Alanna Bennett, Author at The Mary Sue

Alanna Bennett

Alanna is a pop culture writer who works as the Weekend Editor for The Mary Sue, an entertainment writer for Bustle, and a freelancer for everywhere. She has a lot of opinions about Harry Potter and will 100% bully you into watching the shows that she loves. Don't worry, it's a sign of friendship.

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Things We Saw Today: Pop Culture Easter Egg Art Feat. Guardians Of the Galaxy

Happy Easter, to those who celebrate! My main form of celebrating this holiday mainly involves shoveling Peeps into my mouth and watching the occasional adorable Easter video. The one above features the Guardians Of the Galaxy crew as Easter eggs.

SNL Devoted Its Monologue Time To Valiantly Begging Michael Keaton To Be Batman Again

Look, all I'm gonna say is that I relate to this on a deep, deep level. Respect.

Celebrate Easter By Watching A Bunch Of Baby Chicks Rock Out Hardcore

Are these chicks more metal than you? These chicks are more metal than me.

Envision Yourself On Air Targaryen With Game Of Thrones House Brands TV Ads

What if Game Of Thrones had way less monarchy and way more modern capitalism? Shutterstock's still marching on with their great AU wherein the Great Houses of Westeros are major corporations

New Daredevil Trailers Revel In Spoopiness, Highlight Characters

I'm gonna all it spoopy until it is spoopy no longer. That said, I am very much looking forward to a Daredevil that helps heal the wounds of that other onscreen Daredevil. And so far this one looks like it's gonna deliver.

#VeryRealisticYA Shows Youth Life Outside Of Carefully Constructed Teen Narratives

I spent my youth (and spend my present) reading as much YA as I can get my hands on. Some of it is more relatable than others, and some of it is relatable in sneaky ways despite it being set in worlds that do not exist outside its pages (or its big screen adaptations). All of it matters and all of it means something. But #VeryRealisticYA does something cool, too: It shows snippets of what the lives of actual real life young people often looks like, and that matters and means something too.

Things We Saw Today: “S’moria Steinem” & Other Feminist Ben & Jerrys Flavors

Amanda McCall noticed that Ben & Jerrys has a dearth of delicious lady-inspired ice cream flavors. And so McCall took it upon herself to help them out. Feat. "Chocolate Cookie Doughprah Winfrey."

Hayley Atwell Talks Agent Carter Future, Definitely “100%” Interested In Peggy Carter Movie

Agent Carter may never get a second season, but damn if we're giving up hope yet. We will sit here pining until the day our hopes are dashed and will pout on for a long time after if that dashing comes to fruition. And regardless, we're always going to want to hear what Hayley Atwell has to say about Peggy Carter and her life.

Holy Cow, Watch President Obama Talk About Science With Supergirl 6-Year-Olds

Please join with me in the joy that is this video. Just look at all those six-year-old girls in superhero capes at the White House science fare, half-ignoring the president as they talk tech.

Steven Moffat Calls Sherlock Season 4 “Bloody Frightening,” Sherlock Fanfic “Creative & Exciting”

Steven Moffat, teasing and cryptic? No! Never!