Eleanor Tomlinson
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A few of my exes.
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I would have honoured my body, I would have lived inside it, cherished it and protected it.
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It would have been lovely to have grown up in private like a lot of my friends.
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Too many things to mention.
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In my 60s. So many things that tortured me when I was younger have fallen away. Writing The Apology, the letter I wrote in my father’s voice, apologising for abusing me, has freed me from the last vestiges of anger, confusion, rancour and hate. It released me from a frame that had determined my life.
Nine years ago I discovered I had stage 3/4 uterine cancer and went through nine months of excruciating surgery, illness and chemotherapy. In that time, I touched death and it was the most powerful transformation of my life. I was forced to learn to take care of my body.
As being useful.
That most men have not yet come to understand the impact and the devastating consequences of violence against women.
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