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Just a semi-random ramble. As we enter a new dark ages, has anyone actually thought how we're expected to survive it?
A semi-recent clip from the Podcast of the Lotus Eaters stirred up a thought that's been scratching at my brain for a while. So, I figured I'd scrawl out and deliver a quick rant on the topic of OnlyFans.
Sources and further reading/watching:
https://www.thesun.co.uk/fabulous/9820253/suicide-death-prison-porn-stars/
https://nypost.com/2018/01/22/porn-stars-keep-dying-and-nobody-knows-why/
https://nationalpost.com/news/world/ex-mma-fighter-war-machine-gets-36-years-to-life-for-kidnapping-and-beating-porn-star-ex-girlfriend
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19085605/#:~:text=Results%20indicated%20that%2062%25%20of,at%20least%20once%20a%20week.
https://theconversation.com/is-sex-work-still-the-most-dangerous-profession-the-data-suggests-so-81854
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DHIpk8QrvGE&ab_channel=ThePodcastoftheLotusEaters
Despite how much they’re already worth, American celebrities are still happy to sell out their people and the very idea of democracy, if it puts a few more yuan in their pockets.
John Cena’s recent apology video to the CCP is… distasteful, to say the least.
It's crazy just how quick the international community is to hide the barbarism of Hamas behind the memory of apartheid.
I normally wouldn’t take aim at the Centre For Risk Analysis, because they tend to provide solid, informative content. But I have to call BS on the content of this video.
-- SOURCES --
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOjqi9sNKhM&ab_channel=CentreForRiskAnalysis
https://irr.org.za/reports/occasional-reports/files/south-africas-immigrants-2013-building-a-new-economy
https://ichikowitzfoundation.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/African-Youth-Survey-2020.pdf
https://migrationdataportal.org/regional-data-overview/southern-africa
https://www.hrw.org/news/2019/08/26/south-africa-deadly-attacks-foreign-truck-drivers
#DCEU #BlackSuperman #GoWokeGoBroke
I’m neither the first nor last to ask, but why on Earth do we need a black Clark Kent? Is this a bad sign for the DCEU?
#ANC #SouthAfrica #eNCA
So, with the ANC continuing to be battered by its own ineptitude, talk has begun circling about the party’s inevitable collapse. Is it likely or even possible, and what would that look like for South Africa?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ufOrXRUUlS8&ab_channel=eNCA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vSbxvp5LK04&ab_channel=CentreForRiskAnalysis
#Biden #SouthAfrica #IdiotLeaders
I’ve a long history of thinking little of the people who lead my nation, but Biden at least carries on the Bush tradition of making the leaders of rich nations look even less competent than the rabble we’ve roused over here.
Thanks Biden!
Which "n-word" is worse, when you really think about it?
#HateSpeech #FreeSpeech #BadWords
#WesternCape #Decentralisation #ChangingWorld
The world is moving toward decentralisation of… everything.
#Transactivist #SuperStraight #Feminist
As much as they like to call the rest of us out on our “unconscious bias” the trans activist community (which I am certain is a different thing to the trans community) has very blatantly and consciously bigoted views of their fellow man.
#Feminism #5GW #China
China continues to crack down on activism within its borders – somewhat posing the question about how much the culture wars are a part of a new world war.
https://www.dw.com/en/china-feminism-free-speech/a-57277438
https://edition.cnn.com/2021/04/19/china/china-feminists-silenced-intl-hnk-dst/index.html
https://irp-cdn.multiscreensite.com/26db15ee/files/uploaded/5GW%20Section3.pdf
#Cuba #SouthAfrica #PutSouthAfricansFirst
Apparently, South Africa needs Cuban engineers to help with water sanitation, despite our country’s infrastructure being decades ahead of theirs.
