The Thursday Edition - Jul 12, 2018
Fresh from your pals at themarysue.com
News, Forbes, Kylie Jenner

Kylie Jenner’s Success Isn’t a Clapback to Critics When the Criticism Is Valid

"Rei Kawakubo/Comme des Garcons: Art Of The In-Between" Costume Institute Gala
Forbes putting Kylie Jenner on the cover of their magazine and presenting her as on track to be the youngest "self-made" billionaire ever, supplanting Mark Zuckerberg, was basically a 101 seminar on how to build hype for your upcoming issue.
TV, debt, game shows, TruTV

This Game Show Makes People Compete to Pay Off Their Crushing Student Debt Because Our Dystopia Is Being Televised

paid off game show student debt crisis trutv
Is this game show exploiting the oppression of student debt? Or is this a logical step for game shows to take? Is it maybe even pretty progressive? Having watched the first episode, I think the answer to all of those questions might be yes.
Big on the Internet, 13th Doctor, Doctor Who, things we saw today

Things We Saw Today: 13th Doctor Merchandise Is Finally Here and We Want to Buy All of It

Buy all the 13th Doctor things! Do it now!
Comics, TV, FX, Y: The Last Man

The Long-Awaited Adaptation of Vertigo’s Y: The Last Man Finally Has a Cast & It Was Worth the Wait

y the last man, dc, vertigo, fx, series, show, cast
For pretty much as long as Y: The Last Man has existed, fans have been eagerly waiting for a film or television adaptation, and passing the time fan-casting their dream version. Now we finally who will be playing these roles in the upcoming FX series.
AMP Featured, Gaming, Nintendo, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

The 10 Characters That Should Really Be in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
If they were to add any other characters at the last minute (which I don’t think anyone would complain about), there are more than a few great choices for your next favorite fighter. These are the following ten characters that, if given the chance, would make amazing additions to Super Smash Bros. Ultimate.
Movies, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 1, marvel, Star Wars (franchise)

Star Wars and Marvel Have Mommy Issues

Laura Haddock in Guardians of the Galaxy (2014); Pernilla August in Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999)
Marvel and Star Wars are both film franchises where relationships between fathers and their children are usually at the forefront. Moms and more specifically dead moms are there for emotional angst, but it is not the emotional crux of who these characters are.
Big on the Internet, News, Cynthia Nixon, reproductive rights, SCOTUS

Wire Hanger In Hand, Cynthia Nixon Tells Rally “Fight Like Hell” For Reproductive Rights

Cynthia Nixon Adresses Rally For Reproductive Rights
Before Donald Trump announced Brett Kavanaugh, who once attempted to block an undocumented teenager in government custody from receiving and abortion in Texas, as his pick to take Justice Anthony Kennedy's spot in the Super Court, he made it very clear that his pick would swing the bench towards overturning Roe v. Wade. In light of that, activists have been working overtime to block Trump's pick and make it known that they will continue to fight for choice and reproductive rights.
Movies, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, Star Wars (franchise)

Why Rogue One is the Star Wars We Needed for the Era of Trump

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story poster released by Lucasfilm
Set about three days before A New Hope, Lucas's seminal story about a band of social justice warriors defeating the Galactic Empire's ultimate evil weapon.
TV, female characters, Stranger Things, stranger things season 2

How Stranger Things 2 Let Nancy, and Most of The Leading Ladies Down

Stranger Things' Nancy (Natalia Dyer) investigates the strange happenings in Hawkins
After the first season built her up as a sharpshooting, trend-bucking badass, Nancy is mostly resigned to a C-plot that centers on a Twitter joke about Justice for Barb.
Big on the Internet, disability, representation, women

Aerie’s New Lingerie Campaign Is a Beautiful Smorgasbord of Representation & Inclusivity

aerie #aerie real
This season of #AerieReal ads features real women–as in non-professional models–wearing Aerie products. The representation is kind of incredible. There are women of all sizes and body types, ages, and race, as well as women with disabilities, chronic illness, surgery scars, and other conditions.
Movies, Joaquin Phoenix, The Joker, Todd Phillips

Joaquin Phoenix Is Confirmed for Todd Phillips’ Joker Prequel Movie—Because There Aren’t Other Batman Villains Right?

Joaquin Phoenix in The Master
At this point, unless they are going to give me a live action Batman/Joker movie where Joker kills Robin, then I'm just not sure what we are doing here.
Like what we're doing? Become a subscriber and support the site! Subscribing to The Mary Sue costs only $4.99/mo or less, depending on your billing plan, and gets you great bonuses including an exclusive newsletter with insight into the stories our team is following, an ad-free version of the site, and live chats with the editorial staff.
Like what we're doing? Follow us everywhere to get even more of that good stuff.
Facebook
Twitter
Tumblr
YouTube
© 2018 The Mary Sue, © 2018 Abrams Media
 
Questions? Concerns? Just wanna say 'hi'?
Abrams Media, 1261 Broadway Rm 508
New York, NY 10001-3546

Want to change how you get these emails?