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Truth Be Told, the artwork was intended to spark dialogue on racial injustice and police brutality in the wake of the murder of George Floyd, amid nationwide Black Lives Matter protests. However, it came under fire after city officials and local residents argued that it was technically a sign, making it a violation of local law. At the time, the gallery’s attorney responded that it was, in fact, an artwork, and its public display is protected by the special use permit that the School was given when it was founded in 2014. The artwork hasn’t been removed.
In fact, it appears that controversy has only landed
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Yesterday, Ariana Grande announced a remix of “34+35”, teasing two collaborators via enigmatic silhouettes. Now, the singer has revealed that Doja Cat and Megan Thee Stallion are the artists joining her for the upcoming track.
“Tonight,” she writes in the announcement tweet, tagging the pair and linking a countdown to the reworked song’s release.
Ariana Grande’s “34+35” featured on her latest album,
Positions, which was released on October 30 last year. In November, a video was released for the single, seeing the singer don a white lab coat to play a scientist, as well as the robot she’s trying to spark life into.
Ratatouille, or the skateboarding “Dreams” guy, TikTok loves a good trend. The latest is the viral ‘Buss It’ challenge – a dance craze that has, no doubt, taken over your TikTok feeds over the last two weeks.
The challenge, named after Erica Banks’ track “Buss It”, is simple: participants show themselves in a normal, cosy attire as Nelly’s “Hot in Here” plays. When the track changes to “Buss It”, the video cuts to them dressed to the nines – and twerking.
“Buss It” flew under the radar when it was first released back in May last year, but the popularity of the challenge has catapulted Banks to TikTok fame.
Over 1000 rebels are being taken to court in what experts say is one of the biggest crackdowns on protest in British history. Lawyers say the decision to press ahead with trials during the pandemic is unprecedented, and putting people’s health at risk. https://t.co/HxBS07Tbtm Extinction Rebellion Arrest and Legal Support (@xrlegalsupport) January 8, 2021
One XR activist, a 30-year-old social care worker named Joel, tells Dazed that he was required to travel from Manchester to London for a plea hearing in October 2020. Like the vast majority of those taken to court, he was facing minor charges, for obstruction of the highway. Though he intended to plead not guilty, Joel had to cancel his appearance after members of his household started to show COVID symptoms. “I rang and then emailed the court saying that I couldn t come,” he says. “Because obviously getting a train from Manchester to London, and back, would be grossly unsafe and irresponsible.”