The Friday Edition - Jun 15, 2018
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Gaming, Magic: The Gathering

Exclusive: A Closer Look at Newest Green Planeswalker, Vivien Reid, and a Refresher on What the Colors of Magic Are

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Magic: The Gathering is giving us another look at it's new Green Planeswalker, Vivien, but what do the colors of Magic mean?
Big on the Internet, Facebook, groups, trolls

Need to Air Your Grievances? Come Join the New Mary Sue Facebook Group!

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What made you angry today? Was it something in the news? Something in a film you saw? Did someone mansplain something to you? Or did you face discrimination of some sort? This is a group for you to share all that. There's other people who might be going through the same thing and could offer some advice, or commiserate over the same things. Join Well, Actually... and chat, vent, make friends, share your thoughts!
News, #MeToo Movement, Chloe Dykstra, Chris Hardwick

Chloe Dykstra Details Alleged Sexual and Emotional Abuse at the Hands of Her Ex Chris Hardwick

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In a harrowing and disturbing account, actress Chloe Dykstra writes about the alleged emotional and sexual abuse she suffered at the hands of her ex-boyfriend, Chris Hardwick. Hardwick, whose Nerdist brand and Talking Dead hosting gig have made him the mouthpiece of white male fandom, has yet to issue a statement.
Big on the Internet, Comics, Chris Pine, Steve Trevor, Wonder Woman 1984

Wonder Woman 2 Missed an Opportunity With Bringing Back Steve Trevor

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From officially released images, we know that Chris Pine as Steve Trevor is returning to Wonder Woman in the upcoming film set in the 80s complete with a fanny pack.
Science, black holes, space, Stephen Hawking

Stephen Hawking’s Voice Will Be Beamed Into Space, and Other Details from the Physicist’s Memorial Today

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Westminister Abbey is holding a Service of Thanksgiving for the physicist, whose ashes will be buried in Scientist's Corner, between Isaac Newton and Charles Darwin.
Big on the Internet, TV, Dan Harmon, Justin Roiland, Rick and Morty

Rick and Morty Season 4 Has Begun Production

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Good news for Ricky and Morty fans, the 4th season has officially entered production according to Justin Roiland, the co-creator of the series.
Movies, Captain Marvel (movie), marvel studios, Pinar Toprak

Captain Marvel Will Be the First Comic-Book Film With a Female Composer

Pinar Toprak scored SYFY's Krypton and wrote additional music for Justice League.
Big on the Internet, Avengers 4, Captain Marvel, things we saw today

Things We Saw Today: Marvel’s Avengers 4 Tease Is Getting Tiresome

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Listen, I know. We're a ways out from Avengers 4: We Can't Tell You The Title, but the fact of the matter is that in the business of big movie news, we need at least some meager crusts to sustain us. We are receiving only crumbs from Marvel, and the ups-and-downs of waiting excitedly for information that doesn't manifest is growing old.
Big on the Internet, Chrissy Teigen, Immigration, nolite te bastardes carborundorum

Chrissy Teigen Got Donald Trump the Only Appropriate Birthday Gift

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What do you get for the guy that has everything, including a xenophobic prerogative to vilify immigrants and take children from their parents?
Contributors, LGBTQ Representation

#Pride: What Representation in Kids’ Media Means to a Queer Parent

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There are a lot of really fun things you have to deal with as the parent of a toddler, one of them being enduring children’s entertainment, often on a constant loop. Sometimes, if you’re lucky, the kid’s media choices will be great, sometimes they’re terrible, and sometimes, you wish there were a movie out there, that you could show your child, about you. Unfortunately, when you’re queer parent, that’s almost impossible.
Movies, Aquaman, DC Entertainment, Jason Momoa

New Aquaman Images Surface, Featuring a First Look at Black Manta

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In an exclusive with Entertainment Weekly, the team behind DC Entertainment's upcoming Aquaman shared some new images from the upcoming film as well as some details about the film's plot.
Big on the Internet, fashion, gender

Is an “Ungendered Fashion Utopia” Possible?

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Why does genderless fashion have to default to traditionally male pieces? Why are these companies so afraid of color? Why all the denim?
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Big on the Internet, Immigration, politics, Statue of Liberty

The Statue of Liberty Poem is a Beautiful Sentiment … Too Bad Our Immigration History Doesn’t Live Up to It

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As a born and raised New Yorker with two immigrant parents, I know what the State of Liberty is supposed to mean.
TV, nostalgia, reboots

5 Underrated Childhood TV Shows That Deserve The Reboot Treatment

These Underrated Childhood TV Shows Deserve A Reboot
But while some of our favorites came back on screen, there are a few shows from my childhood that, I feel, were absolutely brilliant but underrated and deserve to be revived.
TV, Degrassi, drake, music video

Drake’s “I’m Upset” Video Melts the Internet With the Degrassi Reunion We Always Wanted

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Yesterday, Drake dropped the music video for his new single, "I'm Upset," where he gave all the stans something they never knew they always wanted: a Degrassi: The Next Generation reunion. Before he became a music superstar, most of us knew Drake as Aubrey Graham, a.k.a. Jimmy Brooks, on Degrassi: TNG, the basketball star who was paralyzed after getting shot in a school shooting. In the video, Drake goes to his high school reunion and is reunited with the class of 2007.
TV, Conspiracy Theories, Full Frontal with Sam Bee, Parkland Shooting

Samantha Bee Takes on Tragedy Conspiracy Theories and the Twisted Myth of Crisis Actors

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In reality, as Bee puts it, the term "crisis actor" simply translates to "a victim of a mass shooting who I'd rather not feel sorry for."
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