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Sci-fi fans blast world's biggest fantasy convention for lack of diversity
How many white men does it take to fill up a sci-fi/fantasy convention? Too many, says the Internet, which simmered in disappointment after the world’s biggest annual fantasy convention announced a...
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Starbucks turns Twitter into the caffeine delivery system of the future
Remember when we used to worry that one day there’d be a Starbucks on every street corner? The time has come. Prepare yourselves for the impending coffeepocalypse. As of this morning, every spot in...
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The other most tasteless Halloween costume: Jerry Sandusky's child victims
Congratulations, modern civilization: Not only have some of us made Halloween into a spectacle for cultural appropriation and overt racism, but now we can add "pedophilia" to the mix of inappropriate...
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'Supernatural' star turns charity run into a 'Forrest Gump' moment
When he’s not playfully trolling his fans or ruining their lives as a fallen angel on Supernatural, actor and fan favorite Misha Collins fundraises year-round for his charity, Random Acts. And while...
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Transphobic YouTube video fuels debate over 'School Bathroom Bill'
“It kinda makes me nervous... if I run into... him,” stammers a faceless female teen on a YouTube video that has enraged thousands of viewers. What’s got her so on edge? It’s not threats of stalking....
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The first image from 'Sherlock' series 3 is officially a meme
Unless you’ve been living under a rock—or faking your own death—you’ve probably heard that Sherlock is finally returning for series 3. After a two-year wait, the popular BBC series, which saw fandom...
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'Avatar: The Last Airbender' fan beats cancer with awesome cosplay
When life hands you lemons, airbend lemonade. That’s the mantra of this Avatar: theLast Airbender fan who took advantage of her chemotherapy to create the best Airbendercosplay ever. The hit animated...
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FCKH8 campaign against anti-gay Russian law ignites Tumblr controversy
Controversial gay rights activist apparel company FCKH8 is about to walk right into the middle of an international uproar—and it wants to take Tumblr with it. A popular press release from the company...
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A simple message of support saves lives on Tumblr
Can a single image save a life?Tumblr hopes so. If you’ve spent any time on the popular image-sharing and blogging platform, you’ve probably seen this image cross your dashboard at least once: The...
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Same-sex couple never expected this response to their wedding photos
Meredith Hendrix-Jackson’s parents refused to come to her wedding. Instead, her love-filled wedding photos brought sixty thousand Tumblr users to the afterparty. The bright October day that Meredith...
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Google is about to start using your face in ads, but you can still opt out
As part of Google’s ongoing and controversial attempts to integrate all its services with the Google+ social network, the company launched a new advertising model today that allows it to show Google+...
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This new game is the Cards Against Humanity of fanfiction
Can you ship Cinderella with Bishop from Aliens? What about Draco Malfoy with Patrick Swayze? If you think you’re up to the task, slash fans, fic writers, and shippers, dive in: Your ultimate card...
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This is what the cast of 'Daria' would look like IRL
Lina Quinn and Alex Ford are the duo behind the Russian cosplay group FaultyFrame. But to thousands of Tumblr users, the past few weeks have made them famous as two thirds of a late-‘90s holy...
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The secrets at the bottom of this hidden stairway totally freaked out the...
Imgur is rapidly overtaking sites like Reddit and 4chan as a repository of viral meme-making and unexpected community, but now, thanks to one extremely freaky house, it may have just raised the bar for...
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Now for sale on Amazon: Disturbing Chris Brown/Rihanna fanfiction
If you’ve ever read RPF—Real Person Fiction, the genre of fanfiction that deals with real-world celebrities—then there’s nothing in Fifty Shades of Sin (Hopeless Love), a new fanfic being sold on...
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Anita Sarkeesian's latest 'Tropes vs. Women' video may be her best yet
In the latest video from Anita Sarkeesian’s controversial Tropes vs Women in Video Games series, the feminist vlogger and anathema to “men’s rights” activists and gamers ventures into what may be new...
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Father poses for Facebook pic with daughter—just before allegedly murdering her
One of the last things 19-month-old Mia McKoy-Phanthavongsa ever did was smile for Facebook. Her father, 22-year-old Merrick McKoy, took the toddler’s picture on Monday shortly before allegedly...
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We're all using language differently now, because Internet culture
Over the river and through the woods, because prepositions. Okay, so maybe it’s a little difficult to grasp if you don’t spend a lot of time reading and writing things on the Web, because linguistic...
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'League of Legends' championship becomes most-watched eSports event of all time
If you ask most people to name the world’s biggest sporting events, they’ll probably come up with the Super Bowl, the Olympics, or the World Cup. But the 32 million viewers who turned October’s League...
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Catch up on 50 years of 'Doctor Who' with one stunning infographic
Ever wanted to see what "wibbledy-wobbledy timey-wimey" actually looks like? Now you can, thanks to BBC America’s amazing new Doctor Who time-travel infographic: 50 years of time travel in the TARDIS....
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