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Hey y’all! There’s some confusion about what the purpose of Onlyfans is so I hope this clears things up. Enjoy!
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Hey y’all! In this episode I hash out some thoughts on decentering romance and investing time and energy into other meaningful relationships
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Hey y’all. There as an overwhelming sense that we use “black” as a synonym for “poor” or “working class”. These are some of my incomplete thoughts on the danger of assuming that all black people share a kinship based on past/present class status
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Hey y’all. In yet another episode of Tiktok being the bad place I think through messaging on the platform that drives transphobia. Enjoy (or not)!
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Hey y'all! The "broke nggas don't get pssy" and "Indoda must" discourse has gotten out of hand and I've had it. Enjoy!
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Hey y'all! In this episode I make the case that meeting people through dating apps is very "normal" and should not carry any shame. Enjoy!
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Hey y'all! After reading The Right To Sex by Amia Srinivasan I wanted to share my thoughts about certain desires and kinks (maybe I shouldn't be using this word) that I think should be policed and shamed. Enjoy!
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Hey y'all! After watching three episodes of Temptation Island SA last year, I woke up one day and decided to record a brief first thoughts episode. The series has already ended but I decided to release this anyway. Enjoy!
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Hey y'all! There's a whole industry of prophets, sangomas and other people with an ancestral calling operating on TikTok and Twitter. I have some concerns about this and I work through some of these in this episode. Enjoy!
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Hey y'all! First Impressions will be me reviewing new projects in the digital space. We are starting off with a new podcast called Beneath The Underdog, I go through what the podcast is about, my likes and dislikes and where I think it will go in the future. Check them out on podcasting platforms and on Youtube. Enjoy!
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Hey y'all! I am embarrassed to say I am incredibly fascinated by KSI (real name Olajide Olatunji). I definitely will be making more episodes about him because I have things to say. In this episode, I reflect on some comments KSI has made about racism and trying to think through how his wealth and power shield him from the harm of racism. If you have thoughts, reach out to me on twitter @lindo_king or leave a voice note in the link below.
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Hey y'all! In this episode of media talks, I take a look at the various strategies that Lasizwe has used to build one of the biggest social media followings in South Africa. This conversation is in anticipation of him reaching 700 000 subscribers on YouTube. Enjoy!
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Hey y'all! Classism, internalized misogyny, internalized transphobia, take your pick. In this episode I speak about how harmful Caitlyn Jenner's politics are. Not all representation is good representation kids! Enjoy (or not)
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Hey y'all! This is the first episode of Media Talks. In this Early Adopters series I take a deep dive into the the content and growth of South African Youtubers who started making content before it became popular to do so. This episode focuses on Sibu Mpanza. Let me know what you think by reaching me on twitter @lindo_king or send a voice note, link below. Enjoy!
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Hey y'all! Would you rather have dinner with Jay-Z or get $500K, that is the question. In this episode, we explore how Jay-Z has made his wealth and whether his method can be replicated to other people. Let me know what you think on twitter @lindo_king or the voice note function below, Enjoy!
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Hey y'all! First things first, there's a clicking sound in the background, pls ignore it for my sake. Number two, I am well aware of Nikita Dragun's alleged predatory behavior - I am using the situation to make a point. I am not invested in defending the person of Nikita. That said, in this episode we think through how people who incite/inspire social media outrage are profiting off of said outrage. Can we devalue outrage? Enjoy!
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Hey y'all! I'm not gonna lie, the title is click-bait-ey but eyy it is what it is. In this episode I ramble amount black fatherhood, locating identity in paternal lineage, alternative fathering and step-fathers. It's a lot, I know but get into it!
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Hey y'all! In this episode I attempt to draw parallels between the prison system and cancel culture and make the point that you cannot be against cancel culture but pro-prisons. I go on to question what other alternatives we have for public accountability and what does it mean if we are unable to hold people accountable for violence/harm. Enjoy!
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Hey y'all! In this episode I talk about policing twitter as a means to reduce the harm caused by other on the platform. Enjoy!
