Trigger warning: abuse and r*pe

In this episode, I continue to outline the structure of abuse; sharing my views on carceral punishment, the criminal penal system, the ramifications of compensation for victims and alternative dispute resolution.

This episode requires a trigger warning of: verbal, domestic, sexual abuse and death.

Recommended read: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/07/26/the-german-experiment-that-placed-foster-children-with-pedophiles

In this episode, I break down the metaphors of bread, feminism and consumption in Rachel Yoder's 'The Loaf' for Guernica Magazine (https://www.guernicamag.com/the-loaf/), coupled with my understanding of gratification and relationship with God.

Apologies for the hiatus all! I've been super busy. But please find below a host of articles I mention in the episode today (which is mostly about sustainability and self-care)

Recommended:

https://azmagazine.co.uk/is-this-character-quirky-or-is-she-just-autistic/

https://www.stylist.co.uk/fashion/fashion-rental-industry-social-media/543270

https://catapult.co/stories/rain-short-fiction-by-eloghosa-osunde

My article:

https://azmagazine.co.uk/joy-oladokuns-label-debut-album-in-defense-of-my-own-happiness-complete-seeks-to-fulfil-her-names-prophecy-with-a-tenuous-exploration-of-self/

This episode is about the importance of detoxing social media (particularly Twitter) as a Black woman, due to harm, danger and doxxing.

Links:

https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/campaigns/2017/11/what-is-online-violence-and-abuse-against-women/

https://gal-dem.com/chimamanda-ngozi-adichie-viral-essay-shows-transphobia/

In this episode I review a play that I watched: 'the sun, the moon, the stars' by Dipo Baruwa-Etti, and how it explored the familial/sibling love between Femi and Seun. Drawing on Yoruba-Nigerian cadence, the main character Femi (played by Kibong Tanji) poetically tells the story of her emotional and judicial quest after her brother Seun is murdered.

I also review the Serpentine Gallery's exhibition 'A Retrospective' by James Barnor and how phenomenal and important his photography was for Brits and Ghanaians. 

I also share my thoughts on Lupin Season 2 on Netflix and the archetye of Assane Diop.

Links: 

https://www.stratfordeast.com/whats-on/all-shows/the-sun-the-moon-and-the-stars

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/entertainment-arts-57286417

In this episode, I talk about my dogged experience with my natural hair and how we all need to be more sensitive to the coping mechanisms our elders take for assimilation, the inevitability of mortality and death, the cost of convenience.

(Excuse my nasal voice, I caught the flu!)

Links:

https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2021/06/08/chronology-of-a-body/

In this episode I talk about my new and improved approach to life (and death), some amazing tips to improve my morning routine and how I've started re-negotiating boundaries in my life.

In this episode, I talk about the need for community amongst Black people, and how our hyper-individualism is akin to the theory of the bootstrap and infects the progression of the community as a whole. Starting from the exclusionary nature of mainstream institutions (in school) and how this discrimination affects the ability of Black people to escape poverty and achieve milestones like property ownership that affect the Black community. I also talk about the failures in the semantic understanding of 'pro-blackness' as a copout from real collective change.

Links mentioned:

Black Ballad article: School to Prison pipeline article by Mel Green: https://blackballad.co.uk/views-voices/school-to-prison-pipeline?listIds=598b26616409a286334e51bc&referrerType=article&referrerSource=related

BBC Documentary: 'Subnormal: A British Scandal' - https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000w81h

Data on remittances: https://migrationobservatory.ox.ac.uk/resources/briefings/migrant-remittances-to-and-from-the-uk/#:~:text=The%20UK%20not%20only%20sends,to%200.2%25%20of%20its%20GDP. 

Boris Johnson's fund for education: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-57320450