The Friday Edition - Nov 16, 2018
Fresh from your pals at themarysue.com
We can't have equality when we don't even have basic safety. That's why this female entrepreneur created an electronic safety button that sends out alerts to friends and loved ones when women are in danger.
Movies, Fantastic Beasts (franchise), Johnny Depp

Crimes of Grindelwald Proves Johnny Depp Was Not the Stand Rowling Should Have Taken

Johnny Depp Gellert Grindelwald Fantastic Beasts 2 Crimes of Grindelwald
Do you ever see someone defend something so intensely and you're like, "Really? Why?"
Big on the Internet, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, memes, Tweets

That Sexist Comment About Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Is Now a Perfect Meme

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, ben shapiro
The internet did us a favor and combined two of our favorites: memes and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
Big on the Internet, count chocula, Franken Berry, General Mills

General Mills Monsters Remind Us That Not Everyone Deserves a Cinematic Universe

frankenberry, booberry, count chocula
One thing I don't find myself concerned with is the greater cereal monster cinematic universe.
Movies, fantastic beasts: the crimes of grindelwald, Harry Potter (franchise), J.K. Rowling

Leta Lestrange Is a Massive Disappointment in The Crimes of Grindelwald

leta lestrange fantastic beasts crimes of grindelwald
Leta Lestrange in Crimes of Grindelwald is J.K. Rowling's first on-screen and named black female Slytherin character and the results are more than lackluster.
Big on the Internet, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, conservatives, women in politics

Conservative Reporter Gets Exactly What He Deserves for Gross Ocasio-Cortez Comments

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, stuggles, coat, clothes, tweet
Another day, another conservative getting owned by their own attempted bashing of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. The most recent to join those ranks is the Washington Examiner's Eddie Scarry, who posted a totally creepy picture of the Congresswoman-elect to Twitter, along with a caption suggesting her working-class image isn't accurate.
Sponsored, The Mary Sue Shop

Oh, Just a Blanket That Gives You Superpowers, NBD

woman in blanket
You may have never thought you needed a high-tech blanket in your life before, but you do.
News, abortion, politics, week in reproductive justice

What Politicians Who Call Abortion “Black Genocide” Are Really Saying

pro choice protest sign
This week was a busy one for upsetting news in reproductive rights, and early on, anti-choice politicians wasted no time in reminding us all that this is an intersectional issue—especially along lines of race.
News, nolite te bastardes carborundorum, Tucker Carlson

Here Are the Worst Quotes From The Daily Caller’s Trash Fire of a Donald Trump Interview

donald trump, interview, daily caller, tucker carlson
There's a lot of garbage there, and you shouldn't have to sift through it. It will hurt your brain. So here are just some of the very worst things he said in this super softball interview with a fawningly sympathetic outlet.
Big on the Internet, J.K. Simmons, things we saw today, Veronica Mars

Things We Saw Today: J.K. Simmons Is Joining Hulu’s Veronica Mars Revival

jk simmons
Oscar-winning character actor J.K. Simmons is set to join Hulu's revival of Veronica Mars.
Movies, Birds of Prey, Cassandra Cain, DCEU

Birds of Prey Finds Its Cassandra Cain in 12-Year-Old Actress

Cassandra Cain batgirl comics
The Birds of Prey has fully teamed up.
Movies, Destroyer, I Tonya, Widows

Female-Led Stories Are Better, Deal With It

widows viola davis
The latest in movie trends is that women are telling some incredible stories, and honestly, great. Keep it coming. It's simple; we're finally getting the movie roles that men have dominated for years.
Books, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, masculinity

Remus Lupin Was an Amazing Figure of Non-Toxic Masculinity, Don’t @ Me

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban sees Harry (Daniel Radcliffe) learning about his parents from Professor Lupin (David Thewlis)
There is much to love about the wonderful third Harry Potter book, from Hogsmeade to hippogriffs, but Lupin is one of the best additions to the series.
TV, American Horror Story, FX, Ryan Murphy

Women Inherit the Earth in the Finale of American Horror Story: Apocalypse

sarah paulson in American Horror Story
For most of its eight-season run, American Horror Story has pitted complex, powerful women against men and the systemic patriarchy threatening to dismantle the world.
Big on the Internet, A Song of Ice and Fire, Game of Thrones, Sansa Stark

An Alt-Right Pizzagater Wrote Trump/Sansa Fanfiction and I Want to Burn Everything

Kate Dickie and Sophie Turner in Game of Thrones (2011)
Hasn't Sansa suffered enough?
TV, Dungeons & Dragons, Riverdale

Where Is Riverdale Going With Their Weird Satanic Panic/D&D Knockoff Plotline?

riverdale g&g
With G&G, we still don't know who (or what) is pulling the strings, but the cult of the game is widespread, spanning generations, and, if Jughead is right, encompassing far more about their lives than anyone has ever realized. And it is dangerous. Multiple people have died because of the game. But without acknowledging the real-life counterpart to this story, it all feels a bit too silly.
Movies, adaptations, Jane Goldman, Rebecca

A Female Writer Is Exactly What the Upcoming Rebecca Remake Needs

Joan Fontaine and Judith Anderson in Rebecca (1940)
Last night, the Internet dreamt it went to Manderley again with the announcement that Ben Wheatley would be directing an adaptation of Daphne Du Maurier's classic, Rebecca.
Movies, werewolves

Where Are the Female Werewolves in Television and Movies?

Katharine Isabelle in Ginger Snaps (2000)
Yes, Halloween is over, but though we spent the month talking about our favorite female witches and vampires, there's one supernatural bad girl that still doesn't get a lot of love and attention, and that's female werewolves.
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