Big on the Internet, Google Doodle, Mister Rogers By Vivian Kane on Fri,11:57 51 years ago today, Fred Rogers walked into the WQED television studio in Pittsburgh to tape the first episode of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood. Movies, Brie Larson, Captain Marvel (movie) By Princess Weekes on Fri,11:36 Captain Marvel is going to launch a new phase in this crazy Marvel world and that's exciting, more exciting and important than these banal hot takes and mediocre trolling give the movie credit for. News, week in reproductive justice By Kylie Cheung on Fri,10:26 Sexual violence and opposing reproductive rights go hand-in-hand; they always have. Sure, that’s not to say there aren’t plenty of “pro-choice” men out there who have committed sexual assault, but an ideology that says women do not have the right to choose to not be pregnant is constructed around the very same disregard for women’s rights to safety and autonomy that underlie sexual assault. Books, A Blade so Black, Imprint, L.L McKinney By Princess Weekes on Fri,8:36 A Blade so Black by L.L. McKinney gives the Alice in Wonderland story a new life. Big on the Internet, revivals, Veronica Mars By Vivian Kane on Thu,5:52 Plus, it was big day for movie trailers! Books, monthly queer reads By Judith Utz on Thu,5:11 While all that spare reading time may look like a distant dream now that school is back in session, the start of September doesn’t mean you have to let the books slide, especially not when August was chock full of so many fantastic queer reads! Big on the Internet, Halloween costumes, The Handmaid's Tale By Kate Gardner on Thu,4:55 Let's just put an end to the sexy handmaids merch for the time being. News, brett kavanaugh, women in politics By Vivian Kane on Thu,4:35 Hawaii's Mazie Hirono has had it with the GOP's BS surrounding Brett Kavanaugh's Supreme Court nomination hearings. TV, Black women, representation, teen drama By Dominique S. Johnson on Thu,3:54 I recently began to reexamine all of the teen dramas that I have watched over the course my life, realizing that they all have the same pattern of leaving Black women out. They are invisible and underrepresented in this massive genre. Gaming, Lara Croft, Shadow of the Tomb Raider, Square Enix By Princess Weekes on Thu,2:32 I decided to end 2018 by playing Shadow of the Tomb Raider, the third game in the revamped Lara Croft/ Tomb Raider series that started in 2013. TV, DCEU, Etta Candy, Wonder Woman By Kate Gardner on Thu,1:46 Give us more female-led projects, DC, because as established, that's what people tend to like in your franchise. Movies & TV, Marvel Entertainment, The MCU By Rachel Leishman on Thu,1:24 Marvel sure likes to pretend to be female positive but continue to push their female heroes to the side. News that Wonder Woman writer Allan Heinberg would be heading a female-led series for Disney's upcoming dedicated streaming service seems promising, but it brings up a really good question: Why is Marvel afraid of women leading movies? Big on the Internet, Asian-American representation, McDonalds By Vivian Kane on Thu,1:01 Earlier this month, two Texas college students revealed that they had made and hung a fake ad in their local McDonald's. Jevh Maravilla and Christian Toledo said they frequented the location often and they noticed that in all the posters on display, none of the smiling faces eating McDonald's food belonged to Asian people. They also noticed that there was one wall of the restaurant that was completely blank. Movies, 20th Century Fox, Kevin Feige, marvel, X-Men By Princess Weekes on Thu,12:38 Iger talked about the new develops of this deal in an interview with THR where he discusses that it only makes sense that Kevin Feige, who has already been captaining the SS MCU so far to take over this new entry into the Marvel Universe. Movies, Bob Iger, Disney, Star Wars (franchise) By Kate Gardner on Thu,12:13 For the past three years, Star Wars has been a constant. | 
