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"Freak-Offs" and the Violence We Refuse to Name

"Freak-Offs" and the Violence We Refuse to Name

In the gap between what happened and what we call it, there is silence—and in that silence, harm is allowed to happen again.

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Donovan X. Ramsey
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Sean "Diddy" Combs watches as his former girlfriend Casandra "Cassie" Ventura is sworn in as a prosecution witness before U.S. District Judge Arun Subramanian at Combs' sex trafficking trial in New York City, May 13, 2025 in this courtroom sketch. Jane Rosenberg/Reuters

I worry the word “freak-offs” is doing too much. And not nearly enough. The press pic…

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