Radio_SA-Y

A tiny bit about Ukraine, a third about Will Smith slapping and a quarter about my girlfriend. Sorry for the long break but I'm back with a chaotic episode before returning with more consistent uploads. I also hope to diversify my content with interviews, discussions on gender, media analysis, writing, psychology, the fact that TikTok is frying my brain etc. Stay tuned!

Trigger warning: Racism (It's pretty overt this time and video clips and messages are often repeated). Drink your favourite liquid, mine is Rooibos tea, it calms me and listen to me partially rant, partially dissect/analyse and partially provide a history lesson. Honestly, I think the repetition of racism was getting to me. Take a break when you need to or go for run if you just have to finish this episode.

3 parts:

1. Ukraine-Russian Crisis summarised (Online articles, a Tiktok video)

2. Racism in Media Part 1 (Instagram post, thoughts, a Twitter feed)

3. Racism in Media Part 2 (Tiktok videos and thoughts)

The links:

Article

https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.vox.com/22917719/russia-ukraine-invasion-border-crisis-nato-explained&usg=AOvVaw2eNTvsrB7jygDO2v7-olPY

Instagram

@zenerationspakistan

Twitter

@JackyKemigisa  

Tiktok

@bykaitlinrawson

@zethugqola

@thedailyshow

@takon_dwa

@solanathagreenfairy

@qasim.rashid

@prettynpaidpurr

Follow us @YsaPlatform

Please note that since this is an ongoing situation, new information is being added every day.

Season 2, Episode 4 (This is the 2nd year since starting Radio_SA-Y)

A 25-minute episode talking about cultural appropriation. It is a very quick dip into the surface of the variety of issues that come with cultural appropriation.

The key takeaways:

1. Do not profit off a cultural aesthetic, practice or any other aspect of a culture that is not yours

2. When including other cultures or taking influence, in order to actually appreciate it, make sure that you are not fetishising the culture or the people who belong to that culture, and make sure that you are not adding to stereotypes

3. Make sure that you credit that culture and fight for the rights of people to participate in their own culture.

4. Make sure to support more people of colour who belong to that culture than people who do not belong to that culture.

5. Lastly, always be aware of the cultural/spiritual significance of whatever you are participating in and listen when there are people of colour who tell you not to participate in something.

@lavalarue (They spoke about how Carribian-British dress-style was appropriated by racists)

@selflovebug (She spoke about Ancient Greece and Egypt)

@sarahhiraki (She spoke about Kiss Me More - Cultural Apprection)

@theadult (She spoke about Black people's subcultures and how Black hairstyles and outfits were demonised)

The long-promised podcast episode. Archbishop Desmond Tutu died on Sunday the 26th of December 2022. I talk about his death and how I feel as though it symbolizes our nation's struggle to follow its own moral code.

The @s:

Tiktok:

@parasite.hilton

@zethuzethu

@bykaitlinrawson

Twitter:

@SimonPGrindrod

@Reuters

@YsaPlatform

Here's why it is wrong.

A part of our Black History Month collection here at the YSA platform. Make sure to check out the website for more.

Website: https://zukiswamhlongo00.wixsite.com/ysaplatform

Tiktok video: @garrisonhayes

A long-awaited episode. Thank you so much, Mandi and Mulisa for asking your friends to send in voice recordings! thank you to everyone who answered. This time I let the youth of South Africa share their opinions in answering our hectic but important questions on gender-based violence to see where people are at and what they think on the matter. This is Radio_SA-Y

I had a lot of thoughts in my brain lately on this topic, here is my attempt to give voice to them.

A genuinely calm explanation on why corrective rape is not just wrong, it actually does not make sense. This episode is calmer because I'm just sharing with you the conversation I have been having in my head lately and how it genuinely does not make sense.

The Wikipedia definition I attempt to read:

Corrective rape, also called curative[1] or homophobic rape,[2][3][4] is a hate crime in which one or more people are raped because of their perceived sexual orientation or gender identity. The common intended consequence of the rape, as seen by the perpetrator, is to turn the person heterosexual or to enforce conformity with gender stereotypes.[5][6][7]

The term corrective rape was coined in South Africa after well-known cases of corrective rapes of lesbian women such as Eudy Simelane (who was also murdered in the same attack) and Zoliswa Nkonyana became public. Popularisation of the term has raised awareness and encouraged LGBT+ people in countries across the world to come forward with their own stories of being raped as punishment for or in an attempt to change their sexual orientation or gender identity.[8] Although some countries have laws protecting LGBT+ people, corrective rape is often overlooked.[9][10]

Links for support for victims of GBV and Rape in South Africa:

https://www.tears.co.za/

https://rapecrisis.org.za/

Link to podcast's Instagram: https://instagram.com/radio_say?utm_medium=copy_link

Link to website: https://zukiswamhlongo00.wixsite.com/ysaplatform

FW De Klerk has died, and as a black South African I feel... conflicted. His legacy is a controversial one. He is often sanctified and idolised but hardly held accountable for the war crimes he committed. Is it fair to expect people of colour in South Africa to "sing kumbaya now" and forget about the past, when we as a nation have failed to address it appropriately to avoid hurting people's feelings? I understand why people may struggle to understand this perspective because for so long we as a nation have been focused on "comprising" instead of educating, uprooting and addressing the impact of oppression. My feelings this episode are intense, so buckle up and hear me out fully.

"sing kumbaya now" is a reference to the play, Little Red Riding Hood and the Big Bad Metaphors by Mike Van Graan. 

The tiktok videos I reacted to are by: bykaitlinrawson

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Twitter:  @IAlmondEyes