- Hey Star Wars is out now! Did you get in the holiday spirit? [Autostraddle]
- Y’all know how much I loved Jessica Jones, but it’s not perfect, and sometimes talking about how the best media fails is just as important as singing its praises. Jenny Trout writes about an instance of fat shaming as a sour note for the show, and the Mary Sue discusses issues of race, particularly for a show set in New York.
- Ooh, Netflix is coming out with a sequel to Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. I’m on the fence generally about the endless stream of reboots, remakes, and sequels, but the trailer, at least, is very cool looking.
- Margaret Atwood will be writing her first graphic novel. It’s called Angel Catbird. Angel. Catbird. What. [The Verge]
- The Huffington Post has a great article about Kate Mulgrew, the new Star Trek show, and the demands of Starfleet captaincy.
- End of year lists from Autostraddle: the top 11 instances of queer women representation in all-ages media, and 28 queer women and non-binary comics creators!
- Texts from Carmilla. [The Toast]
- There’s a trailer for Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them now, and I feel compelled to add it here, even though it hasn’t done much to make me excited yet. I’ll be excited eventually, that’s pretty much a guarantee for anything Potter related, but… not yet.
- “Purr ideology: the neoliberal pleasure of Neko Atsume” [Overland]
- Did you know that “witches riding broomsticks” imagery came from masturbation and drug use? You do now! I’ve shared this little tidbit before, but this piece digs a little deeper and has some great historical information. [Broadly]
- “Meet the Latina skate ‘witches’ of the Bronx.” [BBC]
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