Culture Asylum

11/06/2023

|🌈 The Fluidity of Love
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10/06/2023

| 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗞𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘁𝘆 𝗚𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘁𝘆 •

A new generation of creatives have given the knitting industry a much needed face lift.

The artform was on a steep decline by 2020 but thanks to the pandemic and the determination of GenX to make the uncool cool, knitting is
back and thriving.

Newbies are swapping tranditional wears for high fashion and abstract coture pieces. It's resurgence has also seen knitting used as a means for low intensity socialisation, art therapy and ethical fashion.

And thus, the World Wide Knitting day was born! Celebrated on the second Saturday of June every year, knitties (as we are effectionately calling them) are encouraged to knit in Public on the 10th of June.

Get your sticks out!
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08/06/2023

| 𝙇𝙚𝙜𝙚𝙣𝙙𝙨 𝙉𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝘿𝙞𝙚

Almost 20 years after his epic rise to fame & notorious death, Tupac is inducted to the Hollywood Salk of Fame. Accepted in honour by his sister Sekyiwa Shakur on 07/06/23.

More than just a rapper & talented, budding actor. Tupac represented a voiceless and opressed generation coming of age in the 80s and 90s. Who used music - namely HipHop - to share their personal experiences of growing up in 'the projects'

Born from blues in the 1970s, this particular genre was used as a medium to arriculate the unique hardships of the Black struggle. Which continue(d) well after the abolition of slavery in 1865. The painstaking process of assimilation began and music became a tool to counter oppression.

Both his parents were part of the Black Panther party and Tupac continued that tradition as a vocal advocate and activist for Black Rights. He used his artistry to create brutally honest and unaplolgetic takes on the reality of being Black in Amerikka.

More so, he made legal history and gained cult status after successfully beating aggravated assault charges. For shooting 2 off duty police officers attempting to harass a black motorist.

Sadly, His life was cut short when he was shot 6 times at a traffic light. The circumstances for which remain a mystery. Whilst some speculated the Shug Knight may have played a role, others believed Biggy was connected. We believe it was likely Tupacs power, status & counter-violent message that made him a threat.

whilst other record labels were purposefully pushing hyperviolent music, that encouraged crime in order to fill lucrative prisons,
Tupac promoted knowledge for radical self care

The ongoing beef between death row & bad boy likely provided a perfect cover. Its common knowledge that Martin Luther and Malcolm X were assassinated by the government, so this theory is highly plausible.

There was also that theory that he planned his own death like his namesake, Makavelli, but honestly we don't have enough character space to go there....

08/06/2023

'𝙐𝙣𝙡𝙤𝙘𝙠𝙚𝙙' • 2023 by
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25/05/2023

Culture Aslyum goes to Thailand 🇹🇭 ✈️

The beautiful 5 star hotel situated in Bangkok, Thailand.The lobby lounge features live percussion, lush green velvet upholstery, gold finishes and vibrant g...

02/10/2021

| 𝙄𝙩'𝙨 𝙖 𝙫𝙞𝙗𝙚
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02/10/2021

| 𝙄𝙩'𝙨 𝙖 𝙫𝙞𝙗𝙚
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02/10/2021

| 𝙀𝙣𝙙 𝙤𝙛 𝙖𝙣 𝙀𝙧𝙖: R. Kelly Guilty on all counts
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Rumor’s of his perverse taste have plagued his entire career. His alter ego was the the Pied Piper, which he says was due to him using flutes in his RnB music but I believe is likely a homage to the Piper of Hamlin – a twisted tale of a man who lures a towns children away with a flute in retaliation for not being paid for his service.
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…yet a smoking gun and a pratical confession doesn’t seem to be enough to break the spiritual bo***ge R Kelly has over the culture.
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Head over to 𝗰𝘂𝗹𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘀𝘆𝗹𝘂𝗺.𝗰𝗼𝗺 to read the full article
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01/10/2021

| 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙄𝙢𝙥𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙨𝙚𝙡𝙛 𝙚𝙭𝙥𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙤𝙣
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22/09/2021

The Fugees reunite for World Tour

25 years after the legendary release of - 'The Score', the highly revered Hip Hop trio have announced they are reuniting for their first live shows in over a decade.

The group fractured in 1997, though briefly returned in '04. Wyclef went on to reveal their demise was down to and illicit affair between he and Lauryn and there almost-lovechild.

We disect there history and revisit some of there greatest hits

𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝘂𝗹𝗹 𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗹𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝗻 𝘄𝘄𝘄.𝗰𝘂𝗹𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘀𝘆𝗹𝘂𝗺.𝗰𝗼𝗺

22/09/2021

| An Ode to Betty Boop: Amazing Tattoo artwork by Who used a total of 76 tattoos to achieve this scene from the classic black and white cartoon
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