The Thursday Edition - Mar 28, 2019
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Big on the Internet, 2020 Presidential election, Joe Biden, Stacey Abrams

Stacey Abrams’ Response to Those Biden VP Rumors: “You Don’t Run for Second Place”

Stacey Abrams on The View.
Last week, it was reported that Biden was considering adding some relevancy to his potential presidential campaign by tossing out Stacey Abrams' name as someone he would consider for his VP. She has some thoughts on that.
Movies, Avengers: Endgame

Chris Evans Was All of Us Watching Avengers: Endgame

Steve Rogers in Avengers: Endgame.
Yesterday, The Hollywood Reporter dropped a profile on Marvel's/Twitter's Captain America, Chris Evans. They covered a range of topics, but with Avengers: Endgame—and Evans' exit from the Marvel Cinematic Universe—looming just on the horizon, it was a big topic of conversation. Unlike the rest of us, though, Evans has actually seen the movie, and his reaction is a bit foreboding.
Big on the Internet, Chris Evans

Chris Evans Wants to Be in a Musical, and Make It Happen! It’s Been 24 Hours!

Chris Evans at a Q&A
What everyone's casting suggestions proved is that we're all down for a musical starring Chris Evans.
Movies, Jordan Peele

Deprioritizing White Actors and Whiteness in Casting Is a Part of Parity

TOPSHOT - Director Jordan Peele poses in the press room with the Oscar for best original screenplay during the 90th Annual Academy Awards on March 4, 2018, in Hollywood, California. / AFP PHOTO / FREDERIC J. BROWN (Photo credit should read FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP/Getty Images)
Jordan Peele doesn't want to cast white leads in his films because he's "seen that movie."
Big on the Internet, Avengers: Endgame, Loki, things we saw today

Things We Saw Today: Loki Is Now Officially a Good Guy (And Dead)

Loki's Avengers: Endgame poster
Listen, I don't make the rules. Marvel Studios makes the rules, and their decisions to include Loki among "the fallen" signals a change in how the character is classified.
News, Facebook, social media, white nationalism

F*cking Finally: Facebook and Instagram Are Banning White Nationalism

Now that Facebook has laid down the gauntlet, let's hope that other platforms like YouTube and Twitter rise to the standard and start banning hate speech on their platforms.
Big on the Internet, objectification, sexism, teenagers

High School Girls Fought Back Against Boys Rating Their Looks & the Administrators Who Let Them

Bethesday-Chevy Chase high school, where girls don't accept that 'boys will be boys' is good enough.
This sort of act is so unremarkable that it's considered by most to fall into the category of "boys will be boys," and met with a "what can you do?" The girls of Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School aren't settling for that response, though.
Movies, Avengers: Endgame

The Internet Is Alive With Avengers: Endgame Poster Memes

avengers endgame avenge the fallen posters
Yesterday, Marvel broke our hearts with more of its black and white tributes to the fallen heroes of Avengers: Infinity War, alongside color posters for those who made it out of The Snapture unscathed (except for the emotional scars, that is). That brought with it both sighs of relief and upsetting revelations, but the internet has stepped in to make sure we keep things in perspective.
Movies, Chris Evans

New Chris Evans Profile Highlights Why We Love Him So Much

Chris Evans at the 2019 Oscars
Talking about his last days on the set of Avengers: Endgame, it's clear that Evans wasn't ready for the emotions he felt while saying goodbye to Steve Rogers.
Movies, Keanu Reeves, Sandra Bullock, The Matrix

I Just Learned That Sandra Bullock Was Almost Cast as Neo in The Matrix and My Life Will Never Be the Same

Sandra Bullock attends the "Ocean's 8" World Premiere.
Sandra Bullock almost played Neo in 'The Matrix' instead of Keanu Reeves and my brain broke.
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