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CHRISTIAN ADELAIDE BEWARE

I am a Christian in Adelaide and have been targeted by a group in Adelaide. It felt like a normal bible study, however, they later exposed that they are Zion mission Center which is apart of Shinceonji. They encourage not to search up the church since there are lot of ‘rumours’ about it. But I felt the holy spirit telling me to search them up. As I did, I found out there teaching are more on a new religious movement and associate with the process of ‘cults’

I was shocked, these people were really nice. And in a cult it’s not about the people being bad but the cult. 

I didn’t know this group existed and I wanted to put something out there. 

Here is a couple videos about people’s experiences. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3PLCH4x4iE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fRI_R9nEZEM

I am usually very open to different dominations; however, they believe that half of revelations has already been fulfilled and that their head leader is the ‘new John’. There is much material online to inform you

Please be weary and protect your faith and yourself. They are known to drag you away from your family and friends. 

You shouldn’t feel fearful of God that you’re going to hell or that you don’t know anything. Trust the holy spirit and that God loves you and that you are enough 

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Cardigan (Lyric Video) - Taylor Swift

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I took so long editing this but it was so worth it!!

thanks for the amazing song!! <3 I have now bought two versions of the album and love it sm.

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folklore stickers

I put tall he prices for these stickers very cheap on what I earn, since this idea is from Taylor. However, all photos are taken by me.

AVAILABLE AT: https://www.redbubble.com/people/SophieOwls23/explore?asc=u&page=1&sortOrder=recent

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RAKING all 16 songs on Taylor Swift’s NEW album “Folklore”

First off, I love this album to pieces, the creative use of making a relative idea into a folk tale / stories to just get lost in. This ranking took me so long since there are 16 SONGS!!. Which is incredible and I was so happy. This does not include the deluxe song.

Overall the album brings a new light to folk, country and acoustic style. It’s like a modern version of the genre but still feels traditional. The album supports the aesthetic style of the woods and nature, while the music has a feeling of reflection of relationships, places and situations. Since we have all been in isolation, we reflect and feel. We are so lucky to get to see an insight of her letting herself be creative, while she is in that state of reflecting. Even though it’s another genre, she has paired these songs with other songs she has previously written. I was listening to this on the bus on the way home from University and omg these songs are amazing while looking out the window it makes you feel reflective and empowered to get through the hard times.

Enjoy my rankings!! And let me know what you would rank them. 24/07/20.

NUMBER 16

‘illicit affairs’

The story and writing are good, but some of the words used throughout the songs I was not a fan of. I love the second half of the song the most.

NUMBER 15

‘my tears ricochet’

The song just didn’t get me, but again great vocals and the emotional effect is great.

NUMBER 14

‘peace’

I liked the message, but I didn’t find the song very emotionally attaching. Other than that, very talented.

NUMBER 13

‘exile (Bon Iver)’

Personally, this wasn’t one of my favourites, but I appreciate the artist sense of the duet and showing a story through both eyes.

NUMBER 12

the 1’

Interesting beginning to the album, you can hear in her singing that she is looking back on her teen years and past relationship. It’s a great song to just chill out while journaling or painting.

NUMBER 11

‘‘hoax’

A nice ending to the album and you feel like it’s a mix of Taylor. Very emotional and deep. Makes you think.

NUMBER 10

invisible string’

Now she is seeing the beauty in her old relationships and recognising how they have made her grown.

NUMBER 9‘

‘‘epiphany’

This has a completely different vibe than any other song, reminds me of the archer a bit. But other than that, Taylor hasn’t sung a song in this style before. Very calm and relaxing, I could fall asleep while listening to this song.

NUMBER 8

‘this is me trying’

She is just getting down to the point of how throughout her youth, she was trying her hardest. It is hard to be perfect and to make someone completely happy.

NUMBER 7

‘the last great american dynasty’

It’s a little upbeat and the song keeps me awake from not falling asleep gracefully in a flower field. In my opinion it goes perfectly with Miss Americana and the heartbreak prince.

NUMBER 6

‘august’

I feel like I am 17 walking through a county town with the sun shining down and getting excited but down about a boy who rejected me, but I was so obsessed with them.

NUMBER 5

‘cardigan’

Love the message portraying that when she was younger, she in fact did learn a lot and looking back on how she might of wanted to share that more. In those time, she couldn’t speak out, the one thing she was certain about was the love she had.

NUMBER 4

‘seven’

I love the little grove in it, but it’s also serious, the theme of running away and being together and safe was warming to me. A love where you want to help them but they don’t notice you, however, you know about them.

NUMBER 3

‘mad woman’

This is a song that speaks so much truth and how women are blamed on being mad about love, well maybe that is because she had a bad experience with love.

NUMBER 2

‘betty’

The story of this one is so amazing; it gives me last kiss vibes due to the way the story is told through the song.

NUMBER 1

‘mirrorball’

This sets the whole mood for the album other than betty. It’s something new from Taylor and I love the idea of love being where you just shine for them and want them to see you and  express that.

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Natalia Taylor’s new series about stealing an idea is a very interesting concept and I have never thought about until now…

July has been the month for some drama around every community on each platform expect for the anime weebs who always seem to stay away from being introduced into general drama.

