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Image: Universal Pictures Don't be deceived - Sorry To Bother You is toying with us all. Boots Riley's directorial debut was 2018's most unapologetic critique on capitalism, oppression and systemic racism. Riley's fast-paced feature, full of WTF moments and twisted surrealist comedy will transport you on one hell of a ride.
After sparking a huge backlash from MPs and campaign groups alike, a GCSE textbook containing racist stereotypes about Caribbean families is no longer being supplied for sale. A passage in AQA's GCSE (9-1) Sociology stated Caribbean men were "largely absent" within the family dynamic, without providing any scientific evidence or context to support this claim.
It was the rescue operation which arrested the world's attention: a mission to free twelve young football players and their coach from a cave in the Doi Nang Non Mountains. It was a real life narrative Hollywood couldn't wait to set its sights on, even if it meant doing so at its victims' expense.
25-year-old advertising executive Norma Nwokenna reflects on this: "We're still so far away from becoming successful adults, the only quantifiable thing I could hang onto was being young and cool. Instead, now I'm a loser, crippled in debt, unable to afford a house and with zero career prospects - at least being cool made me feel warm inside".
A couple years ago the thought of a black, queer, young, woman director walking away with an Oscar would have been unfathomable. This is what made this year's Best Picture winner Moonlight so historic: the first LGBT+ film and making Barry Jenkins the second black director (after Steve McQueen) to win Hollywood's most coveted award.
I may be too young and too new to the world to appreciate your beauty, but my mother can. She appreciates each and every one of you, small and mighty as a seahorse's tail. She kisses and lovingly brushes all your tiny, precious kinks.
My relationship with pink mirrors my winding path to self-acceptance. When I was a little girl, I gravitated towards pink. This seemed to surprise everyone, as I was a tomboy who would choose a Monster Truck over a Barbie any day. But back then perceptions of gender were black and white - and I defied them.