Girl, You Haven't Heard??

Vice continually turns out great, and informative series. One of my personal favourites has to be, The Dark Side Of The 2000's. Season 1 Episode 7 of this series is all about The Bachelor franchise, and that is what we will be breaking down in this video. Now I have never personally watched The Bachelor or any of it's many spin off's however, the fanbase is fascinating to me. Now that...

Today's video is very different than my usual content. However, with a soft spot in my heart for survivors, and seeing others talk about this situation as strictly drama, I had to make this video. Olivia Stabile, Faithlynn, and Rylee are all social media creators who have shared their experiences dating Sedona Prince. These revelations have recently gone extremely viral due to their experience...

One thing about me, I'm gonna watch some TLC reality shows, and I'm gonna watch Vice documentaries. Imagine how thrilled I was to see two of my interests organically merge. This documentary was extremely well done, and it shed light on a lot of things that weren't known publicly. TLC and Kate definitely did some horrendous and drastic things for the sake of financial gain (in my opinio...

This episode was inspired by a conversation I recently had with all of you on Instagram, prompted by the discourse surrounding an article written by Chanté Joseph, titled Is Having a Boyfriend Embarrassing Now? | Vogue . The article was extremely well written, and thought provoking. However, many people online, including many large creators, chimed into the conversation without ever reading or lis...

This is the documentary that has the world in a chokehold since it's initial release and for good reason. It is an absolutely wild ride from beginning to end, and like many of you, after watching Unknown Number, I wondered how true it was, how accurate it was, and what they left out. After some research I realized that not only did the Netflix documentary skew with the reality of the situation...

After a brief hiatus, Girl, You Haven't Heard?? is back! It has been a long time coming, and with today being my birthday it felt like the perfect time to not only bring the show back, but switch things up. This time around, we are going to talk about whatever we want, simply because we can, but there will be an educational thread throughout each episode. This podcast was what started me on my con...

Richard Comte is an officer with the Winnipeg Police Service who initially began working for the force in 2002. In 2015, he found himself in quite a mess which he created all on his own. He and officer Andrew Tighe -Yes the same Andrew Tighe who was caught drunk driving- were responsible for investigating a sexual assault that had occurred at the Green Brier Inn which occurred in October of that s...

Josiah Henson is held in high regard in both Black Canadian and American history, despite being somewhat of a sellout. Born into enslavement in America, he was known on the plantation as a hard worker, and trustworthy. For this reason, he was able to work both on and off the property. He would often leave by himself, and for a long time made no attempt to run away. At one point, he even bartered h...

On April 11th, 2023, Paige Theriault-Fischer, the woman who murdered Hodan Hashi, had all charges stayed. The statement put out by the prosecution's office makes it clear that they have no intentions of reopening the case, or charging Paige with anything. Less than six months after stealing a life, Paige is free and clear; she gets to go on with the rest of her life as if nothing happened, mea...

Marie Joseph Angelique is hands down one of the most misunderstood women in Canadian history. She was enslaved at a young age in Portugal before being forcibly transported to Montreal. Marie knew that her enslavement was wrong and immoral. She regularly rebelled in every way that she could and would admit to everything she did, without hesitation. She was the living embodiement of rebellion, and w...

Viola was an extremely successful business woman who did everything in her power to propel Black women forward during a time period when they were intentionally being left behind. Viola Desmond was one of the many Black women who bravely and actively fought Canadian segregation, in a time where many were denying the fact that it even existed. When she eventually made her way to the Roseland Theatr...

In September of 1996, 15-year-old Melanie left her friend’s home at around 2AM to make the 10 minute walk home. While walking home, she vanished without a trace. While public pressure was high, it seemed as if everything was being done to bring closure to her family. Once the public pressure lessened, the Ethier family was left doing the majority of the work themselves, of course with community su...

Carrie Best grew up in Nova Scotia in a time where racism, segregation, and controlling stereotypes ran the province. Her parents were never given the opportunity to pursue formal education, and so they encouraged all of their children to go after what they wanted, regardless of the obstacles that were placed in their way due to systemic racism. Carrie's business and education prospects were extre...

