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Big on the Internet, August, Netflix

Here’s What’s Coming to Netflix in August

LUCIFER - tom ellis as a sexy devil
What are you looking forward to watching in August?
News, Sarah Cooper, Tik Tok, Trump

Trump Claims He Will Ban TikTok via Executive Action

tiktok
TikTok remains massively popular in America (and the rest of the world), with a record-breaking 315 million downloads in the first quarter of 2020.
Big on the Internet, captains, questions, Starship Captains

Who Are the Best Captains in Pop Culture?

Best Captains in pop culture
With so many captains across genres to enjoy, can we even pick just one?
News, childcare, COVID-19, House of Representatives

The House Passes Two Pandemic Childcare Bills Which the Senate Will Likely Ignore

boys
Child care should not be a partisan issue, but in Trump's America everything is, including the pandemic.
News, Anthony Mackie, mcu, The Falcon and the Winter Soldier

Things We Saw Today: Anthony Mackie Clarifies Comments About Marvel’s Diversity: “It’s Just in My DNA to Have That Conversation”

Sam Wilson (Anthony Mackie) gets ready for battle in Captain America: The Winter Soldier
"You can’t cast a Black dude as one of your main superheroes and not expect him to have that conversation,” Mackie said.
Big on the Internet, Antibodies (Do You Have The), Nicholas Braun, Song of the Summer

Cousin Greg’s COVID Antibody Song Is the New Summer Hit

Nicholas Braun as Cousin Greg in Succession
Nicholas Braun has had a big week.
Books, Book Review, feminism, reproductive rights

Review: A Woman’s Place: Inside the Fight for a Feminist Future Is a Necessary Addition to Your Feminist Reading List

cover of the book A Woman's Place by Kylie Cheung
The Mary Sue contributor Kylie Cheung has a new book on the fight for feminism.
Big on the Internet, dogs, politics, twitter moment

Joni Ernst Came for Her Opponent’s Pet and Now the Iowa Senate Race Has Gone to the Dogs

theresa greenfield and her dog ringo
Senator Joni Ernst attacked her Democratic Challenger Therese Greenfield for taking pictures with her dog. Woof.
Comics, marvel, Miles Morales, Spider-Man

Why Would Marvel Even Consider Stripping the Spider-Man Title From Miles Morales?

Miles Morales
Spy D? I mean, Peter Parker was a newspaper photographer as well as Spider-Man, and there wasn't a conversation about stripping him of the title and making him ... "Photo D" or whatever.
Movies, 20th Century Fox, Bryan Singer, X-Men

The X-Men Films Offer a Villainous Origin Story for Bryan Singer

bryan singer smirking that smirk.
"His behavior was poor on the movie. We accommodated him on the first movie, and therefore we can accommodate him on the second movie. And on and on. And it created a monster."
Big on the Internet, feminism, patriarchy, toxic masculinity

We Can’t Ignore the Role of Patriarchy in Our Cultural Addiction to Success

Don Draper (Jon Hamm) faces personal and professional upheaval in the final season of Mad Men.</em
When we talk about our culture's addiction to the idea of success, we can't ignore how that enforces patriarchy and toxic masculinity.
News, gun violence, Megan Thee Stallion

The Memes Surrounding Megan Thee Stallion’s Shooting Are a Reminder That Black Women Do Not Get to Be Fragile

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - FEBRUARY 11: Megan Thee Stallion attends the Coach 1941 fashion show during February 2020 - New York Fashion Week on February 11, 2020 in New York City. (Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for NYFW: The Shows)
No one should have to be told that making jokes about this is not okay, yet we still have to because instead of seeing a victim of a shooting, many see another opportunity to mock Black women for existing in public.
TV, The Umbrella Academy

Review: Umbrella Academy Season 2 Is Even Better Than the First

The Umbrella Academy season 2
The Hargreeves are back, and this time, they have to stop the apocalypse. Oh wait, they already failed doing that once?
Big on the Internet, Cary Elwes, The Princess Bride, Westley

Westley Even Wants You to Wear a Damn Mask

Westley and Princess Buttercup in the Princess Bride
So, thank you, my Westley, for giving me this brief moment of happiness. Listen to the Dread Pirate Roberts. Wear a mask. There’s a shortage of perfect lungs in this world. It would be a pity to damage yours.
Movies, Annette Bening, Julianne Moore, Lisa Cholodenko, The Kids Are Alright

The Cast of The Kids Are Alright Discusses the Film’s Controversy 10 Years Later

Julianne Moore and Annette Bening in The Kids Are All Right (2010)
The Kids Are Alright is an interesting film because our language about sexuality has evolved so much that people today are more likely to get Jules' fluidity and call it that. We are also in a place where we understand that not every LGBTQ film needs to be a perfect piece of representation. But in 2010, the choices in this film sometimes feel like it just included something heteronormative to ground it for a mainstream audience.
AMP Featured, Big on the Internet, Claudia Conway, George Conway, Kellyanne Conway

Claudia Conway Returns to Social Media to Roast Her Parents and Trump

the conways
Is there a more universal experience than being embarrassed by your parents?
AMP Featured, Big on the Internet, donald trump, Joe Biden, Twitter

Biden Tweet Makes the Simplest and Best Case for His Presidency

Joe Biden laughs and claps on the debate stage.
Yesterday afternoon, with eleven words, Joe Biden made the best case for why America should vote for him.
Comics, contributors, Marvel Comics, Storm (X-Men)

Why X-Men’s Storm Is the Rightful Ruler of Wakanda

Storm shooting lightning in Marvel comics.
Although she’s technically not the queen anymore in the comics, the Earth-shattering weather goddess should be sitting on that throne.
AMP Featured, News, 2020 Presidential election, Conspiracy Theories, donald trump, Joe Biden

Remember How Rightwing Media Attacked Biden for Predicting Donald Trump Would Try to Postpone the Election?

Donald Trump gestures towards himself, speaking to reporters.
"Conspiracy theories!" they said. "But the norms!" they said.
News, Barack Obama, John Lewis, vote

Things We Saw Today: The Nation Remembers John Lewis

Former US President Barack Obama speaks during the funeral of late Representative and Civil Rights leader John Lewis(D-GA) at the State Capitol in Atlanta, Georgia on July 30, 2020. - Lewis, a 17-term Democratic member of the US House of Representatives from the southern state of Georgia, died of pancreatic cancer on July 17 at the age of 80. (Photo by Alyssa Pointer / POOL / AFP) (Photo by ALYSSA POINTER/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)
Mourners from across the nation gathered in Atlanta today lay the late congressman and civil rights icon John Lewis to rest.
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