| TV, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Joss Whedon, Monica Owusu-Breen By Princess Weekes on Fri,11:16 The upcoming Buffy series showrunner, Monica Owusu-Breen put out a statement on her Twitter saying that the show will be more of a sequel, with a new character and a new Slayer. Read More > Movies, female characters, mara jade, star wars books By Kate Gardner on Fri,11:08 The old Star Wars Legends canon had a myriad of fantastic (see: the Thrawn trilogy) and not-so-fantastic (see: Han Solo fighting an otter) things, but one element fans have longed to see re-introduced into the new canon properly? Mara Jade, the former Hand of the Emperor turned into a heroine and Luke’s wife. Recently, Mara’s creator Timothy Zahn stated that he was waiting for the right time to pitch Mara’s reentry into canon. Read More > Contributors, abortion, reproductive rights, week in reproductive justice By Kylie Cheung on Fri,10:45 As Roe v. Wade faces its greatest threat in recent history, it also faces increased support, according to new polling from NBC News and the Wall Street Journal this week, with 71 percent of American voters saying it should not be overturned. Notably, this includes a majority among even Republican voters. Read More > TV, Steven Universe, White Diamond By Princess Weekes on Fri,8:25 During SDCC audiences were able to get a sneak peek at the upcoming season of Steven Universe with an episode that not only showed us Blue and Yellow Diamond being nice-ish, but also revealed the Queen D herself: White Diamond. Looking like a sparkly Cruella de Vil. Read More > Big on the Internet, facial recognition software, racism, technology, things we saw today By Vivian Kane on Thu,6:06 Rekognition misidentified 28 members of Congress as matching those mugshots, which is only a five percent error rate if you're taking into account the 535 members total. But among non-white members of Congress, the error rate shoots to 39%. Six of those misidentified were members of the Congressional Black Caucus, who had already penned an open letter to Amazon's Jeff Bezos, urging him to stop selling this face recognition technology to police. Read More > News, Alex Jones, infowars, YouTube By Chelsea Steiner on Thu,5:41 Don't you love it when bad things happen to bad people? YouTube pulled four videos posted by Alex Jones' alt-right Infowars channel for violating policies against hate speech and graphic content. Anyone familiar with Infowars already knows it's a cesspool of racism, lies, and phony supplement infomercials, but this time they apparently crossed the line. Read More > Movies, Chris Evans, Chris Pine, Elizabeth Olsen, Gal Gadot, Gina Rodriguez, Idris Elba, Internet Boyfriend, Natalie Portman, Oscar Isaac, Riz Ahmed, Sebastian Stan, Tessa Thompson, Tom Hiddleston By Rachel Leishman on Thu,5:32 The idea of the Internet Crush is not lost upon the world. We love our actors and want to support them in any endeavor they embark on. That being said, some of our favorites have made less than favorable movies in the eyes of critics. That doesn't mean we, as fans, think any less of these films, though. Read More > Sponsored, The Mary Sue Shop By Diana Vilbert on Thu,4:53 If you’ve ever though about going to school for game design, now’s the time to do it. Minus the hefty price tag and the actual going-to-school bit. The Mary Sue Shop’s got you covered—we’re giving you lifetime access to game design training with the School of Game Design for a huge discount. Normally almost $6,000, we’ve got it for readers for just $59. Read More > Movies, Charlie's Angels, Elizabeth Banks, Kristen Stewart By Chelsea Steiner on Thu,4:42 Elizabeth Banks (The Hunger Games) is reviving the Charlie's Angels franchise for a new generation. Kristen Stewart, Naomi Scott (Power Rangers), and Ella Balinska (Midsomer Murders) have been cast as the Angels, with Banks co-writing/directing and playing the Angels' confidante, Bosley. Read More > TV, Boardwalk Empire, HBO, Steve Buscemi By Kate Gardner on Thu,4:24 Of all the prestige dramas that dealt with toxic masculinity and white men behaving badly, by far the most underrated is HBO's Boardwalk Empire, a five season drama centered on Prohibition and the perils of the American Dream and how the entire concept has always been wrapped up in the xenophobic, racist, Christian-hetero patriarchy. Read More > News, donald trump, Internet Trolls, Twitter By Vivian Kane on Thu,3:56 Twitter has been saying for a while that they're trying to curb "troll-like behaviors." Every time they make a push for that, white supremacists and conspiracy theorists take the brunt of it and people get mad that "conservatives" are being censored. Read More > Movies, Gal Gadot, Patty Jenkins, Wonder Woman By Rachel Leishman on Thu,3:45 While Omaze has some pretty incredible campaigns, the ones geared towards Wonder Woman especially have been out of this world. The first was a trip to the Los Angeles premiere, where you would meet the stars and be their guest on the carpet! While that was amazing, this is even better! Getting to be in a Wonder Woman movie? Especially one where you get to dress like it's the '80s? Read More > Movies & TV, #MeToo Movement, sexual harassment, WGA By Chelsea Steiner on Thu,3:37 The Writers Guild of America West has conducted a sexual harassment survey among its members, and the results are (depressingly) unsurprising. In a survey of more than 2,000 writers, 64% of women writers said that they have experienced sexual harassment at work, and that “a significant amount of the harassment writers experience occurs in the writers’ room.” Read More > Big on the Internet, fandom, Harry Potter (franchise), Star Wars: Return of the Jedi By Kate Gardner on Thu,2:34 We all have one. That problematic favorite who started their career as a villain and who ended up doing the right thing. Let they who never stanned an antagonist cast the first stone here, because at some point in your fandom career there will be a villain or anti hero who catches your fancy. Read More > Movies, Deadline, Mike Fleming Jr, Rub & Tug, Scarlett Johansson By Princess Weekes on Thu,2:18 Peter Bart and Mike Fleming Jr. wrote about the dangers of removing Scarlett Johansson from Rub & Tug comparing it to the incident going on with James Gunn saying that the LGBTQ community " have made it nearly impossible to get made films like Brokeback Mountain and Dallas Buyers Club" made. Cool cool cool. Tell me more about how the gays ruined it for themselves. Read More > TV, Amy Poehler, james comey, Seth Meyers By Vivian Kane on Thu,1:31 Amy Poehler and Seth Meyers joined forces to remind James Comey that no one cares what he thinks is best for the Democratic Party. Read More > Movies, Movie endings, Twitter, twitter moment By Rachel Leishman on Thu,1:23 Having an opinion on the ending of your favorite movie can make people testy. We all love our favorites for specific, often personal, reasons. Whether it's just something we enjoy watching when we're down or because it's highlighted as one of the greatest movies ever created, we appreciate cinema in all its very nuanced forms. Read More > TV, Hulu, Joseph Fiennes, The Handmaid's Tale By Princess Weekes on Thu,12:38 Some of the violence against women is treated as a narrative punch in the gut on top of all the stomach ace that already comes along with watching the show. Read More > |
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