Lola Ogunyemi, the black model in the Dove advert which has been slammed for racism after it appeared to show Ogunyemi turning into a white woman after using body wash, spoke out, declaring she was “not a victim”. She wanted to get involved with the Dove campaign “because as a black woman, my race and colour in beauty and media tends not to be represented.”
In a BBC documentary to mark the 50th anniversary of abortion being partially decriminalised, Anne Robinson has spoken open about having an abortion in 1968, when she was newly married. She talks about her feelings of “inherent shame”. “The act has been there for 50 years," she acknowledges, "and we’re still hesitant and ashamed”.
Eminem last week launched a full-throttle assault on President Donald Trump in the form of a rap. The Storm, in which he lays into what he calls “the kamikaze that will probably cause a nuclear holocaust” quickly racked up over 25 million views on YouTube. What’s remarkable about this is that Eminem a strong white Republican audience, and he’s telling them that if they don’t like his views to stop buying his music. An "up yours" to his conservative fans.
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