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Movies, DC Fandome, James Gunn, The Suicide Squad

Meet The New Members of The Suicide Squad

the suicide squad
Phew! That's so many characters, and we still don't even know who Taika Waititi is playing!
Movies, Diana Prince, Steve Trevor, Wonder Woman 1984

Yes I Want To Talk About Wondertrev in the New Wonder Woman 1984 Trailer

New Wonder Woman 1984 still from the Junior Novelization
While Diana Prince and Steve Trevor are always destined for each other, they're also always destined for heartbreak and I don't really think Wonder Woman 1984 is going to be any different.
Movies, DC Fandome, Wonder Woman, Wonder Woman 1984

The New Wonder Woman 1984 Trailer Is Here!!!

Gal Gadot in Wonder Woman 1984 (2020)
DC FanDome kicked off with a look at Wonder Woman 1984 and my excitement for the movie grew tenfold!
News, Arizona, Martha McSally, Republicans

Arizona Senator Martha McSally Wants You To Skip Meals To Fund Her Campaign

martha mcsally
It's especially galling that McSally is asking this of supporters when she's repeatedly voted for tax cuts for corporations and the wealthy.
Big on the Internet, Lucifer, stargirl, things we saw today

Things We Saw Today: Lucifer Drops a Soundtrack Album To Accompany Season Five

Lucifer album art
Enjoy Tom Ellis's sinful musical stylings along with the show's music.
News, 2020 Presidential election, donald trump, vote by mail

Donald Trump Is Now Threatening to Send Law Enforcement to Polling Places on Election Day

Donald Trump speaks at a press briefing in the White House.
Donald Trump and Sean Hannity have no idea how elections work.
News, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Beauty, feminism, makeup

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Knows That Beauty Is Political

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) smiles during a press conference
Being a woman in the public eye with a very demanding job means walking a fine line between confidence and objectification.
Big on the Internet, Republicans, Satan, satanism

Damn It, Guys. The Republicans Figured Out That We Hail Satan.

Satan in Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey.
Sorry to tell you guys this but we've been caught: The Republicans know that we're here for Satan.
News, Golden State Killer, true crime

Golden State Killer and Ex-Cop Joseph James DeAngelo, 74, Sentenced to Life Without Parole

golden state killer, joseph james deangelo, bonnie, incel
Joseph James DeAngelo, 74, has been known by many names over the decades: the East Area Rapist, the Original Night Stalker, the Visalia Ransacker, and the Golden State Killer. Now, he can officially be called a convinced rapist and murderer who will spend the rest of his life in prison for the crimes against 87 victims across California.
AMP Featured, TV, Coronavirus, COVD-19, Mike Schur

Good Place Creator Says Americans Are Failing the COVID-19 Test, and He’s Right

Eleanor on the Good Place
Like I've said before, I'd trust Mike Schur with my life, and I trust him to talk about this stuff because the core of all his shows is teaching us how to be better people to one another, and it seems as if no one takes the lessons he's trying to give us.
News, donald trump, Opinion, qanon

Why Trump’s Praise for QAnon Conspiracy Theorists Is Extremely Dangerous

Trump supporter with a giant Q-shaped sign hanging around his neck looks sad and tired.
President Trump denied knowledge of QAnon principles while at the same time buttering up its adherents and making it all about him, of course.
News, 2020 Presidential election, Democratic national convention, Joe Biden, Republicans

There Sure Were a Lot of Republicans at the Democratic National Convention

In this screenshot from the DNCC’s livestream of the 2020 Democratic National Convention, Republican, Former Ohio Governor John Kasich stands in a field.
Republicans got a lot of speaking time at the DNC at the expense of more progressive voices.
AMP Featured, TV, brooklyn 99, escouade 99, remakes

This Quebec Remake of Brooklyn Nine-Nine Is Like Looking Into Another Reality

The cast assembles for Brooklyn Nine Nine season six
Introducing Escouade 99, the remake of Brooklyn Nine-Nine from Quebec.
AMP Featured, Movies, Cuties, Maïmouna Doucouré, sundance

Netflix’s Cuties Marketing Was Actively Harmful to the Film’s Point and Its Creator

image from the netflix movie cuties
They say a picture paints a thousand words and when the poster came out for the Netflix film Cuties it painted a voyeuristic hypersexualized image of young girls that have caused a backlash for misrepresenting the film and reducing a complex story about a Black girl to clickbait.
News, 2020 Presidential election, Democratic national convention, Joe Biden

In a Powerful Speech, Joe Biden Made His Case

Former vice-president and Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden accepts the Democratic Party nomination for US president during the last day of the Democratic National Convention, being held virtually amid the novel coronavirus pandemic, at the Chase Center in Wilmington, Delaware on August 20, 2020. (Photo by Olivier DOULIERY / AFP) (Photo by OLIVIER DOULIERY/AFP via Getty Images)
I hope that Biden can keep up the fire and power he brought to his speech last night. Because with that, this is a battle we can win.
AMP Featured, Big on the Internet, memes, Twitter, Twitter memes

The Sexual Tension Between This New Meme and This Article

Age of Ultron Natasha and Hulk with "sexual tension" meme.
Sometimes, the sexual tension between something or someone and something else is undeniable. You see it, and you must call it out, and so now, Twitter has turned that into a meme, obviously. Sometimes I wonder how memes begin, and then I watch one unfold before my eyes and it just kind of makes sense.
TV, contributor, DeadEndia, LGBTQ Representation

Interview: DeadEndia Creator Hamish Steele on Bringing More LGBTQ+ Animation to Netflix

DeadEndia Watcher's Test comic cover.
In the wake of the series announcement, The Mary Sue spoke with series creator and showrunner Hamish Steele about the creation of the series and what fans could expect from it.
Big on the Internet, Halloween, Stranger Things, things we saw today

Things We Saw Today: This Stranger Things Drive-Through Haunted House Is Kind of Socially-Distant Halloween Content We Need

Stranger Things' Nancy shoots out of a car window
There's an ingenious workaround for creating haunted houses this year but keeping them socially distant.
Movies, Batman (character), Ben Affleck, Bruce Wayne

More Gray-Templed Batman With Ben Affleck Is on the Way, and I Love It

Ben Affleck as Bruce Wayne
It's official: Batfleck is back in action!
Movies, Diana Prince, Themyscira, Wonder Woman 1984

Wonder Woman 1984 Will Return to Themyscira to Give the Amazons a Showcase That the Original Was Missing

Diana Prince on Themyscira
There is an aspect of Diana Prince's story that wasn't really addressed in the first Wonder Woman film. On Themyscira, the "Amazon Olympics" are an important part of Diana's lore, and the first film, unfortunately, didn't find time for how Diana got the Lasso of Truth, but with Wonder Woman 1984, we're heading back to Paradise Island and getting to see the Olympics brought to life.
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