The Saturday Edition - May 5, 2018
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News, NRA, tucker carlso

NRA Women Leadership Forum’s Featured Speaker Was Tucker Carlson Because Nothing Means Anything Anymore

tucker carlson, nra, women, luncheon, lunch, speech, sexist, racist
The National Rifle Association is holding its annual meetings in Dallas this weekend, and one of the events on their schedule was their Women's Leadership Forum Luncheon & Auction. Now, there's a lot we could get into regarding the NRA's (and the conservative media that uses the NRA as a talking point) relationship with women. But all of that is entirely unnecessary as they named Tucker Carlson their featured speaker. TUCKER. CARLSON.
Movies, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Rape, Roman Polanski

Dear Roman Polanski, Please Just F@!#ing STOP IT ALREADY.

Roman Polanski attends the 'Based On A True Story' screening during the 70th annual Cannes Film Festival at Palais des Festivals on May 27, 2017 in Cannes, France.
As we reported yesterday Roman Polanski, along with Bill Cosby, have been expelled from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, because their extensive histories of rape and sexual misconduct don't fly with the Academy's new Standards of Conduct (though one wonders where these "standards" have been all these years). Now, Polanski wants to fight the decision, because running away to another country to escape actual legal consequences wasn't enough.
Movies, Avengers: Infinity War, Thanos, things we saw today

Things We Saw Today: Find Out Your Infinity War Fate

Avengers: Infinity War
Spoilers for Infinity War, and for your destiny.
Big on the Internet, Bad Sex Awards, DJ Khaled

DJ Khaled Decided to Let the Whole World Know He Doesn’t Perform Oral Sex on His Wife

Guy Burnet and DJ Khaled in Pitch Perfect 3 (2017)
Congrats DJ Khaled, you played yourself and in quite a public manner to boot.
Movies, Avengers 4, Avengers: Infinity War, Joe Russo

Infinity War Director Joe Russo Confirms Fan Theory About Infinity Stones

Anthony and Joe Russo at Black Panther Premiere
Audiences left Avengers: Infinity War filled with questions: did [REDACTED] actually die? What does [REDACTED] really mean? Where is Hawkeye? (Just kidding, no one asked that last one.)
TV, Angela Lansbury, sexism, women in film

It Only Took 92 Years, But Angela Lansbury Has Finally Worked With a Female Director

Angela Lansbury little women female woman director first
92-year-old Dame Angela Lansbury, who's been acting since she was a preteen, only just worked with her first female director on PBS' Little Women limited series adaptation.
TV, AMC, Dietland, Joy Nash

First Trailer for AMC’s Dietland Introduces a Fat Heroine Ready for a Revolution

Joy Nash in a scene from AMC's 'Dietland'
A television show starring a fat woman? And not just a fat woman, but an actual fat woman, not a woman who's "Hollywood fat" but actually an average size in the real world? Created by Marti Noxon? To be honest, I was here for this even before watching this trailer, but it was nice to see the trailer confirm that Dietland would be right up my alley.
TV, #MeToo Movement, Arrested Development, Jeffrey Tambor, Transparent

Jeffrey Tambor to Appear in Arrested Development Season 5 After Alleged Sexual Harassment on Transparent Set

Jeffrey Tambor Transparent
Tambor joins the new season after he was removed from the hit Amazon series Transparent after sexual harassment and assault allegations were brought forward by his co-star Trace Lysette and former assistant Van Barnes.
News, abortion, reproductive rights, week in reproductive justice

Trump Administration Considering Defunding Planned Parenthood, Which Will Only Increase Unplanned Pregnancies

Pro-choice activists
Welcome to The Week in Reproductive Justice, a weekly recap of all news related to the hot-button issue of what lawmakers are allowing women to do with their bodies! This Monday marked former Planned Parenthood President Cecile Richards’ last day leading the women’s health organization, after announcing her decision to step down in March. Richards […]
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TV, David Letterman, My Next Guest Needs No Introduction, Tina Fey, women in comedy

Tina Fey on How Diversity Only Makes Comedy Better & What She Got Wrong in That SNL “Sheet Cake” Bit

tina fey, letterman, my next guest needs no introduction, netflix, snl
On the latest episode of David Letterman's fantastic interview series, My Next Guest Needs No Introduction, Dave sat down with Tina Fey. They discussed a lot of things, from her kids and her parents to her time doing improv in Chicago. But a large portion of the show is dedicated to how Fey has seen the comedy landscape change in its inclusion of women.
Big on the Internet, Avengers: Infinity War, Thanos, vilains

Thanos is a Terrible Villain

Thanos in Invinity War
I was worried about Thanos before Infinity War came out, primarily because I thought his motivation as stated sounded stupid. I was right.
Books, #MeToo Movement, #TIMESUP, Junot Diaz

The Infuriating, Disappointing #TimesUp Moment of Junot Díaz

Junot Diaz at a literary event in Argentina 2009
You know what sucks? Waking up to the news that someone who's work you enjoyed and whose presence in contemporary literature you appreciated both as a geek and as a Latina was not the person you thought they were. This morning, the #TimesUp movement has come for author Junot Díaz, and the revelations are both infuriating, and hugely sad.
Comics, First Second Books, graphic novels, LGBTQ Representation

Exclusive Look At Cathy G. Johnson’s Upcoming Graphic Novel THE BREAKAWAYS

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From The Prince and the Dressmaker to The Witch Boy, it is truly a golden age of queer comics—and it's continuing with an upcoming work from First Second Press: Cathy G. Johnson's THE BREAKAWAYS.
Movies, 30 Rock, Carrie Fisher, May the Fourth be With You

The Carrie Fisher Canon: Five Essential Works Beyond the Star Wars Universe

Carrie Fisher
Carrie Fisher's untimely passing in 2016 broke our nerdy hearts into a million pieces. The loss of the legendary woman behind General Leia Organa was a devastating blow to pop culture, leaving a blast crater in the space once held by brilliant actor, writer and activist.
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