Charlottesville's Confederate monuments are finally gone

Help, I Cannot Get Enough of These Sex and the City Memes

It's hard to tell which will be more satisfying: the series itself or the countless memes and internet jokes that the series will unleash. Frankly, I'm showing up for all of it.

Those Charlottesville Confederate Monuments Are FINALLY Coming Down

Charlottesville Mayor Nikuyah Walker, who gave a speech at the monument removal, said "Taking down this statue is one small step closer to the goal of helping Charlottesville, Virginia, and America, grapple with the sin of being willing to destroy Black people for economic gain.”

Ask the Mary Sues: Our Perfect Casting Picks for Film and TV

There is so much work that goes into a successful film or television series, but there is nothing that makes or breaks a project like casting.

Black Widow Villain Taskmaster Is Trending For All the Wrong Reasons

'Black Widow' has somewhat divided critics and audiences, but one point that is uniting many online is upset over how the villain Taskmaster is handled.

Tennessee Republicans Are Trying to Remove Ruby Bridges From School. In 2021.

Many people have, of course, pointed out that since Bridges was made to suffer racism as a child trying to go to school, the least we can do is teach kids about it today.

Things We Saw Today: Witcher Con Brings Season 2 Trailer, Premiere Date, and More!

The first-ever Witcher Con announced the premiere date for season two of Netflix's The Witcher while also giving us a teaser trailer of what's to come.

Even Google Is Celebrating the Black Girl Magic of Zaila Avant-garde’s Historic Scripps National Spelling Bee Win

Zaila Avant-garde made history by becoming the first African American to win the Scripps National Spelling Bee, a competition that's over 90 years old.

Giveaway: 5 Winners Will Receive 3 Scintillating Summer Reads From Erewhon Books!

Five(!) lucky readers of The Mary Sue will receive 3(!) books from Erewhon's summer offerings. Did someone say warm weather reads that transport you into another universe entirely?

When Will the Entertainment Industry Properly Support Their Black & Brown Talent?

Every time a BIPOC actor gets harassed by fandom it never shocks me, but I get more and more confused as to how nothing changes. The latest victim of this was comedian and podcaster, Laci Mosley, for the iCarly reboot of all things.

Pfizer Developing a Vaccine Booster Shot & New Vaccine as Delta Variant Spreads

Pfizer and BioNTech are going after the Delta variant in the form of booster shots but conflicting evidence is worrisome as cases start to spike.

481 Years Ago, Anne of Cleves Survived Her Brief and Bloody Marriage to Henry VIII

Divorce is hard. But most women don't have to deal with their husband's previous two divorces ending in the deaths of his previous brides. When Anne of Cleves married Henry VIII on January 9th, 1540, she likely had no idea about what it would mean for the rest of her life. After roughly six months the marriage was over and unlike Katherine of Aragon or Anne Boleyn before her, AOC walked away with her head and richer than before. What happened?

The Stranger By the Shore Queer Anime Movie Shows How You Can’t Move Forward Until You Accept Yourself

If 'The Stranger By the Shore' is a taste of the kinds of queer anime stories we can get licensed here, then please, sign me up.

About That Black Widow Post-Credits Scene

'Black Widow' is out, so let's talk about that post-credits scene that was supposed to be seen more than a year ago.

Gossip Girl’s Upper East Side Is Now Run by WOC and That’s Pretty Damn Cool

As someone who grew up watching the original Gossip Girl, looking at this new revival starring actors who are mostly my age or younger than me—I thought about the main difference for the teen viewer of today. They will see the Upper East Side run primarily by women of color.

Watching Deathloop Gameplay on Repeat Along With the Rest of the Games I’m Excited for After Sony’s “State of Play”

Yesterday, Sony hosted their State of Play event where they showed off 9 minutes of Deathloop gameplay along with some other exciting PlayStation titles.

The Internet Is in Love With the Buff Lady From Disney’s Encanto, and So Am I

The internet is in love with the buff lady from Disney's Encanto, now known as Luisa, and honestly, I feel the same way.

Netflix’s The Haunting of Hill House Coming to Universal Studios and You’ll Find My Scary Ass Waiting by the Entrance

Netflix and Universal Studios are coming together to bring The Haunting of Hill House to Halloween Horror Nights this September. Never go alone.

Loki Skewers the Absolute Worst Avengers: Infinity War Plot Twist

Richard E. Grant's 'Classic Loki' tells a story that mocks one of the most ridiculous plot elements of the blockbuster Marvel movie 'Avengers: Infinity War.'

It’s Time for Kimiko to Speak on The Boys

Ahead of the season 2 premiere, showrunner Eric Kripke stated in an interview with Digital Spy that he wished he could have given Kimiko more of a voice in the show’s first season. “There’s the stereotype of a quiet Asian woman, and I was very conscious of not wanting to do that.”

Things We Saw Today: Directors From The Mandalorian Will Take On The Book of Boba Fett

The Book of Boba Fett is coming our way at the end of the year and I've already talked about what I hope to see from the show.