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On earth, a group of individuals known as mutants co-exist amongst humans, they represent the next stage of the evolution of man.

The power that mutants possess is variable, some mutants possess harmless powers such as the ability to breath underwater however some mutants possess potentially harmful powers such as telepathy, and telekinesis. Over time majority of the mutants have tried to blend in, not using their powers, but recently, there have been mutants who have used their powers for good and for bad. The only thing that unites all of these mutants is the universal discrimination they face from others

The mutant registration act was proposed to create a national registry of mutants, which can be accessed by anyone to see the locations of all mutants.

The Voyager Golden Records are two phonograph records that were included aboard both Voyager space crafts launched by NASA in 1977. These space crafts are currently the farthest man-made objects from earth, deep in interstellar space.

The contents of the record were selected for NASA by a committee chaired by Carl Sagan. Dr. Sagan and his associates assembled 115 images and a variety of natural sounds, such as those made by surf, wind and thunder, birds, whales, and other animals. To this they added musical selections from different cultures and eras, and spoken greetings from Earth-people in fifty-five languages, and printed messages from world leaders of the time.

In Sagan’s words, “The spacecraft will be encountered and the record played only if there are advanced space-faring civilisations in interstellar space, but the launching of this 'bottle' into the cosmic 'ocean' says something very hopeful about life on this planet.”

There are two ways in which war can be depicted in the Golden Records.
Option A - War is depicted as a glorious feat of mankind, exemplifying technological evolution and military might of human civilisation.
Option B - War is depicted as historical occurrences of devastation that mankind recognises the folly of, repents for, and has learnt from, to become a better civilisation.

Pink Capitalism refers to the incorporation of the LGBTQ+ movement into the mainstream market economy. Pinkwashing is making products or the image of a company appear gay-friendly to showcase progressiveness, and ally themselves with LGBTQ+ movement.

The police system in the USA has been charged with institutional racism, both in its origin as a tool of slave owners, as well as in its evolution to its present form. Today, countless examples and statistics show how the Black community is still disproportionately targeted by police brutality, despite multiple endeavours of procedural reform and sensitisation training.

Taking the knee is a symbolic form of silent protest adopted by the anti-racism movement, beginning with NFL player Colin Kaepernick kneeling during the national anthem. In his words, “I am not going to stand up to show pride in a flag for a country that oppresses black people and people of colour”.

Recently, police officers have been seen at BLM protests taking the knee in solidarity.

Britney Spears is an American singer, songwriter, dancer, and actress. Spears is credited with influencing the revival of teen pop during the late 1990s and early 2000s, for which she is referred to as the "Princess of Pop”.
Britney’s career has seen it’s fair share of controversial moments, including her infamous breakdown in 2007.

Currently, she is valued at 59 million dollars and resides in her lavish Thousand Oaks Mansion in California.

A politically vocal pop star, she has expressed her support for Democratic candidates like Hillary Clinton in the past and recently seems to have turned towards
socialism .During the COVID-19 pandemic, Spears posted an image to her Instagram account stating "During this time of isolation ... We will feed each other, redistribute wealth, strike. We will understand our own importance from the places we must stay," along with three emoji roses, "a symbol commonly used by the Democratic Socialists of America"

In the aftermath; the hashtag #ComradeBritney began trending on Twitter. Eager fans searched for communist references in her songs ‘Work, Bitch’ and ‘Oops!...I did it again!’

“Sharing Culture” is a culture which encourages the frequent posting of both mundane and intimate details of one’s life on social media platforms, and the commenting on and reacting to others posts of this nature.

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Honjok culture is one in which individuals regularly undertake traditional communal activities alone (e.g. eating, drinking, traveling, playing, etc.)

The culture originated in South Korea and is gaining popularity through pop culture and media in various countries where the number of one-person households is increasing.

“Started from the bottom, now we’re here” - Drake

Clarification: In this case, “jointly held” would mean: be organised at the same time, same venue, over the same duration of time. For example: this would mean that the 100 m women's and mens’ Paralympics finals could be held on the same day as the 100 m Olympics finals.

Info slide: the Egyptian football team al-Masry were suspended from competition for two seasons. The ban was the national football authority's response to the explosive riots in which 74 people lost their lives following the side's February match against Cairo rivals al-Ahly. Nearly all major European leagues have had experience with hooliganism; however far from the mass chaos that marred the games in the 80s, fan violence increasingly takes the form of clashes between 'ultras'.

Clarification - we mean reservations for black people on the South African rugby team, caste based reservations in the Indian cricket team etc.