Moon Stories

Have you ever been in a situation with someone who behaves like they're five years old, operates solely out of their ego and refuses to acknowledge criticism or take any accountability for their bad behaviour? It's jarring.
This podcast focuses on the recent series of Love Island and in particular Georgia Steel, who frequently behaves terribly and then when she receives backlash for her behaviour, uses gaslighting and manipulation tactics to either victimise herself or spin the blame onto anyone else, effectively avoiding all accountability.
Georgia is a great case study for this podcast to discuss the wider issues that surround this topic of how to deal with being manipulated, different communication tactics that can be used, and how to deal with this over an extended period of time where there is no option to remove yourself from the behaviour (think co-workers or family members.)
This podcast aims to decode manipulation tactics, so you can recognise behaviours early, help to set boundaries and build long term resilience.
This is in no way an attack on Georgia Steel but simply an observation of a wider pattern of behaviour for self growth purposes.

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This podcast centres around the recent media frenzy of Gypsy Rose Blanchard, who has recently been released from prison after killing her mother for years of abuse by munchausen by proxy.
I discuss the judgement and praise she is receiving and the many ways this has been replicated throughout recent media scandals in varying degrees of severity (Johnny Depp vs. Amber Heard, Selena Gomez vs. Hailey Bieber etc..), and how quick opinions can change and the impact this can have on these public figures.
The main takeaway from this is how each situation is relative, regardless of which side of the coin you see and the view you look to take. To Gypsy Rose, prison was her first taste of freedom, showing how skewed her perceptions of life were compared to the average every day person. Can you truly judge someone whose idea of freedom was incarceration?
I leave you with this thought; If your life depended on it, would you kill for freedom?

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At this time of year I typically begin to reflect on how things have been and how I can change things moving into the coming year. With that comes a lot of self reflection and part of that is acknowledging mistakes made as to not make them again.
While this is typically really beneficial to grow and understand flaws in yourself, this can lead to self deprecation and can create more internal struggles than positives taken from self reflection. I struggle a lot with feelings of guilt and criticising myself for things I’ve done in ways I wouldn’t criticise others and I think this is normal.
We are our own worst critics and in this podcast I talk about the realisations I’ve had to begin to move away from this narrative and back into the headspace of seeing my mistakes and faults as space to grow, not as detrimental flaws to my character that will never be forgotten.

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Here are a list of recent mistakes I’ve been making and what I have done to counter them.
I speak about the way that knowing how to be authentic, or knowing when is the right or wrong time to be authentic, in a situation will be accepted by your peers. I think this is a definite struggle for people with ADHD or neurodivergent tendencies.
I also touched on the different ways that we tend to set ourselves unrealistic expectations, and how moving from one stage of our life to another can create a confusing mental shift in where we are vs where we should be. It can also be frustrating wanting other people to acknowledge these changes and can lead you to feel like you’re not doing enough if you don’t receive external validation.

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There is a repeating pattern throughout history of things being pushed underground by the system for no reason other than the people in power's feelings of fear towards the unknown. Whether it be prostitution, LGBTQ+ clubs pre legalisation, or the underground music scene, we have seen time and time again that there is no supply without demand.
We have an issue with people in positions of power (who are typically white due to the racial inequalities of our society) looking down on anything that doesn't follow their idea of what is considered 'acceptable or normal.' Just because it makes white, conservative, straight cisgender people with little experience of any other culture uncomfortable, it is not wrong.
Regardless of if it takes hundreds of years for behaviours to become normalised, or riots and protests to evoke change, the system is fundamentally flawed at every level. The fact you cannot broadcast music to a group of people without the possibility of facing charges or prison time further proves my point that police, the government, anyone in power hates whatever they don't understand.
In this podcast, I speak on pirate radio stations of the 90's, police's attitudes towards them, the ways the media conveys ideals of the underground scene based on upper class perceptions and the bubble up effect of when you cannot control the scene into what it has become today.
Video reference - https://youtu.be/HZiqmMJNIaY

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