Canadian directors on the rise despite indifference to their craft In its short decade of existence (during which just 10 graduated), the York/Canadian Stage MFA was hugely influential in helping emerging directors elevate their craft, and in helping mid-career stage ... 04/23/2024 - 6:12 am | View Link
Why we must see red There was a recent report of a prominent classical dancer declaring that a male colleague should not be dancing, as he was black as a crow. This, according to her, was not aesthetically pleasing. The ... 04/20/2024 - 8:20 am | View Link
Meet actress who debuted with superstar, battled nepotism, was mocked for dark skin, left India to become Hollywood star However, battles with nepotism and jibes on her dark skin made her look for these opportunities elsewhere. Avantika Vandanapu, known simply as Avantika, was a child artiste whose first work was ... 04/17/2024 - 7:47 pm | View Link
Colourism: Casting of Nani in Lilo & Stitch just the tip of the iceberg This edition of Sista's Let's Talk was a repeat of the program broadcast on 15th June 2023 Casting a light-skinned woman to play a brown character in a Disney movie is one version of colourism, but in ... 04/17/2024 - 12:00 pm | View Link
Is the ‘Esther was Black and Broke’ TikTok challenge colourism or fun play on words? However, the trend has received some backlash, with claims of promoting colourism levied against it. In a video shared on her social media account, TV host Olive Emodi said that the challenge ... 04/15/2024 - 12:53 am | View Link
Madge Greene is now screeching that Democrats want Donald Trump to be “murdered in jail.” This was during an interview with whacko Alex Jones, natch. Via the Independent:
The right-wing lawmaker made the remarks during an interview with Infowars host Alex Jones, in which she suggested that the four criminal cases Mr Trump is facing - including an ongoing trial where he has pleaded not guilty to 34 felony counts relating to alleged hush money payments - are an intentional effort by his political rivals to imprison the former president until he dies.
She added that Democrats are also attempting to strip Mr Trump of his presidential Secret Service detail to accomplish their goal.
The Federal Trade Commission voted yesterday to adopt a historic and far-reaching ban on noncompete agreements, which are common now in almost all job markets. Thanks, Lina Khan! Via HuffPost:
The agency has said that the agreements, in which workers are forbidden from seeking a job with a competing business for a certain period of time, lead to an “unfair method of competition” and violate federal law.
Donald Trump’s ongoing New York criminal trial hinges on payments of hush money to porn star Stormy Daniels. It’s not the hush money, per se, that is illegal, it’s the fact that Trump allegedly falsified business records to cover up the payment and avoid damage to his presidential campaign. Nevertheless, compulsive liar Trump denies he ever had an affair with Daniels.
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If you look closely, you'll notice that Zhanna Polupanova is wearing a sweatshirt with the English words "Follow Your Dreams." Apparently, hers includes a new roof for her modest house in the country, which with any luck will be repaired with what the Russians call "coffin money." Zhanna also rather cold-bloodedly says she does not feel sympathy for her sons going to war in Ukraine as they are meant to serve the Motherland.
The International Monetary Fund issued a most unusual rebuttal this month. Its spokeswoman Julie Kozack told reporters in Washington that executive director Krishnamurthy Subramanian’s growth forecast of 8% for India did not represent the views of the IMF, which still maintained a projection of 6.5% for the country.
Subramanian’s views—expressed at an event in New Delhi a few days earlier—were in his role as India’s representative at the IMF, she said.