Big on the Internet, masculinity, Sean Penn, toxic masculinity By Chelsea Steiner on Sat,2:59 Oscar winner Sean Penn has offered his perspective on modern American masculinity, and the results were unsurprisingly gross and offensive. In an interview with The Independent, Penn said “I am in the club that believes that men in American culture have become wildly feminised… I don’t think that [in order] to be fair to women, […] The post Sean Penn Blames ‘Cowardly Genes’ for ‘Feminized’ Men in Gross Rant first appeared on The Mary Sue. TV, In From The Cold, Interviews, Netflix By Rachel Leishman on Fri,5:53 In From the Cold is on Netflix now and is the perfect new spy drama to keep us all on the edge of our seats. The post INTERVIEW: The Cast of In From the Cold Breaks Down the Unusual Spy Show first appeared on The Mary Sue. TV, She-Hulk, things we saw today, Tim Roth By Chelsea Steiner on Fri,5:47 Tim Roth confirmed that he will reprise his role as Emil Blonsky/The Abomination in Marvel's upcoming 'She-Hulk' series. But is Abomination still a villain? The post Things We Saw Today: Tim Roth Will Reprise His Villainous MCU Role in ‘She-Hulk’ first appeared on The Mary Sue. Movies & TV, TV, anime, Funimation, LGBTQIA By Briana Lawrence on Fri,5:25 Sasaki and Miyano is such a delightfully self-aware, heartwarming boys' love series. It is quickly becoming one of my favorite romances of 2022. The post What Is Sasaki and Miyano and Why Has It Become One of My Favorite Romance Anime Series in 2022 So Far? first appeared on The Mary Sue. TV, chris smith, John Cena, Peacemaker By Rachel Leishman on Fri,4:41 Those two cliffhangers really left us with a sense of urgency about returning to the show to get answers, and while the first three episodes got us interested, it was 4 and 5 that turned Peacemaker from a fun show to maybe wait and binge into something we have to watch the minute it drops. The post Peacemaker Has Mastered the Cliffhanger first appeared on The Mary Sue. TV, Halo, Hide From Homepage, paramount plus By Brittany Knupper on Fri,4:35 Suit up Spartans! Fans of the Halo franchise have been waiting a long time for their favorite super soldier’s television debut and it appears that their wait might soon be over. After struggling through development purgatory, Paramount Plus has successfully developed a show that will be hitting their streaming service in 2022. The post What is the release date for the new Halo series on Paramount+? first appeared on The Mary Sue. Movies, Andrew Garfield, Spider-Man, Spider-Man: No Way Home By Rachel Leishman on Fri,4:23 If there is anyone who is a bigger Spider-Man fan than me, it's Andrew Garfield. The post Andrew Garfield Nailed What Makes the Spider-Man: Homecoming Trilogy Work first appeared on The Mary Sue. Movies, Nic Cage By Rachel Leishman on Fri,4:05 I know I can't wait to see Cage as Dracula or his film with Pedro Pascal in The Unbearable Weight Of Massive Talent. He's one of our strangest actors and I hope we continue to be befuddled by him. The post Nic Cage: “I Am a Goth” With an Insult-Slinging Pet Crow. Delightful. first appeared on The Mary Sue. Books, Asian-American representation, Diaspora*, Gold House Book Club By Alyssa Shotwell on Fri,4:05 While there's always been a push for AAPI solidarity, the dozens of languages' unique needs make this more complicated than other marginalized diasporas in the U.S. The post Gold House Book Club Explores Dreams, Realities of the AAPI Community first appeared on The Mary Sue. Big on the Internet, fast food, McDonalds By Chelsea Steiner on Fri,3:50 Have we as a culture become too enamored of hacks? In our endless quest for productivity and optimization, we're hacking everything: our jobs, our diets, even our mental health. Nothing like furiously scrolling "Top Ten Mental Health Hacks" in the midst of a panic attack, am I right? The post McDonald’s New Hacked Menu Embraces Chaos first appeared on The Mary Sue. Big on the Internet, TV, And Just Like That…, Charlotte York, Sex and the City By Princess Weekes on Fri,3:07 Among the Sex and the City ladies, Charlotte York has been relegated to one of the more annoying characters, above Carrie, but usually below Samantha