The Mako Mori Test: 'Pacific Rim' inspires a Bechdel Test alternative
Fans of feminist film, or any lovers of media with strong female characters, might have a hard time justifying why they love certain movies. But the Mako Mori test, named after a Pacific Rim character...
View ArticleOverachieving teens are about to invade LinkedIn
Build a giant social network and then open it up to college students? It’s like LinkedIn is doing the Internet backwards. This morning, the career networking platform announced in a blog post that it...
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#Slanegirl: How the Internet turned a girl's Eminem concert into a nightmare
More than 50 people were arrested at an Eminem show in a tiny Irish village this weekend, but none got as much attention as #slanegirl, a teenager who'd probably take an arrest record over what...
View Article45 years of 'Shonen Jump,' the Japanese magazine that shaped your childhood
This year may have been the 20th anniversary of Otakon, one of the longest-running and largest anime conventions on the East Coast; but one of the con’s many panels dealing with Japanese culture and...
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Everyone who shared the #Slanegirl photos got doxed
The backlash over a round of Twitter slut-shaming has led to nearly two dozen suspended accounts as users flock to support an Irish teen known as #Slanegirl. Over the weekend, Irish Twitter users were...
View ArticleSelf-publishing company bans survivor's memoir after alleged rapist complains
19-year-old Em Kwissa had a story to tell, and she wanted to make it available to as many people as possible. So she chose the stalwart self-publishing house Lulu, home to many stories like Kwissa's:...
View ArticleZayn's engagement fuels One Direction fans' adoption fantasies
Pop vocalists Zayn Malik and Perrie Edwards confirmed their engagement today to worldwide celebration. Fans of One Direction and Little Mix, the two former X Factor bands that brought the couple...
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Stop calling her 'Bradley Manning'
On Thursday, Chelsea Manning, formerly known as Bradley Manning, announced to NBC’s Today that she wanted to be referred to as female. I want everyone to know the real me. I am Chelsea Manning. I am a...
View ArticleBen Affleck is the hero the Internet deserves
It took roughly 37 minutes for #Ben Affleck as Batman to start trending worldwide after the news broke Thursday evening that the two-time Oscar winner would be joining the cast of Zack Snyder's sequel...
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New York Review of Books defends gender bias with snarky form letter
The New York Review of Books catalog (NYRB) has long been a haven for the male literary world—which is odd, considering the company they keep. In the world of online literary reviews, numerous...
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How to survive a Tumblr hoax in 6 not-so-easy steps
Tumblr, despite being a warm and fuzzy land of freedom and cat GIFs, is also a confusing wasteland where true information goes to die. In a world where no one fact-checks anything, users are dead...
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20 moments in Batman movie history worse than Ben Affleck
Okay, all you doomsday prophets, you need to chill.Photo via Imgur Or perhaps we should say Freeze. So, the news that Ben Affleck—should we call him #Batfleck?—is going to be the next Batman has sent...
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Is the sexist backlash to Miley Cyrus worse than her twerking?
Last night, Miley Cyrus’s VMA awards performance found her twerking it up in a mouse-eared, flesh-colored leotard with Robin Thicke and a bevy of giant teddy bears. If the whole performance seemed to...
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10 things you need to know about Austin Mahone
If you’ve never heard of YouTube star Austin Mahone, then chances are that after Sunday night’s Video Music Awards, you … probably still haven’t heard of him, as other performances—namely, the reunion...
View ArticleIs the One Direction musical parody brilliant, pure evil, or both?
One Direction’s long-anticipated tour documentary, This Is Us, arrives in theaters in just three days. But for the dizzy teenager in you who can’t wait that long, YouTube musicians AVByte are here to...
View ArticleThis fan already made the best trailer for 'Batman vs. Superman'
If this fan trailer is any indication, Batman vs. Superman could be the movie event of 2015.YouTube’s Solyentbrak1 pieced together an incredible teaser for the Man of Steel sequel that shows off not...
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Did 'Breaking Bad' predict Bryan Cranston's Lex Luthor casting?
For anyone mourning the Coming of Affleck to the long legacy of A-list actors with not-so-great roles in Batman films, there’s hope. Cosmic Book News is reporting that Breaking Bad’s Bryan Cranston is...
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Patrick Stewart reveals his secret acting weapon, the Quadruple Take
Sir Patrick Stewart has been having a ball with his fiancée, New York jazz singer Sunny Ozell. First, she taught him how to eat pizza without a fork and knife. Now, he’s teaching her—and, thanks to...
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How a merch dispute at Dragon Con netted an alleged rapist $6,000
In the online Skeptics and Atheism communities, rational thought and critical thinking rank much higher than feelings and knee-jerk reactions. But when popular blogger and Skepchick founder Rebecca...
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A beginner's guide to 'Attack on Titan,' the most intense anime of 2013
In that odd trick the universe sometimes has of creating a quality series and then giving that series an enormous audience, the year’s most bizarre and beautiful anime is also one of its most...
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