The Thursday Edition - May 31, 2018
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Contributors, abortion, politics, reproductive rights

Some Defenses of Planned Parenthood Can Further Stigmatize Abortion

Abortion rights protest sign
The Trump administration has made clear its intent to strip Planned Parenthood, and other women’s health groups that provide abortion services, of critical Title X funding, and the attack on women’s rights is hardly out of left field. So far, President Trump’s record on women’s health has consisted of pushing “natural” family planning, enforcing a global gag rule, and promoting an abstinence-only agenda of dangerous ignorance and censorship.
Gaming, Dungeons & Dragons, Twitch

Heads Up, D&D Fans, You’re Gonna Want to Check Out This 3-Day Livestreamed Extravaganza

d&d stream of many eyes dungeons and dragons
Starting tomorrow, an all-star cast of comedians, actors, and well-known online players are coming together for The Stream of Many Eyes, a three-day D&D extravaganza.
AMP Featured, Big on the Internet, Boba Fett, Phil Noto, Taika Waititi

Please Admire this Gorgeous Concept Art of Taika Waititi as Boba Fett

Taika Waititi
The incredible comic book artist and illustrator Phil Noto set our hearts aflutter when he drew Boba Fett modeled after one of our favorite men working in entertainment.
News, Kim Kardashian, prisons, things we saw today

Things We Saw Today: Kim Kardashian West to Visit White House to Plead for Clemency for Alabama Inmate Alice Marie Johnson

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63-year-old Alice Marie Johnson is currently serving a life sentence without parole at the Aliceville Correctional Institution in Alabama...for a nonviolent drug conspiracy charge. Now in the 21st year of her sentence, the only chance she has at ever seeing the outside world again is clemency from a sitting president.
Movies, Lawrence Kasdan, solo: a star wars story, Star Wars (franchise)

I Wasn’t Annoyed by the Part of Han Solo’s Backstory That Annoyed Everyone Else—Here’s What Did Annoy Me

Han Solo and Chewbacca in 'Solo: A Star Wars Story"
There are definitely mixed reactions to Solo: A Star Wars Story. You can go ahead and put me firmly in the "loved it" camp. It wasn't a perfect movie, but it was enjoyable from beginning to end, and I had a lot of fun. There seems to be one element of the plot in particular that sticks in people's craws in a way that hasn't stuck in mine.  [SPOILERS AHOY!]
TV, Evan Rachel Wood, sexism, Westworld

Evan Rachel Wood Addresses Double Standard Responses Towards Dolores and The Man in Black

Evan Rachel Wood in Westworld (2016)
Westworld actress Evan Rachel Wood is speaking about the double standards she sees towards her character versus The Man in Black.
Comics, magic order, Mark Millar, Netflix

Netflix Drops Trailer for Their Comic Book Debut The Magic Order

Magic Order
Ever since Netflix set out on its mission to dominate popular culture, nary a week has gone by without the mammoth streaming service dropping a new trailer for a series, limited event or film. This week is no different, but the trailer for The Magic Order is not a series or a film: it's Netflix's first foray into the publishing world.
Big on the Internet, Betsy DeVos, LGBTQIA, transgender rights

Our New Hero: Genderqueer Middle Schooler Wears Transgender Flag as a Cape to Meet Betsy DeVos

transgender flag betsy devos protest troll
Well done, Torin Hodgman, for finding such an awesome way to protest/silently troll DeVos during her visit.
Contributors, The Mary Sue

The Mary Sue Is Looking for Contributing Writers!

hands typing on keyboard
There are only so many binge-watching hours in a day, and our contributing writers provide an invaluable way to expand what we cover and deliver great, intersectional feminist writing on the incredibly wide range of things our readers care about so deeply.
AMP Featured, Movies, Avengers 4, Avengers: Infinity War, Hawkeye

New Avengers 4 Logo Seems to Highlight an Unexpected Hero

Hawkeye in Avengers 4
Welcome back to Avengers College, class! Summer school is now in session. So begins our wild speculations about Avengers 4, due next spring and ramping up to break our hearts all over again.
TV, LGBTQ Representation, Supergirl (TV show), The CW

Supergirl to Introduce Transgender Character in Upcoming Fourth Season

National City just got more inclusive. The creators of Supergirl are planning on introducing a recurring trans character in the series' upcoming fourth season. The news broke after a casting call went out for a character named Nia Nal. Nal is described as a transgender woman in her early 20s and is being cast with open ethnicity (aka color-blind casting).
Movies, Angelina Jole, Disney, maleficent

Disney’s Best Live-Action Adaptation, Maleficent, is Finally Getting a Sequel

Angelina Jolie in Maleficent (2014)
Two female leaders having conflicts while balancing their mother/daughter relationship? Sign me up. At the end of the day, it'll be worth it to see Angelina Jole in that red lipstick again.
TV, Andrew Lincoln, Norman Reedus, The Walking Dead

Andrew Lincoln to Leave The Walking Dead After Ninth Season

rick grimes
The end is near for Sheriff Rick Grimes: sources say that Andrew Lincoln plans to leave AMC's The Walking Dead at the end of its upcoming ninth season. Lincoln joins fellow cast member Lauren Cohan (Maggie), who will also be leaving the zombie series. Cohan will appear in six episodes in the next season, before she leaves to join a new series ABC's Whiskey Cavalier.
Big on the Internet, TV, Arrow, The CW, women in entertainment

Arrow Reveals Its Mostly Female Writing Room for Season 7

Katie Cassidy in Arrow (2012)
Arrow writers revealed their staff for its upcoming seventh season and it's majority women with some substantial racial diversity. Good work 2018.
TV, donald trump, politics, Roseanne Barr

Trump Manages to Make the Roseanne Controversy About Him

President Trump responds to Roseanne racist tweet
You're shocked, I know, shocked, that Donald Trump would seize upon a racist pop culture controversy and find a way to make it about Donald Trump.
TV, racism, Roseanne (2018)

Roseanne Blames Ambien for Her Racist Tweet, Has Apparently Been on Ambien Day & Night for More Than a Decade

roseanne barr show cancel racist tweet
People have been known to do some wild stuff while on Ambien. But racism isn't a common side effect of the sleep aid.
AMP Featured, TV, contributors, Doctor Who, Jodie Whittaker

Before She Was Doctor Who’s 13th Doctor: Jodie Whittaker

image: BBC Jodie Whittaker 13th Doctor Doctor Who BBC
Jodie Whittaker should've been a household name long before she was cast as the thirteenth doctor. If you're just catching up on her now, here's what you missed.
News, disaster relief, Hurricane Maria, Puerto Rico

So, That Double-Digit “Official” Death Toll in Puerto Rico Post-Maria Is Actually Four Digits

CBP Conducts Search and Rescue in Mountains of Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria
The initial official death toll in Puerto Rico as a result of Hurricane Maria was 64. Further study brought the count up to between 4-500. Now, a new study published in the New England Journal of Medicine asserts that there have easily been over 4,600 deaths in the wake of the devastating storm. So, how has this number gone up so significantly? And how is such a huge discrepancy, not to mention such glaring inaction and a lack of transparency, allowed to happen?
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