| Movies, Avengers: Endgame, Hawkeye, ronin By Kaila Hale-Stern on Fri,3:12 A viral thread on Twitter has a lot of people talking about an issue we've long had with Hawkeye's positioning in Avengers: Endgame. Clint Barton, under the identity "Ronin," becomes a vigilante serial killer—primarily of people of color. Read More > Movies, The Matrix, The Wachowskis By Princess Weekes on Fri,3:02 It has been twenty years since the first Matrix movie came out, and that means it's in a prime place for a comeback, and if Chris Stahelski is right, that might be coming soon. Read More > AMP Featured, News, free lunch, Students By Vivian Kane on Fri,2:14 Earlier this week, a Rhode Island school district announced that any student who owed money on a paid, free, or reduced lunch plan would be given a sun butter and jelly sandwich instead of the full hot lunch until the balance was paid. The issue drew national attention for food shaming children, meaning not only does the policy draw attention to a child's financial situation, but it instils an internal sense of shame in a child's relationship with food. Read More > Movies, Anthony Mackie, Letitia Wright, Sebastian Stan By Kate Gardner on Fri,2:05 Apparently, our favorite Avengers who got dusted by The Snap wound up in an escape room after Thanos wiped out half the universe. Read More > Movies, Peter Parker, Spider-Man, Spider-Man: Far From Home By Rachel Leishman on Fri,1:47 Spider-Man, he save! Well, sort of. Read More > Movies, Halle Berry, John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum, Keanu Reeves By Princess Weekes on Fri,1:34 Super-assassin John Wick (Keanu Reeves) has returned in this third installment in the beloved action-thriller franchise, directed once more by Chad Stahelski, and it expands the world of John Wick beautifully, while also keeping the high-momentum ballet of violence going for its meaty 131-minute runtime. Read More > AMP Featured, Movies, Loki, Thor, Tom Hiddleston By Kate Gardner on Fri,1:14 The dust has settled after Avengers: Endgame, and we've got a better idea of where the Loki-centric TV series will be headed on Disney+. Read More > Movies, domestic violence, Olivia Wilde, vigilantes By Chelsea Steiner on Fri,12:25 Pop culture is filled with brutal, violent revenge fantasies starring men. But female revenge stories are a unique beast. Meet 'A Vigilante.' Read More > TV, CBS, Eliza Dushku, Steven Spielberg By Princess Weekes on Fri,10:48 Last year, actress and Chosen One Eliza Dushku came forward about the sexual harassment she has allegedly faced on the set of CBS's Bull from its lead actor, Michael Weatherly. Now Steven Spielberg's production company, Amblin, will be pulling out from the show. Read More > News, abortion, contributors, reproductive rights By Kylie Cheung on Fri,9:29 HB 481, signed into law this week but still yet to take effect, is shocking and terrifying in its cruelty, but in the context of the United States’ awful sex education and the horrific impact this has on drafting of bills like this, what more could we expect? HB 481 and the “fetal heartbeat” abortion bans routinely popping up in state legislatures across the country each week are the products of ignorance almost as much as they are of misogyny and cruelty. Read More > AMP Featured, TV, contributors, What We Do In The Shadows By Avery Kaplan on Fri,9:17 Whether it’s a human familiar who has spent a decade serving a Staten Island vampire in hopes of a being turned himself, a troupe of werewolves ready to mark their territory at any cost (provided they aren’t distracted by a squeaky toy), or a soldier of the Ottoman Empire so relentless he was named for his relentlessness, everyone needs characters to whom they can relate—and the FX comedy series What We Do in the Shadows delivers just that. Read More > TV, Glee, Lea Michele, Rachel Berry By Rachel Leishman on Thu,6:00 I always saw Glee's Rachel as a character that was grossly misunderstood, not a villain. Read More > AMP Featured, News, abortion, nolite te bastardes carborundorum, The Handmaid's Tale By Vivian Kane on Thu,5:43 For as long as people have been expressing fear and discomfort around parallels between modern politics and The Handmaid's Tale, there have been others—mostly white cis men, natch–telling us to calm down. Read More > |
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