Smells fishy.
https://www.actionsa.org.za/sisulu-defends-the-indefensible-cubans-over-south-africans/
https://afriforum.co.za/en/afriforum-questions-appointment-of-cuban-engineers/
http://www.samj.org.za/index.php/samj/article/view/7323/5357
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/15/travel/cuba-clean-water.html#:~:text=A%20significant%20portion%20of%20Cuba's,by%20droughts%20and%20rising%20temperatures.&text=In%20the%20background%2C%20water%20tanks%20adorn%20the%20roofs
https://www.politicsweb.co.za/politics/sisulu-defends-the-indefensible--herman-mashaba
https://businesstech.co.za/news/government/485103/cuban-engineers-to-cost-south-african-taxpayers-report/
#TuckerCarlson #TrevorNoah #MoralKombat
After listening to Trevor Noah discuss transgender rights I can only conclude that, if his logic and morality are consistent, he hates women and is in favour of minority rule.
Strange stuff from a former South African.
Of course, I don’t think his logic is actually consistent, and I doubt he’s thought enough about anything to have formed a truly coherent worldview. More likely, he’s just a talking head, echoing the views he’s told to.
Is there really any question that the drama surrounding Adam Habib is an example of Cancel Culture?
#CancelCulture #CultureWars #AdamHabib
#EndOfTheWorld #SouthAfrica #2040
This is just a short response to WhatIfAltHist’s video on the 5 nations they think will collapse by 2040. I don’t touch on all of the nations listed, rather focusing on my own home country of South Africa.
The discussion ranges from water shortages, as have been experienced already in the Cape, to racial tensions, the Zimbabwe comparison, and what a post-collapse SA might look like.
Sources:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3bEVlNcpq0&ab_channel=Whatifalthist
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mOZP7qdvFIg&ab_channel=ConflictsMapped
https://www.businessinsider.co.za/impact-of-brulpadda-2019-2
https://businesstech.co.za/news/finance/260943/3-graphs-that-show-what-south-africas-middle-class-looks-like/
https://www.news24.com/citypress/news/black-farmers-refuse-to-pay-bribes-kicked-off-state-owned-farms-20201011
https://www.businesslive.co.za/bd/national/2021-03-23-eviction-of-black-farmers-raises-questions-about-readiness-for-land-reform/
https://www.statista.com/statistics/264656/countries-with-the-highest-unemployment-rate/
https://www.pambazuka.org/governance/corruption-south-africa-tale-black-political-elites-and-white-economic-elites
https://www.news24.com/news24/SouthAfrica/News/government-does-not-trust-black-people-with-property-analyst-20170517
#Patriarchy #TrustNoOne #CultureWars
Next week it'll be guys' turn but for now, Let’s consider for a moment, all of the aspects of society and human existence over which the female of the species has traditionally retained decision-making power.
https://www.saferspaces.org.za/understand/entry/toxic-masculinity-and-violence-in-south-africa
https://www.childwelfare.gov/pubPDFs/foundation_34.pdf
https://hbr.org/2009/09/the-female-economy
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0092656699922523
https://www.sowetanlive.co.za/good-life/2012-06-05-women-are-hard-wired-to-want-dominant-men/
https://genderjustice.org.za/news-item/most-households-in-sa-are-run-by-single-moms/
It’s hard to imagine why this is something that needs to be pushed at an academic institution.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3F3K4Pdm7hQ&ab_channel=TheRoommates
https://thepeoplesledger.com/ohio-state-conducting-an-onlyfans-seminar-for-students-on-how-to-get-started-in-sex-work/
https://www.inyathelo.org.za/media-centre/inyathelo-s-blogspot/item/low-retention-rates-at-sa-universities.html
https://www.refinery29.com/en-gb/bbc-onlyfans-nudes4sale-young-women
https://ceaseuk.org/2020/02/big-porn-human-trafficking-and-the-global-sex-trade-it-isnt-a-few-bad-apples-the-whole-tree-is-rotten/
https://www.sexweekatosu.org/2021-sex-week-events/2021/2/20/onlyfans-behind-the-scenes
There are reasons, other than simple social constructs, why “boys will be boys” and that isn’t just a statement made to dismiss our misbehaviour, but it’s a statement of the burden that we have to bear before we can call ourselves men.
