Tag: entertainment
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Pop culture moments in July that irritated me
We all know social media is one ragebait video after the other, but these last few weeks have given me one too many reasons to throw my phone in anger. I have written three or four blog posts this month and haven’t published any of them because as soon as I put them down for…
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Kevin Hart’s lack of accountability is embarrassing – he doesn’t care he’s missing the point
The world we live in has everyone on tenterhooks right now. Music can’t just be a bop when it’s sung by abusers; films aren’t an easy watch when the actors who star in them support the genocide of Palestinians; comedy isn’t a laughing matter when it hinges on the downfall and pain of communities that…
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Could any male artist have gotten away with *that* Coachella set or only Justin Bieber?
There’s no doubt that in the music industry there is a massive double standard between male and female artists. It’s known that women have to work ten times harder to get the same recognition as their male counterparts and the same opportunities. An artist headlining Coachella is one of the biggest opportunities they could hope…
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Directors don’t know what to do with Zendaya – and The Drama proves it
You don’t get to be the only Black woman to win two Emmy’s in the same category without delivering some stand out performances. And with an epic generational run coming up with films like Dune: Part Three, The Odyssey, Spider-Man: Brand New Day, and Shrek 5, we’re about to see a whole lot more of…
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Was there really no one else Wireless could have chosen to perform this summer?
Kanye’s reputation precedes him, but for the last couple years it’s been for all the wrong reasons. Our parents, teachers and everyone else in authority told us our whole lives that bad behaviour shouldn’t be rewarded. However, that life lesson doesn’t seem to apply to the celebrity elite – that is unless you’re a…
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What is it about Black pain that people can never seem to understand?
Of all the award shows to bring around this much controversy, I didn’t think it would be the BAFTA’s. Mainly because, I don’t know anyone who even watches the BAFTA’s. They seem to come and go quietly in between the Golden Globes and the Oscars and don’t warrant more attention than acknowledging a round up…
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It’s time to put Stranger Things to bed – the fans have killed the vibe
My God, you simply can’t have nice things anymore. If you spent the smallest iota of time online in the first 12 days of the year, you would have seen an endless stream of posts dedicated to the highly anticipated Stranger Things finale. And once your algorithm had kindly dropped you in the eye of…
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Contrarian film critics are ruining TV and cinema
I don’t know how many times a critic needs to hear this, but something liked by the masses doesn’t instantly make it bad. Franchises with die-hard fan bases fund the lives of those involved for years after said franchise has stopped releasing projects. Friends, Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings, I’m assuming – and even…
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Does YOU romanticise violence against women?
Let’s talk about it… The popular Netflix Original series wrapped up last month for its fifth and final season, and what an absolutely chaotic ride it was. From season one through to the finale, we’ve seen Joe Goldberg kill his way through New York, the fictional Californian suburb of Madre Linda, and London, destroying the…
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Unpacking the discourse around race-swapping fictional characters
Buckle up, kids: we have a lot to unpack. Protective fans are the lifeblood of entertainment, but they’re also simultaneously the biggest enemies of progress and the ones who make the internet a very unpleasant place to be. The attachment people have to fictional characters is again, simultaneously flattering to the creator that they’ve made…
Sincerely, Saskia 