The Tuesday Edition - May 26, 2020
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Books, fandom, our books our shelves

Our Books, Our Shelves: RIP, IRL—Fandom Has Always Lived Online

Our Books Ourselves
The internet is officially real life. The thing is, for those of us who were raised by fandom, it kind of always was.
AMP Featured, Big on the Internet, FKA Twig, Lana Del Rey

Why Lana Del Rey’s Comments About Delicacy and Fragility Play Into Stereotypes of Black Women

JANUARY 26: FKA twigs attends the 62nd Annual GRAMMY Awards at Staples Center on January 26, 2020 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Amy Sussman/Getty Images)
Delicate, soft, fair, ingenue, angelic, etc. All of these words are usually descriptions one would use for a princess in a fairy tale or describing a character in an old Hollywood classic. They also have racial implications.
News, bots, Coronavirus, Twitter

Nearly Half of the Twitter Accounts Fighting Over Coronavirus & “Reopening America” Are Likely Bots

Demonstrators protest during a rally to re-open California
Have you found yourself arguing about COVID-19 online? Your opponent is very likely not a real person.
Big on the Internet, Celebrities, RIP, Twitter

Dear Twitter, Stop Giving Us Heart Attacks and Let Us Know When Celebrities Die Already

Twitter's homepage with the bar reading 'What's happening?'
Don't worry, Betty White is fine.
Big on the Internet, Instagram, Spider-Man, Tom Holland

Tom Holland Has Befriended a Pigeon IRL Because That’s What Quarantine Has Come To

Tom Holland and Will Smith's characters (Walter and Lance as a pigeon) in Spies in Disguise.
None of us want unexpected visitors right now, and celebrities, they're just like us! Tom Holland was minding his own business, sitting in his home, when suddenly a pigeon said "this is mine, now" and flew into Spider-Man's life.
AMP Featured, Big on the Internet, Coronavirus, Misha Collins, Twitter feuds

Misha Collins and More Drag Tweet Complaining About Face Shield for Pedicure

Misha collins tweet and picture
Missi Wimberley's tweet about being depressed by a face shield during a pedicure got called out.
News, abortion, FX, Roe v. Wade

AKA Jane Roe and the Dangers of Making People Figureheads

Anti-Abortion Protesters Rally in Austin, Texas 384840 06: Norm McCorvey, the "Jane Roe" of Roe v. Wade, is surrounded by young people January 27, 2001 during an anti-abortion rally in Austin, Texas. The rally called for an end to legal abortions allowed by the 1973 U.S. Supreme Court Roe V. Wade decision. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Newsmakers)
The big twist of AKA Jane Roe was announced before the documentary aired on FX, where Norma McCorvey, a.k.a. Jane Roe in the Roe v. Wade Supreme Court Case, admitted that her very public evangelical "conversion" into a "pro-life" advocate was a fraud that she acted out because she was getting paid thousands of dollars to do so. Coming into the documentary with that knowledge already made me frustrated, but McCorvey's story does hold other important lessons.
AMP Featured, TV, contributor, Hannah Gadsby, review

Review: Rage and the Renaissance in Hannah Gadsby: Douglas

Netflix Hannah Gadsby Comedy Special 2020
Douglas is Hannah Gadsby’s second Netflix comedy special and takes audiences through adventures in the dog park, the High Renaissance in art, and, most importantly, through frustration and rage.
Big on the Internet, DnD, Dungeons and Dragons, things we saw today

Things We Saw Today: “The Most Star-Studded Dungeons & Dragons Event Ever”

"D&D Live 2020: Roll w/ Advantage" brings together an all-star group of gamers to reveal the latest storyline in June—and it's raising money for a great cause.
TV, commercials, Hulu

Hulu’s Maddening Catchphrase Commercial Is the Worst Thing on TV

A still of Joey and Jesse from Full House in a Hulu ad
I watch a lot of news and it says a lot that this commercial makes me angrier than the content it interrupts.
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