#ToxicMasculinity #Stoicism #CultureWars
I don’t have time to edit every source into the video, and even I did, they’re only headlines; so… sources:
https://thebodyisnotanapology.com/magazine/masculinity-is-killing-men-the-roots-of-men-and-trauma/
https://www.psycom.net/depression-in-men/depression-in-men-toxic-masculinity/
https://menalive.com/the-5-hidden-reasons-men-become-violent-and-what-we-can-do-to-make-the-world-safer/
https://thebodyisnotanapology.com/magazine/is-masculinity-a-lost-cause-thoughts-on-a-new-masculinity-from-a-non-binary-person/
https://sbtreatment.com/blog/men-and-emotions-the-importance-of-becoming-vulnerable/
https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/why_we_should_help_boys_to_embrace_all_their_feelings
https://learn.livingwell.org.au/mod/page/view.php?id=282
https://mensline.org.au/mens-mental-health/men-and-emotions/
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/living-the-questions/201401/how-crack-the-code-men-s-feelings
https://menscenter.org/shame/
https://www.cdc.gov/violenceprevention/pdf/cdc_nisvs_ipv_report_2013_v17_single_a.pdf
https://globalnews.ca/news/4039294/cry-like-a-man-how-women-really-want-their-men-to-show-emotion/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4941426/
http://www.awcfs.org/index.php/component/k2/item/244-kenyan-men-unknowingly-raising-children-not-theirs
https://spartacus-educational.com/FWWfeather.htm
I don’t know if the powers that be are this out-of-touch, or if they’re actively trying to stir up conspiracies every time an elite opens his or her mouth, but Baroness Jenny Jones sounded like a lunatic with her suggestion that the UK institute a curfew to keep men off of the street after 6pm to keep women safe and, unironically, reduce discrimination.
#CultureWar #AnarchyInTheUK #MenAreTrash
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/mar/13/men-curfew-sarah-everard-women-adapt-violence
https://www.glamourmagazine.co.uk/article/sarah-everard-victim-blaming
https://fairygodboss.com/articles/3-men-on-why-they-avoid-female-colleagues-after-metoo
https://www.forbes.com/sites/karlynborysenko/2020/02/12/the-dark-side-of-metoo-what-happens-when-men-are-falsely-accused/?sh=242e8447864d
I have a feeling that masculinity and men’s issues will probably become a strong focus of this channel. In keeping with that, I wanted to chat a bit more about South Africa’s Gender-based Violence obsession.
#GBV #WarOnMen
https://www.goodhousekeeping.com/life/relationships/a37016/male-survivor-of-domestic-violence/
https://genderjustice.org.za/project/policy-development-advocacy/stop-gender-violence-national-campaign/
https://www.zurinstitute.com/clinical-updates/female-batterers/
https://www.spar.co.za/banana-bread-recipe (I have no idea why this URL has not been changed from “Banana Bread Recipe” maybe it will have been by the time you click – shows how seriously they’re taking things)
https://www.spar.co.za/banana-bread-recipe/method (good lord)
Super Straight might just be a meme, but there is a serious question at the core of the discussion. From having children to maintaining relationship stability, there are myriad variables that would have to be taken into account, even if one were able to wrangle the more “irrational” aspects of attraction.
So, last week the Eastern Cape Minister of Sports, Arts & Culture renamed the city of Port Elizabeth – originally named after its founder’s wife, Elizabeth Frances née Markham. This isn’t the biggest of deals, or at least it wouldn’t be if our country could afford to pour money into sentiment.
But we really can’t.
Just a quick rundown of another element of woke politics and policy-making that have brought South Africa to her knees.
A South African observer of culture and politics, with a habit of waxing philosophical. Hope to join the global conversation that threatens to envelope my nation eventually.