YLB #64 - PAP’s Ivan Lim lights the internet (and his career) on fire & white actors leave non-white roles
Ivan Lim probably holds the record for the shortest political career in Singapore, but did he have to withdraw? Was the Internet backlash warranted? Elsewhere, actors like Kristen Bell are stepping down from non-white animated roles from hit TV shows. An...
Ivan Lim probably holds the record for the shortest political career in Singapore, but did he have to withdraw? Was the Internet backlash warranted? Elsewhere, actors like Kristen Bell are stepping down from non-white animated roles from hit TV shows. And cosmetics brands are removing words like “whitening” from their products. Yay or nay?
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Detective: A Modern Crime Board Gamehttps://detectiveboardgame.com/
13TH | official trailer (2016) Netflixhttps://youtu.be/K6IXQbXPO3I
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