| Big on the Internet, facts, GOOP, Gwyneth Paltrow By Vivian Kane on Thu,8:25 Over the years, Gwyneth Paltrow has recommended a lot of seemingly strange products and questionable services in the name of "wellness." Many products are simply absurd (and absurdly expensive), like "sex dust" or "moon juices" or those spacesuit stickers that were supposed to engage your body's “ideal energetic frequency." But others are potentially actually dangerous. Read More > AMP Featured, Big on the Internet, Rian Johnson, things we saw today, Twitter By Kaila Hale-Stern on Wed,5:54 In the wake of Guardians of the Galaxy director James Gunn's firing for old, resurfaced tweets, will it become standard practice for those in the spotlight to regularly purge their social media? Star Wars director Rian Johnson recently removed a huge number of tweets from his account. Read More > TV, jim jefferies, representation, the jim jefferies show By Chelsea Steiner on Wed,5:46 The Jim Jefferies Show went down to San Diego Comic Con to interview attendees about ComicsGate, and it went about as well as you'd expect. Read More > Big on the Internet, AMC, Chloe Dykstra, Chris Hardwick, Talking Dead By Princess Weekes on Wed,4:52 Last month actress and model Chloe Dykstra wrote a post on the site Medium, detailing years of alleged sexual and emotional abuse at the hands of then-boyfriend, Chris Hardwick. Hardwick was removed from hosting the AMC show Talking Dead and multiple outlets distanced themselves from him. Well, now after an investigation by AMC, Hardwick has been officially reinstated as host and will continue working for AMC. Read More > Movies, Mamma Mia, mamma mia universe, mamma mia! here we go again By Chelsea Steiner on Wed,3:30 Mamma Mia! was not a movie that necessitated a sequel: all the storylines were wrapped up nicely, and all the hit ABBA songs were sung. Luckily, the makers of the film ignored this and gave us a a corny, life-affirming, feel-good musical extravaganza. Read More > Movies, Avengers 4, Avengers: Infinity War, infinity stones By Kaila Hale-Stern on Wed,2:52 Headed into Avengers: Infinity War, one of the movie's biggest mysteries revolved around the Soul Stone. At the time, the orange gem was the only Infinity Stone not yet seen in the MCU, and its abilities therein were unknown. Now we have an official description from Marvel. Read More > News, misogyny, violence against women, white supremacy By Vivian Kane on Wed,1:54 Misogyny is "a dangerous and underestimated component of extremism," says the ADL and every woman on the internet. Read More > Big on the Internet, Chris Evans, donald trump, Twitter By Rachel Leishman on Wed,1:36 It isn't surprising when Chris Evans takes to Twitter to make a political statement. With the recent influx of political turmoil in our country, his true stars and stripes have been appearing more and more, as Chris reminds us that he is a real-life Captain America with every takedown of neo-Nazis crisis and conservative hypocrisy. He frequently takes aim at Donald Trump, and we are here for it. Read More > News, addiction, Demi Lovato, mental health By Princess Weekes on Wed,12:37 The language we use around addiction is already problematic, but when it comes to women in the public eye we tend to feed off their pain, while simultaneously not believing them when they say they are hurting. Read More > Movies, DC Entertainment, Natasha Rothwell, Wonder Woman 1984 By Chelsea Steiner on Wed,12:11 Natasha Rothwell is joining the cast of Wonder Woman 1984, giving us yet another reason to be excited for the upcoming sequel. Rothwell is best known as Kelli on Insecure, and has also appeared in Love, Simon. Her role in the movie is being kept under wraps. Read More > TV, Anna Diop, DC Universe, Titans By Princess Weekes on Wed,11:58 Since the initial images of actress Anna Diop as Starfire in the upcoming Titans television series, there has been "fan" backlash against her as a black actress playing the role, because Starfire is an orange woman and therefore can only be white, don't ya know? Now, that has led to Anna Diop disabling her Instagram due to racist attacks. Read More > Movies, Kathleen Kennedy, Lucasfilm, Star Wars (franchise) By Kate Gardner on Wed,11:55 Never mind that she's one of the most powerful women in Hollywood, or that she's helped produce countless beloved films. Never mind that she was hand selected by the Maker himself, George Lucas. No, she is clearly the root of all evil and must step down to let the nearest available white man take the job, since they will lead Star Wars back to the good ol' days where everyone except for the token woman is a white, cishet, straight man. #MakeStarWarsGreatAgain Read More > Books, Jane Austen, PBS By Shannon Raphael on Wed,10:34 At the time of her death, Austen had completed 11 chapters of Sanditon, her final novel that she began writing in 1817. The unfinished work will now be adapted for the small screen. Read More > Big on the Internet, homophobia, protest signs By Vivian Kane on Tue,5:57 These signs have appeared at protests all over the world: images of Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin in sexual or romantic poses, the implication being that these two are so close, they're practically in love. Or that Trump is so submissive to Putin politically, one can find humor in imagining him submissive sexually. It's not funny. It's not edgy. It's straight-up homophobic. Read More > Big on the Internet, insatiable, Netflix By Princess Weekes on Tue,5:44 A petition to get rid of Netflix's Insatiable has reached 100,000 signatures. Read More > Sponsored, The Mary Sue Shop By Diana Vilbert on Tue,5:12 Whether you’re browsing at home or on public WiFi, your private info and online activity aren’t secure just because you have good passwords or two-factor authentication. Your secret weapon when it comes to total privacy online: a VPN—especially one like VPNSecure, which has gotten 4 out of 5 stars from vpnMentor, VPN Analysis, and Best […] Read More > TV, Alex Kingston, Doctor Who, Steven Moffat By Princess Weekes on Tue,5:05 Not since Galahad has a character been inserted into mythology to be the bestest ever so on the nose. Read More > News, donald trump, Ivanka Trump, White House By Daniella Bondar on Tue,4:10 Ivanka Trump has decided that she won't return to her eponymous fashion company and has instead decided to shut it down altogether. Read More > Movies, Cinema, movies, white man eclipse By Rachel Leishman on Tue,3:47 Writing for Deadline Hollywood, in a piece titled "Make Way, Or Rather Don’t, For The Recessive Movie Male Of 2018," Michael Cieply decided to invent the inane idea that the 2017 nominations at the Producers Guild were "cinematic eclipses" of white men. Read More > Big on the Internet, Boots Riley, Lakeith Stanfield, Sorry to Bother You, Tessa Thompson By Princess Weekes on Tue,2:43 The idea of the free-spirited, bohemian black woman has become synonymous with lighter-skinned or mixed-race black women, which is not only limiting to all black women, but puts dark-skinned black women in a box they can't get out of alone. Read More > |
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