The Monday Edition - Nov 4, 2019
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News, Milo Yiannopoulos, richard spencer, white nationalism

Audio of Richard Spencer’s Nazi Tirade Is Disgusting but It’s Not a New Revelation

Anti-Nazi protester holds a sign saying "Deport Nazis" with police in the foreground.
Richard Spencer wanted to legitimize a violent movement by giving it a polite, clean-cut face and it's absolutely shameful how well his grift worked on a national scale.
TV, Michael Che, Saturday Night Live

SNL’s Michael Che Is Back at It Again With the Sexist and Ageist Remarks!

Colin Jost Michael Che Weekend Update SNL
What's sad is that this is not even the worst thing that Michael Che has ever said.
Books, Sponsored, Michael Sheen, Philip Pullman, The Secret Commonwealth

Michael Sheen Narrating Philip Pullman’s The Secret Commonwealth Is All We Ever Wanted

Michael Sheen reads Philip Pullman's The Secret Comonwealth
Let Michael Sheen be your guide back into the world of His Dark Materials with Philip Pullman's #1 Bestseller 'The Book of Dust: The Secret Commonwealth.'
News, government shutdown, impeachment, Trump

Oy Vey: Trump Hints at Government Shut Down to Stop Impeachment Inquiry

Trump Press Conference
Welp. He's at it again. Trump gave another bonkers press conference on the White House lawn Sunday afternoon.
Movies, Booksmart, Olivia Wilde, Rocketman

Delta Addresses and Corrects Edited Booksmart & Rocketman Gay Sex Scenes

Beanie Feldstein and Kaitlyn Dever in Booksmart (2019)
Delta was named as one of the offending companies showing in-flight movies with same-sex love scenes edited out.
Big on the Internet, contributors, Zombieland, Zombieland: Double Tap

Zombieland Sequel Feels Dated With “Dumb Blonde” Character Stereotype. What Would Elle Woods Say?

Madison and Columbus in Zombieland: Double Tap.
Ten years in, this bunch of Oscar winners and nominees reprised their roles for a second installment. Let’s face it, ten years is a really ambitious time frame for any sequel, let alone a movie like Zombieland that might not have aged as gracefully as we would hope. You would think that a decade is enough to acknowledge the film’s faults and keep its best elements to create an original, refreshing, and interesting sequel. Think again.
Movies, David Ayer, Harley Quinn, Suicide Squad, Warner Bros.

Suicide Squad Director Says Movie Was Originally Meant to Be “Harley’s Journey” of Escaping Joker in New Image Post

Apparently in the Ayer's cut Harley breaks up with the Joker
Director David Ayer drops hints that Suicide Squad was originally supposed to be a really different movie for Harley Quinn.
Big on the Internet, Rian Johnson, Twitter, tws

Things We Saw Today: Rian Johnson Talks Twitter Hate and His Future with Lucasfilm

Porg
Director of The Last Jedi and the upcoming Knives Out - Rian Johnson spoke at Deadline's The Contender: Los Angeles yesterday about dealing with Twitter hate and the potential for continued collaboration with Lucasfilm.
Movies, feminism, Sarah Connor, Terminator: Dark Fate

We Went There: A Feminist Interpretation of Terminator: Dark Fate

Sarah Connor bazooka
I need to be upfront and say that Terminator: Dark Fate is not a very good movie. In fact, it's actually pretty bad. BUT! It is fun (in the way that bad action films are fun), and it provides us with a really important thing to examine - namely an action film centered around three badass women of varying ages kicking all kinds of butt. So what I am here to present you with is not so much a review, but rather a feminist reading of Terminator: Dark Fate.
AMP Featured, Big on the Internet, Christmas, Lizzo, music

We Have Been BLESSED: Lizzo Releases a Christmas Song

Lizzo on stage
Lizzo just dropped a Christmas song on us! That's right! The holiday season is upon us, and while some of us have to mentally prepare ourselves for the exhaustion of hearing George Michael's "Last Christmas" (a song that I hate with the fiery passion of a million suns thanks to my time working retail), others revel in the fact they can now sing Mariah Carey's "All I Want For Christmas Is You" at the top of their lungs.
TV, Great British Bake-Off, Netflix, Noel Fielding

