| Big on the Internet, archive of our own, fanfiction, Hugo Awards By Kaila Hale-Stern on Tue,1:30 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. Read More > Gaming, gamers, gatekeeping, reddit By Vivian Kane on Tue,1:11 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." Read More > Movies, Avengers: Endgame By Rachel Leishman on Tue,12:32 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. Read More > Movies, Anthony Russo, Avengers: Endgame By Kate Gardner on Tue,12:14 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. Read More > Big on the Internet, Amazon, blimps, drones By Chelsea Steiner on Tue,12:04 This weekend, a video captured the imagination of the world with a dystopian harbinger of things to come. Read More > Movies By Valerie Complex on Tue,9:57 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. Read More > TV, Jordan Peele, The Twilight Zone By Kate Gardner on Mon,5:55 I wouldn't expect less from Jordan Peele Read More > Movies, Stan Lee By Rachel Leishman on Mon,5:51 The idea of a Marvel movie without Stan Lee hurts more than I expected it to. Read More > Books, live oak with moss, poetry, Walt Whitman By Kaila Hale-Stern on Mon,5:42 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. Read More > News, anti-choice, Mike Pence, Mulan By Vivian Kane on Mon,5:18 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. Read More > Movies, Milton, Office Space By Rachel Leishman on Mon,4:32 If you don't know the movie Office Space, meet Milton. Read More > Big on the Internet, April Fools' Day, tinder By Kate Gardner on Mon,4:15 When Tinder jokes, the men who use it do not laugh and are too upset to actually realize that they're being gently mocked. Read More > Big on the Internet, College Admissions, Sandra Oh, snl By Kaila Hale-Stern on Mon,4:08 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. Read More > |
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