The Wednesday Edition - Oct 31, 2018
Fresh from your pals at themarysue.com
Catherine Cavendish is repping women writers in the horror genre
with one of the season's spookiest reads, Damned by the Ancients.
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News, #MeToo Movement, politics

Frustrating Poll Finds #MeToo Is a Partisan Issue More Than a Gender Issue

A placard is kept next to an Indian journalist at a protest against sexual harassment in the media industry in New Delhi on October 13, 2018. - India's #MeToo movement has engulfed Bollywood figures, a government minister and several comedians and top journalists. (Photo by CHANDAN KHANNA / AFP) (Photo credit should read CHANDAN KHANNA/AFP/Getty Images)
In a new piece by NPR, a poll of more than 1,000 Americans surveyed found that 4 in 10 people say that the #MeToo movement has gone too far, mostly falling within the Republican party.
TV, Bucky Barnes, Sam Wilson

We’re Going to Get a Falcon/Winter Soldier Limited Series

Anthony Mackie and Sebastian Stan in Falcon/Winter Soldier Marvel streaming series
You can hear me screaming throughout the world about a reported limited series starring Sam Wilson (AKA Falcon) and Bucky Barnes (the Winter Soldier himself).
Gaming, Bandi Namco, online gaming, Soul Calibur VI

Bandai Namco Cracking Down on Explicit Custom Characters

Ivy Soul Calibur VI
The game company behind Soul Calibur, Bandai Namco, will impose punishments on players who use 'inappropriate custom characters' online.
News, Conspiracy Theories, Robert Mueller, sexual misconduct, WTF

Please Join Me In the Weird, Spiraling Rabbit Hole That Is This Fake Robert Mueller Assault Story

robert mueller sexual assault
Earlier today, a conservative lobbyist, news commentator, and racist meme poster named Jack Burkman tweeted that he had information about sexual assault claims being made against special counsel Robert Mueller.
Big on the Internet, Avengers 4, Katherine Langford, things we saw today

Things We Saw Today: Is This Who Katherine Langford Is Playing in Avengers 4?

Who is Katherine Langford in Avengers 4
News recently broke that 13 Reasons Why actress Katherine Langford was cast for an unspecified role in Avengers 4. Cue rampant speculation as to what part she's playing. Join us in further rampant speculation!
TV, Game of Thrones, Jane Goldman, Naomi Watts

Naomi Watts Joins the Woman-Led Game of Thrones Prequel, Giving Us Hope for a Feminist Westeros

naomi waaaaaaaatttttttttssssss
The Academy Award-nominated actress will be playing “a charismatic socialite hiding a dark secret” in the hotly anticipated spin-off of HBO's global hit series, which ends its run in 2019.
Movies, bonnie and clyde, remakes

Let’s Be Honest, We Don’t Need a New Bonnie and Clyde Movie

Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway starred as the titular lovers in 1967's Bonnie and Clyde
There are so many other interesting stories about doomed love affairs set against the inherently violent criminal underworld, so why remake Bonnie and Clyde yet again?
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TV, Indya Moore, LGBTQ Representation, Pose

Pose‘s Indya Moore Plans to Make a Queer-Centric Sci-Fi Anthology Series

indya moore pose
An LGBTQ-centered sci-fi anthology series that focuses on people of color? Yes please.
Science, contributors, NASA, The Thing

5 Tips on Surviving Our Impending Killer Alien Attack, From The Thing

NASA rectangular iceberg
Even if we narrow down our news sleuthing to scientific discoveries, things have been eventful, to say the least. While we might have been momentarily distracted by a new Marvel-inspired constellation, we’re more interested (and a little worried) about some John Carpenter-related science news in Antarctica. That’s right: A strange iceberg was found at the Antarctic peninsula.
TV, donald trump, Late Night

“Anti-Religiosity” Late Night Hosts Respond to Being Blamed for Donald Trump Stoking Hate and Violence

colbert trump response late night trevor noah
For the most part, those anti-religiosity comedians ignored Conway's weird statement, which is really the best thing to do with Conway's words in any situation. They didn't ignore Donald Trump, though.
Books, Amy Ratcliffe, Star Wars (franchise), Women of the Galaxy

I Am so Excited for Star Wars’ Women of the Galaxy I Could Cry

The cover art for Women of the Galaxy by Amy Ratcliffe was created by Jen Bartel and depicts Rey ready for action
When the announcement first broke about Amy Ratcliffe's Star Wars anthology, Women of the Galaxy, I cried.
Big on the Internet, memes, politics, Trolling

We’re Just Here for The Hilarious “Antifa Ex-Girlfriend” Memes

twitter troll violent terrorist
It's a tale as old as time: boy meets girl, boy loves girl, girl shaves off her hair and eyebrows and joins the antifa.
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