| Contributors, abortion, politics, reproductive rights By Kylie Cheung on Thu,10:28 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. Read More > Gaming, Dungeons & Dragons, Twitch By Vivian Kane on Thu,8:25 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. Read More > AMP Featured, Big on the Internet, Boba Fett, Phil Noto, Taika Waititi By Kaila Hale-Stern on Wed,6:46 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. Read More > News, Kim Kardashian, prisons, things we saw today By Teresa Jusino on Wed,6:16 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. Read More > Movies, Lawrence Kasdan, solo: a star wars story, Star Wars (franchise) By Teresa Jusino on Wed,5:25 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!] Read More > TV, Evan Rachel Wood, sexism, Westworld By Princess Weekes on Wed,5:20 Westworld actress Evan Rachel Wood is speaking about the double standards she sees towards her character versus The Man in Black. Read More > Comics, magic order, Mark Millar, Netflix By Chelsea Steiner on Wed,5:19 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. Read More > Big on the Internet, Betsy DeVos, LGBTQIA, transgender rights By Vivian Kane on Wed,4:37 Well done, Torin Hodgman, for finding such an awesome way to protest/silently troll DeVos during her visit. Read More > Contributors, The Mary Sue By The Mary Sue Staff on Wed,4:36 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. Read More > AMP Featured, Movies, Avengers 4, Avengers: Infinity War, Hawkeye By Kaila Hale-Stern on Wed,3:14 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. Read More > TV, LGBTQ Representation, Supergirl (TV show), The CW By Chelsea Steiner on Wed,2:59 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). Read More > Movies, Angelina Jole, Disney, maleficent By Princess Weekes on Wed,2:26 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. Read More > TV, Andrew Lincoln, Norman Reedus, The Walking Dead By Chelsea Steiner on Wed,2:24 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. Read More > Big on the Internet, TV, Arrow, The CW, women in entertainment By Princess Weekes on Wed,1:27 Arrow writers revealed their staff for its upcoming seventh season and it's majority women with some substantial racial diversity. Good work 2018. Read More > TV, donald trump, politics, Roseanne Barr By Kaila Hale-Stern on Wed,12:53 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. Read More > TV, racism, Roseanne (2018) By Vivian Kane on Wed,12:52 People have been known to do some wild stuff while on Ambien. But racism isn't a common side effect of the sleep aid. Read More > AMP Featured, TV, contributors, Doctor Who, Jodie Whittaker By Sarah Cords on Wed,12:45 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. Read More > News, disaster relief, Hurricane Maria, Puerto Rico By Teresa Jusino on Wed,12:28 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? Read More > |
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