Movies, Sony, Spider-Man, Tom Hardy, Venom By Princess Weekes on Tue,12:44 With the power of Tom Hardy's hotness, Venom is an official box office success, but what will that mean for Spider-Man's future between Sony and Marvel/Disney? Movies, Fantastic Beasts 2: The Crimes of Grindelwald, J.K. Rowling, LGBTQ Representation By Kate Gardner on Tue,12:42 Warner Bros. has released a featurette about young, hot Dumbledore (played by Jude Law, which I guess was how the monkey's paw curled to get us a veritable troll doll to play Grindelwald). Once more, we are now here to talk sexuality, because it's painfully clear that even if there is a kiss onscreen or Dumbledore says the words "I'm gay," this is going to be a hot mess on the representation front. AMP Featured, Big on the Internet, News, 2018 midterm elections, elections By Dan Van Winkle on Tue,11:43 Every election is different, but the exhaustive, day-long news coverage is likely to feel very familiar and particularly useless, since no one will actually know anything until much later on tonight. So why not make a game out of it? AMP Featured, Big on the Internet, Axl Rose, donald trump, rihanna By Rachel Leishman on Tue,11:32 In a typical mood for 2018, musicians have now begun to tell the president that he isn't allowed to use their songs at his rallies anymore. To be fair, the president is using wildly inappropriate songs at his rallies anyway—not inappropriate in nature themselves, but more so that every song doesn't really even seem to fit in with his ideals. News, contributors, politics, women in politics By Kylie Cheung on Tue,10:00 Today, women will again comprise the majority of American voters in the midterm elections. Single women, as of 2016, have been recognized as the most powerful electoral demographic in the country. So, here’s a question: Why are issues that disproportionately affect us still dismissively referred to as “women’s issues”? Big on the Internet, Movies, Bohemian Rhapsody, Bryan Singer By Kate Gardner on Tue,8:30 Remember when we actually thought that accusations of abuse and sexual assault would lead to meaningful change in Hollywood? Yeah, I vaguely remember that too. Big on the Internet, Janet Jackson, Leslie Moonves By Princess Weekes on Mon,6:05 Since it was revealed that Janet Jackson's career was purposefully hindered by the influence of the now-disgraced Leslie Moonves, one of music's greatest living female icons has been getting the awards she so rightfully deserves. News, comicsgate, racism, shootings By Vivian Kane on Mon,6:05 Late last month, two black people, 69-year-old Maurice Stallard and 67-year-old Vickie Lee Jones, were shot and killed in a Kroger grocery store in Louisville, Kentucky. The shooter is believed to a white man named Gregory Bush, who allegedly told an armed white bystander that "whites don't kill whites." AMP Featured, Big on the Internet, internet memes, memes By Rachel Leishman on Mon,6:01 The memes today, as we gear up for the midterms, are fire, and we can smile-sob our way to the voting booth with them in hand. Big on the Internet, Emma Approved, Pemberley Digital By Kate Gardner on Mon,5:01 Will Emma Woodhouse be the one to save us all from Thanos? Hopefully. TV, Doctor Who, The BBC By Rachel Leishman on Mon,4:33 It wouldn't be Doctor Who if there weren't an underlying message to the episode. Every good episode of the series seems silly on the surface, but still has an everlasting impact on us. Look at episodes like "The Girl in the Fireplace," where masked aliens torment a party and, in the end, it has us feeling for Madame de Pompadour and her station in life. TV, Charmed Reboot, latinx representation By Princess Weekes on Mon,4:03 After four episodes Charmed finally leans into the Latinx magic that it has been promising during its publicity tour. News, Voting By Vivian Kane on Mon,2:40 We've been hyping the importance of voting and registering to vote for what feels like forever, and now that the big day is just around the corner (Tuesday, November 6th!), there are a lot of first-time (or even long-time) voters out there who might want some advice regarding how to make the most out of their time at the polls, or even basic knowledge for what comes next. We've got you covered. News, Black women, Queen Latifah, Rebel Wilson, romcoms By Vivian Kane on Mon,2:21 Last week, Rebel Wilson saw a heap of backlash when she erroneously said her role in the upcoming Isn't It Romantic, which she's also co-producing, makes her "the first-ever plus-sized girl to be the star of a romantic comedy." Over the weekend, Wilson responded to criticism over her statement in the exact wrong way: By blocking a whole bunch of Black people and other POC on Twitter. AMP Featured, TV, Jessica Parker Kennedy, The CW, The Flash By Princess Weekes on Mon,2:11 The CW, despite still having its problems, has been at the forefront of LGBTQ characters on network television for the past few years. According to reporting from GLAAD, they are currently ranked number one in terms of onscreen representation for a broadcast network, which, from the channel that brought us some of the most heteronormative romances of the '90s and 2000s, is a huge step in right direction, and they've just added another to their ranks on The Flash. TV, Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, LGBTQ Representation, non-binary By Kaila Hale-Stern on Mon,1:32 The way 'Chilling Adventures of Sabrina' talks about queerness feels shockingly old-fashioned, and it doesn't seem to know what to do with Susie, the show's non-binary character. |
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