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I've been away, and the distance has made me miss discourse so much more. Here’s to a new season of my life, online

Season 3, Episode 1: Somehow me thinking about why I love learning French when I’ve historically hated language learning leads me to discussing ADA, unfair resource distribution in South Africa, why God is not at fault for poverty and the shortcomings of communism as an alternative to capitalism. Also I’m back! The application that I used to make these episodes has essentially died, but the shell...

Season 3, Episode 10 He is simultaneously regal, angelic, masculine and a gender fusion. He was perhaps designed to be painted.

Season 3, Episode 9: I share with Teviah my discoveries and thoughts while reading the book, "The Invention of Women" by Oyèrónkẹ́ Oyěwùmí. We then go back and forth relating it to personal lived experiences and some of my other readings in my Gender and Sexuality in African History class.

I’m back! Please listen to Tyla’s song, “Water”! I’ll paste a link to the YouTube video below! Great TikTok videos that I recommend on this topic: @agirlnamedcassidy @starring_jacquijax @khahliso.amahle https://youtu.be/88a7rr8KXcE?si=RVW61btHrO0r-Lpc

Fictional character from Grey’s Anatomy plus quick explanation on break. This doesn’t count as a full episode.

Season 3 Episode 4: Had to just release my thoughts on the show. It’s brilliant, not what I was expecting and it got me thinking. Something I didn’t say but I was on the edge of describing is the ways in which misogynoir may make the audience stop sympathizing and start stereotyping and that careful balance of who the audience is and if Swarm managed to stop sympathy for murders but increase sympa...

Season 3 Episode 3: Spoilers for You Season 4, I Spit on Grave (1978) and less extensive spoilers for Carrie (1976). Trigger Warning for rape, murder, sexual assault, sexist shaming and kidnapping. Swarm is being released on Prime Video today, Friday March 17, 2023. YouTube video: “Rape Revenge & Promising Young Woman - Realism vs Catharsis” by Princess Weekes

Season 3, Episode 2: Teviah and I talk about Israel and Palestine, Apartheid South Africa, religious identity, coping methods for holding intersectional and alternative identities in college, love and forgiveness.

Some clarification on one of my statements in my previous episode and what I’m looking forward to talking about and sharing with you in the future!

Season 3, Episode 1: New year, new season! Starting strong with a You S4 discussion. Trigger Warning - mentions of violence (mutilation, gender-based violence and unaliving oneself). Check the Twitter, @YsaPlatform. Abdullah Kawish’s documentary is currently in the festival circuit, so I’ll let you know the name of it, with their permission. Finally the quote is by Franklin Leonard, “When you’re a...

Season 2 Episode 33 - Season Finale that I forgot to release, or was unable to, or scared to, but will now be doing so anyways (without relistening). Partially to archive a moment in my life and partially so that the episode that I record after this can be compared and contrasted with my previous feminism related discussions

Season 2 Episode 32 This is a topic I am still thinking about the nuts and bolts. To be clear, fictional murder, aka death as a significant storytelling tool and violence as a symbolic device in fiction, is what intrigues me, more so because of the project I am working on but also in general. Film: The Woman King (2022) Youtube video referenced: Rape Revenge & Promising Young Woman| Reali...

Season 2, Episode 31: As a current Christian, I chose to refer to God as the Christian God in order to respect other people's beliefs. I know that it can be difficult to navigate these waters as unfortunately my religion has been utilized violently and negatively against other beliefs, nations and people. I try my best to remain respectful, sympathetic and understanding of everyone's beliefs. I ho...

Season 2, Episode 30: Hey Everyone, today I talk about the American history of Thanksgiving and how its myth perpetrates racism. Remember that land treaties are not being protected. Remember that indigenous woman are still going missing and being murdered. Remember the history of US settler colonialism and eugenics. Please note, I laugh when I feel frustrated, awkward or I struggle to articulate m...

Season 2 Episode 29: I go more personal in this episode and talk about a range of experiences in my life and give advice on how to cope. Much love and respect for everyone involved and for everyone going through something. I don't mention people's names besides perhaps my immediate family.

I recorded this a while back and then just didn't post it. It was when I first arrived back in my dorm from covid isolation so the First of November 2022 (Nov 1). Fun Fact about me: sometimes I can't decide how I want to write out the date so in my diary, it will be written out in multiple ways on top of the page. Hence why I had to rewrite 1/11/2022 (I did it again :). BTW it's written as day/mon...

Season 2, Episode 27:  This one is a little disorganized and a little personal. I am mostly thinking through things in the movement. This discussion/unfolding of thought comes in response to the films Bodies Bodies Bodies (2022) and Scream (1996). Btw for those curious, according to @jstoobs, the closest teen horror film to representing millennials is Jennifer's Body. Read more about that by...

Season 2, Episode 26 Listen and implement ways of supporting Iranian citizens right now. All videos are on Tiktok, written in order of appearance. First, 3 videos are by @Elica.lebon 1. What's happening in Iran 2. Western Propaganda led to the currently ongoing Iranian Genocide 3. Help three people escape death row (2 are LGBTQ members) @tarashah_ @usa.mom.in.germany @vialsss   Video by Nazan...

Season 2 Episode 25 Twitter: @YsaPlatform

Season 2, Episode 24: A bit of beautiful rambling at 54 minutes and 39 seconds Poem: "Love Poem, After Arizona by Qwo-Liv Driskill" Play: "A Thin Place" by Lucas Hnath Instagram: @zukiswa._ Twitter: @YsaPlatform

23rd Episode of Season 2: Spoiler warning for part 2. Happy Bisexual Visibility Week! Are you still lowkey hating on the British Monarchy? Obsessed with gay European royalty theories, history and media? Need to have your trauma soothed by art? Curious about an alternative universe where America elected its first female president in 2016? Love the rivals-to-lovers trope Love long-distance relations...

S2 E22 Please note: Policing language should not be a cause to invalidate the point. The creator's main point is facts. Modern Day White feminism is ineffective because of choice feminism and undedicated united feminist action. Depp vs Heard should have sparked more feminist outrage. Shein and other fast fashion brands should have sparked more feminist anger. The Overturning of Roe V Wade should h...

Season 2 Episode 21: Hey Everyone! First Episode in America! I promise that in my next episode I will do less repetition of what I have already said in class. Get ready for some Marxist theory, Hampshire College class experiences, South Africa, the UK and Swaziland, feudalism and so much more! Read: Black Marxism by Cedric Robinson The Combahee River Collective Statement Racial Capitalism by Jodi...

Bye South Africa! Happy Women's Month and well done to all the women who have made our country proud these past two months. I love being a woman and South African; I will miss my country. I'm heading to Hampshire College this American fall (this South African spring). I will still be heavily involved in South African discourse. The last film I watched was Inxeba: The Wound (I watched it on the 15t...