The Thursday Edition - Dec 31, 2020
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News, 2020, feminism, Kamala Harris

11 Bright Spots of Feminism From 2020

Pro-choice demonstrators hug celebrating after the right to an abortion is legalized on December 29, 2020 in Buenos Aires, Argentina

Even with everything that went wrong, there were some really great moments buried in the mess that was this whole year.

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Big on the Internet, 2020, cosplay, cosplayers

People Actually Had the Motivation to Cosplay in 2020 and That’s One of the Best Things About This Cursed Year

Cosplay banner of NoireCi, Black Bettie Cosplay, Charanne Loves, and DeLa Doll

Cosplayers have been reminding me about the fun aspect of cosplay and how it was absolutely ok to be having fun, something I'd told myself to not indulge in because I was too busy panicking about, checks notes, a pandemic, racial injustice, and how to stay financially afloat when your main work gig no longer exists. Cosplayers have unintentionally become a part of my self-care routine of 2020.

The post People Actually Had the Motivation to Cosplay in 2020 and That's One of the Best Things About This Cursed Year first appeared on The Mary Sue.

Movies, Birds of Prey (film), Supergirl (film), Wonder Woman 1984

To All the Female-Led Comic Book Movies I Haven’t Loved Before

Helen Slater as Supergirl in 1984 movie

Wonder Woman 1984 may not have been great to me and many of my colleagues, but you know what? The biggest issue is that it is part of a genre that has lately leaned heavily on spectacle, the talent of the cast, and the cult of personality that has arisen around it. Without it, there is only a lot of noise. So maybe that should be examined for the future of all comic book movies, female-led and otherwise.

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Movies, Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, Twilight

Stephanie Meyer’s Original Casting Choices Would Have Made a Very Different Twilight Saga

Robert Pattinson and Henry Cavill

Thank you to Robert Pattinson for hating your character. Thank you to Kristen Stewart for thinking this was nonsense. Thank you for making Twilight the film series that it is because honestly, it still brings me so much absurd joy.

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Books, books, fiction, publishing

An Ode to Publishing, After a Year Like 2020

Belle singing on a ladder on a book shelf in Disney's Beauty and the Beast.

2020 has been … a lot. That goes without saying. But as far as publishing goes, it’s been an even rougher year that’s seen several closed imprints, publishing house mergers that could spell disaster for authors and readers alike, and the end of BookExpo and BookCon.

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News, josh hawley, missouri, Republicans

Missouri Senator Josh Hawley Is & Always Has Been the Absolute Worst

Josh Hawley speaks during a Senate hearing.

An explainer for the rest of the country on why Josh Hawley is so terrible.

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Movies, Babu Frik, Star Wars (franchise), Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

Things We Saw Today: Babu Frik Was Supposed to Die in Rise of Skywalker!? I Would Have Rioted.

Babu in Star Wars

Luckily, Spielberg asked J.J. Abrams the right questions. Otherwise, who knows what I would do if I had to watch him die?

The post Things We Saw Today: Babu Frik Was Supposed to Die in Rise of Skywalker!? I Would Have Rioted. first appeared on The Mary Sue.

TV, Frog lady, The Mandalorian

Thank You, 2020, for Frog Lady and Nothing Else

frog lady in the mandalorian

Nothing brought me joy this year like Frog Lady did.

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