The Wednesday Edition - Jul 25, 2018
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TV, Anna Diop, DC Universe, Titans

It’s Disgusting That Racist Comic Book Fans Ruined Social Media for Yet Another Black Actress

Since the initial images of actress Anna Diop as Starfire in the upcoming Titans television series, there has been "fan" backlash against her as a black actress playing the role, because Starfire is an orange woman and therefore can only be white, don't ya know? Now, that has led to Anna Diop disabling her Instagram due to racist attacks.
Movies, Kathleen Kennedy, Lucasfilm, Star Wars (franchise)

No, Lucasfilm’s Kathleen Kennedy Does Not Need to Retire

Lucasfilm President Kathleen Kennedy
Never mind that she's one of the most powerful women in Hollywood, or that she's helped produce countless beloved films. Never mind that she was hand selected by the Maker himself, George Lucas. No, she is clearly the root of all evil and must step down to let the nearest available white man take the job, since they will lead Star Wars back to the good ol' days where everyone except for the token woman is a white, cishet, straight man. #MakeStarWarsGreatAgain
Books, Jane Austen, PBS

Jane Austen’s Unfinished Novel, Sanditon, Is Being Adapted for PBS

Jane Austen portrait
At the time of her death, Austen had completed 11 chapters of Sanditon, her final novel that she began writing in 1817. The unfinished work will now be adapted for the small screen.
Big on the Internet, homophobia, protest signs

You Can Mock Trump’s Relationship With Putin Without Resorting to Homophobia

trump putin protest, homophobia, signs
These signs have appeared at protests all over the world: images of Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin in sexual or romantic poses, the implication being that these two are so close, they're practically in love. Or that Trump is so submissive to Putin politically, one can find humor in imagining him submissive sexually. It's not funny. It's not edgy. It's straight-up homophobic.
Big on the Internet, insatiable, Netflix

Things We Saw Today: Petition to Cancel Insatiable for Fat-Shaming Reaches 100,000+ Signatures

debby ryan
A petition to get rid of Netflix's Insatiable has reached 100,000 signatures.
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TV, Alex Kingston, Doctor Who, Steven Moffat

River Song: The Greatest Mary Sue of All Time

The Husbands of River Song
Not since Galahad has a character been inserted into mythology to be the bestest ever so on the nose.
News, donald trump, Ivanka Trump, White House

Sure, We Totally Believe Ivanka Trump’s Excuse for Shutting Down Her Clothing Company

Ivanka Trump Is Shutting Down Her Namesake Company
Ivanka Trump has decided that she won't return to her eponymous fashion company and has instead decided to shut it down altogether.
Movies, Cinema, movies, white man eclipse

The “Eclipsing” of White Men in Cinema Is Stupid and Means Nothing

I, Tonya
Writing for Deadline Hollywood, in a piece titled "Make Way, Or Rather Don’t, For The Recessive Movie Male Of 2018," Michael Cieply decided to invent the inane idea that the 2017 nominations at the Producers Guild were "cinematic eclipses" of white men.
Big on the Internet, Boots Riley, Lakeith Stanfield, Sorry to Bother You, Tessa Thompson

Where Are All the Dark-Skinned Female Artists in Black Cinema?

Tessa Thompson in Sorry to Bother You (2018)
The idea of the free-spirited, bohemian black woman has become synonymous with lighter-skinned or mixed-race black women, which is not only limiting to all black women, but puts dark-skinned black women in a box they can't get out of alone.
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