The Grooming Files The Grooming Files
When the Abuser Is a Piece of Software
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The Grooming Files The Pornography Epidemic: How Exposure, Escalation and Extortion Are Converging on a Generation of Children
The Grooming Files What Are We Missing Right Now?
The Laws That Changed Too Late | Part 4 of 4
The Indie Leaks
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The Indie Leaks WALES. WHAT THE HELL ARE WE WAITING FOR?
Sophie Lewis is an investigative journalist, founder of The Grooming Files, and a Welsh woman who has had enough...
The Indie Leaks A LETTER TO THE JUSTICE SYSTEM
The Indie Leaks THEY ACT LIKE GROOMING IS IMPORTED
The Indie Leaks THE FLAT FROM HELL: THE MURDER OF BETHANY HILL
The Grooming Files
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The Grooming Files Childhood: A Moving Target
The Laws That Changed Too Late | Part 3 of 4
The Grooming Files The Internet Got There First
The Laws That Changed Too Late Part 2 of 4
The Grooming Files The Year Before I Was Born, Marital Rape Wasn't Recognised
The Laws That Changed Too Late | Part 1 of 4
The Grooming Files The Rape Gang Inquiry Names 149 Areas. Wales Gets Three Lines and Silence.
Real Talk, Real Tea
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Real Talk, Real Tea I Stored Myself in Sound
©️ Sophie Lewis I don’t think music just “means something” to us. I think it sticks.It latches on.It grows roots. Some songs do not pass through your life like phases. They do not …
Real Talk, Real Tea We Haven’t Won Sh*t – On Permission vs. Freedom
©️ Sophie Lewis I watched the celebrations roll across my feed today. Digital ID defeated. Freedom protected. Common sense prevails. Victory declared. And I thought.. You poor bast…
On Record
A Statement from Sophie Lewis on Predator Exposure, Accountability Work, and Public Misinformation Why I’m Writing This This statement is not a defence.It’s not an apology.It’s a r…
The Generation the Internet Groomed — And the System Forgot
©️ By Sophie Lewis | The Grooming Files | @sophielewiseditorial We were the first kids online. Dial-up tones. MSN Messenger. Webcams balanced on bulky monitors. No rules. No warnin…
Shadowborn
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Shadowborn SOMETHING HAD TO FILL THE GAP
Shadowborn NEURODIVERSITY & ADDICTION: THE REGULATION NOBODY TALKS ABOUT
©️ Sophie Lewis|Shadowborn Part 6 – Regulation Without Destruction You were never the problem. You were always a solution, just looking for a safer place to land. This is the…
Shadowborn NEURODIVERSITY & ADDICTION: THE REGULATION NOBODY TALKS ABOUT
©️ Sophie Lewis|Shadowborn Part 5 – Neurodiversity Beyond ADHD Masking is a full-time job. Eventually, something has to pay for the overtime. Most of this conversation, when …
Shadowborn NEURODIVERSITY & ADDICTION: THE REGULATION NOBODY TALKS ABOUT
©️ Sophie Lewis|Shadowborn Part 4 – Late Diagnosis & Self-Medication A lot of adults weren’t failing at life. They were managing a brain nobody had bothered to unde…