The Official Ranking of Noel Fielding’s Great British Bake-Off Season 10 Blouses

Bread Week matching tops
The latest season of The Great British Bake Off aired it's finale Friday on Netflix. And while it was a rather underwhelming season (possibly partially due to rumors that the bakers selected to compete were cake decorators with large Instagram followings rather than actual home bakers), with each technical challenge more disastrous than last, each week provided a healthy dose of my new favorite part of the show - Noel Fielding's tops.
Big on the Internet, donald trump, politics, UFC

HAHAHA: Trump Booed AGAIN at UFC Championship

Trump at UFC match
That’s right! Trump was booed AGAIN last night while attending the UFC championship match held at Madison Square Garden. He was seated next to House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, Congressman Mark Meadows, Congressman Peter King, and his monster babies Don Jr and Eric.
Big on the Internet, BuzzFeed, Robert Mueller, tws

Things We Saw Today: Buzzfeed Got Its Hands on the Mueller Memos

Robert Mueller
Buzzfeed announced today, that they sued the US government in order to see all of the work from Mueller's team that up until now had been kept secret. They published the first hundred or so pages of documents, transcripts, and memos today, with plans to release the more in monthly installments for the next several years.
News, HHS, LGBTQ issues, transgender

Daily Dose of Rage: HHS Ends Civil Rights Discrimination Protections for Transgender and LGBTQ Community

protestors display banners, protesting deadly violence against transgender women of color, at the Human Rights Campaign Foundation and CNN’s presidential town hall focused on LGBTQ issues on October 10, 2019 in Los Angeles, California.
In the continuing saga of everything being terrible, especially the Trump administration, they announced today that they would be abandoning civil rights rules for organizations receiving billions in taxpayer dollars. The Trump Administration - inept at building walls, but also entirely too competent at dismantling necessary institutions and government protections for those who need it most.
News, border wall, donald trump, politics

Well Duh: Trump’s “Impenetrable” Wall Totally Penetrable.

Border wall construction
Despite Trump’s persistent claims, (most recently at his rally last night in Mississippi), that his border wall will be impenetrable, smuggling gangs in Mexico have repeatedly, and quite easily, sawed through the new sections in recent months using commercially available power tools according to a report by the Washington Post this morning. I for one, am simply, utterly *SHOCKED.* Shocked, I say!
Movies, Martin Scorsese, movie review, The Irishman

Review: The Irishman is Scorsese’s Avengers Endgame!

Robert De Niro as Frank Sheeran
Hot off of a controversial press tour, Scorsese’s gangster epic The Irishman is having a limited theatrical run before heading to Netflix on November 27th, 2019. Running a staggering three and a half hours, and covering a span of almost fifty years, it truly feels like this is Scorsese’s final word, (his final will and testament) on the mafia culture that he has dedicated large portions of his extensive filmmaking career to.
Movies, sequel, Sony Pictures Entertainment, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

Rejoice! Sony Announces Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse is Getting a Sequel

Into the Spider-Verse
On Friday afternoon, Sony announced via Twitter that Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse 2 is happening and hitting screens on April 8, 2022. This is huge nerds for fans of the first film, which shattered all expectations and took home the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature Film. The ground-breaking and unique animation style blew audiences (and me, particularly me) away, and fans have been clamoring for news of a sequel - well now we have it!
Big on the Internet, Liev Schreiber, Sebastian Stan, Taylor Kitsch

Things We Saw Today: Superheroes Joined Together for a Charity Hockey Event!

To be honest, it is a smart way of raising money for cancer research and gets fans to come out to see some of their favorite stars all knowing they're supporting cancer research. It also helps when you get Taylor Kitsch on ice.
Books, The Mary Sue Book Club

The Mary Sue Book Club November Edition: Holidays Are Coming

November Book Club 2019
How did it become November already? Turkey month is the perfect time to tell your parents that you have to read this romance/sci-fi/ya novel for school because you study the humanities and that's just the way it is.
AMP Featured, News, Katie Hill, Matt Gaetz, Nancy Pelosi, online harassment

I’m so Disappointed by Nancy Pelosi’s Response to Katie Hill’s Resignation

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi speaks during her weekly press conference on Capitol Hill
I don't feel comfortable siding with terrible and obnoxious Florida Republican Matt Gaetz over Pelosi about anything.
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