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Kaliya Franklin

Kaliya Franklin

About Kaliya Franklin

So desperate was she to live a life of state subsidised ease that Kaliya actually altered her own DNA, making her connective tissue so lax that she can dislocate body parts she can’t even name. Using the nom de plume Bendy Girl, she blogs at Benefit Scrounging Scum about the reality of life lived as the kind of benefit claimant the tabloid press doesn’t know exists.

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Kaliya Franklin holding her head in her hands as she checks out Facebook on her laptop

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Kaliya Franklin loves keeping in touch with people via social networking sites. What she doesn't love are the questions about her acquired disability from long lost friends.

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