The Thursday Edition - Oct 17, 2019
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Books, Sponsored

The Good Luck Girls Is an Explosive New Queer YA Novel Set in the Magical Wild West

The Good Luck Girls
"The Old West was much queerer, browner, and more female than most Westerns like to admit."
Movies, Adam Driver, Marriage Story, Scarlett Johansson

Marriage Story‘s New Trailer Makes Me Understand All the Praise the Movie Is Getting

Adam Driver in Marriage Story
It's truly telling that every teaser or trailer for Marriage Story makes me sob as if I know what it's like to be married and watch as that love falls apart.
Movies, Alien, Ridley Scott, Sigourney Weaver

I Finally Watched Alien and It Blew Me Away—Also, Everyone Should Have Just Listened to Ripley

Sigourney Weaver, Ian Holm, John Hurt, Tom Skerritt, Veronica Cartwright, Yaphet Kotto, and Harry Dean Stanton in Alien (1979)
I finally watched 1979's Alien, and shocker, not listening to women and people of color doesn't work out.
TV, asexuality, Nancy Drew, queer representation

Did Nancy Drew Just Reveal a Character as Asexual?

Nancy Drew -- "Pilot" -- Image Number: NCD101c_0202b2.jpg -- Pictured: Maddison Jaizani as Bess -- Photo: Robert Falconer/The CW -- © 2019 The CW Network, LLC. All Rights Reserved.
We're into the spooky mystery of the new Nancy Drew, but we're especially interested in waitress Bess (Maddison Jaizani) possibly coming out as asexual.
Big on the Internet, donald trump, Nancy Pelosi, Twitter meme

Nancy Pelosi Telling off Donald Trump Reignites an Excellent Meme

Nancy Pelosi calls Donald Trump on his bullshit.
You might be wondering why there was suddenly a Twitter image battle between the President and the Speaker of the House last night but also maybe not, it's 2019 and nothing makes sense anymore.
TV, contributors, Game of Thrones, Gwendoline Christie

Gwendoline Christie’s Panel at ACE Comic Con Was the Most Feminist, Fabulous Panel Ever

Gwendoline Christie as Brienne of Tarth in HBO's Game of Thrones.
Christie proved yet again that she is tapped into what is important to women and fans in general, as she championed diversity in storytelling, trans rights, and perhaps gave us a big hint as to one of her next projects.
Movies, GKIDS, Hayao Miyazaki, HBO Max, Studio Ghibli

Wow. In a Huge Turnaround, Studio Ghibli Films Will be on Streaming in 2020

Hayao Miyazaki and GKids were committed to keeping the films of Studio Ghibli off of streaming, but that's now changed.
News, Donald Trump Jr.

Donald Trump Jr., the Most Oblivious Person on Earth, Continues to Rant About Nepotism

Donald Trump Jr. gives a thumbs up from the stage of his daddy's rally.
Of all the things Don Jr. could choose to criticize someone for, nepotism sure is a strange choice, given that everything from his wealth and career to his very name has come 100% from his father.
Space, All-Female Spacewalk, NASA

It Seems Like We’re Finally Getting That All-Female Spacewalk

Female astronaut for NASA
In a shocking twist, NASA seems to have found more spacesuits for their female astronauts! The agency's original all-female spacewalk was scheduled to happen in March (yes, the original still would've been this year, which was already way too late, but still) but was scrapped when NASA realized they didn't have the right size spacesuits.
Books, Harry Potter (franchise), Warner Bros.

This $75/Year Harry Potter Subscription Service Is Riddikulus

maggie smith
Is that $75 muggle dollars?
TV, interview, Supernatural

Interview: Supernatural Showrunner Andrew Dabb Talks Romance, Returns, Roadhouse and More in Season 15

The squad of sam, dean, rowena, cas, and belphagor head into battle
Supernatural Showrunner Andrew Dabb gave us some sweet spoilers and answered questions about Sam, Dean and Cas, Jack and what to expect in this final season.
Movies, Channing Tatum, Gambit, X-Men

Things We Saw Today: Channing Tatum’s Gambit Movie Is Officially, Officially Dead

will channing tatum's remy labeau movie ever see the light of day?
In case you were still holding out hope that the long delayed Gambit movie starring Channing Tatum would come to fruition, it's time to let that go.
Big on the Internet, News, Harold Bloom

Harold Bloom, Defender of the Western Canon, Leaves Behind a Complex Legacy

The Parnassus by Raphael, the superior ninja turtle/wiki commons
Harold Bloom, one of the most popular and controversial critics in American literature, died Monday at age eighty-nine. It is the death of a figure in literary academia that was without a doubt influential, regardless if you agreed with him or not.
News, 2020 Presidential election, Elizabeth Warren, Joe Biden

Joe Biden Compares Warren and Sanders to Trump, Says They’re “Trying to Con the American People”

Joe Biden yells at Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren during the Democratic debate.
"It’s called truth in speaking,” he said one day after yelling at Warren during the debate while trying to take credit for her work.
Movies, Jedi, Star Wars (franchise), The Oxford English Dictionary

“Jedi” Has Been Added to the Dictionary, and … Some Thoughts Have We

Yoda ponders the Force in Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back.
It's very convoluted and complicated, and the nerdy part of my brain just wishes this definition was more rooted in who the Jedi are. Then again, "Jedi" is now a real word in the Oxford English Dictionary, so I have to take what I can get. 
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