I was watching a Facebook video a couple of weeks ago that was really shocking. The video was a social experiment by a You-Tuber, Joey Salads. He filmed a model in a revealing top and shorts sitting on a bench. She attracted a bit of attention and looks; but nobody really bothered her.

He then placed a woman on a bench, who was breast feeding her child she received some ridiculous comments: “That is disgusting!” “ That is inappropriate.” “ you shouldn't be doing that in public.” This was only a social experiment and it wasn't real but it was still amazing to see the public's reaction.

Since when is it a bad thing for a mother to feed her child? Breast feeding is the most natural thing in the world. In fact it gives babies the nutrients they need to develop. I don't understand why anyone would be against something that is so beneficial for a child, just because it makes someone a bit uncomfortable. So what do people expect her to starve her child because she is in public?

It's funny how no-one was offended by the Model despite the fact that her breasts were also on show. Our society seems to be comfortable with the unnecessary sexualization of women's bodies yet are uncomfortable if a woman is seen breast feeding.

Women's breasts are used to advertise everything from luxury perfumes to beer. Barely anyone raises an eyebrow . It baffles me why some people are suddenly offended because a mother has whipped out her boobs to feed a hungry baby. Its like society has completely twisted something that is so innocent and natural into something that is wrong and humiliating. Why are you making a woman feel ashamed for being a good mother?

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The 2016 Oscar nominations has spurred debate all over social media this year. The hash tag-#Oscarssowhite has trended on twitter yet again, and I am so confused as to why there is no racial diversity. There are so many talented and well deserved people of colour who are not represented fairly on the silver screen.

Chris Rock is this years host of the Oscars - so why hire a black man to host but not nominate any actors of colour?

As a young black female it is shocking and heart breaking to see that the Academy members are mostly middle class white men, who are only nominating other white actors. The root of the problem is that more roles should be cast by diverse people. There is no excuse for films whitewashing their cast. A good example of this is in Cameron Crowe's 'Aloha', where Emma Stone was cast into a role which should have been a mixed-race Chinese and Hawaiian character. This isn't the only time it's happened though. There's Mr. Yunoshi in Breakfast at Tiffany's, Blake Edward's 'The Party', where white actors have been made over to look a different race. Why not just cast an actor who is racially suitable for the role? Is it just me or is this looking a lot like blackface.

John Boyega, Daisy Ridley, and Oscar Isaac are the new diverse stars of Star Wars: The Force Awakens.

Star Wars: The Force Awakens is a good example of what film should be; it stars a woman and two black men. Black characters are often seen as the sidekick character to a white male. It's also common for black characters to be stereotyped, for example in the 2015 film “Me, Earl, and the Dying Girl”, where it seems Earl is added in as a kind of comedic relief from the sad plot, but by doing this the character was made into a stereotypical sexist, black youth. Star Wars breaks from this, by having a black man as the heroic lead, as well as a woman. It's still not as diverse as it could be, but it's taking baby steps into creating a more cultural, modern Hollywood.

In our modern society there is so many different people of colour, race and sex and they should be represented fairly. The sooner more directors, Television producers and academy members realise this, the better.

What are your opinions on this?
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