FKA Twigs on "Man Enough" podcast + D'Angelo Wallace covers her case

[irajaxon]

A couple of days ago, FKA Twigs appeared on the podcast Man Enough, as part of DV Awareness Month. The hour-long discussion focused on her "journey of healing, resilience, and reclaiming self-worth".

A clip of Twigs discussing the banal nature of the abuser's playbook has gone viral:



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[anagramofbrat]

Did anyone else watch the podcast episode and just continually get annoyed by the male host? Cause I had to turn it off finally several minutes before the end of the episode because I really couldn't deal with him anymore.

[trumpydoesmagic]

I listened to it because I was interested in what Twigs wanted to say but yeah he was suuuper annoying. Like okay are you waiting for her to go "wow what a good ally" lmao.

[anagramofbrat]

oh yeah he was pushing for those acknowledgement cookies so much.

[irajaxon]

yeah, i'm watching it in parts. i think he's sincere but it also comes across as like he's waiting for validation of his good-guyness.

just talk to people like they're people. you don't need to prove your good-guy credentials to a DV survivor in order to give them the space and time to speak openly and freely about their experience.

[emerald_soul]

I just saw pics this morning of Shia with Mia and his daughter and it made me feel sick. Men are allowed to do whatever the fuck they want and they get chance after chance to spread their misery around.

[sorryeden]

I just got into D'Angelo. I love his videos.

[ursulavosyem]

Kind of in a weird headspace, but do want to say first that I'm loving seeing D'Angelo's videos on here, he's touching on so many relevant topics with celebrities and influencers that really impact so many people; gossip isn't just a frivolous thing (although of course it can be) but I guess I'm trying to say that there's some pretty interesting discourse going on across a broad range of topics/experiences, and combining ONTD and YouTube commentary is a nice mix sometimes, for me

[hamnoo]

It took me years to use the term "abuse" for my first relationship. Even the word "toxic", while earlier, took years. I could only say that it was bad, and that is still true as well.
In the end, in my case, it came down to my own low self-esteem. I saw everything about my partner, how trauma from childhood/ substance abuse issues/ psychological issues impacted their behaviour, but couldn't grasp that even if there are a hundred excusing circumstances, even if the intent wasn't there as clear as you would expect from a cardboard cut villain, it was still abuse simply because I was abused.
Wishing you strength and happy days :)

[maryjanewatson]

no but it rly is crazy just how all abusers just behave the same, even if the abuse levels itself vary. also nuts how abuse is so insidious that the person being abused is unable to see or accept it no matter how many warnings they get from the outside.

truly just one of those things they need to go through and accept themselves in their own time :((( (ask me how i know lol)