BOOKS/REVIEWS
Sophia Leonie Photograher: Ori Jones
Unattached The new book that lifts the lid on being single in the 21st century
Curated by journalist and author Angelica Malin, Unattached explores the nuances of being single today through the voices of thirty women; with personal essays. One of the women, Sophia Leonie, shares how she got involved with the book and candidly answers questions, on navigating singlehood in today’s society. I'm a writer, mainly a playwright and screenwriter, from north London, with a 15-year history of working as a teacher. I believe passionately in education and the empowerment of women and marginalised groups - and that informs everything I write. I was contacted in the beginning of the pandemic about whether I’d be interested 74 Style of the city
in writing an essay in Unattached, after the editor Angelia Malin read a previous article I wrote in the online magazine gal-dem. The article was about coming out of a 13-year relationship and was very personal - without being scornful to the other person - it was all about what I had learnt from the experience. As more time has passed, I know now - more than when I initially wrote that article - that the active choices I made at that difficult time, changed the trajectory of my life, leading to great things personally and professionally. So when I was approached to take part in Unattached I was flattered and said yes. It’s a beautiful, much needed project with a great collection of work. The anthology speaks to women everywhere who have felt defined by their relationship status... It does more than normalises singledom - it celebrates it.
