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News, donald trump, Hurricane Dorian, racism

Donald Trump Defended the Cruelty of Turning Away Hurricane Survivors, Saying There Are “Very Bad People” Hiding Among Them

Donald Trump speak to members of the press outside the White House.
The CBP said the refusal of these evacuees was due to "confusion" on the part of the ferry operator and Florida Senator Marco Rubio blamed the shipping company, saying they "didn’t coordinate a pre-screening & then didn’t want to wait for one." Donald Trump, though, said Monday that there are "very bad people" trying to use the storm to sneak into the country.
Movies, Cats (movie)

Behind-the-Scenes Look at Cats Does Nothing to Make Me Less Afraid of Cats

Cats the Movie Musical
I tend to err on the side of caution when it comes to judging a movie before it comes out, but I feel like it's okay that I'm preemptively judging Cats.
TV, Euphoria, HBO

Euphoria Painfully Breaks Down How Sexual Currency Can Be Damaging

Alexa Demie in Euphoria (2019), Hunter Schafer in Euphoria (2019), Sydney Sweeney and Keean Johnson in Euphoria (2019), Barbie Ferreira in Euphoria (2019)
Euphoria has a lot of issues, but it is also on the pulse of something dark and real about our reality, especially when it comes to sex.
Big on the Internet, fan culture, fandom, The New Yorker

Let’s Update the Way Journalists Are Writing About Fandom Culture

Exhibit floor at the 2015 San Diego Comic Con International at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, California. Please attribute to Gage Skidmore if used elsewhere.
Yesterday, the New Yorker ran a piece on fandom culture that, while not being particularly offensive, reads like it time traveled from the early 2000s even with references to Game of Thrones and social media.
Big on the Internet, Hasbro, Ms. Monopoly

Ms. Monopoly Game Shows the Problem With the Pay Gap, and Men Are Predictably Mad

Mr. Monopoly looking sadly at the water
At the end of the day, it's a board game. Who plays by normal Monopoly rules anyway? I couldn't tell you what the houses or hotels mean. All I know is that I'm a cheap bitch when I play, but now, with Ms. Monopoly, I'm going to wipe the board with the tears of my brothers.
AMP Featured, Big on the Internet, contributors, Fleabag, theater

Review: Funnier and Filthier, Fleabag Goes Back Onstage and It’s Delightfully Raw

Phoebe Waller-Bridge in Fleabag
Ferociously funny, fierce and filthy, Fleabag has gone back to its roots, right there where it all started in 2013: the theater stage. Earlier this year, creator Phoebe Waller-Bridge announced she was going to perform her award-winning one-woman show for the very last time. A limited run in London’s West End after her New York run in March, needless to say, it sold out immediately. Fleabag generated a collective frenzy, and rightfully so.
TV, Hailee Steinfeld, Hawkeye, Kate Bishop

Things We Saw Today: Hawkeye May Have Found Its Kate Bishop With Hailee Steinfield

Hailee Steinfeld and Jorge Lendeborg in Bumblebee (2018)
I, a stan of True Grit, can be heard yelling from all the mountaintops over the prospect of Hailee Steinfeld playing Kate Bishop in the Disney+ series Hawkeye.
News, Valerie Plame, women in politics

This Campaign Ad Looks More Like a Female-Led Action Movie Trailer, Which Is a Trend We Can Get Behind

Valerie Plame walks away from a Camaro like an action star.
Valerie Plame is a former CIA operative whose identity was leaked in 2003, who then went on to become a memoirist and spy novelist. Now she's also running for Congress and has released what might be my favorite campaign ad of all time.
Movies, It, It Chapter Two, Stephen King

Breaking Down the Power of Belief In IT Chapter Two

Mike (Isaiah Mustafa), Richie (Bill Hader), Bill (James McAvoy), Bev (Jessica Chastain), and Ben (Jay Ryan) face their pasts in IT Chapter Two.
IT Chapter Two tells a story of believing in oneself and in each other, even if that seems childish. That childish hope is what kills monsters, after all.
Movies, Christian Bale, Robert Pattinson, The Batman

Christian Bale Endorses R-Patz for the Next Batman and Gives Him Important Advice

Christian Bale, flocked by bats, in Batman Begins.
Bale gave what call a "brief, but enthusiastic" reaction to Robert Pattinson being the next person to take over the Bruce Wayne/Batman role.
Movies, Jojo Rabbit, TIFF

Everyone Apparently Loves Taika Waititi’s Jojo Rabbit

Taika Waititi as Hitler in Jojo Rabbit
Very few movies have had their hooks in me in the way that Jojo Rabbit does, and I didn't need more of a reason to want to see the it, but here we are.
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