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When it comes to transgender representation, anime has room to grow
"Welcome to the Gender and Anime panel," joked boota3, the panelist presiding over a packed room at Anime Boston last month. "Otherwise known as the Attack on Titan dub premiere." The joke got a loud...
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Do you wanna go to Hogwarts? Now you can
Has one Harry Potter fan site outdone Pottermore as the best, most enjoyable post-Harry Potter fandom community around? Maybe. Hogwarts is Here sure seems to have everything: an internal social...
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'Captain Underpants,' 'Hunger Games' top library association's complaint list
The American Library Association has released its annual list of the most-challenged books in libraries across the U.S. And once again, Young Adult and Children's literature dominates the list of...
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Confused by what happened at the Purple Wedding? Here's help
Forget the debate over people spoiling Sunday night's Game of Thrones episode. While some of you were busy arguing over whether we should worry about spoiling people for a 14-year-old plot point, the...
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Finland's new homoerotic stamps celebrate gay culture
You may not know his name, but Tom of Finland is the reason you snicker when you hear the word "beefcake." The man's playful representation of manly homoeroticism made him an art legend and an icon of...
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Time Is a Flat Circus shows us the real origins of 'True Detective'
In retrospect, we always knew all those images of a peaceful happy family were masking a dark Lovecraftian horror. The new Tumblr parody Time Is a Flat Circus has taken True Detective's mystical...
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Japan's biggest imaginary pop star is opening for Lady Gaga
Lady Gaga has joined forces with what may be the only international pop star big enough to upstage her. No, it's not Katy, or even Bey. It's Miku. That's right: Hatsune Miku, Japan's favorite...
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J.K. Rowling continues Harry Potter revival with 2014 Quidditch World Cup
What exactly is going on in South America, and why are hundreds of people in funny robes suffering from shock, broken bones, and... bites? It must mean only one thing: It's time for the Quidditch...
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Metaphor meme explodes on Tumblr over 'The Fault in Our Stars' clip
Dear Tumblr: No more metaphors, OK? OK. Fans have been waiting impatiently for the new film adaptation of The Fault in Our Stars, the acclaimed Young Adult novel that helped catapult John Green from...
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For young women in China, slash fanfiction is a dangerous hobby
Recent reports of crackdowns by Chinese officials on young female fans who write slash have sent waves of alarm throughout international fandom waters. A new investigative report from Anhui TV claims...
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No, that's not the Loch Ness monster on Apple Maps
Okay, we'll grant that the new satellite images of Loch Ness make you do a double-take. The photos that astute monster-hunting fans have turned over to the Daily Mail show something that certainly...
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Rihanna will voice 3-D animation's first black lead in 'Home'
DreamWorks is raising the bar on diversity in 3-D animation—not that it was very high to begin with. The company has quietly announced that Rihanna will voice the "enterprising" character of Tip in...
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Little girl crawls into claw machine to become hero of the arcade
We don't often fall in love at first sight, but that's because we don't often meet true trailblazers in our travels. You know, the kind of hero who sees your average arcade toy box and thinks: TOYS...
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White House responds to Justin Bieber deportation petition
Since launching its We the People website for petitions from the public, the White House has issued savvy responses to everything from requests to secede to demands for a Death Star and an ambassador...
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A band stole a photographer's work and then made his life hell for complaining
Ah, Red Jumpsuit Apparatus. You know them as… well, you probably haven’t heard of them, except possibly as the alt-emo band behind the one hit wonder "Face Down." But you might see their name in...
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GitHub refutes all sexism allegations as cofounder resigns
Programmer Julie Ann Horvath sent shock through the tech community last month when she announced that she was leaving her celebrated position as GitHub's first female programmer due to what she...
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'Frozen' fandom celebrates Anna, its other heroine
This week marks the six-month anniversary of the release date of Frozen, the wintery Disney juggernaut that shattered the mighty box office record held by The Lion King and proved so popular it has...
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Flappy Bird and 2048 combine for the most addictive game of the year
Here at the Daily Dot, we’re not afraid to take on a challenge. We came, swiped, and ultimately conquered 2048. We stared into the abyss that was Flappy Bird, and its infinite clones stared back at...
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Alleged harassment of 11-year-old at brony con raises troubling questions
What do you do when a child comes to you begging for help, claiming she’s being stalked by a stranger? The response to that exact scenario by one group of convention staffers this weekend has enraged...
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This 'Toy Story' and 'My Little Pony' mashup is strangely perfect
Buzz and Woody have undergone many transformations since they first stepped onto the screen in 1995's Toy Story, but their transformation into ponies at the hands of fanartist Pandramodo is one of our...
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