This Is Not Who I Want To Be

A song by Joanna Sternberg.

Mar 8 • Ayishat Akanbi

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January 2026

On Music

“After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music.”

Jan 27 • Ayishat Akanbi

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Five Things I learned In 2025

Happy New Year, allUnravelled is a reader-supported publication.

Jan 5 • Ayishat Akanbi

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September 2025

On sincerity, suffering and the search for wisdom

In conversation with Freya India

Sep 23, 2025 • Ayishat Akanbi

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37 years, 37 realisations.

Photo by Alex Cameron

Sep 14, 2025 • Ayishat Akanbi

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July 2025

Rethinking group loyalty

Critique as care

Jul 8, 2025 • Ayishat Akanbi

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June 2025

Digital dating and the decline of good conversation

Nightwalk by Alexandre Pelletier

Jun 9, 2025 • Ayishat Akanbi

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May 2025

The hollowing effect of applause

On not losing yourself to the algorithm

May 6, 2025 • Ayishat Akanbi

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April 2025

The offensiveness of group-speak

Why we must find our own words

Apr 23, 2025 • Ayishat Akanbi

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March 2025

Sentences That Have Shaped Me

Words that won't leave me alone

Mar 31, 2025 • Ayishat Akanbi

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Beyond Therapy

Why we need more than talk

Mar 16, 2025 • Ayishat Akanbi

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Why I cancelled my book deal

Navigating the terrain between discovery and dread

Mar 2, 2025 • Ayishat Akanbi

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