Thornton and Lucie Blackburn were an enslaved couple who changed both Canadian and American history forever. They met while enslaved, fell in love, got married and managed to escape not once, but twice after finding out their enslaver had plans to permanently separate them. Everything they did was rooted in love and care for themselves, each other, and their Black community. Once they made their w...

Marie Marguerite Rose was enslaved her whole life, but she was enslaved in Canada for two decades. The Loppinot family whom enslaved her, forced her to work as a house slave. She cleaned, she cooked and she took care of their 12 children, all against her will. After 19 years of enslavement, she was set free by her enslaver but the reason why is unknown. In two years of freedom, Marie fell in love,...

In an effort to build up the population in Canada in the late 1700’s, the Canadian government allowed white folks from all over to bring their ‘property’ into Canada, and do what they pleased with it. This included stolen, enslaved Africans. Chloe Cooley was one of the first recorded women in Canadian history to publicly oppose, and resist her enslaver. The Canadian government acted appalled at Ad...

Sean Cassidy is a Sargent with the Winnipeg Police Service who has been working with the force for over 20 years. In the past five years, he has been hit with a slue of charges based on three different incidents for crimes from fraud to assault causing serious bodily harm and many in-between. Sean has received virtually no consequences for his actions despite the immense amounts of harm he has cau...

After the enslavement era ended in Canada, rich white families had no one to tend to their home, raise their children, and take care of all things domestic. This coincided with the second wave of feminism that rocked the country and had white women rebelling against everything domestic, anything that was influenced by patriarchal standards and ideals. The Canadian government, and their wealthy fri...

On Saturday November 5th, 2022, Black Somali Muslim Canadian woman, Hodan Hashi, was brutally attacked and murdered by Paige Theriault-Fisher in a busy nightclub in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. Despite having clear video evidence proving Paige took Hodan's life, the initial charge of second degree murder was downgraded to manslaughter, and in a place like Saskatoon, the only reason that happen...

The Ant Hill Kids is one of the most brutal, gruesome cults of all time. But, because of its Canadian origin, it is one that is rarely ever discussed. Roch Therriault was born and raised in an abusive religious family, he quickly became a product of his environment. Learning how to manipulate those around him, and using religion as a means of doing so. He studied church leaders, and modeled his pr...

On November 29th, 2022, I and many others reported that Daejhanae Jackson had been arrested in the femicide of Shanquella Robinson. This information came from Gerardo Zuniga, a Mexican investigative journalist from MetropoliMX. He was the reporter who leaked the exclusive police report which stated that events had varied a lot from what the autopsy said. Nobody had any reason to doubt him, until a...

Canada has had very discriminatory immigration policies, and continues to have them. In 1911, a ban on Black immigration was proposed and approved by the Liberal Party of Canada. The push to pass this law, came from the increase in attacks and murders against Black folks in Oklahoma. They were searching for a new place to live, and saw Canada as an option. The country was pushing for an increase i...

On October 28th, 2022 Shanquella Robinson and a group of her six 'friends' (Khalil Cook, Malik Dwyer, Wenter Donovan, Alysse Hyatt, Daejhanae Jackson, and Nazeer Wiggins) left for their weekend Mexican vacation which they had been planning since June. Less than 24 hours after arriving in Cabo, Shanquella's parents back in Charlotte, North Carolina received a call from Khalil that their beloved dau...

The Little Black Sambo is a wildly racist, and problematic children's book written by Helen Bannerman. The book was first published in 1899, and it achieved international levels of success almost immediately. It even recieved an animated film adaptation. It quickly worked its way into Canadian classrooms and libraries, where teachers praised the book for its representation, and it acted as a vesse...

This week we are discussing the Salmon Arm teenage love triangle that went wrong. 17-year-old Monica Sikorski was dating 22-year-old Tyler Myers. Both individuals were born and raised in Salmon Arm British Columbia, a very small town, where everyone knew each other fairly well. To others, Tyler and Monica seemed like an extremely happy couple, and Tyler absolutely adored Monica. He often talked ab...