TV, COVID-19, Pandemic, WandaVision By Chelsea Steiner on Sun,1:29 It must be some kind of alchemy or witchcraft, when culture coincides with and reflects our own experience as we are living it. The post WandaVision‘s Meditation on Grief Is a Perfect Metaphor for the Pandemic first appeared on The Mary Sue. Big on the Internet, Melissa McCarthy, things we saw today, Thor: Love and Thunder By Chelsea Steiner on Sat,5:59 News, Amanda Gorman, racial justice, racism By Chelsea Steiner on Sat,5:24 Gorman added, “In a sense, he was right. I AM A THREAT: a threat to injustice, to inequality, to ignorance. Anyone who speaks the truth and walks with hope is an obvious and fatal danger to the powers that be. A threat and proud.” The post Youth Poet Laureate Amanda Gorman Racially Profiled Outside Her Home first appeared on The Mary Sue. TV, mcu, Phase 4, WandaVision By Chelsea Steiner on Sat,4:05 ***SPOILER ALERT: This post discusses the events of episode 9, the WandaVision finale. You've been warned.*** The post WandaVision‘s End Credits Scenes Set the Table for Marvel’s Phase Four first appeared on The Mary Sue. News, democrats, Kyrsten Sinema, minimum wage By Chelsea Steiner on Sat,1:58 Sinema's team have responded to the online outcry by trying to frame criticisms as a sexist attack. It's not. The post Arizona Senator Kyrsten Sinema Gleefully Votes Against a $15 Minimum Wage in Viral Video first appeared on The Mary Sue. Big on the Internet, Ask the Mary Sues, Conspiracy Theories, fan theory By Chelsea Steiner on Sat,12:05 What are your favorite fan theories? Let us know in the comments! The post Ask the Mary Sues: What Are Your All-Time Favorite Fan Theories From Film or TV? first appeared on The Mary Sue. Big on the Internet, animals, COVID vaccine, COVID-19 By Jessica Mason on Fri,5:47 Several bonobos and orangutans at the San Diego Zoo received an experimental COVID vaccine meant for animals. The post Things We Saw Today: Great Apes in San Diego Got COVID Vaccines, Too first appeared on The Mary Sue. News, Coronavirus, Mitch McConnell By Vivian Kane on Fri,4:58 McConnell's claim that people wouldn't be inspired to work if they had access to extremely bare-bones unemployment insurance is not just insulting, it's totally unfounded. The post Mitch McConnell Is “Concerned” People Won’t Go Back to Work If They Get Bare-Bones Unemployment and a $1400 Check first appeared on The Mary Sue. Big on the Internet, health benefit, Pandemic, plants By Jessica Mason on Fri,4:39 House plants have seen an explosion in popularity in recent years that was only accelerated by the pandemic. And experts say that having a plant is good for you! The post Your Best Friends Are Plants Now, and Health Experts Say That’s a Good Thing first appeared on The Mary Sue. Movies, Spider-Man, Spider-Man: No Way Home, Twitter By Rachel Leishman on Fri,4:19 Maybe asking Twitter to give you a bio when everyone is trying to figure out what your movie is going to be about, especially if said movie has a lot rumors circulating online about it. The post Twitter Came for Spider-Man: No Way Home’s Blood first appeared on The Mary Sue. TV, LGBTQIA, Pose, transgender By Lyra Hale on Fri,4:08 FX's landmark LGBTQ series Pose is set to end with season 3 and we aren't ready for this queer giant to go anywhere besides onto season 4. The post FX’s Landmark LGBTQ Series Pose Is Set to End With Season 3 first appeared on The Mary Sue. TV, WandaVision By Princess Weekes on Fri,3:21 WandaVision's biggest strength is that it is a well made show about a woman going through the grief of losing her great love. That isn't the kind of show we allowed to be prestige back in the day, but it certainly is the kind we should embrace now. The post How Do We Define Prestige Television in a WandaVision World? first appeared on The Mary Sue. TV, fandom, Wanda Maximoff, WandaVision By Briana Lawrence on Fri,3:13 The energy from comic fans made WandaVision even more spectacular. It also encouraged me to go back and look into what they were talking about. The post Watching Comic Book Readers Geek Out Over WandaVision Made Me Enjoy It Even More first appeared on The Mary Sue. TV, anime, Inuyasha, kikyo By Lyra Hale on Fri,2:54 It took growing up for me to understand Kikyo from the animated series Inuyasha and the struggles she faced in her life and subsequent resurrection. The post It Took Growing Up for Me to Understand Inuyasha’s Kikyo first appeared on The Mary Sue. TV, DC Comics, Titans (live-action series) By Princess Weekes on Fri,2:48 In the upcoming season of DC's Titans on HBO Max, we will see a clash between alien sisters. The pair, Starfire and Blackfire, have been fighting for years in the comics, but why is that? Well, let's take a look. The post A Comic History of Blackfire and Starfire’s Conflict as They Approach a Clash on Titans first appeared on The Mary Sue. Movies, Disney, Kelly Marie Tran, Raya and the Last Dragon By Lyra Hale on Fri,2:04 The virtual red carpet for Raya and the Last Dragon made us ugly cry when Disney stars welcomed Kelly Marie Tran to the family. The post Raya and the Last Dragon Virtual Red Carpet Made Me Ugly Cry and I’m OK With It first appeared on The Mary Sue. Space, hurricane, solar winds, this week in space By Jessica Mason on Fri,1:34 A storm of plasma 620 miles wide above the North Pole that scientists are calling a "Space Hurricane" occurred in August 2014. The post This Week In Space: It’s a SPACE HURRICANE! first appeared on The Mary Sue. TV, anime, CrunchyRoll, Funimation By Briana Lawrence on Fri,1:24 On this week's anime round-up we talk about prioritized eggy recaps, broken promises, more dramatic volleyball, and penguins! The post The Weekday Anime Round-up Presents: WHY DID YOU SAY THAT NAME!? first appeared on The Mary Sue. Movies, Lola Bunny, Space Jam: A New Legacy By Princess Weekes on Fri,1:17 I saw Lola Bunny was trending on Twitter, and I was excited because Lola Bunny is my fav. Then I saw that it was in reaction too her being "de-sexualized" in the recent images shared from the Space Jam: A New Legacy film. The post Lola Bunny’s Boobs Aren’t Prominent In Space Jam 2, So of Course She’s Trending on Twitter first appeared on The Mary Sue. News, cancel culture, conservatives, hypocrisy By Vivian Kane on Fri,12:44 The term is meant to evoke fear that if you say something the elusive but all-powerful "woke mob" doesn't like, you might be barred from participating in public life. The post Conservatives Are Pretending “Cancel Culture” Is a Brand New Thing That They Didn’t Invent Themselves first appeared on The Mary Sue. |
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