No girl is safe: Grieving Sana Yousaf and the cost of visibility

‘For many of us, in Lahore, London, or New York, these killings are no longer shocking. They are devastating. But they are not new’

Originally published on Global Voices

Screenshot from video ‘Sana Yousaf, TikTok Star, Dead at 17‘ on YouTube by Entertainment Tonight. Fair use.

The murder of 17-year-old digital creator Sana Yousaf in Islamabad on June 2 has left me gutted. Like many Pakistani women around the world, I’ve been struggling to breathe under the weight of this loss.