News, America, capitalism, COVID-19 By Jessica Mason on Mon,3:16 More than 80% of service workers are seeing a decline in tips. And on top of that, 40% reported an increase in sexual harassment. The post When Workers Need It the Most, People Are Tipping Less and Harassing More first appeared on The Mary Sue. Read More > Movies, Spider-Man, Zendaya By Rachel Leishman on Mon,3:03 So, are we getting the Spider-Verse? Who knows? If we do, I expect a Miles Morales casting sooner rather than later, but until we know more, I'll take Zendaya and Jimmy Kimmel going back and forth with Kimmel trying to get her to spill the secrets. The post Zendaya Isn't Denying (Or Confirming) the Tobey Maguire/Andrew Garfield Spider-Man Rumors first appeared on The Mary Sue. Read More > TV, Anya Taylor-Joy, Netflix, The Queen's Gambit By Princess Weekes on Mon,2:30 I think the story wanted to show with her return that Jolene, another underdog, made it after Beth left and had her own story to tell. But it rings false when, onscreen, she feels like a token. The post The Queen's Gambit's Endgame Marred by the Blatant Tokenization of Jolene first appeared on The Mary Sue. Read More > News, 2020 Election, Georgia, politics, The Stepford Wives By Vivian Kane on Mon,2:18 Kelly Loeffler showed up physically to debate Rev. Raphael Warnock, but as the Washington Post so perfectly described, she "was not emotionally present." The post Kelly Loeffler Has One Facial Expression & One Talking Point, Plus Other Takeaways From the Georgia Runoff Debates first appeared on The Mary Sue. Read More > Movies, Lifetime, Mario Lopez, romance By Briana Lawrence on Mon,2:07 You may have forgotten, or may not have even been aware of it, but KFC delights in reminding all of us that their colonel is oozing with charisma, ready to fry you up the most supple chicken breast you've ever tasted. The post Lifetime Just Got Finger-Lickin' Good With a Titilating Tale of Romance, Herbs, and Spices first appeared on The Mary Sue. Read More > Movies, Ammonite, Kate Winslet, lesbian representation, queer representation, Saoirse Ronan By Jessica Mason on Mon,1:25 With Ammonite, starring Kate Winslet and Saoirse Ronan, we have another meditative, damp tale of quiet, lesbian longing that I quite enjoyed. The post Ammonite Continues the Soggy, Historical Lesbian Trend Admirably first appeared on The Mary Sue. Read More > Movies, Chadwick Boseman, Don Cheadle, Robert Downey Jr. By Rachel Leishman on Mon,12:44 I think this is a beautiful tribute because both Cheadle and Downey point out that it wasn't just T'Challa that made Boseman larger than life. He brought real-life heroes to the screen and showed us the stories of strong men like Jackie Robinson and Thurgood Marshall. The post Don Cheadle and Robert Downey Jr. Honored Chadwick Boseman at the MTV Movie Awards first appeared on The Mary Sue. Read More > Movies, 21st Century Fox/Disney Merger, Anastasia By Princess Weekes on Mon,12:38 Since their deaths, there have been several Romanov impostors because, due to the circumstances of their assassination and the chaotic organization surrounding it, communist disinformation, and a lack of DNA testing, there was a fairytale-like desire to see that one of the young Romanov kids had survived—the most famous of them being Anna Anderson. The post Anastasia Is Now a Disney Princess: How This Little Movie Ruined Russian History for 1000 Years first appeared on The Mary Sue. Read More > Big on the Internet, black twitter, superpowers, winter solstice By Briana Lawrence on Mon,12:24 One of my black cats rolled over and meowed in question, its fur covering what was surely the makings of a hereditary crescent moon mark. Was it time to awaken my dormant abilities? Was my cat about to alert me to the other Black people in the area who were also planetary warriors of love and justice? Oh. My bad. Not until December 21st. Still... who revealed our secret? The post Superpowered Reparations Are Hitting the Black Community This Winter Solstice first appeared on The Mary Sue. Read More > Books, Book Review, Harry Potter, young adult fiction By