The Tuesday Edition - Jul 3, 2018
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TV, Chris Pine, i am the night, Patty Jenkins

I Just Got Shivers Watching the Trailer for Patty Jenkins and Chris Pine’s Pre-Wonder Woman 1984 Murder Series

Chris Pine in Patty Jenkins' I am the Night
Patty Jenkins must have a great working relationship with Wonder Woman's Steve Trevor, actor Chris Pine—because she cast him in the limited series I Am the Night, and the trailer for it just delightfully scared the hell out of me.
AMP Featured, TV, recap, Steven Universe, Steven Universe recap

Steven Universe Recap: Now We’re Only Falling Apart

falling apart steven universe
A solid Pearl episode that also tries, but fails, to answer for Rose Quartz.
Big on the Internet, Harper Bazaar, Lili Reinhart, Riverdale

Lili Reinhart Is No Ingénue—She’s a Byronic Heroine of the Digital Age

Lili Reinhart at Sugar Factory on February 10, 2018 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
In the Harper Bazaar profile, it calls Lili Reinhart a "Hollywood Ingenue" and while there is nothing wrong with the term itself, in reading the profile you easily see she is anything but naive or unsophisticated.
Big on the Internet

Things We Saw Today: Michelle Wolf Has Some A++ Suggestions for Trolling Ivanka Trump & Co.

michelle wolf the break ivanka trump
On the latest episode of The Break With Michelle Wolf, Wolf addresses the lack of "civility" in the insults being hurled at members of the Trump administration with some fun suggestions of her own.
Big on the Internet, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Twitter

Add “Owning on Twitter” to the List of Things We Love About Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, new york, primary, election, house, home, twitter, yorktown, bronx, memes
Yes, how dare Ocasio-Cortez have the gall–the absolute gall–to grow up in a HOUSE of all places??
TV, nostalgia

What Were The First TV Shows You Had To Sneak To Watch?

SouthPark
Besides South Park.
Movies, double standards, Evan Rachel Wood, Women in Hollywood

It’s Beyond Infuriating That Men Keep Rejecting Evan Rachel Wood’s Movie Pitch

Evan Rachel Wood as Dolores on HBO's Westworld
Evan Rachel Wood took to Twitter to explain that she's been trying to get a movie made, with herself starring and directing, for two years. The responses are what you'd expect.
AMP Featured, Books, j.a. johnstone, kensington books, trigger warning

There’s a Novel Called “Trigger Warning” and I Am Triggered by Its Terribleness

Trigger Warning by J.A. Johnstone
You see, the one thing that I can't deal with is self-righteous people who get off on mocking the needs of others. What were you thinking, Kensington Books?
AMP Featured, Big on the Internet, mansplaining

Billboard Accidentally Advertises a “Masters in Mansplaining,” a Degree Most of Us Have Earned Many Times Over

mansplaining adelaide university ad
An ad outside of Adelaide University in Australia has provided a distressingly accurate depiction of most women's real college experience. And business experience. And life experience in general.
Big on the Internet, Movies, Rian Johnson, Star Wars: The Last Jedi

Can People Just Stop Saying Something “Raped” Your Childhood Please?

Mark Hamill in Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi (2017)
I sure as fuck hope Rian Johnson has an emotional comfort Wookie or something because the extremist backlash against The Last Jedi is so to vitriolic that he deserves a Nobel Prize for even getting on Twitter.
AMP Featured, Gaming, Fire Emblem, Fire Emblem: Conquest, non-binary

How Come No One Told Me About This Adorable Queer Storyline in Fire Emblem: Conquest?

Forrest Fire Emblem Fates
What was just supposed to be another side-quest for me to get exp. from ended up being a really sweet storyline between an intolerant father and implied gender-fluid son. Thanks Fire Emblem: Conquest
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