The words of Heli St Luce

Conform to the expected norms Gotta be pretty to be acceptable  Gotta be thin to be truly pretty Blonde to be beautiful And above all, don’t get fat Be tractable, be amenable. Feminine means high heels, make up or at least mascara Prioritise your appearance above your personality Men are visual and superficial, so don’t be too deep Always aim your attraction at men Don’t be too smart, unless you’re a genius But if you are a genius always know a man genius who is better And refer to him frequently Make an effort, don’t be loud Be sweet, be kind, avoid conflict,  Be a fashionista, don’t be proud And above all avoid getting fat If you like eating cultivate bulimia, it’s almost impossible to see So it’s less unpleasant than anorexia and you should live longer Conform, please to society’s norm Vilify, scorn, denigrate, malign, youth and those younger Despise, fear disparage, ...

This skin, this hair, these lips, these feet, this backside Are all the evidence and proof I need that Africa is integral to me Africa; seat of humanity, civilisation, erudition Denuded by greed, still suffering and bleeding This mind, it's thoughts , these words, this culture Are the legacy of my European birth I ’ m an Afropean, take me to a museum, Progeny of a masterful strain, spawned by unnatural selection This man sings revolution, that man says do human revolution Meaning that any person - even me - Who decides to and changes positively Improves their environment incrementally That is how we are gonna make world peace. But I say revolution is circling, rotating often stagnating I want to sing and do evolution Inherent improvement, exponential expansion of potential. Cos what you fight you make stronger A ...