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Rihanna shared her self-care routine on social media at the weekend, which included items from her Fenty Skin line. She captioned her post “, And that’s on self care bih.” Her hair is wrapped up in a towel, and she is wearing an aqua blue bra and pant set. This maternity look shows off her …
People have taken to social media to blame Will Smith for the attack on comedian Dave Chappelle. Dave Chappelle was performing at the Netflix is a Joke: The Festival when an armed man attacked him on Tuesday night at Los Angeles’ Hollywood Bowl arena. Audience videos show the man running onto the stage and tackling …
Will Smith slapped Chris Rock during the Oscars for joking about Jada Pinkett Smith’s appearance, and now the world is divided. Rock referenced Pinkett Smith’s bald head and joked, “Jada, I love ya. G.I. Jane 2, can’t wait to see it.” Jada was diagnosed with alopecia in 2018 and has been open about her struggles …
David Chappelle received substantial criticism for his jokes and comments about trans people in his Netflix special, The Closer, which aired on 5 October. The backlash goes beyond comments in the media and on Twitter: Netflix employees have also criticised the company for airing the special. The day after The Closer’s release, Netflix senior software …
What is Black Lives Matter? The Black Lives Matter movement started as a hashtag on social networks and officially began in the United States in 2013 after George Zimmerman was found not guilty of murdering Trayvon Martin in Florida. The movement grew to protest not just the justice system in America but police brutality against …
In August 2020, national treasure, Adele got herself into hot water when she posted a picture on her social media channels, in honour of Notting Hill Carnival. The caption read “Happy what would be Notting Hill Carnival my beloved London.” Adele accused of cultural appropriation The hot water was thrown from Black American Twitter, who …
JK Rowling has spoken out after being criticised for recent remarks about transgender people. In an extended essay posted on her website, the Harry Potter author defended her recent tweets demeaning the transgender community. In her essay, Rowling explained how she first became interested in trans issues, spoke for the first time about her “first …
Samantha Bee has been the focus of Cancel Culture backlash ever since she made an admittedly poor choice of words while describing Ivanka Trump on her television show, Full Frontal. The 48-year-old comedian lambasted the Trump administration for the “evil immigration” practices on her political commentary show and claimed that Ivanka Trump was “oblivious” after …
If there are two headlines I hate seeing more than anything it is “mother of murdered teen Stephen Lawrence” and “friend of murdered teen Stephen Lawrence”. These two headlines relate to activist Doreen Lawrence and Liberal Democrat councillor Duwayne Brooks respectively. I shouldn’t have to explain who Stephen Lawrence is so I’m going to continue …
After watching the use of hashtags for some time, Facebook has finally decided to copy Twitter by allowing it’s members to use them. Facebook project manager Greg Lindley introduced the adoption of hashtags and explained that they will work at Facebook just as they do everywhere else. “Hashtags are just the first step to help …
Rapper Niki Minaj who has been in the UK to promote her latest album, Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded has quit Twitter. The 29-year-old star is believed to have quit Twitter following the online leak of her tracks, says she left the micro-blogging site because her conscience urged her to do so. “A voice in my …
