The Tuesday Edition - Apr 2, 2019
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Joan of Arc gets the Hamilton treatment in this evocative novel from bestselling author David Elliott, all while examining gender, misogyny, and the perils of speaking truth to power. Start reading now!
Big on the Internet, archive of our own, fanfiction, Hugo Awards

Fanfiction Mothership Archive of Our Own Is Nominated for a Hugo Award

Archive of Our Own Hugo nomination
Congratulations are due all around to the excellent roll call of 2019's Hugo finalists, marked by dazzling talent and tales. A nomination I was absolutely thrilled to see was a Best Related Work thumbs-up for Archive of Our Own ("AO3"), the repository of all of our fanfiction blood, sweat, tears, and coffeeshop AUS.
Gaming, gamers, gatekeeping, reddit

Reddit’s r/Games Shut Down for April Fool’s Day Because Toxic Hate Speech Is Not a Joke

Reddit games subreddit logo.
Yesterday, the popular subreddit r/Games was temporarily shut down. This may have happened on April Fool's Day but it wasn't exactly for April Fool's Day–meaning it was no joke. As the moderators wrote in a post that appeared as the only page's only available content, "This April Fool’s, we decided to take things a little more seriously and shed some light on a growing, pervasive issue that has affected the community of r/Games and gaming communities as a whole."
Movies, Avengers: Endgame

Avengers: Endgame Ticket Sale Trailer Brings Back My Stony and So Much More!

Tony Stark and Steve Rogers in Avengers: Endgame
Tony Stark and Steve Rogers are back to being friends? They shake hands? I cried? If you managed to wake up in time and get tickets to Avengers: Endgame before the internet decided to break, you might be able to see Tony Stark and Steve Rogers reunite with one another to take on Thanos and bring back their friends.
Movies, Anthony Russo, Avengers: Endgame

Disney and the Russo Brothers Worked Hard to Make Those Avengers: Endgame Trailers Not Spoilery

avengers endgame movie poster with avengers team
Tickets were released today alongside a new teaser, and as we obsess over every frame and moment, some, like co-director Anthony Russo, are reflecting on the challenges of marketing such a secretive film.
Big on the Internet, Amazon, blimps, drones

This Fake Drone-Spitting Amazon Blimp Is Here to Haunt Your Nightmares

the amazon blimp is coming for us all.
This weekend, a video captured the imagination of the world with a dystopian harbinger of things to come.
Movies

SXSW Movie Review: Pahokee Will Have You Rooting for Its Hard-Working High Schoolers

Pahokee high students standing in graduation gowns in the auditorium.
What makes this experience so rare is that the audience learns about this small-town community that many have never heard of before. What's important is that you will leave the theater rooting for these students who desire to graduate and excel at life.
TV, Jordan Peele, The Twilight Zone

Review: The Twilight Zone Is Addictively Haunting

Jordan Peele Twilight Zone reboot
I wouldn't expect less from Jordan Peele
Movies, Stan Lee

Things We Saw Today: Stan Lee’s Cameos Are Done with Endgame?

stan lee
The idea of a Marvel movie without Stan Lee hurts more than I expected it to.
Books, live oak with moss, poetry, Walt Whitman

Exclusive: Walt Whitman’s Unpublished Same-Sex Love Poems Arrive in Stunning New Book Live Oak, with Moss

Walt Whitman photo
Exclusive to The Mary Sue, and just in time for national poetry month, we have one of Walt Whitman's 'Live Oak, with Moss' poems and never-before-seen art from illustrator Brian Selznick.
News, anti-choice, Mike Pence, Mulan

No One Wants Mike Pence’s Movie Recommendations

Mike Pence looks sad and lonely.
If there's one thing Pence is known for–or should be–besides dedicating his entire career to stripping women and LGBTQ+ people of their rights, it's that time he wrote a review of the movie Mulan.
Movies, Milton, Office Space

Please Don’t Mock Office Space’s Milton

Stephen Root as Milton in Office Space.
If you don't know the movie Office Space, meet Milton.
Big on the Internet, April Fools' Day, tinder

Naturally Men Took Tinder’s “Height Verification” April Fools Joke Too Seriously

tinder lawsuit sued sexual harassment valuation stock
When Tinder jokes, the men who use it do not laugh and are too upset to actually realize that they're being gently mocked.
Big on the Internet, College Admissions, Sandra Oh, snl

SNL Sketch Mocks the College Admissions Scandal, but We’re Still Trapped in It

SNL College Admissions sketch
In a sketch cut for time, the recent Sandra Oh-hosted Saturday Night Live made fun of the college admissions scandal that rocked America. It also highlights how the privileged’s enhanced access to college is unlikely to change anytime soon.
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