Miscellaneous
Welcome to the second half of 2020! Here's hoping act two has more happiness in store for us than the first did, hey? This month we're returning to our regular Politics and Pop Culture format, as well as providing you with a BLM focused Reading, Watching and Listening. Bon app the teeth! Reading *Got some bookshop.org links for ya, not affiliate links! If Beale Street Could Talk by James Baldwin: https://bookshop.org/books/if-beale-street-could-talk-9780307275936/9780307275936 Red at the Bone by Jaqueline Woodson: https://bookshop.org/books/red-at-the-bone/9780525535270 Such A Fun Age by Kiley Reid: https://bookshop.org/books/such-a-fun-age/9780525541905 The Opposite of Always by Justin A. Reynolds: https://bookshop.org/books/opposite-of-always/9780062748379 Watching Da 5 Bloods on Netflix Do the Right Thing Malcolm X 13th on Netflix Listening 1619 from The New York Times Code Switch from NPR Punisher by Phoebe Bridgers Politics Wet’suwet’en https://globalnews.ca/news/6936521/wetsuweten-draft-agreement-details/ https://thepostmillennial.com/alberta-energy-minister-says https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/04/20/gas-pipeline-wetsuweten-coronavirus-pandemic-indigenous-sovereignty-canada-oil/ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/wet-suwet-en-territory-rcmp-armed-officers-1.5633987?cmp=rss Hong Kong https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/27/world/canada/huawei-extradition-meng-wanzhou.html https://www.forbes.com/sites/lisettevoytko/2020/05/27/hong-kong-is-no-longer-politically-autonomous-from-china-pompeo-says/#3a1adf3b30fb https://hongkongfp.com/2020/05/28/video-hong-kong-police-conduct-mass-arrests-in-mong-kok-as-clashes-continue-into-night/ Pop Culture Celebrities being unrelatable online: https://www.insider.com/celebrities-quarantine-social-media-distancing-have-been-completely-unrelatable-in-2020-4#ellen-degeneres-comparing-being-in-quarantine-to-being-in-jail-21 Imagine video:https://slate.com/culture/2020/03/celebrities-singing-imagine-video-explained.html I Take Responsibility video: https://thenewdaily.com.au/entertainment/celebrity/2020/06/12/i-take-responsibility-video/ 'Celebrity Culture Is Burning', New York Times: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/30/arts/virus-celebrities.html 'Celebrity Quarantine Posts Are Inflaming Tensions Between The Haves and Have Nots', Vox: https://www.vox.com/the-highlight/2020/4/22/21228696/celebrity-quarantine-coronavirus-influencer-instagram-ellen-degeneres-arielle-charnas-class-wealth Wear A Damn Mask challenge: https://www.harpersbazaar.com/celebrity/latest/a33023419/celebrity-wear-a-damn-mask-challenge