Larissa Irankunda on Mon,12:21 As someone who’s loved Harry Potter since she was 8 (and who definitely spent endless nights during elementary school waiting for her Hogwarts letter) I was heartbroken by the massively transphobic behavior J.K. Rowling displayed throughout not only this year—but up until this very moment. But then came This Is How We Fly—a lighthearted YA novel about the escapades of Ellen Lopez-Rourke, who decides to join her local Quidditch team after getting grounded for the summer. The post This Is How We Fly Is the Endearing Love Letter That Harry Potter Fans Need Right Now first appeared on The Mary Sue. Read More > TV, Big Mouth, Black Lives Matter, blackness By Princess Weekes on Mon,11:28 For the past four seasons, Big Mouth's Missy Foreman-Greenwald (voiced by Jenny Slate) has been a nerdy, awkward teenage girl who was the moral compass of the show. However, despite being one of the handful of visibly non-white kids on the show, she has never been a character for whom race has been a big issue. Until now. The post Big Mouth Tackles Missy’s Blackness in One of the Best Arcs of Season 4 first appeared on The Mary Sue. Read More > Big on the Internet, Ava DuVernay, Naomi (DC Comics), things we saw today By Chelsea Steiner on Sun,6:00 The television series will follow Naomi's journey from small town teen into the DC multiverse, as she tries to uncover the source of her power and find others like her. The post Things We Saw Today: Ava DuVernay Brings DC's Naomi to the CW first appeared on The Mary Sue. Read More > News, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Rudy Giuliani By Chelsea Steiner on Sun,4:54 Tough break for Kraken Karen aka Melissa Carone, and the rest of Trump's traitorous legal team. The post Whelp, Rudy Giuliani Tests Positive for COVID-19 first appeared on The Mary Sue. Read More > News, 2020 Election, Georgia, Trump By Chelsea Steiner on Sun,2:44 Trump threw another super-spreader rally last night to support incumbent senators Loeffler and Perdue, but spent much of the event whining about the presidential election and spewing lies about winning. The post Trump Tried To Bully Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp Into Overturning Biden's Win first appeared on The Mary Sue. Read More > Movies, DC, Plastic Man, Warner Bros. By Chelsea Steiner on Sun,1:01 I mean, is a female-driven superhero action comedy really that much of a stretch? The post DC's Plastic Man Movie Is Pivoting To a Female Lead first appeared on The Mary Sue. Read More > Big on the Internet, Birds of Prey (film), Rosie Perez, things we saw today By Chelsea Steiner on Sat,5:51 Put some respect on Rosie Perez's name. The post Things We Saw Today: Rosie Perez Calls Out Birds of Prey's Ageist Jokes first appeared on The Mary Sue. Read More > Movies, China, Monster Hunter, racism By Chelsea Steiner on Sat,5:14 Monster Hunter is still due to premiere in America on December 25, but it's unclear whether or not the offensive scene will remain in the American cut. The post Monster Hunter Pulled From Chinese Theaters Over Racial Slur first appeared on The Mary Sue. Read More > Big on the Internet, reactions, Twitter, Wonder Woman 1984 By Chelsea Steiner on Sat,3:13 What else can we say except Christmas can't come soon enough. The post The First Reactions to Wonder Woman 1984 Are Here! first appeared on The Mary Sue. Read More > TV, Big Mouth, Netflix, Nick Kroll By Chelsea Steiner on Sat,1:32 But while Big Mouth delves into deeper issues like OCD, code switching, and sexual coercion, it still maintains its hilariously profane sensibility, with plenty of dancing genitals, chatty tampons, and musical numbers about gross bodily functions. The post Big Mouth Season 4 Continues Its Messy, Emotional Journey Into Adolescence first appeared on The Mary Sue. Read More > Big on the Internet, Ask the Mary Sues, OTPs, romance By Chelsea Steiner on Sat,10:41 Who is your favorite OTP that never was? Let us know in the comments! The post Ask the Mary Sues: Which Fictional Characters Should Have Ended up Together? first appeared on The Mary Sue. Read More > |