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Watch the first cartoon about men's rights activists
It's never easy, ever, to create a "quick editorial cartoon about the intersection of self-pity, entitlement, rape, territoriality, misogyny and fear of women." But when animator Scott Benson set out...
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Little girls school the comics industry with amazing cosplay
If there's one overwhelming trend in comics, it's the impossible anatomical shapes that artists use to display women, and the even more unlikely costume design that goes with them. That's partly what...
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Ask.fm cyberbullies claim the life of another teen
Joshua Unsworth. Jessica Laney. Shannon Gallagher. Erin Gallagher. Ciara Pugsley. Anthony Stubbs. What do these six teens, aged between 13 and 16, have in common? They all committed suicide in the...
View ArticleTwitter teens subvert #followateen with even better #followanadult
What's the only thing funnier than following a teen on Twitter? Following an adult, of course. It started with #FollowATeen, prankster journalist David Thorpe's 2012 hashtag that urged Twitter players...
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How 1 question triggered a "Supernatural" fandom meltdown
"BEING GAY IS NOT OKAY. THANK YOU JENSEN ACKLES FOR BANNING GAY QUESTIONS AT CONVENTIONS," a Supernatural fan wrote on Tumblr in the middle of a fandom-wide meltdown that took place this weekend over...
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Meet Regina Reynolds, the girl who took her calculator to prom
Think your prom date was cool? If he or she was a human, think again. One Tumblr teenager put the TI in inventive when she took her calculator to prom."No one asked me to prom, so I took my...
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A guide to fandom's complicated relationship with Orson Scott Card
During the next six months, you're going to be hearing the name Orson Scott Card a lot. Card is the author of Ender's Game, one of the greatest works of science fiction and children's literature ever...
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This 17th-century sword-swinging opera singer will rule the Internet in 2013
She's the hottest renegade outlaw-turned-nun-debaucher-turned opera star you never knew you loved. But luckily for you, the Internet is poised to make Julie D'Aubigny a star. Again. Known as "La...
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Shit Rough Drafts does "The Great Gatsby"
If you're a writer, you know that one of the hardest things about the craft is getting your ideas on paper. Fortunately, you're not alone. All the literary masters went through the same roughshod...
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The Worst Room is the best apartment guide
Anyone who's gone apartment-hunting in the last decade knows what a blessing and a curse Craigslist is to the average lodger. It's not enough that you have to stay on your web-savvy tiptoes, dodging...
View ArticleCelebrate all the things: Hyperbole and a Half is back
It's been almost exactly two years since Allie Brosh, author of the wildly popular webcomic, announced her long-awaited book deal. Between 2009 and 2011, Hyperbole and a Half became an unexpected...
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Publishing's gender bias becomes a cover story
Book covers—the thing you inevitably judge a book by, for better or worse—occupy a central and crucial role in the growing push for greater diversity in publishing. Now, thanks to one young adult...
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$40-million heist proves a timeless morality play
Every good heist movie comes with at least one major twist. The recent $40-million theft orchestrated in over 20 countries and pulled off via a team of hackers and street criminals does not disappoint...
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Lizzie Bennet Diaries team takes on "Sanditon," Austen's unfinished novel
Fans of the recently completed Lizzie Bennet Diaries are in luck, as one of their beloved characters from the hit webseries returns today with Sanditon, an all-new mini-series adaptation of Jane...
View ArticleJoss Whedon is alive and on Twitter
Few possibly fake Twitter accounts have burst onto the scene with as much gusto as Joss Whedon's possibly fake Twitter account. When @JossActual showed up on Twitter this morning, it was with a wit...
View ArticleBenedict Cumberbatch fans fuel Indiegogo campaign
What's the quickest way to crowdfund your independent short film without a lot of hassle? Make sure it stars someone with one of the most intense fanbases on the planet. If, before the U.S. opening of...
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Why fanfic is better than any fake boyfriend
Even before the Internet, humanity has long had its share of people who prefer made-up companions to real ones, often creating fake friends, relationships, and sometimes even elaborate webs of...
View ArticleWhy "My Little Pony" fandom is freaking out over "Equestria Girls"
When is a pony not a pony? When she's transformed into a teenage girl. That's the premise behind Hasbro's brand-new My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic spinoff, Equestria Girls. The movie, which...
View ArticleBronies officially have their own nonprofit
It started out as a groundbreaking moment in any fandom: a group of fans coming together to produce a commercial promoting their fanbase. But when the "brony commercial" aired, fans of My Little Pony:...
View ArticleDid J.R. Smith miss? Check Twitter
Have you already completed your Official NBA Bandwagon Transferal Form? If so, there’s a new way to diss New York Knicks guard J.R. Smith, thanks to the marvels of a real-time Twitter account and the...
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