Writing prompts.

intimate, human feelings like wanting to be liked, empathy, caring and trying. The society also rewards nonchalance and not being vulnerable. Also being tired or sick is viewed as laziness.

Self discipline is encouraged so as to make us control ourselves and follow society's rules for them, even without them constantly reminding us

How everything's value ( art, labor, people) is measured by profit.

I do not owe the world beauty. I am a person and a woman

Inspired by Modern Political Communication by James Stayner

Religion cripples us into submission, which is unfortunate because it has the power to empower us. If you beleive that tehre is someone there to pretext you and that death doesn't mean the end then you wouod feel more willing to die for causes that matter, but instead it feeds us nonsense that you are weak and worthless and incapable of doing anything and you should accept how things are because its God's will and he knows best and its fine if we suffer here, things will be better in a heaven that we know nothing about

Word to that one Jesse Jackson speech in a Different World.In fact, I would say taht we see this especially prevalent with how uninterested people are with voting and how they dont think that their one vote matters.

Thank you tiktok stranger

Think that one horrendous quote about women and the male gaze

In fact, why does everything lack personalization. Clothes, houses, everywhere. Its like we are that poor division in Divergent. Everything lacks personality

Idk the context when I write this but part of this must be because of how inherently political the youth is. The youth is usually disillusioned to reality and more willing to Desert tradition and embrace change, so society partly demonizes them. The youth is also difficult to control so they are viewed as unruly and crazy. The labels ppl give non conforming individuals

Police work for the government and not the people. Police punishes what is considered wrong in that soicety/culture not actual morals ie. child marriage is legal in many countries but not gay marriage. Police are there to maintain the status quo but not to actually protect the people. Alot like HR. Its very unfortunate and terrifying that both these 'groups' are painted as there to protect the people when they couldnt care less for them.

And how we in turn commodity it. Foreign man in a foreign land

Thank you foreign man in a foreign land and fd signifier

Why SA men kill beat and kill women, while other African countries beat to discipline not to a point of death and of course honor killings.

How they're just standards for gender performance

If not, why? If we are, whats stopping us, fear? Bell Hooks said that we are bombarded with imagery of lives value but we don't see that principle enacted anywhere.

Why does South Korea reserve its truly amazing male leads who are obsessed and beyond in love for their female leads? Like wdym I have to get raped and poisoned by my own family to get a good man who's obsessed with me!!All the best love stories are reserved for female leads with the most fucked up pasts.Why cant happy girls get a good man. Tf, what are you trying to teach me?

Despite Japan being waaaay more popular in the mainstream. When most Sputh Africans think of Asia, they think of India and China. Why

Im looking at you, OH my Venus, theses shows take serious topics like fat phobia or assault and reduce them to tools to push the plot, ie make ml closer to fl.

The insidious messaging in Indian dramas on women, their place and the love that they deserve.

Why does every "black love" couple consist of some lightskin/ biracial woman and a dark skin man. Even my sweetheart, Kimberly Reese never trends compared to her counterparts. Darkskun black women are erased from black love

Are darkskin black girls, non existent, worthy or love, whats happening?? Everyyime they're represented they end up disappearing. Why do people not find dark skin/ fat/ disabled women "aestheticcally pleasing"? Why must their existentence always be political or some nonsense

From previous prompts, why should people be aesthetically pleasing to be valid? Our obsession with EVERYTHING being aesthetically pleasing, like wtf???? Did social media make it worse or are we more exposed to people's obsession with aesthetics?

What causes black SA men to have such an aversion to tv shows. They only watch soccer, why?? Not even movies? And this feels unique to SA men, western culture men like tv. Tv shows like Breaking Bad are known for men. But SA black men, especially the older kind, arent interested in tv?? I wonder why?

Among other ways, language and esp Eng is SA is used as a tool to silence black people and butcher our self expression. Its used to humiliate us and reduce ourselves. People cant honestly express themselves in a foreign language

They cant fill it with white women so they're filling it with these strange, ambiguous women like Cleo Sol, Kehlani whatever.

Is it a power thing with yaoi? Is yuri less easy to provide escape?

Basically a rant on how Ariana encapsulate a very specific girl experience. Basically the gen z girl.

Black ppl have an aversion to being perceived as ghetto. Because ghetto means poor, uncivilized and like indaba( ppl that are unfamiliar or not to used to nice things). What is so wrong with being ghetto. How did that become such an insult. Esp for black ppl? Why are we disgusted by ppl who dont have access ti stuff. Why is that a joke. Or do we view poor ppl as lazy? Why is being poor such an insult?

