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FRANCESCA NICOLA

Examines how language and domestic violence intersect, showing how the question ‘Why didn’t she just leave?’ shifts blame from survivors to abusers and sustains a culture of silence.

The Inconvenience of Sound

The Inconvenience of Sound

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FRANCESCA NICOLA

Stuttering in adulthood brings unique social stigma, silent struggles, and resilience—revealing how a world obsessed with fluency often overlooks the truth in imperfect voices.

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