CNN Found an Excellent Workaround for the White House’s Camera Ban
Over the last five months, Sean Spicer and the rest of the White House team have made a number of attempts to get around that whole pesky "free & independent press" thing. They've tried having closed-door, invitation-only briefings (that didn't go over well), they've tried hiding in bushes (ditto), and now they've banned cameras from the White House press briefings.
Read MoreThe Handmaid’s Tale and the Fiction of Prediction
Margaret Atwood didn’t stamp a foundation date on the Republic of Gilead. Is a room full of older white men determining that rape should be classed as a pre-existing condition for health insurance purposes really so different from declaring that there must be some form of punishment for women who have abortions, as in The Handmaid’s Tale? What’s the expiry date on a terrifying futuristic vision? Clearly, three decades is not enough.
Read MoreStar Trek: Discovery Changing Roddenberry’s “No Conflict” Mandate. That’s Okay, So Did Roddenberry.
Gene Roddenberry, creator of Star Trek, had a very specific vision of the future. By the time Star Trek: The Next Generation rolled around, he insisted on a story mandate: the conflict can never be between our main characters, because in Starfleet, petty squabbles are a thing of the past. Which is weird, because on the Original Series, Spock and McCoy were all about petty squabbles, and Scotty would punch you in the face if you trash talked about the Enterprise.
Read MoreThings We Saw Today: Rick and Morty Get Their Own Version of Clue
Everyone who's anyone seems to get remade in the Clue image these days, and now it's Rick and Morty's turn.
Read MoreBody Vibes Sorry for Fake NASA Claims, Not Sorry for Bogus Healing Stickers in General
Stickers, heal thyselves.
Some people at NASA got wind of a company selling magical healing stickers—sorry, "smart stickers" that are "programmed" to promote healing but are actually just stickers and not magic or programmed at all—and they were less than impressed by claims that related to the space agency. The company has now apologized for that bit of fakery, but not the rest of it.
Read MoreThese Kids Understand Health Care and Compassion Way Better Than Republicans
Jimmy Kimmel ripped into the Senate health care bill on Jimmy Kimmel Live, before asking a group of children basic moral questions like "Should all kids be able to go to the doctor when they get sick?" (Their answer? Yes. Obviously, yes.)
Read MoreNike Broadens Our Vision of Athleticism For Pride By Showcasing Mother Leiomy—the Wonder Woman of Vogue
Vogue, as an art form, didn't start with the hit Madonna song. It started decades earlier in the Harlem ballroom scene of the 1960s, which sprung up in response to decades of racism in the ballroom scene going back as early as the 1930s, where white gay men wouldn't let gay men of color participate, and if they did, they never won prizes. Right now, there is a reigning queen of vogue. She's known as Mother Leiomy, and Nike has recognized her greatness during Pride Month.
Read MoreLin-Manuel Miranda, Gillian Anderson, Lynda Carter and Other Faves Getting a Hollywood Walk of Fame Star
The Hollywood Walk of Fame announced their additions for 2018 yesterday, and it includes many of our favorite actors and performers for whom acknowledgement is long overdue.
Read MoreIan McKellen Perfectly Sums up Trump & Movie Industry LGBTQIA Problems
We love Sir Ian McKellen so much for so many reasons, but watching him stand up for the LGBTQIA community—especially during Pride Month—is a big one. Donald Trump's presidency, no matter how much he said he'd be "much better for the gays," is a disturbing one for LGBTQIA rights, particularly because we were already struggling to make progress before things were seemingly completely derailed with the 2016 election.
Read MoreSo That’s Where All the Horrible YouTube Comments Come From
Researchers looked into the effect of 4chan's "Politically Incorrect" /pol/ board on YouTube and the wider web. It's not good.
Read MoreMarvel Hints at Captain America’s Redemption and I Literally Could Not Care Less
Oh my God, I'm so tired.
What do you do with a problem like turning your greatest Nazi-fighting superhero into an agent of Hydra, upsetting fans for months? Continue to milk the storyline unto infinity, if you're Marvel Comics!
Read MoreEvery Frame From This Summer’s New York Asian Film Festival Looks Amazing
. The New York Asian Film Festival is coming up at the end of the month, giving those in the city an opportunity to watch all kinds of Asian films on the big screen with appearances from different directors and actors.
Read MoreSad Men in Texas Host All-Male Screening as a Joke, and We’re Laughing…But Not For the Reasons They Think
I sometimes have to wonder if people who fight so hard trying to derail already marginalized communities would instead focus their considerable energy into something more productive, if we wouldn't have a cure for cancer by now.
Read MorePlease Tell Me All About Your Tattoos and How You Got Them
It's Friday! Let's talk tattoos. Do you have a geeky sigil of pride, an artful drawing, a favorite lyric inscribed on your body? Or are you like me, tattoo-free and confused? Do you hate tattoos? We need to chat.
Read MoreWhat’s High School Like in Spider-Man Homecoming?
Star Zendaya says the high school in Homecoming will reflect modern social dynamics, where the smart kids are "cool," and that the diverse cast ensures this school actually looks like it's in New York City.
Read MoreReview: How Is The Bad Batch, a Story About a Lawless Wasteland and Cannibals, So Underwhelming?
2 out of 5 Stars
I watched Ana Lily Amirpour's The Bad Batch last month, and despite an exciting premise that featured a Mad Max-esque, lawless wasteland, Jason Momoa, Keanu Reeves, and cannibalism with the director of A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night, the film was wholly underwhelming.
Read MoreGail Simone and Cat Staggs Deftly Turn Tropes Upside Down in Crosswind #1
A frequent criticism of literary or visual media is the use of what have colloquially come to be known as "tropes." Certainly, using stock characters and clichéd plot devices can dilute the impact of a story. But these conventions can also play an important role in furthering a narrative, particularly one that’s about subverting expectations. Take, for example, Gail Simone and Cat Stagg’s new Image book, Crosswind, in which a hitman and a housewife swap bodies.
Read MoreJessica Williams Dances Through The Incredible Jessica James Trailer
We've been missing national hero Jessica Williams since she left The Daily Show, so it's very exciting to see her in the upcoming Netflix original movie The Incredible Jessica James.
Read MoreDeveloper Plays Mario Bros. in the Real World in Impressive HoloLens Demo
*Power-up noise.*
We're still waiting to see if the current push towards virtual reality will actually catch on or if it will be another misfire along the path to fulfilling our holodeck dreams, but as that goes on, augmented reality is making an unexpectedly strong case for itself. When pushed beyond just a gimmick into the area of virtual objects that you can actually move around and interact with in real space, it makes for impressive displays like this real-world Super Mario Bros. level.
Read MoreParents Turn Their Daughter’s Little Tikes Car Into a Fiery Machines for Mad Max Junior
Writer/director Ian Pfaff turned his kid's Little Tikes Cozy Coupe toy car in a decked out Mad Max: Fury Road machine with an action-packed trailer to boot.
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