My father claims that Soca artistes have not been contributing to the general culture of Carnival as Calypsonians use to.
His words: “Kitchener would release any number of songs but at least one was a pan song. Why pan players still have to play songs from over 15 years ago?”
Yesterday I asked a Standard 4 class, “What is the feminine noun associated with a Stag?” You know dem wicked children watch me in my FACE and said, “Carib!” I was so mad! Lol!
Soca is just a big big pappy-show now.
Yuh get a little popular, do Soca.
Yuh redskin, do Soca.
Yuh sexy, do Soca.
Yuh have a gym body, do Soca.
The art form has no standard again. Issa free for all now and Ras Shorty I forbid you have an opinion on the bs.
wa killing me off is that yall does let worse things get play, and worse people get popular. just say you don’t like him and go about your day. nobody will vex with you for that
Guys… guys…guys… this is the second incident I’m hearing about in that area.
Y’all don’t stop driving when you notice someone riding you like this and drive to the nearest Police station and BLOW YOUR HORN UNTIL YOU GET THE ATTENTION OF OFFICERS.
DO NOT DRIVE HOME!
Last night I had the most frightening experience driving along 4 roads passing starlite bk entrance; this sentra was up in my number driving hard with brights on. I pull aside n stop for him to go, n he just stays there and beeping me, then pulled up beside me…(cont’d 👇🏼)
Tribe has a history of colourism.
In Trinidad and Tobago black and brown artists (without connections) are largely ignored, put down or not taken seriously. Art in this country is elitist and colourist. How long now I saying that? Designers are taken advantage of in a big way!
We are marginalised. Discriminated against. Dehumanised. Verbally and physically assaulted in public. Bullied and abused in our homes, schools and workplaces. Murdered. Cannot love in the open. Cannot marry. Anal sex was only recently decriminalised.
Where so are the rights?
@CNC3TV
Love the sinner but not the sin.
Homosexuals seems to have lots of rights and we of opposing views are criticized more readily for stating our views.
*Jumps inna taxi*
*Sees a beautiful, voluptuous woman cross the road*
Driver: “Oh goud! Look at bamcee! I don’t know how some men could be gay nah!”
Also Driver to me: “Sorry dey….”
Me:
I’m not sure I have the language or social understanding for this conversation but I would say:
Trinbagonians dance a very thin line between prudishness/purism and hedonism/liberalism in practice and image.
And where we dance on that line is often left up to fancy and whim.
These Rude Boy Billboards that are placed in various locations nationwide seem to be creating quite a stir on the socials 🧐
What are your views? Yay or Nay
I’ll quote with my view …
@Kaliipso_868
My sister. My Queen. I am terribly sorry that you had to displeasure of being a victim of this unstable boy. Use every resource out there if it pleases you to get some justice. But if that doesn’t work, take solace in karma.
It’s also worth mentioning that, notwithstanding Watson Duke, Tobagonians had the courage to vote for “change”. Are Trinidadians brave enough to never put PNM or UNC back into power? Are we brave enough to give a new and fresh party a chance?
Trinidadians completely misunderstanding the significance of the results of Tobago’s THA election will make me laugh forever and ever lol, y’all not at this table and that’s okay relax…how you mad about governance that don’t affect you in anyway.
The UNC is a racist and an incompetent party.
The PNM are embarrassingly out of touch with what the reality is in Trinidad and Tobago.
So who I really really going and vote for?
These people are so painfully out of touch reality. And the citizens only concerned with PNM and UNC and cannot objectively demand better for the country. So what I hotting my head over? We like it just so.
Alot of big fetes returning to O2 Park or Chaguaramas in general. So unless allyuh planning to only go south fetes allyuh have rel complaining whole carnival season!
Calypso & Soca are synonymous with our Carnival Culture: it IS the sound of our Carnival and Culture.
It’s literally playing 24/07, EVERYWHERE, for the ENTIRE 2-3 month season.
If you don’t like Soca DO NOT COME: because allyuh does start complaining and it’s annoying!
In a country where residents gather in droves to inflict bodily harm to homosexual men, you’ve just placed a target on this person. Tell us again how not homophobic you are.
I'm not a homophobic person but you ppl need to know your place. I was casually walking by n this man/woman (don't know what d person might identify as) decide fi bring down him window n seh "him fi charge mi fi walk round wid sumn suh big"
And y’all can say what y’all wanna say and do what y’all wanna do! Trinbagonians have no appreciation for the artistes we have!
Allyuh making noise because of Kes?! Kes Dieffenthaller?! Who does PERFORM?! Who has one of the best catalogues of soca music? We music?! Madness!
