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Alexander Leon

Alexander Leon

It's okay not to be coping in the midst of a global crisis. Most of us aren't.

Last week, in the middle of the night, I woke up crying. It wasn't wholly atypical, a nocturnal sob is firmly in my repertoire of…

Mar 25, 2020

It's okay not to be coping in the midst of a global crisis. Most of us aren't.

Mar 25, 2020

Alexander Leon

Out of the closet and into the fire — how I stopped performing and learned to become myself

As a child, I became obsessed with the idea that my life was an elaborate production. It took me years to understand that the only one…

Jan 10, 2020

Out of the closet and into the fire — how I stopped performing and learned to become myself

Jan 10, 2020

Alexander Leon

#NewYearNewMe: On favouring experiences over goals & finding happiness outside self-improvement.

We think we've figured out happiness as a paint-by-numbers of self-improvement. But sometimes we don't need to fix ourselves to find it.

Jan 3, 2019

#NewYearNewMe: On favouring experiences over goals & finding happiness outside self-improvement.

Jan 3, 2019

Alexander Leon

On being alone, adversarial, grateful & malarial

Who knew a mosquito could spark an existential crisis?

Aug 7, 2017

On being alone, adversarial, grateful & malarial

Aug 7, 2017

Alexander Leon

The hard yakka of going walkabout: why young people leave Australia

It’s getting cold again in London.

Oct 18, 2016

The hard yakka of going walkabout: why young people leave Australia

Oct 18, 2016

Alexander Leon

Alexander Leon

Writer & activist. LGBT+ rights, anti-racism, mental health. Ft in @guardianopinion , @BBCNews ++. Werq at @kaleidoscope_t . 🇦🇺🇱🇰🏳️‍🌈 Views my own. He/him

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