The Wednesday Edition - Jun 26, 2019
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Movies, Avengers: Endgame, Lexi Rabe

Avengers: Endgame‘s Morgan Stark Actress Is Being Bullied Online. She’s 7, You Monsters.

Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Scarlet Johansson and Alexandra Rachael Rabe at the Avengers: Endgame premiere
Please, don't make me go Chris Crocker in defense of a 7-year-old and her family. 
News, immigrant rights, protest, Wayfair

Wayfair Employees Protest The Company’s Contract with Migrant Detention Centers

wayfair logo
The walkout is set to take place today at 1:30PM at the company headquarters in Boston, after the Wayfair’s chief executive Niraj Shah rejected a petition signed by over 500 employees to terminate the contract.
News, girl bye, NRA, NRA TV

Thoughts and Prayers to Human Garbage Fire Dana Loesch and NRATV

Spokesperson for the National Rifle Association (NRA) Dana Loesch speaks during the 2018 Conservative Political Action Conference
Dana Loesch is the embodiment of the worst elements of the NRA—the parts that have nothing to do with protecting a constitutional amendment and everything to do with protecting the corporate gun lobby. Bye!
TV, NBC Universal, Netflix, The Office

NBC Universal Is Paying $500 Million to Pull The Office From Netflix

Steve Carell The Office worth 500 million
NBCUniversal will be removing The Office from Netflix in 2021. Who else is nervous for their bank account with all these new streaming services?
Big on the Internet, Children's books, Highlights Magazine, politics

Highlights Magazine, a Staple Of Childhood, Takes a Political Stance On Detention Facilities For Children

The cover of a 2017 issue of Highlights, a childhood favorite.
Our favorite childhood magazine 'Highlights' did not turn out to be problematic, with the CEO of the company stepping forward to take a strong political stance against the detention camps at the border.
Big on the Internet, Kevin Sorbo

Kevin Sorbo Continues to Be the Worst. Not My Hercules!!!

It's Kevin Sorbo and a golf cart
So, sorry that Hercules is canceled on account of Kevin Sorbo.
TV, LGBTQ Representation, Sailor Moon, Viz Media

Original “Harold They’re Lesbians” Sailor Uranus and Neptune Acknowledged After Viz Corrects Translation Mistake

Sailor Uranus and Neptune Offically Gay to Viz
After getting alertred to a translation error the team at Viz stated: "The team here at VIZ was very excited to take on the honor of localizing Sailor Moon, especially acknowledging that Sailor Neptune and Sailor Uranus are not friends, but in fact, partners."
AMP Featured, Comics, contributors, DC Comics, Heroes in Crisis

Where DC’s Heroes in Crisis Went Wrong

Heroes in Crisis comic cover featuring Superman, Wonder Woman, and Batman.
What was promised to be different turned out to be more of the same.
TV, Keke Palmer, MTV, Scream

The Trailer for Scream Season 3 Is Here and I Have So Many Questions

scream 3 resurrection is bringing back ghostface.
'Scream: Resurrection' is the long lost season three of the MTV series, now playing on VH1 and why is Paris Jackson in this?
Movies, Aaron Paul, Breaking Bad, Bryan Cranston, things we saw today

Things We Saw Today: Aaron Paul And Bryan Cranston Tease a Possible Breaking Bad Reunion

Jesse Pinkman (Aaron Paul) speeds towards freedom in the series finale of Breaking Bad
Do we need a sequel to Breaking Bad? Not really. Are we getting one? Most likely.
Movies, The Beatles, Yesterday

Review: Yesterday Sells Us That One Man Has the Power to Erase Pop Culture?

yesterday, himesh patel
I wanted to love 'Yesterday' so badly, and instead, I came out of it with a million questions.
AMP Featured, News, J.K. Rowling, TERF, transphobia

J.K. Rowling Leaves Little Doubt About Her TERFdom

J.K Rowling attends the UK Premiere of "Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes Of Grindelwald"
The writer J.K. Rowling has gone on a TERF-following mini-spree, meaning she's choosing to introduce transphobic views into her timeline.
Movies, Jennifer Kent, queer representation, The Babadook

The Babadook Director Finally Acknowledges the Character Becoming a Gay Icon

The Babadook [LGBTQ Pride Edition]
It is a truth universally acknowledged that, somehow, the Babadook has become a gay icon
Big on the Internet, Tom Holland

How Can Anyone Say No to Tom Holland and Puppies That Need Homes?

Tom Holland holding a puppy
Having the adorable likes of Holland try and get us to adopt animals? How can we say no to a puppy and Peter Parker himself?
TV, Jessica Jones, LGBTQ Representation, Marvel Entertainment

Season 3 of Jessica Jones Delivers Marvel’s Best LGBTQ+ Representation

Aneesh Sheth plays Jessica’s new assistant Gillian.
Here's hoping that the LGBTQ+ future of Marvel follows more in the footsteps of Jessica Jones by giving us the nuanced, complex queer representation we crave.
Books, giveaway, magic x mayhem, Tor Books

We’re Giving Away an Unreal Package of Eight “Magic X Mayhem” TOR Books

Mary Sue TOR Books magic x mayhem giveaway
Um, can we break the contest rules and apply to this one ourselves? The collection of books we get to gift from TOR books includes EIGHT new fantasy titles and fun swag. This is an entire summer's worth of reading, people!
Big on the Internet, Billie Eilish, Teens

Maybe Don’t Treat Women Like Pieces of Meat? Especially Teenagers.

: Billie Eilish attends the ASCAP 2019 Pop Music Awards at The Beverly Hilton Hotel on May 16, 2019 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Ari Perilstein/Getty Images for ASCAP)
Teen music star Billie Eilish wore a tank top, so of course, gross dudes had to comment.
Movies, Avengers: Endgame

This Is What You’ll Get at the Extended Avengers: Endgame Rerelease

Avengers: Endgame main cast
I'm going to watch it again, and I'm going to get this Stark gauntlet poster if it's the last thing I do.
Movies, Meryl Streep, Ryan Murphy, The Prom

We’re All Kinds of Obsessed With the Cast for Ryan Murphy’s Adaptation of The Prom Musical

Meryl Streep in Big Little Lies
Streep. Kidman. Rannells. Is there anything more exciting than an excellent cast to uplift a truly important narrative? Ryan Murphy's The Prom casting is unreal.
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