The Thursday Edition - Jun 28, 2018
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AMP Featured, Movies, Star Wars (franchise), The MCU

Chris Evans and Mark Hamill Just Gave Us the Only Star Wars/Marvel Crossover We’re Likely to Get

Luke Skywalker and Captain America
Ah, the age-old geek question: Could [thing/person A] beat [thing/person B]? Could Batman beat Superman? Could Superman beat Goku? Could Goku beat One Punch Man's Saitama? With Marvel and Star Wars now together under one roof, it's the perfect time to get the answer to one specific version of the question: "Could a lightsaber beat Captain America's shield?"
Big on the Internet, TV, Cheo Hodari Coker, Marvel's Luke Cage, Theo Rossi

How Marvel’s Luke Cage Gave Us the Spiritual Successor to Omar Little’s Revolutionary Gay Identity

Theo Rossi in Luke Cage (2016)
Picking up where The Wire's Omar Little left off Marvel's Luke Cage shows how street life and queer indenity can intersect.
Big on the Internet, Amber Ruffin, Late Night with Seth Meyers, things we saw today

Things We Saw Today: Amber Ruffin Sings “White Women Watching Me” on Late Night with Seth Meyers

seth meyers
Amber Ruffin has long been the best part of Late Night with Seth Meyers. Between "Amber Says What" and "Jokes Seth Can't Tell", the scene-stealing comic is a force to be reckoned with. This week, in light of the epidemic of white ladies calling the cops on black people just for existing, Amber dresses up as 80's pop star Rockwell and sings "White Women Watching Me", a brilliant take on "Somebody's Watching Me." Give this woman her own damn show already!
Big on the Internet, food, noms, restaurants

Diners, Drive-Ins and Cantinas: Our Favorite Fantasy Restaurants We Wish Were Real

wizarding world of harry potter
These themed pop-ups had us thinking about some of our favorite fictional restaurants. Here's a list of the places we'd love to grab a bite.
News, nolite te bastardes carborundorum, SCOTUS

Yes, Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy’s Retirement Really Is That Dangerous

handmaid's tale, protest, robes, costume, planned parenthood
This week has seen a rash of upsetting Supreme Court rulings, including the upholding of Donald Trump's Muslim travel ban, deciding misleadingly named "crisis pregnancy centers" don't have to reveal their anti-abortion agendas, and issuing a damaging blow to unions' negotiating power. It may have felt like SCOTUS news couldn't have gotten any worse. I miss that feeling.
Movies, Ant-Man and the Wasp, Avengers 4, the quantum realm

What We Learned About Marvel’s Quantum Realm From Ant-Man and The Wasp

Ant-Man in the Quantum Realm
There's a moment in Ant-Man and The Wasp where Scott Lang asks, "Do you guys just put 'quantum' in front of everything?" Quantum everything looks to be a huge part of the MCU going forward, and now we know a lot more about it.
Sponsored, The Mary Sue Shop

These Affordable AirPod Alternatives Are Just $20

There’s no doubt that AirPods are convenient … but at $159, they’re also pretty pricey. Luckily, the AirPod-style headphones from Air Bud are just a fraction of Apple’s price—and with our discount, even more affordable. Get the Air Bud Wireless Bluetooth ear buds for just $19.99 at the Mary Sue Shop.
Movies, Barbara Minerva, Kristen Wiig, Wonder Woman 1984

We Have Our First Look at Kristen Wiig as Wonder Woman 1984‘s Cheetah. Who Is Barbara Minerva?

Cheetah
Earlier today Patty Jenkins gave us our first look at Kristen Wiig as Wonder Woman 1984's villain, Cheetah. While still not sporting any spots yet, we did get something confirmed in that tweet: it answered the question of which version of Cheetah the movie character will be.
Big on the Internet

Yup, Sometimes Your Favorite Children’s Books are Racist

Melissa Gilbert in Little House on the Prairie (1974)
Laura Ingalls Wilder, author of The Little House on the Prairie books, had her name removed from a children's book award.
AMP Featured, Big on the Internet, Donald Glover, Rashida Jones, sexual misconduct

A PSA for Everyone Who Still Doesn’t Get How NOT to Harass Their Coworkers, Courtesy of Donald Glover & Rashida Jones

harassment psa time's up me too
In the #MeToo and Time's Up era of finally taking sexual harassment–especially workplace harassment–seriously, there are still far too many men who find these "new rules" confusing or even scary. These men bemoan the fact that you can't even give a woman a hug anymore and they see the only reasonable solution (more reasonable than not harassing women, apparently) as to stop hiring women altogether.
News, politics

“Civility” Is an Excuse Used to Silence the Marginalized and Their Defenders

protest of family separation immigration policy
Amid the “civility” debates about whether Trump officials are still entitled to basic politeness, which have frustratingly seized and redirected attention from the mass humanitarian crisis created by this administration, pundits and right-wing politicians are constructing a false equivalence, and it’s one that is all too familiar to people of color, women, and every other group that is routinely vilified for having the audacity to raise their voice in the face of oppression.
News, alicia ocasio-cortez, democrats, politics, women in politics

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s Upset Win Means We Don’t Have to Play by the Old Rules Anymore

As the Trump/Republican agenda continues to drive a bulldozer through our democracy, it's easy to feel hopeless. But there's a light on the horizon. Progressive democratic candidates are slowly scooping up primary wins, and our new political landscape is more diverse than it ever has been.
Movies, Black Panther, Chadwick Boseman, marvel

The Original Black Panther Suit Is Going on Public Display for 4 Days Only

chadwick boseman
Fans of Black Panther, aka most good upstanding people, will soon have an opportunity to get a closer look at some Wakandian handiwork in real life.
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