The Thursday Edition - May 3, 2018
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AMP Featured, Movies, Celine Dion, Deadpool 2

Oh My God, Deadpool 2′s Celine Dion Music Video Must Have Been So Much Fun to Make

deadpool 2 celine dion
The Guardians of the Galaxy movies may be the current superhero films most known for their music, but Deadpool 2 is giving them a run for their money with an extremely Deadpool original song and music video—by Celine Dion. They've gotta find some way to spend the bigger budget they landed after the success of the original, I guess, and this was probably the perfect way to do it.
Books, discrimination, Issa Rae, people of color

Yes, We Need to Trot Out This Old Issa Rae Book Excerpt

Issa Rae in a scene from HBO's Insecure
Yes, we need to revisit something from Issa Rae's past.
News, education, menstruation, schools

Charter School Bathroom Policies are So Strict That Students are Bleeding Through Their Pants

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The Noble Network of Charter Schools in Chicago has come under fire recently for their excessively strict and dehumanizing disciplinary tactics. NPR reports that the charter schools feature bathroom rules so strict that many students are left bleeding through their pants because they aren't allowed a hall pass. “We have [bathroom] escorts, and they rarely come so we end up walking out [of class] and that gets us in trouble,” an anonymous student texted to an NPR reporter.
Big on the Internet, Harry Potter (franchise), Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, J.K. Rowling

Things We Saw Today: It’s Been 20 Years Since the Battle of Hogwarts & We’re Still Not Over It

HARRY POTTER, battle of hogwarts, deaths, jk rowling
Today is the 20th anniversary of the Battle of Hogwarts and we've got a lot of feelings.
Movies, Iron Man, Robert Downey Jr., The MCU

How Iron Man Laid The Foundation For Heroism (and Hotness) in the MCU

Robert Downey Jr. in Iron Man (2008)
Ten years ago, Robert Downey Jr. became Iron Man and the world was forever blessed with infinity hotness.
AMP Featured, TV, ABC, Black-ish, divorce

Are Dre and Bow Headed for the End on Black-ish? And Is That a Good Thing?

Anthony Anderson as Dre and Tracee Ellis Ross as Bow on ABC's Black-ish
If you're a fan of ABC's Black-ish, the current storyline might have thrown you for a loop. In this week's episode, titled "Blue Valentine," we went headlong into what could possibly be the beginning of the end for the show's main couple. Dre and Bow have always been very different people. Have those differences finally become too much? And is this something we need to see? I think so.
News, Philadelphia, racial discrimination, Starbucks

Black Men Arrested in Starbucks Settle for Symbolic $1 Each—and $200k Grant for Students

Two men who were arrested while waiting in a Philadelphia Starbucks and touched off a media firestorm have chosen not to pursue a lengthy trial.
Movies, Avengers: Infinity War, Gamora, Zoe Saldana

Zoe Saldana Talks About Gamora’s Important Role In Infinity War

Gamora Avengers: Infinity War
Like most folks, I left Avengers: Infinity War with too many feelings
Movies, costumes, Scarlet Witch, women in comics

Elizabeth Olsen Is Right: It’s Time for Scarlet Witch to Ditch the Corset

Elizabeth Olsen as Scarlet Witch/Wanda Maximoff in "Captain America: Civil War" (Photo Credit: Zade Rosenthal and Marvel)
Scarlet Witch's fighting style is largely limited to waving her arms at things, but a low-slung corset still isn't the most realistic outfit for entering battle. And, really, if Olsen feels uncomfortable in the Scarlet Witch corset–especially three movies in–that should be reason enough to change it up.
Big on the Internet, TV, Amanda Knox, Broadly

Amanda Knox Hosting The Scarlet Letter Reports Speaking to Women Who Have Been Demonized by the Media

Amanda Knox in Amanda Knox (2016)
Knox has decided to build a career speaking out against injustices in the media, especially against women.
AMP Featured, News, michelle wolf, race

The Political Subtext of People Assuming Michelle Wolf Is Black

WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 28: Comedian Michelle Wolf attends the Celebration After the White House Correspondents' Dinner hosted by Netflix's The Break with Michelle Wolf on April 28, 2018 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images for Netflix)
It is fitting that the day after speaking to a good friend of mine all about the Rachel Dolezal documentary, I would find out that, apparently, people thought that Michelle Wolf was ... black.
News, Angry Jerks, Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts

To Everyone Mad at Women & Liberals For “Making” the Boy Scouts Change Their Name: We Don’t Want This. We Never Wanted This

boy scouts girl scouts bsa
If the Scouts BSA are committed to making their program co-ed, and if people are having such a hard time accepting this, they could, at the very least, aim their rage in the appropriate direction. 
AMP Featured, Movies, Avengers: Infinity War, Spider-Man

Turns out Tom Holland Is Responsible for All My Post-Infinity War Feelings

Marvel Studios' AVENGERS: INFINITY WAR..Spider-Man/Peter Parker (Tom Holland)..Photo: Film Frame..
Spoilers for Avengers: Infinity War inside.
TV, Golden State Killer, Michelle McNamara, true crime

HBO Orders Documentary Series Adaptation of Golden State Killer Book by Michelle McNamara

i'll be gone in the dark book cover
HBO Documentary Films has ordered a true crime documentary series based on Michelle McNamara's bestselling book I’ll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman’s Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer with Liz Garbus attached to develop. The book chronicles McNamara's meticulous research behind the long-unsolved case before her tragic death in 2016.
AMP Featured, Movies, Avengers: Infinity War, Marvel Entertainment

Let’s Talk About That Tantalizing Avengers: Infinity War End Credits Scene

Marvel's Avengers Infinity War
Marvel has conditioned us to expect more once the credits have rolled on their movies, and what we saw after the conclusion of Infinity War was extremely important to the MCU's future.
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