“SHAME ON YOU!” It seems the whole world is constantly screaming these words at us. “You are unworthy, invalid, inferior.”

This episode takes place at the gym, and I speak about shame and my theories on its origins in human history. I then add my take on it as an unhealthy and unnatural emotion, and definitely not an effective one.

This one’s long and filled with some academic references. I’ve added a bibliography below. I’ve also created a Guide on my Instagram (@khanyis.isibhakabhaka). Otherwise, enjoy. And feel free to shoot me a DM with your own opinions or arguments on this.

With love

Khan

Reference list

• Ways of Seeing by John Berger

The video of the BBC production "Ways of Seeing" (Episode 2): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JU_RToLqOsA

• Discipline and Punish : The Birth of the Prison by Michel Foucault
• Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema by Laura Mulvey. pp. 6-18
• Peter A Levine, PhD on Shame - Interview by Caryn Scotto D'Luzia: https://youtu.be/i2CN5nhmfxk

Not mentioned:

• Performative Acts and Gender Constitution: An Essay in Phenomenology and Feminist Theory, by Judith Butler. Available: https://www.jstor.org/stable/3207893
• Men, Women and Worthiness: The Experience of Shame and the Power of Being Enough by Bree Brown
• The Diamond Net. Shame and the Shadow (Shame and Love Series 2): https://youtu.be/gfNLCNM4WJ8

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