Same thing i saying. Trinis like to question how soca ain't gone global but the minute one of our artists performs next to a dancehall pr international artists like popcaan and burna boy we treat them like dog shit. Why the sudden hate for someone who's there every carnival ???
“Normalising having a gay friend...” is the fucking least! Is respect we want. FREEDOM to love who we please without discrimination, hate and violence. The opportunity to be ourselves, unbounded and in fullness! We need allies that will fight oppression of every kind! Friends? 😗
People know it’s wrong to be homophobic and transphobic so they have to victimise themselves in order to warrant an attack on the community.
“I don’t have a problem with their lifestyle as long as they keep it over there.” We do and y’all still get salty when we do.
It’s been theorised (by an African spiritualist) that the Western world has taught us to abandon/dislike (vibrant) colours.
Because East Indian indentured people were able to retain most of their identity, that is perhaps why they love surrounding themselves with many colours.
I feel like every year we have go over HIV/AIDS stigmatisation and miseducation with Trinbagonians. This who Gabriel thing is so…
And people laughing at that jed… I’m so disenchanted with everything eh…
The people are saying that it’s not Violet’s gum chewing that really got to Willy Wonka: it’s the fact that she was chewing him up in the Bob-Off and he couldn’t deal.
Anybody with some sense know the true Big 4 Caribbean Countries 😎
Let this rest argue over 5th place
If you ain’t Bahamian🇧🇸, Jamaican🇯🇲, Dominican 🇩🇴or Haitian🇭🇹 take a back seat 💺
LISTEN! We complain too much without action. If it keeping in O2. DO NOT GO! Promotors will get the sense required the following year WHEN THEIR EVENTS ARE POORLY ATTENDED.
Not spending your money in places you shouldn’t, is a valid form of protest.
Alot of big fetes returning to O2 Park or Chaguaramas in general. So unless allyuh planning to only go south fetes allyuh have rel complaining whole carnival season!
We have a very rigid idea of what a man *should* be and when young boys start to deviate from idea, they are punished until they fall in line.
Our great-great grandparents raised awful men, who raised terrible men, who raised monsters, who are going to raise demons.
I’ve been saying for a while now that we could host amazing food festivals right here. In like July/August. Make it annual and ppl have another reason to visit us and citizens have something else to look forward to when the year reach.
Ms. Mamas walked into a kitchen and felt the full brunt of West Indian old folks (her family btw) and wants to take it out on an entire region oui. And how exactly is that jealousy?
West Indian parents will tell the town how lazy their own kids are. 🤷🏾♂️ grow up. 😂😂😂
@NotHereForThat
@TrustIn_KEYsus
That's just how your house smells. Walk outside and get a whiff of greatness and the opulence of the season. Sheer royalty. And let's not forget we're in the Age of Aquarius; everything great about your season is what we let you have.
The argument that illiterate parents cannot help their children with their school work is false.
It’s not just about a parent’s ability to read or solve a math problem. It’s about taking an intentional and active interest in your child’s education.
There’s definitely some supernatural quality to human existence and interactions.
Because even this is by pure coincidence there’s still something…ethereal about this. Wow.
This is wow. Would be kinda cool if they became life long friends.
So we had triplets right? Bella, Bailey and Brooklyn. Bella passed in the NICU when they were 12 days old. Bailey and Brooklyn started kindergarten today and look what one their classmates name is! Same last name too!! I started bawling in the class. 🥹
I’m sorry to tell allyuh, if allyuh waiting for *straight* men (as a collective) in this country to stand up in the way that we need them to when it comes to violence and abuse against women; Allyuh not going to get it. Not in this generation.
Mark Wiens did us well! Big up
@buhdahwee
, Zaak and David! Also big up the driver and passenger of PDT9206 😂😂😂 that, “Hello! I calling Mark! He! He! He!” took me out!!!!!! And I just love that for our culture.
Yet, not surprisingly, here you are: coming to declare what?
“Stay in yuh lane 🙄” what does mean exactly? Please be as detailed and as clear as possible.
I’d think the first step in children having autonomy over their own bodies is actually knowing their own bodies.
Y’all place an age limit on what children should and shouldn’t know sexually when the predators don’t.
And who REALLY feeling the pressure? Most certainly NOT the rich. Because their kids either vaccinated or getting the best online school. We cannot afford for our kids to be home and online but not for hell we will vaccinate them? Come on. Come. On!
Food sellers in T&T don’t do a proper detailed menu costing and it shows. Y’all be selling food waaaaaaaaaay too expensive and the portion sizes are a joke! Price and portion should match and it would if y’all took the time to do the maths!