| News, NRA, tucker carlso By Vivian Kane on Fri,5:50 The National Rifle Association is holding its annual meetings in Dallas this weekend, and one of the events on their schedule was their Women's Leadership Forum Luncheon & Auction. Now, there's a lot we could get into regarding the NRA's (and the conservative media that uses the NRA as a talking point) relationship with women. But all of that is entirely unnecessary as they named Tucker Carlson their featured speaker. TUCKER. CARLSON. Read More > Movies, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Rape, Roman Polanski By Teresa Jusino on Fri,5:40 As we reported yesterday Roman Polanski, along with Bill Cosby, have been expelled from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, because their extensive histories of rape and sexual misconduct don't fly with the Academy's new Standards of Conduct (though one wonders where these "standards" have been all these years). Now, Polanski wants to fight the decision, because running away to another country to escape actual legal consequences wasn't enough. Read More > Movies, Avengers: Infinity War, Thanos, things we saw today By Kaila Hale-Stern on Fri,5:38 Spoilers for Infinity War, and for your destiny. Read More > Big on the Internet, Bad Sex Awards, DJ Khaled By Princess Weekes on Fri,4:57 Congrats DJ Khaled, you played yourself and in quite a public manner to boot. Read More > Movies, Avengers 4, Avengers: Infinity War, Joe Russo By Chelsea Steiner on Fri,4:45 Audiences left Avengers: Infinity War filled with questions: did [REDACTED] actually die? What does [REDACTED] really mean? Where is Hawkeye? (Just kidding, no one asked that last one.) Read More > TV, Angela Lansbury, sexism, women in film By Vivian Kane on Fri,4:37 92-year-old Dame Angela Lansbury, who's been acting since she was a preteen, only just worked with her first female director on PBS' Little Women limited series adaptation. Read More > TV, AMC, Dietland, Joy Nash By Teresa Jusino on Fri,4:06 A television show starring a fat woman? And not just a fat woman, but an actual fat woman, not a woman who's "Hollywood fat" but actually an average size in the real world? Created by Marti Noxon? To be honest, I was here for this even before watching this trailer, but it was nice to see the trailer confirm that Dietland would be right up my alley. Read More > TV, #MeToo Movement, Arrested Development, Jeffrey Tambor, Transparent By Chelsea Steiner on Fri,3:56 Tambor joins the new season after he was removed from the hit Amazon series Transparent after sexual harassment and assault allegations were brought forward by his co-star Trace Lysette and former assistant Van Barnes. Read More > News, abortion, reproductive rights, week in reproductive justice By Kylie Cheung on Fri,2:47 Welcome to The Week in Reproductive Justice, a weekly recap of all news related to the hot-button issue of what lawmakers are allowing women to do with their bodies! This Monday marked former Planned Parenthood President Cecile Richards’ last day leading the women’s health organization, after announcing her decision to step down in March. Richards […] Read More > Sponsored, The Mary Sue Shop By Diana Vilbert on Fri,2:34 You can’t go wrong with flowers on Mother’s Day—especially not when you’re picking up your bouquets from Teleflora. Treat your mom, wife, grandma aunt, BFF, work wife, barista, mail lady, whoever. Get $40 of credit on the Teleflora site for just $20 at the Mary Sue Shop. Read More > TV, David Letterman, My Next Guest Needs No Introduction, Tina Fey, women in comedy By Vivian Kane on Fri,1:57 On the latest episode of David Letterman's fantastic interview series, My Next Guest Needs No Introduction, Dave sat down with Tina Fey. They discussed a lot of things, from her kids and her parents to her time doing improv in Chicago. But a large portion of the show is dedicated to how Fey has seen the comedy landscape change in its inclusion of women. Read More > Big on the Internet, Avengers: Infinity War, Thanos, vilains By Kaila Hale-Stern on Fri,1:47 I was worried about Thanos before Infinity War came out, primarily because I thought his motivation as stated sounded stupid. I was right. Read More > Books, #MeToo Movement, #TIMESUP, Junot Diaz By Teresa Jusino on Fri,1:39 You know what sucks? Waking up to the news that someone who's work you enjoyed and whose presence in contemporary literature you appreciated both as a geek and as a Latina was not the person you thought they were. This morning, the #TimesUp movement has come for author Junot Díaz, and the revelations are both infuriating, and hugely sad. Read More > Comics, First Second Books, graphic novels, LGBTQ Representation By Princess Weekes on Fri,1:33 From The Prince and the Dressmaker to The Witch Boy, it is truly a golden age of queer comics—and it's continuing with an upcoming work from First Second Press: Cathy G. Johnson's THE BREAKAWAYS. Read More > Movies, 30 Rock, Carrie Fisher, May the Fourth be With You By Chelsea Steiner on Fri,1:28 Carrie Fisher's untimely passing in 2016 broke our nerdy hearts into a million pieces. The loss of the legendary woman behind General Leia Organa was a devastating blow to pop culture, leaving a blast crater in the space once held by brilliant actor, writer and activist. 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