and Miranda. As a Charlotte apologist, I've always felt a lot of this was misguided. But with And Just Like That... the former WASP turned Jewish mother of three has become one of the universal highlights of the spin-off. The post Miranda May Suck Now, but Charlotte York-Goldenblatt Shines in And Just Like That… first appeared on The Mary Sue. Movies & TV, TV, Abbott Elementary, ABC, Mockumentary By Briana Lawrence on Fri,2:52 Abbott Elementary has been such a wonderful mockumentary sitcom, but its fifth episode truly shows what makes this series so special. The post I Can’t Stop Thinking About How Good Abbott Elementary Is, Especially the ”Student Transfer” Episode first appeared on The Mary Sue. Movies, Spider-Man, Spider-Man: No Way Home, Tobey Maguire By Rachel Leishman on Fri,12:45 For the majority of the 21st century, we’ve been blessed with stories about Peter Parker in the live-action form. Starting with Tobey Maguire in Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man in 2002 all the way to the release of Spider-Man: No Way Home in December of 2021, we’ve watched Peter Parker incarnated as three cinematic versions of the […] The post Tobey Maguire Talks The 20-Year Legacy of His Turn as Peter Parker first appeared on The Mary Sue. News, Woody Allen By Princess Weekes on Fri,10:51 Riverdale actress Gina Gershon and Ferengi leader Wallace Shawn were asked about working with Allen on his 2020 film, Rifkin's Festival, which is only now getting limited release in theaters and on VOD. The post Gina Gershon & Wallace Shawn Shamefully Defend Working With Woody Allen in the Year 2022: “I Think He Didn’t Do It.” first appeared on The Mary Sue. Big on the Internet, Gaming, archives, word games, Wordle By Briana Lawrence on Fri,9:55 Fans of the viral word game Wordle are now creating archives so you can go back and play the puzzles you missed as many times as you want. The post Wordle Enthusiasts Are Creating Archives So We Can Go Back and Play the Puzzles We Missed first appeared on The Mary Sue. Big on the Internet, Twitter, Twitter memes, Wordle By Rachel Leishman on Thu,5:45 Is it worth it when brand accounts have taken over the memes? Who is to say but now the Wordle posts are mutating and it's just a matter of time before there is a Wordle joke on some talkshow that just ruins the fun for us all. The post Things We Saw Today: The Not Wordle Meme Is Taking Over first appeared on The Mary Sue. Comics, censorship, comics history, The Holocaust By Alyssa Shotwell on Thu,5:41 On January 10, in a vote of 10-0, all McMinn Country School Board members in Tennesse voted to remove Maus from the eighth-grade curriculum. The post On Eve of Holocaust Remembrance Day, Schools Shamefully Ban Graphic Novel Maus first appeared on The Mary Sue. Big on the Internet, Evangeline Lilly, Marvel Cinematic Universe By Rachel Leishman on Thu,5:29 She's making a "pro-choice" argument for something that will quite literally save lives and it has resulted in fans of the Marvel Cinematic Universe rightfully calling for her replacement. The post Resounding Calls for Marvel to Recast Evangeline Lilly After Anti-Vaxx Posts first appeared on The Mary Sue. TV, Hide From Homepage, Luke Skywalker, Star Wars, The Book of Boba Fett By Rachel Leishman on Thu,4:59 Luke Skywalker returned to the world of Star Wars in season 2 of The Mandalorian when he came to get Grogu. Seeing him return was a welcome surprise for fans and now we want to know: Is Luke Skywalker going to be in The Book of Boba Fett? The post Is Luke Skywalker in The Book of Boba Fett? first appeared on The Mary Sue. Big on the Internet, TV, And Just Like That…, Miranda Hobbes, Sex and the City By Princess Weekes on Thu,4:26 And Just Like That has crafted multiple divisive moments in the fandom, but none as heated and almost universally condemned as the choice to have Miranda (Cynthia Nixon) leave her long term love interest and husband Steve (David Eigenberg), for newcomer Che (Sarah Ramirez), a nonbinary podcaster/comedian. The post Dislike of Che and Miranda’s Relationship in And Just Like That… Is About Bad Writing, Not Sexism first appeared on The Mary Sue. |
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