Have you ever been told you’re too emotional? That your feelings are too intense, too disruptive, too much? In this powerful debut episode of The Not Viable Project, host Shannon explores the real meaning behind the phrase that has been used to silence women for generations.

Drawing from personal experience, feminist theory, psychology, and raw statistics, reveals how the label “too emotional” is less about feelings—and more about control. From workplace gaslighting and emotional suppression to the epidemic of gender-based violence, this episode examines how society weaponises emotional language to shame women, dismiss truth, and uphold power.

If you’ve ever cried in the bathroom, been called dramatic, or told to calm down when all you were doing was surviving—this episode will speak directly to your fire.

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"What if I told you that your uterus is now a crime scene?
That the blood between your thighs could trigger a police investigation?
That in the eyes of the state, your miscarriage isn’t a tragedy—it’s a homicide?

What if I told you… that grieving the loss of your baby could land you in a prison cell longer than the person who killed my baby boy?

This is not a horror story. It’s not fiction.
It’s policy. It’s precedent. It’s punishment wrapped in the language of “protection.”

And it’s spreading.
From El Salvador to Texas. From Victorian asylums to your period tracking app.

We were told we were too emotional.
So they locked us in institutions.
We were told we were too sexual.
So they outlawed our pleasure, our contraception, our choice.
And now?
Now they’re coming for our grief.

If you’ve ever lost a pregnancy like I did, this episode may break you down.
But I promise you—it will make you fierce.

Because mourning is not a crime.
But criminalising women absolutely is.

Welcome to We Are The Reckoning.
And today—we’re burning the whole damn script."

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"What if I told you…
That blaming the victim isn’t just ignorance—it’s a design.
What if I told you that for centuries, we haven’t just failed to protect women…
We’ve trained entire societies to blame them.
That in courtrooms, in headlines, in whispered conversations—
We are reenacting witch trials with better lighting.
And the only thing that’s changed…
is the costume.

This episode is raw. It’s researched. It’s real.
Because if we want to dismantle injustice, we have to understand how it survives.
And the truth is: blame isn’t just a feeling.
It’s a weapon.
And it has always been aimed at women."

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"What if I told you…
The real danger isn’t the violence—it’s what comes after.
It’s the silence.
The side-eyes.
The friends who vanish.
The family who turns cold.
The whispers of “she should’ve known better.”
What if I told you that every time someone says that, a piece of our humanity dies?

This episode isn’t comfortable.
It’s not easy.
But it will change the way you see everything.

Because victim blaming doesn’t just silence survivors—it destroys communities.
And sometimes, it destroys the very people we claim to love.

I know that because it happened to me.

When my son was murdered, my best friend’s mother crossed the street to avoid me.
My best friend—she didn’t come to the funeral.
Years later, after having children of her own, she finally apologised.
But the damage was already done.

Or when I was drugged, beaten, and raped—after years of clawing my way back to life, to connection, to trust—the new friends I made questioned whether it happened.
One friend, sat with a thinking face on and looked up at me looking me right in the eyes and said, “You know what Shannon, I believe you” even if it does sound like a movie
As if reality couldn’t be that cruel.
As if his conviction was a fluke—not because of what he did to me, but because he must’ve hurt someone else. Someone not connected to them.

I’m not friends with any of them now.
And here I am, still standing.
Not because it didn’t break me.
But because I refused to let their fear define me.

I refused to shrink into the shadows

So today, we’re going to talk about fear.
Not just the kind that comes with footsteps behind you or a locked door rattling—
But the kind that creeps into our institutions, our relationships, and our responses to trauma.
We’re going to talk about the way fear warps truth.
How it teaches people to protect themselves with cruelty.
How it turns communities against their own.

And how we—you and I—can burn that lie to the fucking ground.

This is We Are The Reckoning.
And today, we drag fear into the light."

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"What if I told you the greatest threat to democracy isn’t a dictator in uniform —

It’s a movement that claims to be “for the people.”

That freedom isn’t being stolen with guns —

It’s being rewritten with buzzwords like “equity,” “safety,” and “inclusion.”

That the West isn’t resisting tyranny —

It’s becoming it.

Because authoritarianism doesn’t always march in jackboots anymore.
Now, it whispers in university halls.
It smiles from behind media desks.
It hides behind hashtags and human rights slogans.
It tells you censorship is compassion.
That silence is safety.
That questioning is hate.

And if you think we’re immune — you haven’t been paying attention.

In this episode, I’m pulling back the curtain on the most dangerous lie of our time:
That authoritarianism today wears a progressive mask.
From Lenin to Bukele, from the Taliban to Twitter, from cult leaders to corporate executives — the tactics haven’t changed.
Only the branding has.

Welcome to the new dictatorship — wrapped in a flag, filtered through AI, and sold as virtue."

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"What if I told you...
That male fragility isn’t just about bruised egos — it’s become a political weapon.
That when men feel lost in a changing world, some turn not to reflection — but to revenge.
And that a growing movement online and offline now tells them exactly who to blame: women.

What if I told you that “male victimhood” isn’t just a mindset — it’s a machine?
Fuelled˘ by resentment. Justified through lies. And designed to roll back the progress women fought generations to make."

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"What if I told you… that the detention centre’s you're cheering today are tomorrow’s blueprint for tyranny?

What if I told you… that “criminal” has become the new “Jew”? That tattoos are the new yellow stars? That walls, wire, and propaganda are already doing their job—silencing, disappearing, and destroying human lives while good people look the other way?

And what if I told you… that the worst atrocities in history didn’t start in secret—they started exactly like this: loud, proud, and justified"

Credit @theprojecttv July 2024

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What If I Told You Australia’s Future Was Already Written — and It Looks Like Trump’s America?

What if I told you the slogans you’re hearing aren’t about hope…
They’re about control.
What if I told you that behind Peter Dutton’s “tough leadership” is a blueprint older than he is — one designed to divide you, frighten you, and strip your rights away under the cover of "protection"?
What if I told you we’ve seen this playbook before...
And it didn’t end with strength.
It ended with cages.
It ended with bans.
It ended with women losing the right to their own bodies.
It ended with democracy gasping for air.

Today, we’re not just talking about Peter Dutton’s Australia.
We’re talking about the America he’s modeling it on — and what’s about to happen here if we don’t tear the mask off now.

Because history isn’t in the past.
History is happening again — in real time.
And if you’re not scared yet... you’re not paying attention

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