The Thursday Edition - Mar 14, 2019
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"A fantasy world as well-realized as anything Tolkien made." -Neil Gaiman
As Tracker follows the scent of a boy missing for 3 years—from one ancient city to another; into dense forests and across deep rivers—he and his band are set upon by creatures intent on destroying them. As he struggles to survive, Tracker starts to wonder: Who, really, is this boy? Why has he been missing for so long? Why do so many people want to keep Tracker from finding him? And perhaps the most important questions of all: Who is telling the truth, and who is lying?
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TV, Ali Wong, Lisa Hanawalt, Tiffany Haddish, Tuca and Bertie

Netflix’s Tuca & Bertie Promises Broad City With Birds and We Can’t Wait

Tiffany Haddish and Ali Wong voice Tuca and Birdie in the new netflix series.
Tuca & Bertie is a "comedy about the friendship between two 30-year-old bird women who live in the same apartment building: Tuca, a cocky, care-free toucan and Bertie, an anxious, daydreaming songbird."
News, 2020 Presidential election, Beto O'Rourke

Beto O’Rourke Is Running in 2020 but Not Everyone Has That Same 2018 Excitement

Beto O'Rourke speaks to a crowd
Beto O'Rourke had a lot to offer Democratic voters in Texas. What he has to offer in this race has yet to be seen.
TV, One Day at a Time

Netflix Makes a Terrible Choice to Not Renew One Day at a Time

rita moreno, gloria estefan, stephanie beatriz, melissa fumero, and justine machado in One Day at a Time.
After spending 100 million dollars to keep Friends on the streaming service, Netflix has opted to not renew One Day At a Time.
Movies, #MeToo Movement, Bryan Singer, Red Sonja

It’s About Time: Bryan Singer Reportedly Fired From Red Sonja Movie

bryan singer smirking that smirk.
Singer was set to receive a $10 million paycheck for the job.
News, Fox News, misogyny, racism, Tucker Carlson

Tucker Carlson Continues to Have a Terrible, No Good, Very Bad Week

Protesters rally against Fox News outside the Fox News headquarters
Media Matters continues to release more clips of Carlson's past vile remarks as advertisers begin to drop the show.
Movies, Avengers: Endgame, Okoye

What Is Okoye’s Mysterious Role in Avengers: Endgame?

Okoye in Black Panther.
So now that we know she's playing an integral enough role to be on the poster for the film, the question remains: What will her role be
Comics, superheroines, Tank Girl, Titan Comics

Superheroine of the Week: Tank Girl, the Rudest, Crudest Aussie to Ever Drive a Tank

jamie hewlett and adam martin created tank girl aka rebecca buck.
All I know is that when I walked into the theater to see 1995's Tank Girl with my mother, my 11-year old brain was never the same.
News, contributors, nolite te bastardes carborundorum

The Modern Kassandras & Why We’re Doomed to Repeat History

Journalist Sarah Kendzior on MSNBC News.
Anyone who questions their sources and looks beyond the mainstream right-leaning media will have come across some very smart women who have been speaking truth to power since forever. Throughout history, there have been women helping men from the shadows, pretending to be men to get ahead, or simply doing whatever that century’s version of screaming into the void was.
Movies, Avengers: Endgame

A New Trailer for Avengers: Endgame Had Me Crying First Thing in the Morning

Steve Rogers in Endgame
Tony Stark isn't trapped in space anymore, but everyone is still super sad, so that was a fun thing to wake up to first thing in the morning. Marvel decided to drop a surprise trailer for Avengers: Endgame, and it focuses on everyone coping with the aftermath of Infinity War, and that's fun!
Big on the Internet, things we saw today, thornback, Twitter

Things We Saw Today: Any Single Woman over 26 Is Now a Thornback. It Is Law.

Spinsters are now thornbacks
Remember back to the good ol' days when women had to be married by the time they were, oh, say, 23, or they were referred to as rude names?
Comics, Bucky Barnes, Kyle Higgins, Rod Reis, winter soldier

The Fourth Issue of Winter Soldier Brings Trouble to Bucky Barnes

Bucky Barnes in Winter Soldier issue #4
I have actively been reviewing the Kyle Higgins comic Winter Soldier because, with each new issue, I find myself falling even more in love with this version of Bucky Barnes.
Big on the Internet, Anti-Vaccination, Jack Dorsey, Twitter

In a Highly Unpopular Move, Twitter Plans to Hide Retweet and Like Metrics, Killing Ratios

angry emoji sums up our feelings on social media.
Twitter is taking steps towards better conversation with a series of updates that no one asked for.
Movies, Wonder Woman (2009)

Ten Years Later, the 2009 Wonder Woman Movie Doesn’t Hold Up

Diana gets ready for battle in 2009's Wonder Woman.
I feel almost bad saying that I dislike it.
TV, A24, Hulu, Ramy, Ramy Youssef

The Ramy Trailer Looks Thoughtful, Timely, and Excellent

Creator, writer, and star Ramy Youssef tries to balance his faith and modern life in Ramy, from Hulu and A24.
I'm definitely settling in for a weekend binge if it's as good as the trailer looks!
TV, Batwoman, Ruby Rose, The CW

Here’s Everything We Know About the Batwoman Pilot

Arrow -- "Elseworlds, Part 2" -- Image Number: AR709d_0403r -- Pictured: Ruby Rose as Kate Kane/Batwoman -- Photo: Jack Rowand/The CW -- © 2018 The CW Network, LLC. All Rights Reserved.
The series stars Ruby Rose as Kate Kane/Batwoman, who steps in to save Gotham City after Batman leaves town.
News, college, David Mamet, eat the rich, Scams

David Mamet Offers a Terrible Defense of His Famous Friends in This College Cheating Scandal

David Mamet talks at no one.
Following yesterday's revelation that dozens of wealthy parents bribed their children's ways into elite universities, David Mamet is here to give an opinion no one asked for. That opinion seems to boil down to two things: 1. William H. Macy is a cool guy, and 2. Colleges are already corrupt so why should anyone care about this specific corruption?
Space, Mars, NASA

Sorry, Matt Damon! NASA Says the First Person on Mars Is Likely to Be a Woman.

Astronauts complete a NASA spacewalk.
Are women taking over NASA? I hope so!
TV, DC Super Hero Girls

Review: DC Super Hero Girls Is the Perfect Way to Introduce These Heroes to Young Girls

The DC Super Hero Girls in action.
As a fan of superheroes and girls kicking butt together, I absolutely had to check out DC Super Hero Girls.
Movies, Avengers: Infinity War, Thanos

We Have Them: All the Reasons Why Thanos Could Have Snapped

Josh Brolin as Thanos in Avengers: Infinity War
There are plenty of theories out there about what's going to happen in Avengers: Endgame. From time travel to taking over the Infinity Gauntlet and more, the internet has been buzzing with what could possibly happen in the movie, so much so that it has inspired me to take on possible reasons why Thanos could have snapped (other than what actually happened in Avengers: Infinity War, obviously).
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