So far, the YouTuber Natalia Taylor who is known for her modelling tea videos, photo hacks and zodiac videos has created 2 videos introducing the drama of the ‘zodiac community.’ This all happened when the YouTuber The Divine Venus claimed that Natalia had stolen her idea about exposing the zodiacs. The two drama videos are created as a documentary-style video and more videos will be out soon.

In Taylor’s first video, she states that the community overall do not like her. Meaning that most likely this drama is due to jealously and hate, then actually trying to resolve an issue. I think it is great that she is giving the smaller creator a chance to speak up and letting both sides of the story be told.

What I got from these videos so far, is the idea that ‘can we claim ideas that are exposed on YouTube’ This thought is a major issue throughout the Youtuber community and causes much drama. I know that you are supposed to give credit to the artist when you use their work, but how does someone claim that this was their idea when people could have had the idea before you. There isn’t any documentation or rights to the idea, so people can make false judgements or like The Divine Venus did and changed the title.

Maybe we need a system to judge this or to stop the stigma or getting angry at other uses idea. Taylor said that as creators we should know that people will make similar content and if you think about it, she is right in away. There are millions of creators and it would be common for people to have the same ideas, so maybe we should stop the stigma. Expect that if you do use another idea and you know that, to ensure you give them credit.

What are your thoughts on Taylor’s new series??

Thank you for reading!!

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Why Tik Tok is so important?

As we know, many countries have been considering banning Tik Tok for security reasons. Tik Tok is owned by China and many people have now been concerned with how much information the apps takes from us. According to ABC, Tik Tok uses our ‘phone’s camera, microphone, contact list and location using GPS tracking.’ Should this be a concern for us? As users, we already have apps like Facebook and Instagram that use our information. Facebook has been accused of security issues in the past that were never banned. The media does have a point that safety is important and I am personally concerned about predators that lurk on these apps. Other apps like Instagram also store our photos without users knowing and have predators, but are not banned. Privacy and surveillance is an overall problem in social media. We have two options, which is to avoid social media to protect our privacy or accept that privacy does not exist on the internet.

The media fails to understand that Tik Tok does have benefits. For some users, they start a career from it and are employed by Tik Tok or become freelancers. Many small businesses have been successful from just a 15-second video and others develop a following to become influences. Tik Tok has help people chase their dreams and get out of toxic jobs. The public has also found comfort in expressing themselves in groups about Religion, LGBTQ+, cosplay and other communities. Media companies are focusing on expressing the concerns of the app; however, the media must recognise the great parts of Tik Tok and understand why users on Tik Tok want to stay. Instead of the media dealing with the issues, they decide to cancel the app and run away.

This leaves us questioning what the right thing is to do. Let countries take away a platform that has positively impacted many people who now have a place to inspire others. We should deal with the negatives instead of taking away the positives, due to the negatives.

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YouTube cancel culture??!!!

Lately, much drama has filled the internet since the BLM movement has sparked debates over YouTubers and influencers past and present decisions. This has been powerful in recognising what is right and not right; however, the media has also been acting surprised and conveying the controversial idea of ‘cancel culture’ towards these influences. Now cancel culture is a debatable topic. Is it right to cancel someone? And is it right to dump an influence’s whole career and judge them on their past? I’m not sure what the right thing is, but we all need to be wary of whose opinion on the internet we listen to. Other influences could be trying to cancel others, and call them out at this time since it can cancel their competition. Being an influencer is like a business. You got to try and out beat your competition, so at these times, other influences can be targeting their competition and leaking their worse times in their lives or decisions. By no means am I saying these are okay? To be honest, not based on facts, in my opinion, the Shane, Tati, James and Jeffree drama is just all ridiculous, they want to expose one another to try and get higher and put one other down. Expect, I believe the fans and viewers exposing Shane and other influences, is something we can listen to. These people are like us and not in it for the money, but to keep people aware. Other influencers are not there for the benefit of us, but themselves (especially ones like James, Jeffree, Tati and Shane who make a lot of money and have lost the touch of fans).

We can learn a lot from the cancel culture. We can learn not to post things we are not sure about and to double think before posting. Another thing we can learn from these influencers is to be more educated on BLM and how stereotypes can harm others. Sadly, these influencers were raised in an age where no one was able to educate them, but now we are so lucky to have resources and the internet to keep us wary of these issues. I say that these influences need to take a break, get educated on morals and human rights. If they took time off, no one would want to cancel them, if they showed to us, they are better than they use to be. Would that be better?

Will cancelling them out help the community or should we encourage to be better and to improve who we are. Should we not cancel but place a warning on who they are. If we cancel, doesn’t this cause more drama of who and who shouldn’t be cancelled? Cancel culture does not have any set rules and is a very confusing trend. Instead of influencers and us powering through challenges, we decide to hop on to the internet and just cancel. I just don’t know if this culture is just pure toxic or beneficial.

What’re your thoughts???

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WELCOME

I am super excited to start writing about news happening within the media and reporting on how companies and people are dealing with certain films, people, political issues and more!! This will be a positive blog only :)