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Hey y'all! In this episode I try to explain that children who are raised by same-sex parents are not at risk of not having their full emotional needs met by looking at the history of South African black communities who had to raise children in the absence of fathers. Enjoy!
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Hey y'all! In this episode I make the case for why men must still be the main financial providers. Let me know what you think, my twitter is @Lindo_King. Enjoy!
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Hey y'all! In this episode I blame every one EXCEPT teenagers who fall pregnant for the high numbers of teenage pregnancies that we see in black communities. It is about time every one else takes their portion of the blame in creating an environment that has produced these high numbers of teenage pregnancies. Enjoy!
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Hey y'all! In this episode I unpack why I don't think the ANC will self-implode given the recent events with the step-aside rule being enforced and Ace Magashule subsequently being suspended. Enjoy!
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Hey y'all! In this episode I flesh out my thoughts about why the dangers of South African film and tv telling the same stories about queer people. Enjoy!
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TW: Murder Hey y'all! In this episode I reflect on the killing of queer folks and the general violence on people who are read as queer. I start off with the passing of Eudy Simelane and speak about the anxiety of people who are read as femme.
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Hey y'all! In this episode I share my thoughts on what the saying "It takes a village to raise a child" means within the modern context and what responsibility we owe to the children in our communities. Enjoy!
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Hey y'all! We're talking about everyone's favorite topic, cancel culture. I add my two cents to the conversation by explaining why I think we will never be able to get everyone on one side about cancelling a particular person therefore everyone should make cancel culture a personal politic. Enjoy!
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Hey y'all!. In this episode I give my first(ish) impressions of Diep City which is a new telenovela on Mzansi Magic playing weekdays at 20:30. I go into the good, the bad and the things I would change about the show. It's not the regular discourse episode but get into it anyway.
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Hey y'all! In this episode I discuss why BET's Isono is queer baiting with the Gabriel and AB storyline while trying to think through what queer-baiting actually is. Enjoy!
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Hey y'all! Back to regular programming and in this episode I talk about the idea of unconditional love. What does it actually mean to love someone unconditionally? Do people deserve unconditional love and what are the ways in which it can be harmful? Enjoy!
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Hey y'all! We're talking about performative ally-ship again, yey!!
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Hey y'all. In this episode I talk about the incentive that the accuser and the accused have to lie within the context of intimate partner violence and why we should be thinking differently about women who have allowed us into their confidence when telling their stories.
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So Love Island has come to South Africa and I have some thoughts. In this episode I speak about how versions of the show perpetuate white standards of beauty. Enjoy!
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Euphonic has a history of bullying women who have accused him of violence. In this episode I break down why I think he deploys terrorist tactics to achieve the objectives of rendering his victims un-believable. Enjoy (or not)!
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Hey y'all! In this episode I delve into the ways in which cis-het men have historically made money from co-opting femme aesthetics and why we should not let that infilitrate the drag scene with the rising popularity of Ru Paul's Drag Race
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Hey y'all! In this here first episode of 2021 I unpack the term 'slayqueen' and explain why it's laced with misogynoir and why we should not use it. Enjoy!
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Hey y'all! In this episode I attempt to plow through the textures of body dysmorphia within experienced by people of trans experience and talking through why trans people don't have to undergo physical transition. Enjoy!
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Hey y'all! Before you answer "No!" to the question above, give the episode a listen. In this episode I share my thoughts about some of the ways in which we all communicate fatphobia.
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Hey y'all! In this episode I break down the title of W.B. Rubusana's book titled 'Zemk'inkomo Magwalandini' and talk about the importance of traditional knowledge today. Enjoy!
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Hey y'all! With the increasing popularity of wealthy black people on social media, people have been asking why black wealth is policed and white wealth not. I share my thoughts on the whole thing using MamMkhize as an example.
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Hey y'all! In this episode I try to talk you out of being proud of your country. If you're still proud of being a citizen of your country after this episode, tell me why on twitter @lindo_king. Enjoy!
