Movies, female directors, Lucasfilm, Star Wars (franchise) By Kate Gardner on Wed,12:54 Someone might say, "Well, they're making safe choices and picking who is right for the job!" To that, I'll respond with the firings, reshoots, and somewhat troubled productions that many directors have brought to the studio. So who is right for the job? Read More > News, brett kavanaugh, Christine Blasey Ford, Tweets By Daniella Bondar on Wed,12:50 The past couple of weeks have been peak 2018. Read More > TV, C.S. Lewis, Netflix, The Chronicles of Narnia By Chelsea Steiner on Wed,12:38 Netflix is diving headfirst into the Narnia universe with a new expansive deal for the works of C.S. Lewis, which include a Chronicles of Narnia reboot series and several new films based on the iconic fantasy series. Read More > Movies, Nerdy tattoos, the Mary Sue tattoo project By Rachel Leishman on Wed,11:44 When I found out that my grandma had an aggressive form of brain cancer, my life went from being kind of perfect to suddenly being faced with the reality that, if we were lucky, we'd get one more year with my grandma. Obviously, my emotions were all over the place, so when a friend of mine had a rough day and needed a pick-me-up, she said she wanted to watch a Sebastian Stan movie. Unfortunately, we had both already seen the majority of his career. Read More > Books, Anne Rice, Interview with a Vampire, Lestat, The Vampire Chronicles By Princess Weekes on Wed,11:43 With the latest installment of the Vampire Chronicles out, it seems a perfect time to discuss what makes Anne Rice's series so beloved after more than 30 years. Read More > News, politics, sexual assault By Kylie Cheung on Wed,10:47 It’s not the job of survivors to humanize themselves to people who are already determined not to see, respect, or accept them as human beings. It’s not the job of survivors to rehash their trauma in public spaces, or perform painstaking emotional labor to convince people who lack the fundamental empathy required to believe survivors that sexual assault is, in fact, real. Read More > Comics, DC Comics, Starro By Princess Weekes on Wed,8:25 Starro the Conqueror, the starfish with the evil masterplan and a forgotten enemy in the Justice League. Read More > TV, Ghost-Spider, Marvel Rising, Riri By Chelsea Steiner on Tue,5:47 Marvel Rising will be releasing two new animated specials, focusing on Ghost-Spider/Gwen Stacy and Ironheart/Riri Williams. Read More > Big on the Internet, Carey Mulligan, new york film festival, things we saw today By Kate Gardner on Tue,5:45 It would also be nice if women weren't subjected to dealing with this sort of harassment at screenings from audiences members. Read More > News, brett kavanaugh, sexism, women in film By Vivian Kane on Tue,5:30 You might like these movies. You might think they're funny or even classics. But Brett Kavanaugh tried to use them as examples of innocent, boyish antics, and they are most definitely not that. They do, however, illuminate some of the ways in which Kavanaugh's views towards girls, women, and sex (not to mention the drinking habits he spoke of at length) could have been influenced by normalized misogyny and rape culture. Read More > Books, April Genevieve Tucholke, giveaway, The Boneless Mercies By Kaila Hale-Stern on Tue,5:19 You can win one of five copies of April Genevieve Tucholke's The Boneless Mercies, a dark YA fantasy where young women get to be bloodthirsty monster-hunters hungry for glory—just as it should be. Read More > News, #TIMESUP, Lisa Borders, time's up By Chelsea Steiner on Tue,4:46 Time's Up has found its first president and CEO in Lisa Borders, who has extensive experience in both the private and public sectors. Read More > Comics, DC Comics, DC SuperHero Girls, Shea Fontana By Princess Weekes on Tue,3:45 In addition, to being well-written, fun and engaging DC SuperHero Girls is trying to teach young girls to take care of themselves. Read More > AMP Featured, Big on the Internet, Chris Evans, Twitter By Rachel Leishman on Tue,2:50 Just a cute thing that everyone is currently finding joy in, maybe because it's really perfect and Chris Evans is definitely our golden retriever, but also because with everything bad happening in 2018, things like this remind us of all that is good and pure in the world. Read More > News, LGBTQ discrimination, LGBTQ rights, Trump By Chelsea Steiner on Tue,2:43 The Trump administration continues their attack on LGBTQ rights in a new directive leveled at the same-sex domestic partners of diplomats and United Nations employees. Read More > Movies, Lady Gaga, Venom By Rachel Leishman on Tue,2:21 Lady Gaga fans are telling people to go see 'A Star is Born' instead of 'Venom' and it is starting a Twitter feud between fanbases. Read More > Movies, Catherine Hardwicke, Stephenie Meyer, Twilight By Princess Weekes on Tue,2:16 It marks 10 years since the first Twilight movie came out and changed the way that vampires in media were depicted forever. Read More > Big on the Internet, Rian Johnson, Star Wars: The Last Jedi, Twitter By Kate Gardner on Tue,1:24 So where does this leave us? Where can we possibly go from here, knowing that this discourse is now taken over and framed by Russian bots and active political trolling? Read More > TV, Hulu, Marvel Runaways, Runaways By Chelsea Steiner on Tue,12:56 Hulu has dropped the first teaser trailer for season two of Marvel's Runaways, or as I like to think of it, The O.C. with super powers. Read More > Sponsored, The Mary Sue Shop By Diana Vilbert on Tue,12:37 Learn music production from industry pros with Noiselab, plus other deals for the musically-inclined. These deals have all the audiophiles in your life covered, with deals starting at just $19. Read More > |
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