Tag: culture
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LGBT+ History Month: “A Tainted Love” – a short story
“A Tainted Love” is a short story about cross cultural identity and sexuality during the 1980s in the height of the AIDS pandemic.
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Companies who “celebrate” Chinese/Lunar New Year in the name of fortune
Happy Chinese New Year! It’s the Year of the Tiger so we can expect many brands to hop on the trend of using images of tigers and tiger prints in their Lunar New Year collections. But when they’re also hopping on the trend of releasing products and lines to “celebrate”…
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The Early Years: Chinese New Year activities to try in EYFS
Happy Lunar/Chinese New Year of the Dragon! Lunar/Chinese New Year is an extremely popular topic in school, particularly in EYFS, KS1 and KS2. Here some excellent, varied and creative activity ideas for you to try with your children as a teacher, parent or carer during this exciting and culturally enriching…
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The 12 LGBTQ/diverse films of Christmas
There are countless Christmas films to choose from to watch, not all great but mostly cute and festive at least. But Christmas films with LGBTQ or diverse casts are very far and few between. Here are 12 films that tick those boxes I recommend looking up if you want some…
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Tan’s Tips: Speaking up in the workplace
Have you been told you’re quiet at work or felt you couldn’t speak up when you wanted to for whatever reason? Or regretted not saying something you don’t agree with until it was too late? Here are my 5 tips on how to speak up and gain more confidence in…
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International Women’s Day: My Top 10 female empowerment anthems
To celebrate International Women’s Day, here is a rundown of my top 10 favourite female empowerment anthems. Read on to see who made the list!
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The not so good, bad and ugly of the Chinese Zodiac
Happy Lunar/Chinese New Year of the Dragon! Want to know what traits describe your zodiac animal? This post will list all the negative ones for your pleasure.
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Boris Johnson: “I’m a Sinophile”. Sure, Jan…
Boris Johnson considers himself a “Sinophile”, admitting racism exists in the UK but believes it isn’t a racist country. But when will he admit his past racist, xenophobic views are what have helped shape and uphold a racist Britain in 2020?
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My Top 10 favourite British sitcoms
From Dinnerladies to Mrs Brown’s Boys, and from Benidorm to The Royal Family, find out a little bit more about me with a rundown of my top 10 favourite British sitcoms.
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Is Kendall and Kylie’s new bag “racist”?
Kendall and Kylie Jenner have found themselves in hot water once again with their latest fashion statement being called racist and cultural appropriation. But is it a viable accusation?
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