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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 accustomed to privilege, equality feels like oppression.”

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 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 hope that this episode provides some perspective. I recorded this on Sunday, 27th November 2022. The book is called: "The Paradigm: The Ancient Blueprint That Holds the Mystery of Our Times" by Jonathan Cahn. You have been warned. Check out my article on identifying misinformation: https://zukiswamhlongo00.wixsite.com/ysaplatform/post/how-to-spot-fake-news-and-navigate-an-ocean-of-information Twitter: YsaPlatform

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 myself.

Tiktok creator mentioned in the video:

@empathywins

Tiktok creators I recommend:

@Shina Nova @Kendra Rosychuk @Nativelovenotes

Racist apartheid architect: P.W Botha

South African literature genre: Plaasroman

To clarify: the end of apartheid benefits white South Africans as they are no longer economically and socially excluded from the world, while still being able to maintain their wealth and not be tried for any apartheid crimes they or their relatives may have committed. Equality will always feel like oppression to people who are accustomed to privilege (paraphasing Franklin Leonard). Another article talking about the myth of Thanksgiving: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/thanksgiving-myth-and-what-we-should-be-teaching-kids-180973655/

Also this is not clear in the episode but Native Americans also experience disproportionate police killings and brutality and experience the highest rate of police killings. Something I wanted to add quickly but should be addressed more fully in a separate episode is gun culture and mass shootings could be another sign of and aspect of USA's sociopathic culture. America has the highest amount of serial killers in the world and in my brief search, I could not determine if this included colonizers as well, though I doubt it.

For further reading:

https://sites.psu.edu/michellebingertrclblog/2013/01/31/does-american-culture-breed-sociopaths/

"Carceal Capitalism" by Jackie Wang

I also shared what I feel grateful for to not boast or contradict my message. Rather to share as a good practice of gratitude and to suggest that we shouldn't have to wait for this one holiday to express gratitude or eat good and if we must, we should at least spend some of the day recognizing Indigenous people.

Thank you to Jas for introducing me to the American Indian Community House. If you are looking for somewhere to donate, here it is!

Personal Instagram: zukiswa._

Twitter: YsaPlatform

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/month/year in case you get confused). Enjoy my mumbling. This is not a traditional episode. I will probably talk about sex so warning there. Till next time.