Recently, Megan Good, a famed actor, posted a video that ended up going viral on Twitter. The reactions to the video reveal so much about the ways societal views have shifted and continue to shift about a number of subjects from divorce to how we speak about God. Here are some of the most popular ideas shared and what they reveal about us.
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No more fear
People appear to be far less afraid of God and the devil.
I’m so happy she let the devil back into her life 🙏🏾 https://t.co/9mNpihiDWT
— not one of them (@ZoeGawd) April 19, 2023
https://twitter.com/BandOfTheMark/status/1649092981453119489
Look at what the lord almost took away from us https://t.co/iyrE3c3wi2
— Put it on Jehovah Im lying (@MusaTheFuture) April 20, 2023
Can't believe our Lord and Savior tried to hide this from us. 😭💔 https://t.co/SYlAPgcB2O
— Nonoe (@___nonoe) April 20, 2023
Critical of marriage
More and more people are becoming critical of marriage and the effect it has on women. How controlling it, how it benefits men almost exclusively with women making great sacrifices for it.
Marriage took away what would have been her prime OF years, man. https://t.co/obKr0866qw
— Dapo 🧏 (@Dxpo_) April 20, 2023
The pastor was holding my baby back https://t.co/k2VN9l9yuz
— Sayeh 🇱🇷💎🇸🇱 (@uknosayeh) April 20, 2023
My baby, i swear that pastor guy was killing her vibe https://t.co/OcO3cxtY3H
— sh3ggs the Consigliere (@Histan_) April 20, 2023
Pro-divorce
It appears we are as pro-divorce as ever. People were just welcoming her back to the streets and talking about how women just glow after divorce. Clearly, people are not as gung-ho about marriage and see no problem with it ending. If anything, divorce is met with celebration, no sadness.
Proof that Divorce does the body GOOD!!! https://t.co/BtkeQvMx3R
— KuntryTyrant🍯🤠 🐝 (@Mizz_Jonass) April 20, 2023
Number 1 girl 🥹. We welcome you back to the streets with open arms https://t.co/rqPy3uZQjy
— Agba Cooker (@paaatriickkk) April 20, 2023
Seeing women thrive post-divorce is my favorite genre of tweet 🥹 https://t.co/JtBRxKjLF5
— 💋 Countess of the Clunge 👸🏾 (@MelaninMa6ic) April 20, 2023
The way women glow up after a divorce>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> https://t.co/SNxzFejlok
— Mrs. Satoru (@TheeAnimeGuru_) April 19, 2023
Whew….
Women after divorce >>>>>>>> https://t.co/taJYDk0vPJ
— D (@D_Shirima) April 20, 2023
I hate that as a collective we celebrate her divorce, but damn would you look at that🥹 https://t.co/J8HJbOMzDQ pic.twitter.com/Kvoc5MUCMg
— Monde (@Blxk_Child) April 20, 2023
This post divorce glow>> https://t.co/N2DPEk4LJo
— y’all don’t read and it shows (@beckybeck69) April 20, 2023
After divorcing their loser husband, women have this inexplicable but soooo attractive glow…. https://t.co/e4HwyNrWZ3 pic.twitter.com/fGwzTHrn4L
— Co_ra (@Kowalie_Q) April 20, 2023
I’m glad her pastor husband couldn’t hold it down 🙏🏿. We need her outchea https://t.co/uwLupbyn2j
— Shevy Bolaji (@ShevyJonjo) April 20, 2023
The ways religion imposes limits and controls on women
People have become more open in their criticism of religion and the impact it has not just on society but on our individual lives. One of the key criticisms, especially when it comes to women is how controlling it is of women, requiring them to perform to gain acceptance instead of just accepting women as they are.
I’d never want my woman to tone down who she is for me. She clearly did that with the pastor https://t.co/T7wyNi9fBn
— Spanky Johnson (@ITguy146) April 20, 2023
The pastor was holding my baby back https://t.co/k2VN9l9yuz
— Sayeh 🇱🇷💎🇸🇱 (@uknosayeh) April 20, 2023
I said it before & I’ll say it again, I can’t believe we almost lost this woman to the church house https://t.co/wF074EVUqi
— stay sane (@Airdev2three) April 20, 2023
Look at what leaving the church can do for you 🥹 https://t.co/nAJOSMVcP5
— jmw🥶 (@wizrdkronicles) April 20, 2023
https://twitter.com/bottegafries/status/1648975829496365057
That glow women have after relationships with pastors needs investigating. Coz whew! https://t.co/pJZqRlMTmL
— phantéau (@_wangwe) April 20, 2023
she got that ex-Christian glow! https://t.co/wV9lGSm6KG
— SLIM (@_slimarella_) April 20, 2023
Pretty privilege
Megan Good, it turns out, smokes cigarettes, an action that is apparently repulsive to men when women do it… unless you’re hot, Megan hot.
Only bitch I’d tolerate that smoke cigs https://t.co/QB408mQlfh
— Von💰 (@Von_302) April 20, 2023
Cigarettes n all 💙💙 https://t.co/B2QhbwCtIi
— 🍢 Jeen-Yuhs 🤫 TMC 🏁 (@Mike_Scofield4) April 20, 2023
The judgment
It wasn’t all support. Some people insisted she doesn’t belong to the church, others declared she had never been a Christian, to begin with. For some reason, religious people find it incredibly difficult to believe that people who were religious can leave. I think it stems from serious fear that if other people can ‘lose their faith’ so can they. That’s a scary thought for many religious people who believe in things like eternal damnation and hellfire. There’s this refusal to believe that people can change their minds and that’s a problem because changing our minds is a part of growing.
All those times she was playing pastor’s, wife, did she believe in it? https://t.co/LMTvAE5Dan
— ♔Arome ♔ (@codediinc) April 20, 2023
She don’t belong in the church https://t.co/FqArzsBSAQ
— . (@Newnametba2) April 20, 2023
General mix
It’s absurd when people have to even wonder why I’m attracted to women… https://t.co/TBsYESSCSE
— An Amber Basquiat. (@abtx512) April 20, 2023
This is what that pastor took from us. And he claims to be a man of God!???? https://t.co/fTIqWJeoW3
— Sylar (@sylaralive) April 20, 2023
The guy that fumbled this bag is an “expert” on #mafs !! And that’s all you need to know about this season. #MarriedAtFirstSight https://t.co/JbHby1T9FA pic.twitter.com/qfB5PRxtmh
— Donnell Suggs (@suggswriter) April 20, 2023
While divorce is sad and painful, it’s great that we’re no longer beholden to religious and patriarchal beliefs about marriage being ‘until death do us part’. Our decreased fear of God and the devil only signals great things about the progress we’re making and the future. A future with far less fear of the unknown, where people can be openly critical of what were previously sacred cows, all while being open to changing their minds. That’s a good future.
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