| Sponsored, The Mary Sue Shop By Diana Vilbert on Thu,1:53 That inner peace is in there somewhere … and we’ve got just the things to drag it out of you. Read More > Movies, Avengers: Infinity War By Princess Weekes on Thu,12:35 Thanks, Mr. Stark. Read More > Movies, documentaries, sex positivity, sexuality By Chelsea Steiner on Thu,12:34 Feminist filmmaker Barbara Miller's latest documentary #FemalePleasure premieres this week at the Locarno Film Festival, and has just released a stirring trailer. The film follows five women across the globe as they take on the patriarchy in what she calls “a plea for the liberation of female sexuality in the 21st century.” Read More > Movies, Barry Jenkins, If Beale Street Could Talk, James Baldwin By Charline Jao on Thu,12:23 The Moonlight director celebrates and pays tribute to James Baldwin on the writer's birthday. Read More > Gaming, D&D, women in gaming By Vivian Kane on Thu,12:00 It’s a general rule of the internet that whatever toxicity exists in person is magnified online. I was surprised, then, when every woman I spoke to that plays D&D for internet audiences said that the opposite was true in their communities. Read More > TV, Buffy Sequel, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, James Marsters By Princess Weekes on Thu,11:12 “I am open to whatever Joss has in mind.” Read More > Movies, Honest Trailers, Hook, Robin Williams By Charline Jao on Thu,10:55 Rufio's still the best, though. Read More > TV, Betty Gilpin, GLOW, Jimmy Kimmel Live By Charline Jao on Thu,9:10 In an appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live, Gilpin appears to talk about her Emmy nomination, a concussion she had at the SAG Awards, and having theatre actors as parents. Read More > Big on the Internet, gender representation, LGBTQ Representation, representation By Kate Gardner on Thu,8:30 The percentage of female characters who speak in a film has barely risen over the course of the past ten years, and that's without taking race, sexuality, or disability into account. Despite all the discussion of progress being made, it still looks like very little has been done. Hollywood executives might be talking the talk, but not walking the walk. Read More > TV, Full Frontal with Sam Bee, Samantha Bee, Terry Crews By Charline Jao on Thu,7:33 "You're a hack and everyone knows it!" Terry Crews went on Full Frontal with Samantha Bee to deliver lots of funny tropes and jokes that don't involve rape. Read More > Big on the Internet, Avengers: Infinity War, Leslie Jones, livetweeting By Vivian Kane on Wed,6:00 Anytime Leslie Jones livetweets anything, it's worth tuning in for. (See: The Olympics and literally anything else.) With yesterday's digital release of Infinity War, Jones decided to watch the movie for the first time and let us in on her thoughts. Read More > Big on the Internet, Jennifer Aniston, kids, women in entertainment By Chelsea Steiner on Wed,5:49 In a recent interview with InStyle Magazine, Jennifer Aniston sat down with her friend Molly McNearney (writer for Jimmy Kimmel Live!, married to Jimmy Kimmel in real life) to discuss her upcoming projects, her relationship with the press, and the question that has nagged her ever since Friends became a global hit: when are you going to have a baby? Read More > Books, The Mary Sue Book Club, TMS Book Club By Princess Weekes on Wed,4:46 Nothing says 'end of summer reading' like a period piece. Read More > Big on the Internet, Evangeline Lilly, gender representation, LOST By Kate Gardner on Wed,4:17 Evangeline Lilly is not here to pull any punches. First, she calls out double standards in male and female attire. Then she pushes for an all female Avengers team-up. Now, she's finally speaking out about the treatment she received as the female lead of LOST, Kate Austen. Read More > Books, Cadet Sylvia Tilly, Star Trek: Discovery, Una McCormack By Kaila Hale-Stern on Wed,4:00 On Star Trek: Discovery, enterprising cadet Sylvia Tilly (Mary Wiseman) fast became a fan favorite. Now a young Tilly will be the focus of a new novel, and we've got the details and the cover for all your cover reveal needs. Read More > Big on the Internet, HBO, Steven Moffat, Time Traveler's Wife By Vivian Kane on Wed,3:30 It was announced this week that Steven Moffat of Doctor Who fame will be adapting Audrey Niffenegger's 2003 novel The Time Traveler's Wife as a series for HBO. As a huge fan of the book, I don't want to say it's unfilmable, but I will say that the story already exists in its ideal form and the circumstances would have to be perfect for an adaptation to hit anywhere close to the mark of the book. And so far, the circumstances have been pretty crappy. Read More > |
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