| Contributors, bill sienkiewicz, comics, comicsgate By Ada Byron on Fri,6:18 "Comicsgate," if you've been fortunate enough to avoid it until now, is a comics-focused offshoot of Gamergate. Read More > Movies, Bond 25, female directors, James Bond By Chelsea Steiner on Fri,5:39 What could be more in the zeitgeist than a female director taking on the world's manliest, most womanizing spy? There's certainly no shortage of talented directors who are more than up to the challenge. Here are our top picks for Bond 25. Read More > Big on the Internet, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Parks and Recreation By Vivian Kane on Fri,5:37 It all started with Lin-Manuel Miranda dodging productivity. Read More > Movies, Dominic Monaghan, LOST, Star Wars: Episode IX By Kate Gardner on Fri,5:00 All at once, there was a great cry from the Lost fandom as if their wildest reunion dreams have come true: Charlie Pace himself is re-teaming with JJ Abrams for Star Wars: Episode IX. Dominic Monaghan, best known for his role as Merry in Lord Of The Rings, as well as his turn on Lost, has joined the cast in an exclusive published by Deadline. Read More > News, catcalling, harassment, women in sports By Vivian Kane on Fri,4:42 CNN published a survey this week, conducted by Runner's World, which details the amount of harassment female runners experience. The author and/or headline writer called the prevalence of harassment towards women joggers "startling." To which pretty much every woman reading that headline replied, "startling to whom?" Read More > Contributors, abortion, reproductive rights, week in reproductive justice By Kylie Cheung on Fri,4:07 Laws restricting reproductive health care services like abortion are undeniably about misogyny, control, and the systemic subjugation of women, but in addition to the objective fact that men—and all people—seek reproductive health care, everyone in society is worse off when we’re governed by a state that undermines the most basic, fundamental right to privacy. Read More > Movies, Asian Representation, John Cho, Searching By Kate Gardner on Fri,3:30 John Cho is a bonafide movie star. We love John Cho. There's a reason why he was the center of the #StarringJohnCho hashtag — he's a versatile actor who can do comedy and drama equally well, who deserves better than starring in one season wonders on TV. From Selfie to Flash-Forward to, yes, Sulu, he's proved that he can more than carry his own, which is why Searching first caught my eye. Finally, we get a film where Cho does all the heavy lifting. Read More > TV, buffy, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Marti Noxon By Chelsea Steiner on Fri,3:22 When news of the planned Buffy the Vampire Slayer reboot broke, the internet lost their damn mind. After all, BtVS is one of the most beloved series ever, with a rabid fandom that has lasted over twenty years since the series first premiered. Read More > AMP Featured, Big on the Internet, John McCain, meghan mccain By Rachel Leishman on Fri,2:52 Meghan McCain isn't great; we can all agree on that, but whatever your political views may be, we all understand one thing: cancer sucks. Read More > AMP Featured, Big on the Internet, marvel, murder, The MCU By Kaila Hale-Stern on Fri,2:04 Fans put together a painstakingly detailed list of the people our favorite MCU superheroes and villains have helped off of this mortal coil—and which heroes have zero red in their ledger. Read More > Movies, Netflix, romantic comedies, To All The Boys I've Loved Before By Rachel Leishman on Fri,1:56 We're all obsessed with To All the Boys I've Loved Before, and there is a good reason for it. Probably nostalgia—but a whole lot more. Read More > News, Betsy DeVos, gun control, teachers By Vivian Kane on Fri,1:32 We've always known that Betsy DeVos isn't opposed to putting guns in schools (you know, because of the bears), but according to a new report from the New York Times, the education secretary is seriously considering using federal funds to provide firearms and firearm training for teachers and school staffs. Read More > News, Muslim women, TSA, TSA Agents By Chelsea Steiner on Fri,12:59 Zainab Merchant, a graduate student at Harvard University, has filed a complaint against the Department of Homeland Security through the ACLU after repeatedly being targeted for excessive and humiliating searches from TSA agents. Read More > Contributors, comic books, Lakeith Stanfield, Prince of Cats By Tia Vasiliou on Fri,12:57 I could not have been more excited when it was announced last month that one of my favorite actors, Lakeith Stanfield, was to play the lead role in a developing a film adaptation of one of my favorite graphic novels, Ronald Wimberly’s Prince of Cats. Riffing off Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, Prince of Cats is set in 1980s Brooklyn and centers on Juliet’s cousin, Tybalt. Read More > News, Beto O'Rourke, Ellen DeGeneres, Ted Cruz By Charline Jao on Fri,12:14 Athletes have thrown their support behind O'Rourke, including Colin Kaepernick who retweeted the video onto his feed. Read More > |
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