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News, Playboy, print publishing, things we saw today

Things We Saw Today: Playboy Might Just Have Published Its Last Issue

playboy club
Good work, fellow millennials, we might just have killed Playboy magazine.
AMP Featured, Big on the Internet, bon appetit, bon appetit test kitchen, claire saffitz

Bon Appetit’s Videos Are the Only Thing Sustaining Me in These Trying Times

Let’s get it all out of the way: coronavirus has upended our lives and stressed us out in a way we could have never imagined in the quaint and relatively stable era of, say, 2019. You need something, anything, to do during this bonkers time? Have I got a distraction for you. If you haven’t […]
Science, Coronavirus, health

The Average Body Temperature ISN’T 98.6 Degrees, Despite What You’ve Been Told

person holding thermometer
The actual average human body temperature is no longer 98.6 degrees, scientists say.
Comics, daniel kibblesmith, Luciano Vecchio, new warriors

The Internet Is Having a Mixed Reaction to New Warriors Characters Snowflake and Safespace

snowflake-and-safespace-are-not-great-names
'New Warriors' is introducing two new characters Snowflake and Safespace, whose names and designs are getting a lot of negative feedback from comic fans.
TV, contributors, Netflix

She-Ra and the Princesses of Power Offers Some of TV’s Most Complex Female Relationships

she-ra netflix
As much as it hurts to watch Glimmer and Adora grow further and further apart, it’s a brilliant move, one that reinforces the show’s knack for nailing the complexities of potentially toxic relationships, particularly toxic female friendships.
News, abortion, democratic primary, democrats, Marie Newman

One of the Last Anti-Abortion Democrats in Congress Lost His Primary Last Night

A woman stands at a voting station.
There simply is no room in the party for a leader who doesn't believe women and LGBTQ+ people deserve their basic human rights.
Big on the Internet, productivity, self-quarantine, working from home

The Disorganized Person’s Guide to Working From Home

Working from home as a disorganized person
The problem with many "be hyper-organized as you work from home" articles is they assume you're the type of person interested in this sort of thing.
TV, Brandon Routh, Courtney Ford, Legends of Tomorrow, Nick Zano, Ray Palmer

Parting Is Such Sweet Sorrow for Brandon Routh on Legends of Tomorrow

Legends of Tomorrow -- "Romeo V. Juliet: Dawn of Justness" -- Image Number: LGN507a_0187b.jpg -- Pictured: Brandon Routh as Ray Palmer/Atom -- Photo: Dean Buscher/The CW -- © 2020 The CW Network, LLC. All Rights Reserved.
Legends of Tomorrow said an emotional, Shakespearean goodbye to founding Legend, Ray Palmer, as played by Brandon Routh.
News, Happy Birthday

Happy Birthday to All the Pisces and Aries Spending Their B-Days Socially Distancing

John Boyega, a Pisces icon, celebrating his birthday with naruto cake
For the next few weeks, this period of the shutdown will fall over the birthdays of two of the most wonderful groups of people: people with Pisces and Aries suns.
AMP Featured, TV, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, feminism, Willow Rosenberg, witchcraft

Why Buffy‘s Willow Was Never My Witch

Willow reads a book in Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Willow Rosenberg of 'Buffy The Vampire Slayer' is a flawed character with a complicated legacy.
Movies, Cats (movie), Seth Rogan, tom hooper

Seth Rogen Calls for Release of the “Butthole Cut” of Cats During Stoned Live Tweet. We Stan.

Francesca Hayward in Cats (2019)
If you have been looking for the best Rowdy Screening of Cats, actor Seth Rogen has delivered it to us all—no need to actually watch Cats required.
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