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World Service,25 Nov 2021,23 mins
My anonymous teen story became a playground sensation
The Outlook Podcast ArchiveAvailable for over a year
In 2005, when London schoolgirl Jade LB was just 13, she got a computer for her birthday and began writing a fictional story on it – the sometimes raunchy, sometimes disturbing adventures of a 17-year-old girl called Keisha. Written in a mixture of text language, slang and patois, the story became legendary and was passed around playgrounds all over London. But when she first put it online with a promise to post a new chapter every two weeks, Jade had no idea of the impact it would have, or how Keisha would shape her life for years to come. Get in touch: outlook@bbc.com Presenter: Mobeen Azhar Producer: Laura Thomas (Photo: Jade LB. Credit: Stuart Simpson)
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