
Hande Kader, Say Her Name
A tribute to the martyr I loved most in the world.
A collection of essays, poems, memoirs and redundant conversations from an old tart in Amsterdam.
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A tribute to the martyr I loved most in the world.

Twelve years of wanting her, and three days of finally being held.

Twelve years of love, damage, manipulation and the betrayal I should have seen coming.

On falling in love when grief still has its hand around your throat.

On shame and the dangerous intimacy of being known to me

On fear, a red bikini, and the first time desire didn’t feel like work

On sex work, male shame, and the violence of being seen too late

This Is the Last Essay I Will Ever Write About It

On ageing, beauty, sex work, and the women Amsterdam tried to hide.

On ageing, loneliness, and the strange dignity of paid intimacy.