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Watch a 9-year-old dominate the most empowering tune from 'Frozen'
Now that we’ve all had a chance to spend our holidays listening to the Frozen soundtrack, currently No. 1 on iTunes, the inevitable covers are starting to crop up—from Pentatonix’s medley to this...
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Japan's 'Marshmallow Girls' are rewriting the stereotypes about plus-sized women
Are you a “marshmallow girl?” If you’re plus-sized in Japan, one fashion magazine wants you to try the label on—as a new way for girls to feel good about themselves in a culture full of fat-shaming....
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'Attack on Titan' creator gets the last word in debate over character's gender
Manga artist and writer Hajime Isayama may have given us 2013’s most popular anime, the intense Attack on Titan (Shingeki no Kyoijin), but fans learned yesterday that there’s one thing he’s refusing...
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LGBTQ reading of 'Frozen' prompts fiery debate on Tumblr
Is the most successful Disney film in history the latest entry into Hollywood’s Celluloid Closet? The Frozenfandom on Tumblr has exploded in debate after one fan presented a queer reading of the main...
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The definitive ranking of Disney 'Want Songs'
In musical theatre, songs have specific functions and purpose. There's the expository song that introduces you to the characters and themes of the show, like "Tradition" from Fiddler on the Roof, or...
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Vine's infamous 'zombie' totally freaked out a 'Walking Dead' star
If you’re on Vine, then you’ve probably seen Nick Santonastasso’s hilarious zombie pranks. The New Jersey trickster who was born with no legs and only one arm has caught the attention of the hit...
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Lupita Nyong'o is the most GIF-able star of 2014
12 Years a Slave actress Lupita Nyong’o may have lost the Golden Globe, but she’s winning awards season where it counts most: on the Internet. As her best supporting actress rival, Jennifer Lawrence,...
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The Jamaican bobsled team is crowdfunding its way to Sochi
The famous Jamaican bobsled team could be heading to the Olympics for the first time in more than a decade. It’s got the Internet to thank. The team, made famous in Cool Runnings, has qualified for...
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These are the 10 fandom Pinterest accounts you've been looking for
“Nerds can like many things,” reads the blurb for Nice for Nerds, a Pinterest board serving up all kinds of geek culture goodies. “Firefly, Star Wars, Battlestar, computers, alien cupcakes, the books...
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Bronies attack one of their own after a racy 'My Little Pony' blog disappears
Tumblr, 4chan, and the bronies—fans of the animated series My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic—are facing off over a deleted pony blog and a flood of harassment directed toward a 17-year-old girl who...
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Tumblr is on a mission to make 15 new 'Jaws' movies in a year
Tumblr user ctrayn has a vision, and also an eerie addiction to sequels.Back to the Future Part II famously envisioned life in 2015 as a year in which everyone had flying cars and skateboards that...
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'Thrilling Adventure Hour' and 'Night Vale' team up for live crossover event
Fans of the hit podcasts Welcome to Night Vale and The Thrilling Adventure Hour are in for a treat: the two shows are combining to do a joint cross-over event in conjunction with Emerald City Comic...
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Tumblr is going crazy over these custom teapots
“Why don’t we make teapots?” That’s how two sisters found themselves on a strange and wonderful journey to the creation of the coolest fandom spinoff product you’re likely to see this year: the fandom...
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Facebook just laid a science- and sarcasm-filled smackdown on Princeton
Not so fast, says Facebook, in response to an ambitious predictive study released by Princeton last week in which it compared Facebook’s growth and decline to that of an infectious disease. The...
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What Tumblr users should know about the new terms of service
Tumblr caused an accidental mass panic over the weekend when it unveiled new Terms of Service. Thanks to the complicated dynamics of reblogging third-party content, fear that the site was exercising...
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'The Fault in Our Stars' is the one trailer it's totally OK to cry over
It was Time’s 2012 book of the year. It went head to head against Harry Potter last year in Entertainment Weekly’s poll for the best Young Adult work of all time. The book fans have adored, quoted...
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Sherlock and Watson's romance makes the leap from fanfiction to webseries
By the time you finally view it, it will have been over a year in production. Or over 200 years, if you’re keeping track of the canon. But that’s a little tricky when you’re talking about a webseries...
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Parents give teen daughter's One Direction shrine a hilarious makeover
Parents, do you have a Directioner in your house? If you do, here’s a fantastic way to remind them you exist. Take it from these Australian parents, who showed their 15-year-old daughter in the cutest...
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The snowbound South is no match for Roger Day and his Skype-certs
As the South recovers from an unexpected snowstorm that left thousands of passengers and schoolchildren stranded overnight on highways and in schools and politicians apologizing left and right, one...
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This 'Game of Thrones' parody is exactly as hard to follow as it should be
That guy’s claim to the throne is what, exactly? Which tyrannical incestuous ruler wants to kill our heroes this time? Who does that kid from Love, Actually play again? Wait, I thought that character...
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