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Hey y'all! In this episode I discuss what people should and should not disclose when in the beginning stages of dating. I zoom in on things that generally have negative stereotypes in society such as HIV/AIDS. Let me know what think!
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Hey y'all! Firstly, we have a new name, the podcast formerly known as Asikhulume is now "thoughts?" because all I do here is share my thoughts. In this episode I share my thoughts on why non-monogamy is not the solution to cheating. Enjoy!
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Hey y'all! I don't know about you but I'm getting tired of people saying they want to have "difficult conversations" as an excuse to spew bigoted opinions. In this episode I try to think through what are "opposing views" and what is out-right bogotry.
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Hey y'all! I've always wondered why black people in Amrica are AA and white people living in the same country are just "amrican" with no prefix regardless of the fact that both groups are do not originate from that country. In this episode I think through how these titles are colonial language that communicate who is the conquered and who is the conqueror. Enjoy!
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Hey y'all! Sooo...in this episode I try think through continental identities with a specific focus on being African and whether white people born in and living in Africa are considered "African". Enjoy!
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Hey y'all! As usual, the episode is a mess but I did attempt to think through the positioning of South African prisons as "correctional facilities" and whether prisons have lived up to their theoretical purpose. And finally I touched on what prison abolition means to me in the South African context.
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Hey y'all! Today we talk about the ways in which we encourage men to be emotional. The episode is a bit all over the place but listen to it away.
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Hey y'all! We've all heard the "it's just what I like" chat when people talk about their preferences in romantic relationships. In this episode I try to explain that preferences more often than not exist in a societal context and don't just exist but are enforced by societal standards and norms. Enjoy!
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Hey y'all! In the last episode I touched on the business of news so I decided to dedicate an entire episode on this. Lucky number 28 thinks through the ways in which business and news intersect and whether we can trust private actors to accurately disseminate the news while maximizing their bottom line.
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Hey y'all! In this episode I look at the evolution of South African television news & journalism and how it has shifted towards entertainment as opposed to being informative. I touch on how much news I now consume and ask why Thulasizwe and Shahan are shouting on tv.
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Hey y'all! In this episode I ask why we always expect oppressed, minority & marginalized groups to perform their oppression for us to legitimize it. It's weird, stop it!
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Hey y'all! In this episode I talk about how I feel about human dignity being tied to labour and why it is important to rest in the age of side hustle culture and hyper-capitalism.
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Hey y'all! In this episode I talk about how the concept of queerness being "unafrican" and how the existence of queer sangomas is justified in this argument.
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Hey y'all! After listening to the episode about pronouns on Intersectionally speaking, I wanted to record an episode about gender and what it means to different people.
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Hey y'all! In this episode I share my thoughts on the Clicks racist ad, the subsequent protests by the EFF and whether we will see the end of racism in our lifetime.
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Hey y'all! I recently came across a video by a ployamorous couple where they talked about unlearning jealousy. I've never thought that people can completely unlearn jealousy. Work through it? Yes. Unlearn? I'm not sure about that. In this episode I share my thoughts on jealousy and non-monogamous relationships.
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Hey y'all! This episode is more questions than answers to be honest. After seeing the picture of Adele at the Jamaican... I actually don't know what it was but it got me thinking about whether black people living outside of Africa (African diaspora) can be appropriators of African culture
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Hey y'all! In this episode I share my thoughts about why no one should have a live-in domestic worker. Enjoy!
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Hey y'all! As we continue to try wrap our heads around the fact that the Marikana massacre happened, the police have shot yet another innocent person, this time a young boy who was outside his home, In this episode I try to make sense of the violence meted out on black communities by the security forces. I don't think I did a goods job in making sense of these senseless killings but do give this a listen if you're interested.
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Hey y'all! I spent 26 minutes trying to problematize the practice of lobola. In this episode I speak on the technicalities of the sacred negotiation, the criteria used to determine a woman's fair value and the notion that the process is intended to "bring families together". If you're interested in my not very original arguments for doing away with lobola then give this episode a listen.
