| Big on the Internet, Asian American, cultural appropriation By Princess Weekes on Fri,11:50 I'm glad the motherland is okay, but the kids are not alright. Read More > TV, Apu Nahasapeemapetilon, Priyanka Chopra, Quantico, The Problem with Apu, The View By Charline Jao on Fri,11:06 “He was the bane of my life growing up, for sure," says Priyanka Chopra. Read More > TV, FX, Jemaine Clement, Taika Waititi, What We Do In The Shadows By Charline Jao on Fri,8:38 FX has ordered a series based on the film, now set in NYC. The first season will consist of ten half-hour episodes, and is set to premiere next year in spring 2019. Read More > Big on the Internet, Movies, Lord of the Rings, Peter Jackson, Quentin Tarantino By Princess Weekes on Fri,8:29 "SAY PRECIOUS AGAIN! I DARE YOU! I DOUBLE DARE YOU" Read More > Movies, Charlize Theron, Tully By Charline Jao on Fri,7:59 Charlize Theron gained 50 pounds for her role as a mother post-pregnancy in Tully and is tired of hearing critics call her "brave." Read More > Movies, Chewbacca, solo: a star wars story, things we saw today By Teresa Jusino on Thu,5:50 When you're as big a star as Chewbacca, it should be expected that it might all go to your head. Solo director Ron Howard, as well as the rest of the cast and crew of the film confirm that Chewie was a bit of a diva on set. However, Howard insists that under all that furry diva-ness beats a Wookie heart of gold. Read More > TV, LGBTQ Representation, Pose, Ryan Murphy By Chelsea Steiner on Thu,5:46 The first official trailer for Ryan Murphy's new series Pose just dropped, and it has us vogueing in our seats. The FX series showcases "the luxury Trump-era universe, the downtown social and literary scene and the ball culture world." Read More > Books, in an absent dream, Seanan McGuire, the wayward children By Kaila Hale-Stern on Thu,5:28 In An Absent Dream is the fourth book in Seanan McGuire's Hugo and Nebula Award-winning series The Wayward Children, and you, dear reader, get to see its cover first. Read More > News, #MeToo Movement, #TIMESUP, Bill Cosby, Roman Polanski By Princess Weekes on Thu,4:55 The Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences have voted to remove Bill Cosby and Roman Polanksi from its membership ranks, finally. Read More > Big on the Internet, Feminist Frequency, privilege, The FREQ Show By Teresa Jusino on Thu,4:32 Topics like feminism, inclusion, and intersectionality have never been more mainstream. It's probably because of this that they've never been more misunderstood. Thankfully, Feminist Frequency's digital series The Freq Show is back to break those things down. Read More > Big on the Internet, Dirty Computer, Janelle Monáe, PYNK, vaginas By Vivian Kane on Thu,4:30 In a recent interview, People asked Monáe the question we all want answered: When and where can we buy a pair of those pants? Read More > Movies, Jamie Foxx, Robin Hood, Taron Egerton By Kaila Hale-Stern on Thu,4:23 I am cautiously optimistic that this movie will be fun to watch if you like archery, superheroes, and things set on fire. Bonus points if you really loved the costumes in A Knight's Tale. Read More > AMP Featured, News, donald trump, nobel peace prize, Republicans By Chelsea Steiner on Thu,3:18 Donald Trump has been nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize by eighteen House Republicans for his "work" in North Korea. The effort is spearheaded by Rep. Luke Messer (R-Ind.), who wrote in the nomination letter that “President Trump’s peace through strength policies are working and bringing peace to the Korean peninsula. We can think of no one more deserving of the Committee’s recognition in 2019 than President Trump for his tireless work to bring peace to our world.” Read More > TV, Full Frontal with Sam Bee, Samantha Bee, Sarah Huckabee Sanders By Princess Weekes on Thu,2:29 "Sarah Huckabee Sanders is a fucking liar," said Bee. "You are a hell of a role model for little girls everywhere who are smart and hardworking and completely evil." Read More > Gaming, Nintendo Switch, TMS Plays, Twitch, women in video games By Teresa Jusino on Thu,1:45 Wouldn't it be great if The Mary Sue's readers had a one-stop shop where they could check out awesome female gamers doing their thing via livestream? Well now you do! TMS Plays is back with a new focus: to host and promote women who stream on Twitch. Our first event is TONIGHT! Check out the deets after the jump! Read More > AMP Featured, TV, Supernatural, The CW, women in television By Jessica Mason on Thu,1:11 Last week’s Supernatural saw the return of Mary Winchester (Samantha Smith) and Jack (Alexander Calver) in the apocalypse world, with not-so-great results for the wayward son of Satan and Mama Winchester. I chatted with Samantha Smith about what Mary’s thinking about life after death and jumping dimensions. Read More > News, Facebook, internet privacy, online stalking By Teresa Jusino on Thu,1:10 Sure, the Cambridge Analytica thing was a big deal, but Facebook is really sorry about that now. Surely we can count on them to go out of their way to ensure that no one abuses the data they've gathered to target an unsuspecting user base, right? Oh, one of their employees was using customer data to stalk women on Tinder? Okay, never mind. Read More > News, incels, internalized sexism By Princess Weekes on Thu,12:54 Ross Douthat, who is considered an opinion columnist, wrote an "opinion-piece" for the New York Times, called "The Redistribution of Sex" which basically asks the age-old question "what's wrong with feeling entitled to sex?" To which every assaulted sex worker and woman collectively flips you off. Read More > Big on the Internet, geekery, Mercedes Lackey, questions By Kaila Hale-Stern on Thu,12:38 Many of us had some sort of media that we first fell hard for and likely contributed to a lifetime of satisfyingly obsessive tendencies. Read More > TV, DC Entertainment, James Wan, Swamp Thing By Chelsea Steiner on Thu,12:08 A live-action Swamp Thing series has been ordered for DC's new streaming service, DC Universe. Based on the characters created by Len Wein and Bernie Wrightson, the one-hour drama series follows CDC researcher Abby Arcane, who returns to her childhood home of Houma, Louisiana, in order to investigate a deadly swamp-borne virus. Read More > |
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