Category: Arts & Culture
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Massive Cinema Speaks To Simon Bird About His Top Film Picks For Lockdown. This week, MASSIVE Cinema shares, actor, writer, and comedian, Simon Bird’s best film picks as part of the MASSIVE Cinema Shutdown series and in celebration of his directorial debut film release, Days Of The Bagnold Summer. Best known for playing the sarcastic but lovable geek…
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![Politics: This Map Shows The Racist Statues That Need To Be Destroyed Next [@ToppleTheRacists]](https://guap.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/200610093829-16-uk-controversial-statues-milligan-180x180.jpg)
If The U.K Wants To Honour & Memorialise Racist Men Then It Is Indeed A Racist Country. Following the historical triumph by Bristol’s Black Lives Matter protestors last weekend, when the statue of slave trader Edward Colston was pulled from its plinth and toppled in the harbor. Stop Trump Coalition – a group established to…
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![Film & TV: Documentaries To Watch This Week on [@Netflix]](https://guap.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/thedeathandlifeofmarshapjohnson_photo_02-180x180.jpg)
Check Out What’s New on Netflix To Watch On The Black American Experience 1. The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson As she fights the tide of trans women, activist Victoria Cruz probes the suspicious 1992 death of her friend Marsha P. Johnson. 2. Who Killed Malcolm X? Activist Abdur-Rahman Muhammad begins his own…
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The Edward Colston Statue Is Exactly Where It Belongs. Black Lives Matter protestors in Bristol made history over the weekend when they pulled down the statue of slave trader Edward Colston and tossed it in the harbour. Edward Colston became a member of the Royal African Company in 1680 that held the monopoly on slave…
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![Film & TV: GagaOOLala is Asia’s First LGBTQ+ Streaming Platform And It’s Now Global [@GagaOOLaLa]](https://guap.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/gagaoolala-women-men-180x180.jpg)
GagaOOLaLa Goes Global, Just In Time for Pride 2020! GagaOOLala is an LGBTQ+ focused streaming platform that has officially launched worldwide in all countries, except China and North Korea. This launch comes a week before the one-year anniversary of the day Taiwan became the first country in Asia to legalise same-sex marriage. As well as…
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![Pop Culture: Beyoncé Makes A Powerful Commencement Speech For The Class of 2020 [@Beyoncé]](https://guap.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/beyonce-class-of-2020--180x180.jpg)
Beyoncé makes a powerful & emotional speech for the Class of 2020 graduates. Beyoncé addressed the Class of 2020 in a powerful 9-minute speech she made for the 2020 graduates. Due to Covid:19, universities all over the world have closed down for the safety of their students and faculty. Meaning many students who were due…
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Banksy says “This is a white problem” Amid worldwide protests against police brutality and systematic racism, Banksy has shared a new anti-racism piece of artwork alongside a statement that calls for white people’s support and alliance in the Black Lives Matter movement. The painting depicts a memorial scene for an anonymous victim, in which a…
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![Life & Culture: Priscilla Anyabu and Nada Denu treat 50 NHS Nurses with their #TakeCare50 initiative [@PriscillaAnyabu]](https://guap.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/IMG_2891-180x180.jpg)
Love Island’s Priscilla Anyabu Gives Back To The NHS with #TakeCare50 initiative 50 nurses will receive a care package organised and hand-delivered by Priscilla Anyabu and Nada Denu. After the usual 12 hours minimum day at work, mostly on their feet, the #TakeCare50 initiative offers the Nurses some gifts to help them relax. Considering that…
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How To Protect Yourself When Protesting For Black Lives Matter. Thousands of activists and supporters have joined protests in cities all over the world in the aftermath of George Floyd’s murder at the time of his arrest on May 25th. Protestors are also marching in the name of 29-year-old Regis Korchinski-Paquet who was a black…
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![Contribution: Why 2021 Will Be The Year For Self-Starters by Kayleigh Alexandra [@getmicrostarted]](https://guap.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/3cbb9c9f3c0ca069bc4858c54e8a-1584681.jpgd_-180x180.jpeg)
Get A Head Start On 2021 Now! When we look back upon 2020 in years to come, we might well view it as one of the worst years in a generation. We’re not yet halfway through it as I write this, yet we’ve already seen worrying international tensions, a pandemic that has taken many lives…