The Tuesday Edition - Nov 6, 2018
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Movies, Sony, Spider-Man, Tom Hardy, Venom

Symbrock May Help Keep Spider-Man Rights in Sony’s Hands

Tom Hardey We Are Venom
With the power of Tom Hardy's hotness, Venom is an official box office success, but what will that mean for Spider-Man's future between Sony and Marvel/Disney?
Movies, Fantastic Beasts 2: The Crimes of Grindelwald, J.K. Rowling, LGBTQ Representation

New Fantastic Beasts 2 Featurette Is Really Bad at Discussing Dumbledore’s Sexuality

jude law as dumbledore
Warner Bros. has released a featurette about young, hot Dumbledore (played by Jude Law, which I guess was how the monkey's paw curled to get us a veritable troll doll to play Grindelwald). Once more, we are now here to talk sexuality, because it's painfully clear that even if there is a kiss onscreen or Dumbledore says the words "I'm gay," this is going to be a hot mess on the representation front. 
AMP Featured, Big on the Internet, News, 2018 midterm elections, elections

Here’s the Bingo Card That Will Get You Through Midterm Election Day

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Every election is different, but the exhaustive, day-long news coverage is likely to feel very familiar and particularly useless, since no one will actually know anything until much later on tonight. So why not make a game out of it?
AMP Featured, Big on the Internet, Axl Rose, donald trump, rihanna

Axl Rose, Rihanna, and More Don’t Want Donald Trump Using Their Music

In a typical mood for 2018, musicians have now begun to tell the president that he isn't allowed to use their songs at his rallies anymore. To be fair, the president is using wildly inappropriate songs at his rallies anyway—not inappropriate in nature themselves, but more so that every song doesn't really even seem to fit in with his ideals.
News, contributors, politics, women in politics

Why Are “Women’s Issues” Taken Less Seriously?

Today, women will again comprise the majority of American voters in the midterm elections. Single women, as of 2016, have been recognized as the most powerful electoral demographic in the country. So, here’s a question: Why are issues that disproportionately affect us still dismissively referred to as “women’s issues”?
Big on the Internet, Movies, Bohemian Rhapsody, Bryan Singer

Fox Is Now Campaigning for Bryan Singer to Get an Oscar, Despite the Fact That He’s a Terrible Person

bryan singer
Remember when we actually thought that accusations of abuse and sexual assault would lead to meaningful change in Hollywood? Yeah, I vaguely remember that too.
Big on the Internet, Janet Jackson, Leslie Moonves

Things We Saw Today: Janet Jackson Receives Awards, but Also Deserves Apologies

poses in the Winners room during the MTV EMAs 2018 at Bilbao Exhibition Centre on November 4, 2018 in Bilbao, Spain.
Since it was revealed that Janet Jackson's career was purposefully hindered by the influence of the now-disgraced Leslie Moonves, one of music's greatest living female icons has been getting the awards she so rightfully deserves.
News, comicsgate, racism, shootings

Alleged Kentucky Kroger Shooter Had a History of Racist Comicsgate Rants

cap nazis punch
Late last month, two black people, 69-year-old Maurice Stallard and 67-year-old Vickie Lee Jones, were shot and killed in a Kroger grocery store in Louisville, Kentucky. The shooter is believed to a white man named Gregory Bush, who allegedly told an armed white bystander that "whites don't kill whites."
AMP Featured, Big on the Internet, internet memes, memes

The “me voting in 2016 vs. me voting in 2018” Meme Is Taking Over Twitter

Rashida Jones starred as Ann Perkins in Parks and Recreation
The memes today, as we gear up for the midterms, are fire, and we can smile-sob our way to the voting booth with them in hand.
Big on the Internet, Emma Approved, Pemberley Digital

The Revival Of Emma Approved Gives Us The First Fan-Created Online Universe

Emma Approved stars Joanna Sotomura as Emma and Brent Bailey as Alex
Will Emma Woodhouse be the one to save us all from Thanos? Hopefully.
TV, Doctor Who, The BBC

Sure There’s a Pantless Alien, but Also Family Issues, on Doctor Who

Doctor Who season 11 episode 1 review
It wouldn't be Doctor Who if there weren't an underlying message to the episode. Every good episode of the series seems silly on the surface, but still has an everlasting impact on us. Look at episodes like "The Girl in the Fireplace," where masked aliens torment a party and, in the end, it has us feeling for Madame de Pompadour and her station in life.
TV, Charmed Reboot, latinx representation

Charmed Finally Breaks Away From Its Euro-Centric Magical Roots

Charmed -- "Exorcise Your Demons" -- Image Number: CMD104b_0202.jpg -- Pictured (L-R): Madeleine Mantock as Macy, Sarah Jeffery as Maggie and Melonie Diaz as Mel -- Photo: Robert Falconer/The CW -- © 2018 The CW Network, LLC. All Rights Reserved.
After four episodes Charmed finally leans into the Latinx magic that it has been promising during its publicity tour.
News, Voting

Everything You Need to Know About How to Vote Today

voting guide, election, 2018, midterms
We've been hyping the importance of voting and registering to vote for what feels like forever, and now that the big day is just around the corner (Tuesday, November 6th!), there are a lot of first-time (or even long-time) voters out there who might want some advice regarding how to make the most out of their time at the polls, or even basic knowledge for what comes next. We've got you covered.
News, Black women, Queen Latifah, Rebel Wilson, romcoms

Rebel Wilson Spent Her Weekend Blocking Black People on Twitter

rebel wilson, rom com, plus size, black, twitter
Last week, Rebel Wilson saw a heap of backlash when she erroneously said her role in the upcoming Isn't It Romantic, which she's also co-producing, makes her "the first-ever plus-sized girl to be the star of a romantic comedy." Over the weekend, Wilson responded to criticism over her statement in the exact wrong way: By blocking a whole bunch of Black people and other POC on Twitter.
AMP Featured, TV, Jessica Parker Kennedy, The CW, The Flash

Nora West-Allen Has Become The Flash’s Newest LGBTQ Character

The Flash -- "Nora" -- Image Number: FLA501b_0284b.jpg -- Pictured: Jessica Parker Kennedy as XS -- Photo: Katie Yu/The CW -- © 2018 The CW Network, LLC. All rights reserved
The CW, despite still having its problems, has been at the forefront of LGBTQ characters on network television for the past few years. According to reporting from GLAAD, they are currently ranked number one in terms of onscreen representation for a broadcast network, which, from the channel that brought us some of the most heteronormative romances of the '90s and 2000s, is a huge step in right direction, and they've just added another to their ranks on The Flash.
TV, Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, LGBTQ Representation, non-binary

The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina‘s Non-Binary Character Deserves Better

Lachlan Watson as Susie Putnam in Chilling Adventures of Sabrina
The way 'Chilling Adventures of Sabrina' talks about queerness feels shockingly old-fashioned, and it doesn't seem to know what to do with Susie, the show's non-binary character.
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