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Hey y'all. It is the one year anniversary of The List, which is a movement of survivors naming their abusers. There has been a lot of critiques about The List and whether it is a useful and necessary tool in the fight against gender-based violence and femicide. In this episode I talk about why I think The List is useful and necessary.
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Hey y'all! This week marks the one year anniversary of Uyinene Mrwetyana's passing. This time last year was such a dark time for South Africa but an even darker time for her friends and family. In this episode I talk about the events surrounding her passing and I share my thoughts on her legacy and how we remember her.
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Hey y'all! Imagine you had a thriving business and you were given the option to have people work for you and you don't have to pay them anything. This would mean you would cut business costs in half. If this sounds like a good idea to you then you probably would have seen nothing wrong with owning slaves. In this episode I talk about the capitalist side of slavery and whether we have truly evolved to see slavery as an inhumane act.
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Hey y'all? I certainly don't have the perfect answers but if you're interested in my thinking and reasoning on who can and can't say the n-word then give the episode a listen.
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Hey y'all! Once again, people are being weird on Beyonce's internet and I thought I should come here and share mu thoughts on the whole thing. In this episode I spoke about the thing that happened and my thoughts on calling people out vs calling them in.
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Hey y'all! We've all seen the word "womxn" used ,mostly in progressive spaces, as a term to be inclusive of all women. In this episode I talk about how useful it is to use the spelling of "womxn" instead of just sticking to "woman" and still being all-inclusive.
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Hey y'all! Ally-ship is a concept that has bothered me for some time now, partly because I think no one actually knows what it means to be an Ally but also because I feel the term is just being used to score brownie points with marginalized communities. So I took 17 minutes out if my life to rant about why I think we should abolish ally-ship.
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Hey y'all! South Africa has had a few major sporting moments over the past 26 years (winning 2 world cups and hosting one). As sports has always been sold as one of the things that can unite us as a country (given our racial dynamics), I wanted to discuss whether or not sports has even attempted to do the work of uniting us.
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Hey y'all! In South Africa we have recently had numerous reports about corruption involving PPE procurement. This got me thinking about whether we will ever see the end of corruption in SA. At some point I even talked about the Nobel Peace Prize and elephants so it's a bit all over but humor me okay?
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Hey y'all! I recently came across a snippet of a TedTalk where the presenter was talking about pedophilia as a valid sexual orientation, this obviously left me gobsmacked so I decided to come on the pod and talk about why this is factually incorrect and why we should always see pedophilia as a crime and not a sexual orientation.
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Hey ya'll! The pandemic we're currently in got me thinking about the different ways in which America and South Africa reacted to the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the '90s and early '00s. In this episode I discuss the way in which sexual pleasure is seen as a fundamental right only in cisheterosexual contexts using the HIV/Aids epidemic as a case study.
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Hey y'all! In South Africa we have very limited resources when it comes to healthcare especially where specialized surgeries are concerned. This got me thinking about how this affects the trans folk's ability to access gender-affirming surgery and healthcare in general. I took some time to share my thoughts and reflections on the topic.
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Hey y'all! A lot of discourse has been happening in the past couple of years about marriage and I have been one of the people who have been a bit too critical of marriage. In this episode I talk about the benefits of marriage for marginalized communities and why we (the critics) should just let people get married.
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Hey y'all! In this episode I talk about one of my favorite subjects - Radio. I walk you through how I got introduced to radio, the YFM golden years, the celebrity culture that overtook radio, talk radio and which shows I'm currently listening to. Do interact with me on social media on @Lindo_King across platforms.
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Hey y'all. This week, like every other year, South Africa is faced with yet another murder of a woman at the hands of a man. Tshego Pule who was pregnant at the time was murdered by her ex-partner. I took some time to speak about the domestic violence in South Africa and the self-imposed responsibility of men to protect women.
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Hey y'all! In this episode I talk about my introduction to the concept of gender identity and specifically trans-identity and try to break down what it means for people to be of trans experience. Let me know what you think of the episode, @Lindo_King on all platforms.
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