My body is under attack. My skin is under attack. My hair is under attack…but I still want to live. A black girl goes through a lot in Zimbabwe….and well, in the world in general. Black girls are always being attacked by societal prejudices and harmful stereotypes. This podcast may just help or shed light on our on going every day battles and ups and downs. This is a series of honest takes that will discuss the Afro vs the universe, the shade of black skin, and cultural identity amongst other topics all brought to you by The “Weird” Brown Girl’s informed opinion.
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Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 2 hours 41 minutes
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episode 10: EP 10: Keep My Hair Out Of Your Mouth!
Black women’s hair is always subject to scrutiny…even from black people as well. We tell each other our hair sucks so we should relax it, if it’s in it’s natural state it’s undone and unkempt. Our primary schools and high schools and Zimbabwean society tells us to cut it or relax it (colonisation, cough cough). Then naturalistas shame other black women or girls who opt for wigs or women who relax their hair...
episode 9: EP 9: Beauty Standards And Why You’ll Never Be Enough!
You’ll never be tall enough or thick enough or anything enough for that matter… and that’s okay!
episode 8: EP 8: Yes, Toxic Masculinity Is A Thing!
Sure, I can blame it on the patriarchy but there’s more to it than that.
episode 7: EP 7: Toxic Femininity Exists Too!
If there’s toxic masculinity then there’s definitely toxic femininity!
episode 6: EP 6: Being a girl and trying to dress up in Zimbabwe…YIKES!
Sure, opening a dendairy icecream container and finding soup or beans inside sucks but do you know what else sucks? Trying to dress up as a girl in Zimbabwe…. There’s always going to be an “auntie” or “uncle” to harass you and call you a Jezebel and a clueless person who will sexualise just about anything and everything you wear simply because you’re a … drumroll please; a girl. Sigh. Here’s an account of my experiences and how I navigate myself through all the sexualisation and harassment.
episode 5: EP 5: Why Hating Men Is Pointless And Bad For Your Health..(sigh)
“ I wish we would have left the gender war in pre-school.” I didn’t know how incredibly short-sighted I was being when I claimed I hated men. I was very vocal about it too. I went the whole nine yards with my words screaming that men are trash. I thought I was being feminist but I realised I was just being sexist. My performative feminism was just disguised as sexism. I realised that instead of high-lighting women’s struggles or issues… I just screamed about men...
episode 4: EP 4: Yes, I’m A Feminist And No I Don’t Hate Men!
Feminism is more complicated and more nuanced than we could even begin to understand or comprehend. Let me take you on a journey of what my informed opinion of feminism is.
episode 3: EP 3: Colourism Part 2: The Dark Side of Skin Bleaching.
Let’s talk about skin bleaching in Africa…. A child of colourism.
episode 2: EP 2: Colourism Part 1 - The bashing of dark skin women and the fetishisation of light skinned women
Zimbabwean societies tend to be colourist whether intentionally or unintentionally….light skin is placed at the pinnacle of society…whilst dark skinned women are mocked and ridiculed. This is a brief commentary on why colourism occurs and how it affects people.
episode 1: EP 1: Don’t Call Me Oreo!
When you’re too white for the black kids and too black for the white kids..sigh.
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