The Thursday Edition - Feb 21, 2019
Fresh from your pals at themarysue.com

January is a dying planet--divided between a permanently frozen darkness on one side, and blazing endless sunshine on the other. Humanity clings to life, spread across two archaic cities built in the sliver of habitable dusk.

But life inside the cities is just as dangerous as the uninhabitable wastelands outside.

Charlie Jane Anders, the nationally bestselling author of All the Birds in the Sky delivers a brilliant new novel set in a hauntingly strange future with The City in the Middle of the Night. Order your copy now!

Big on the Internet, Gloria Calderon-Kellett, One Day at a Time, twitter moment

Fans Take to Twitter to Save One Day at a Time From Cancellation

rita moreno, gloria estefan, stephanie beatriz, melissa fumero, justine machado
'One Day at a Time' is the kind of show we need more of.
Big on the Internet, badass women in history, Red Sonja

Queen Tomyris of Massagetae, Slayer of Great Men & Inspiration for Red Sonja

Queen Tomyris and the head of Cyrus the Great
One of the inspirations for a 'Red Sonja' run was the historical Queen Tomyris, so we decided to take a look at this legendary queen.
TV, Hulu, PEN15, women in comedy

Hulu’s PEN15 Is a Powerful Love Letter to Young Female Friendship

PEN15's Maya and Anna stare into the camera with pre-teen distain
By the end of the first season's ten episodes, I had also long stopped thinking of the show's adult casting as a gimmick.
Big on the Internet, Jussie Smollett

Black Exhaustion and The Jussie Smollett Case

Espolòn Celebrates Day of the Dead
What is so distressing about this incident is that it will be used and weaponized by people who never have believed him anyway as a shield against the majority of rightful cases. For those who were on his side and are currently being shamed, some of them will internalize that and not speak up as quickly because they don't want to be wrong.
Movies, Chris Hemsworth, hulk hogan, things we saw today

Things We Saw Today: Chris Hemsworth Is … Hulk Hogan? Okay????

Chris Hemsworth as Thor in Avengers: Infinity War
In a series of things we don't need or want in this world, this may be the icing on the cake because I don't need to be attracted to Hulk Hogan.
Movies, Captain Marvel (movie), goose, pets

Is Captain Marvel‘s Goose The First-Ever Pet of the MCU?

Captain Marvel new character posters tease old friends, new faces, and Goose the cat.
Let's make the Pet Avengers happen.
Big on the Internet, Comics, DC Comics, Dynamite Entertainment, Marvel Comics

Some of Our Favorite Comics From This Month: Ironheart, Wonder Twins, Naomi, & Red Sonja

Wonder Twins #1
As 2019 continues on its path of doing the absolute most, what has been keeping me grounded is getting back into buying single-issue comics. Here are some of the titles brining me joy.
Books, Mallory O'Meara, Milicent Patrick, The Lady from the Black Lagoon

Exclusive: The Lady from the Black Lagoon Author Mallory O’Meara Reads Sexist Tweets

Mallory O'Meara author of Lady from the Black Lagoon
Mallory O'Meara's The Lady from the Black Lagoon dives into the story of Milicent Patrick, one of Disney's first female animators and a movie creature-maker. As she researched Patrick's life, O'Meara ran headlong into the sexism that had dogged her subject decades ago. Like an unvanquishable monster, it's still alive and kicking.
Big on the Internet, LGBTQ issues, LGBTQ rights

Donald Trump Wants to Decriminalize Homosexuality Worldwide but He’s Still No Ally, Not Even Close

People march during the #ResistMarch at the 47th annual LA Pride Festival in Hollywood, California
At first glance, this most definitely seems like one of those rare times when Trump says or does something worth celebrating. But when you look closer, it's very clearly just the same old Trump behavior–meaning it's hypocritical, superficial, and just generally terrible.
Movies, Ghostbusters

Giving Ghostbusters “Back to the Fans” Makes It Seem like Women Can’t Be Ghostbusters Fans

The four Ghostbusters from Paul Feig's Ghostbusters movie.
What right does Jason Reitman have to say that he's giving the new film "back to fans"?
Movies, Kelly Marie Tran, Star Wars (franchise)

A Rose Tico Series Is Everything We Want and Deserve From Star Wars

Kelly Marie Train as Rose Tico piloting a ship in Star Wars: The Last Jedi.
This week, HN Entertainment caused a major disturbance in the force with an exclusive on five properties Lucasfilm is reportedly considering for development into series for the Disney+ streaming service, set to launch this fall.
Comics, Amanda Conner, DC Comics, jesus christ

DC Comics Drops Superhero Jesus Comic Second Coming After Conservative Outrage

Sun-Man and Jesus on the cover of DC's Second Coming #1 drawn by Amanda Conner.
The comic, written by Mark Russell (Wonder Twins, Snagglepuss) with art by Richard Pace (Imaginary Fiends), follows a resurrected Jesus Christ as he returns to a world that now worships a superhero called Sun-Man.
Movies, Matt Smith

The Trajectory of Matt Smith and His Strange Career

Matt Smith as Robert Mapplethorpe
Being a dedicated fan of Matt Smith means having seen some very interesting projects from the actor.
Big on the Internet, Broadway, The Prom, theater review

The Prom Musical Is Everything I Needed as a Young Queer Teen

The Prom broadway big number sequence "Time to Dance" with Emma, Alyssa, Company
'The Prom' is about a group of narcissistic Broadway actors who, after facing a huge theatrical bomb and being branded as egotistical narcissists, decide to find a cause to rebrand their image. That cause is Emma. Emma is a teenager from Indiana whose school's prom has been canceled because she wanted to bring her same-sex partner.
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