A since-deleted tweet indicated that some of those emboldened by Joe Biden’s “victory” are now eager to redouble the effort to suppress the public celebration of Christmas. Philanthropy professional Jen Bokoff, awarded a blue checkmark by Twitter, tweeted shortly before Christmas: “This is your annual reminder that not everyone celebrates Christmas. The default to ‘Merry Christmas’ as a normal greeting is also white supremacy culture at work. If someone celebrates, by all means. But so many don’t.”
Shortly after Christmas the person the
Washington Post once promoted as, I kid you not, its conservative representative, Jennifer Rubin [email her] used her Blue Checkmark to write something very similar:
All Models Are Wrong
Morning sun, 28th December 2020, Hastings
You’re tired. You’re burned out. You don’t know how you keep getting up in the morning, keep switching on the news, keep looking after everyone around you – or asking for help, again and again.
What keeps you going?
Maybe it’s the friend who sends you just the right message at just the right moment. Maybe it’s seeing the tireless efforts of others, and the sense of community in working together. Maybe it’s the energy and creativity of young people, and our duty of care.
I’m talking, of course, about Covid-19. But there are parallels in climate change. And in other fights: structural racism, entrenched sexism and homophobia, the inequalities of disability, class and poverty, culture wars, fear and dismissal of others with different views. I see it every day – on social media, on video calls – this tiredness. Why persist? How to carry on?
The livestreams that won us round to online theatre in 2020
Exeunt’s writers look back on a year of livestreams, and the journey from despondency to hope.
Normally, getting to grips with a new medium and a new artform is something you do by choice; “this winter I’ll get really into Twine”, you say to yourself, with no special urgency attached. But 2020 was the year when anyone interested in theatre and performance was ushered (or dragged, vigorously protesting that “it’s not the same!”) into the world of livestreaming. There was sometimes a sense of accompanying responsibility to be upbeat about the Zoom shows you saw. This was a form being born (or at least forced to abruptly mature) during an ongoing onslaught of horrendous world events, and carping about technological mishaps felt as mean-spirited as criticising the tuning at a nursery carol concert. But then, livestreaming started to grow up. Theatre companies started to stage productions especially for the camer
FDA holds Carols Night and Nine Lessons in Wa
The Upper West Regional office of the Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has held Carols Night and Nine Lessons in Wa in commemoration of this year’s Christmas celebration.
The annual event was graced by representatives of the Pharmacy Council, Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO), Ghana Statistical Service (GSS), Ghana Road Safety Authority (GRSA) and the Ghana Health Service, among others, as well as a Choir from the Methodist Church of Ghana.
It was full of ecstasy and glamour as the choir gave joyful hymns ministration amidst the reading of the nine lessons.
Lieutenant General Obed Boamah Akwa, Chief of the Defence Staff Lieutenant General, Obed Boamah Akwa, the Chief of the Defence Staff, has affirmed the Military’s commitment to building a cohesive and a united force to provide world-class security for Ghana and Africa.
That, he said was necessary because the union of forces in protecting and safeguarding the nation produced greater success.
Lt. Gen. Akwa said this on Wednesday in Accra at the festival of nine lessons and carols service and end of year thanksgiving religious parade organized by the Ghana Armed Forces.
The programme was on the theme: “God Our Hope For Today and Tomorrow”.