We as a culture have created this idea that internal peace is less important than external peace. Its more important to receive external validation than internal peace. Prioritizing your mental state is viewed as selfish. Esp when you're a black woman.

Black ppl and women view pain as something they get rewarded for. Something that leads to your growth or gets you to heaven. They try to rationalize all this pain that they hae gone through and continue to go through. They blame it on things like laziness or thats just how life is, to come to terms with it. Suffering or strife is seen as inevitable and necessary( and maybe it is) but not to this level. Black ppl and women are out through the worst then told that the reward is resilience. Like the "mbokodo" nonsense. Praising women for suffering like its some good thing.

In Hitlers time, "lazy/unproductive" ppl were persecuted. This shows how being tired or unproductive is viewed as a serious character flaw. A deficiency of sorts. In a culture that centers on work, lazy ppl are shamed and hated. Unproductiveness is hated. Normal feelings like being tired or being sick or depressed are shamed for it. Those are normal human feelings. Not to say that laziness is like amazing or anything but the way it is demonized is certainly interesting.

When you are black or poor, esp black and poor you cannot afford to be carefree as a child, lazy and reckless because for you, the consequences are deadly. For the white child, eso rich one, they make a mistake and daddy pays for it. They have the freedom to explore, make mistakes, chnage theur minds and be selfish. The poor/black child cannot do that. Especially the black child cause they are also "representing their whole race" much like queer kids are but not the point. Black and poor children don't have a childhood, and it's deeply unfortunate that most parents dont have the power or dont feel that they have the power to change the world but change tehur kid to prepare them for rhe world instead.

THERES NOTHING WRONG WITH YOU THERES NOTHING WRONG WITH YOU.

All uncivilized ppl were one with nature. Walking barefoot, houses built from mud. All these things that meant ppl were one with nature. Inspired by Pocahontas

Inspired by Spirit and Pocahontas

They grow, reproduce, heal, move and everything. Its quite literally insane to think about. Im so curious about how Natives ( American and Australians beleive nature contains spirits and heals). What if nature heals jn the same way as a good hangout. It nourishes us emotionally the same way people can. I cant beleive we are sharing the world with so much life. Literally living alongside plants and animals. Also makes me think of the elements. Makes me think if my favourite part of Avatar: their relayionship with nature and the elements. What if God isnt in the sky looking down on us but is in nature. The trees and oceans. That could explain why life had become so shit. We keep going away from nature and thus from God or wtv. Idk ths is just a random thought and yap. I could be speaking ninsense, ive done no research or anything. I just feel inspired by avatar and sitting outside. If nature has God in it then that would mean we humans do too. Im reminded of this one edit. I swear in another life or future Im a spiritual baddie. Im reminded of this one edit that says we are the walking embodiment of God consciousness. If we have god in us then I wonder how does it manifest itself? Through our self expression ie, love, sex, painting, poetry, a fun yap session, cooking. That would mean that life and humans are beautiful. Our nature/existencs would be holy and beautiful. Is thst what ppl mean they speak of beauty in the mundane? Wow, mixing neo soul with sitting outside makes one yap yho. I keep thinking that the everyday things we do are actually rituals. Like eating, bathing, cooking. They kinda feel, nit sacred, idk but something like that. Like taking care of yourself is sacred because you are nature's what what. You are god conciousness so its important to take care of yourself yk. And your surroundings. Trees, our oceans/rivers. Idk i just kep thinking that natives were onto something man. They were cooking fr. Idk though "spiritual" ppl feel so pretentious and full of shit. Like they've got all that heaing stuff but their behaviour does not reflect someone "spiritual". Like youre a Chakra hun but youre fuvking on a married man????? Hayi, I doubt them, youre one with the earth but youe defending racists??? Like aboJhene, so. Idk its just not make sure for me. It seems like it's just a aesthetic thing and not actually being real to it, true to it. Im not saying being spiritual makes you super smart amd perfect but doesnt it make you more guided, man? Hayi, you meditate but you act exactly like me??? Idk. Once again, Im just talking. I expect someone spiritual to act like aboSolange so. Not to be forward cause I dont actually know that lady though🤚. Maybe instead of looking to random celebs and ppl I should look into ppl who actually acti Ely practice this. Ok thats my next research topic.