| Big on the Internet, Chris Pine, Star Trek 4 (Kelvin), William Shatner By Kate Gardner on Tue,11:34 Happy Star Trek week, folks; the series first premiered 52 years ago this past Saturday. To celebrate, we're going to continue to cover the current struggles between Paramount and Chris Pine. Read More > Science & Tech, misogyny, women in STEM By Vivian Kane on Tue,8:25 Lyndsey Scott is an actress and a former Victoria's Secret and Calvin Klein model, as well as a successful programmer. Over the weekend, the Instagram account Coding Engineer gave Scott a shoutout with the caption "Coding is for anyone!" The responses were the perfect example of why that declaration still needs to be made in the first place. Read More > TV, dana scully, fandom, fox mulder, The X-Files By Kaila Hale-Stern on Mon,9:20 All I knew was that the truth was out there somewhere and that Fox Mulder and Dana Scully were in love. Read More > Big on the Internet, #Tiff2018, puppies, TIFF By Rachel Leishman on Mon,6:08 All these actors with all these puppies have got to stop, we only have so many lives to live. In a new #TIFF2018 bid, many outlets are handing some of our favorite actors puppies and having them just take pictures and get interviewed. It is a lot. Read More > Big on the Internet, #MeToo Movement, Olivia Munn, Shane Black, The Predator By Kate Gardner on Mon,5:13 In the wake of Shane Black casting a sexual offender in The Predator, and Olivia Munn speaking out about the issue, the majority of The Predator's male cast has been avoiding interacting and doing interviews with Munn. Read More > AMP Featured, Movies, representation, Star Wars (franchise), Star Wars: The Last Jedi By Rebecca Harrison on Mon,5:01 It’s tempting to paint a picture of online Star Wars trolls as middle-aged men fighting against the unfamiliar change that is the franchise’s necessary, if slow, realization that heroes aren’t all white men with floppy hair. However, the fandom's past makes the explanation a lot less simple. Read More > Movies, Chris Pine, media violence, sexuality By Kate Gardner on Mon,4:22 There is something wrong with Western film society when nudity is considered more shocking than violence. We've accepted brutality as a part of film culture, but nudity and sex is considered taboo; that is something that needs to change. Read More > Books, The Mary Sue Book Club By Princess Weekes on Mon,4:21 The Mary Sue reveals their book club picks for September 2018. Read More > Movies, Harry Potter By Rachel Leishman on Mon,4:06 When we meet Harry, he's not even eleven years old. His entire life, all he's known is his aunt and uncle telling him that his parents were nothing, and that he's nothing. He cooked for them, cleaned for them, and never had the childhood he would have had with James and Lily Potter, but part of the problem with how we see Harry is that many of us were the same age he was. Growing up, we'd read these books and think about how we'd react if our friend were lashing out as Harry does. Read More > AMP Featured, Gaming, Gamergate, video games By Kaila Hale-Stern on Mon,2:55 Insomniac Games' new Spider-Man game included an Easter egg featuring one fan's marriage proposal to his girlfriend. What might have been a romantic tale to tell didn't go as planned, and serves as proof positive that we shouldn't rush to report one side of a story. Read More > TV, Netflix, Noelle Stevenson, She-Ra and the Princesses of Power By Princess Weekes on Mon,2:37 Today Teen Vogue released the teaser trailer for the upcoming She-Ra and the Princesses of Power series, which will premier on Netflix November 16th. Read More > News, Flint, Miss America, politics By Vivian Kane on Mon,1:48 This weekend was the 2019 Miss America competition, and while the winner was Nia Franklin, Miss New York, she's not the only contestant that's been making headlines. Read More > News, Carlos Ramos, Naomi Osaka, Serena Williams By Princess Weekes on Mon,1:43 Since the controversial U.S. Open and chair umpire Carlos Ramos's calls against Serena Williams, there has been back and forth discourse around sexism, racism, sportsmanship, ego, and what exactly we should call it when rules are not unilaterally enforced. Read More > Movies, Olivia Munn, Predator, Shane Black By Princess Weekes on Mon,12:16 There are those coming to the defense of Steven Wilder Striegel, saying he served his time and asking "how long" must men suffer for their past crimes? Read More > |
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