| TV, Craig Mazin, HBO, The Last of Us By Chelsea Steiner on Sun,2:57 While details remain largely under wraps, Mazin discussed the process of developing Naughty Dog's PlayStation game into a television series. Read More > News, GOP, Republican National Convention, Trump By Chelsea Steiner on Sun,12:55 Trump, who normally would make an acceptance speech, will instead be privately thanking the delegates in a sober, stripped down convention. Read More > Big on the Internet, Marvel Comics, Spider-Man, things we saw today By Chelsea Steiner on Sat,5:55 Many took to Twitter to celebrate the anniversary of Marvel's flagship character. Read More > TV, Hannibal, Hugh Grant, Mads Mikkelsen By Chelsea Steiner on Sat,5:05 It's still a wonder that such a gruesome yet high brow series even aired on network television at all. Read More > Big on the Internet, August, Netflix By Chelsea Steiner on Sat,3:39 What are you looking forward to watching in August? Read More > News, Sarah Cooper, Tik Tok, Trump By Chelsea Steiner on Sat,1:03 TikTok remains massively popular in America (and the rest of the world), with a record-breaking 315 million downloads in the first quarter of 2020. Read More > Big on the Internet, captains, questions, Starship Captains By Kaila Hale-Stern on Fri,8:42 With so many captains across genres to enjoy, can we even pick just one? Read More > News, childcare, COVID-19, House of Representatives By Chelsea Steiner on Fri,5:21 Child care should not be a partisan issue, but in Trump's America everything is, including the pandemic. Read More > News, Anthony Mackie, mcu, The Falcon and the Winter Soldier By Princess Weekes on Fri,5:20 "You can’t cast a Black dude as one of your main superheroes and not expect him to have that conversation,” Mackie said. Read More > Big on the Internet, Antibodies (Do You Have The), Nicholas Braun, Song of the Summer By Rachel Leishman on Fri,5:12 Nicholas Braun has had a big week. Read More > Books, Book Review, feminism, reproductive rights By Vivian Kane on Fri,4:59 The Mary Sue contributor Kylie Cheung has a new book on the fight for feminism. Read More > Big on the Internet, dogs, politics, twitter moment By Jessica Mason on Fri,4:37 Senator Joni Ernst attacked her Democratic Challenger Therese Greenfield for taking pictures with her dog. Woof. Read More > Comics, marvel, Miles Morales, Spider-Man By Rachel Leishman on Fri,4:05 Spy D? I mean, Peter Parker was a newspaper photographer as well as Spider-Man, and there wasn't a conversation about stripping him of the title and making him ... "Photo D" or whatever. Read More > Movies, 20th Century Fox, Bryan Singer, X-Men By Chelsea Steiner on Fri,3:09 "His behavior was poor on the movie. We accommodated him on the first movie, and therefore we can accommodate him on the second movie. And on and on. And it created a monster." Read More > Big on the Internet, feminism, patriarchy, toxic masculinity By Jessica Mason on Fri,2:57 When we talk about our culture's addiction to the idea of success, we can't ignore how that enforces patriarchy and toxic masculinity. Read More > News, gun violence, Megan Thee Stallion By Princess Weekes on Fri,2:41 No one should have to be told that making jokes about this is not okay, yet we still have to because instead of seeing a victim of a shooting, many see another opportunity to mock Black women for existing in public. Read More > TV, The Umbrella Academy By Rachel Leishman on Fri,1:26 The Hargreeves are back, and this time, they have to stop the apocalypse. Oh wait, they already failed doing that once? Read More > Big on the Internet, Cary Elwes, The Princess Bride, Westley By Rachel Leishman on Fri,12:41 So, thank you, my Westley, for giving me this brief moment of happiness. Listen to the Dread Pirate Roberts. Wear a mask. There’s a shortage of perfect lungs in this world. It would be a pity to damage yours. Read More > Movies, Annette Bening, Julianne Moore, Lisa Cholodenko, The Kids Are Alright By Princess Weekes on Fri,12:32 The Kids Are Alright is an interesting film because our language about sexuality has evolved so much that people today are more likely to get Jules' fluidity and call it that. We are also in a place where we understand that not every LGBTQ film needs to be a perfect piece of representation. But in 2010, the choices in this film sometimes feel like it just included something heteronormative to ground it for a mainstream audience. Read More > AMP Featured, Big on the Internet, Claudia Conway, George Conway, Kellyanne Conway By Chelsea Steiner on Fri,12:17 Is there a more universal experience than being embarrassed by your parents? Read More > |
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