The Saturday Edition - Jan 26, 2019
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Join us for a playful and engaging mashup of classic film and TV teen dramas and view them through a feminist, pop culture lens—presented by Princess Weekes, Assistant Editor of The Mary Sue! (Tickets available here.)
Movies, Chris Pine, Steve Trevor, Wonder Woman 1984

Chris Pine Hints That Wonder Woman 1984 Will Be the Last We See of Steve Trevor

Chris Pine in Wonder Woman 1984 (2020)
Will this be the one true end of Steve Trevor?
TV, Bill Maher, fans, Stan Lee

Bill Maher Continues to Bash Comic Book Fans in the Wake of Stan Lee’s Death

Bill Maher Performs During New York Comedy Festival
Grumpy old man Bill Maher is at it again.
Big on the Internet, fandom, Tumblr

How Are Fandoms Doing After Tumblr’s Adult Content Ban?

Blah by D Sharon Pruitt
Tumblr's traffic is down since their mid-December ban on all adult content, including explicit fanart. How have these changes hit fan communities?
Big on the Internet, girls, women in history

Things We Saw Today: The Very Best 5th Grade Essay on Sacagawea You’ll Ever Read

young girl essay sacagawea emma
A fifth-grade student named Emma was recently asked to undertake a creative writing assignment to write a diary entry from the point of view of one of the people involved in the Lewis and Clark Expedition. She was instructed to not just demonstrate knowledge of the historical event, but also to "make inferences on what you think the person would have been thinking and feeling at the time." And boy did she deliver.
Big on the Internet, Jon Bernthal, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt

After Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, When Is Jon Bernthal’s Next Comedic Role?

Now might be the time to lock him down for a rom-com or two, before Netflix makes up their minds about Frank Castle.
TV, Ben Barnes, Netflix, The Punisher

The Punisher Misses an Opportunity to Go Full Jigsaw With Billy Russo’s Face

ben barnes
Season two of Netflix's The Punisher was a frustrating watch: the pacing felt off, the addition of Giorgia Whigham as Amy didn't quite click, and all in all the season had less drive than its predecessor.
Movies, Ted Bundy, Ted Bundy Tapes

Everyone Is Talking About Ted Bundy Again

Serial killer Ted Bundy
Can we please talk about monster Ted Bundy while remembering that he was ... you know ... a monster?
Movies, Margot Robbie, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, Quentin Tarantino

Our Complex Feelings for Once Upon a Time in Hollywood Rage On

Margot Robbie at the Oscars in 2018.
When it comes to the murder of Sharon Tate, for many years, her brutal death has been primarily viewed through the lens of a Manson murder, rather than focusing it on Sharon Tate herself. Now, with the news of Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, we're getting the story of the Manson family murders in Hollywood through Tate.
TV, Kristen Bell, Mike Schur, The Good Place

The Good Place Finale Takes Eleanor Shellstrop Back to the Start

Kristen Bell
It's Jeremy Bearimy, baby.
News, LGBTQ discrimination, religious freedom

Foster Agency’s Discrimination Against Non-Christians Upheld Under “Religious Freedom” Act

Religious freedom protesters with signs and American flags.
On Wednesday "the Department of Health and Human Services declared that, under RFRA, a federally funded foster care agency in South Carolina has a right to discriminate against non-Christians, closing its doors to would-be parents of different faiths."
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