This year’s Met Gala theme was “Manus x Machina: Fashion in an age of technology” and there were some amazinggg outfits. [The Mary Sue]
Lots of people want the Frozen sequel to give Elsa a girlfriend, so much so that it started a hashtag, and inspired some adorable fan art. [The Mary Sue/Buzzfeed]
Turns out, the fact that Xena and Gabrielle were never on screen together in the opening credits was a conscious decision, as if anything could make that show less gay. [io9]
To celebrate the twentieth anniversary ofThe Craft, Autostraddle put together a roundup of articles on the film, a playlist, and the fond memories from the website’s contributors.
Native Appropriation’s Adrienne Keene is getting a lot of coverage for her critique of JK Rowling’s North American magic, as the CBC continues to report.
Autostraddle just celebrated their seventh birthday (happy birthday!) and is doing it with these really great retrospective pieces. Here’s the top seven lesbian, bisexual, and queer tv shows of the last seven years, but you should go poke around the site. They’ve got lots of good stuff, like lists of all the queer women on television who have died, and who have lived happily ever after (predictably, a much shorter list).
“Queer Indigenous rapper Dio Ganhdih shared extraterrestrial video for ‘Pussy Vortex‘” [The Fader]
Want to see a caricature that combines Donald Trump and Attack on Titan? You’re welcome. [Otaku USA]
Writer Mey Rude is the one responsible for Autostraddle’s great witchy content, and here she is on Bitch‘s podcast talking about sorcery, cultural appropriation, and the best witches in pop culture.
Excited for the Doctor Who 50th Aniversary Special tonight? Right, stupid question, of course you are. Here’s “The Night of the Doctor,” a mini-episode to tide you over.
And in further honour of this auspicious day, here’s a cute little quiz that’ll tell you who (heh) you are in the Who-niverse. [Snack Tools]
The Hairpin wonders if some characters from classic literature might be closeted. Please acknowledge how much self-control it’s taking to not make a Moby Dick/sperm whale joke.
I’ve been following The Doubleclicks every since I was in their “Nothing to Prove” fake geek girl music video (that’s me at 1:02). Now they’ve come out with an ode to Agent Coulson, and it is beautiful.
The more I learn about Afrofuturism, the more fascinating I find it. Bitch has a great interview with Ytasha L. Womack, who just came out with her new book Afrofuturism: The World of Black Sci-fi and Fantasy, and name drops some cool folks like Mae Jemison, George Clinton, and Janelle Monáe.
What happens when you use Bastion (my current obsession) to teach intersectional politics to some students? Interesting things. [The Border House]
I love me some good Harry Potter critical analysis, and Tor’s piece on Neville Longbottom draws some interesting conclusions about the character, showing parallels between the timid Gryffindor and Peter Pettigrew, and adding just the right amount of adulation.
Have you ever wondered what would happen if Disney villains were on Grindr? Well here’s your answer. (It’s not particularly NSFW unless someone’s reading over your shoulder.) [Everything Gay]
Writing with Michelle raises some excellent points on the lack of lesbian characters in television, and the need to continue pushing for more representation. I really enjoyed her call for more inclusion, and not just because she name drops Warehouse 13‘s Myka and Helena (who should totes be together4ever), Who‘s Vastra and Jenny, and of course Willow and Tara and Xena and Gabrielle. (I’m purposefully leaving out that last comma because how great would that fanfic be?)
Talking about conventions more broadly, the Ada Initiative has an excellent and thorough timeline of con harassment in the SF/F, scepticism/atheism, and free and open source software communities. The information is incredibly well presented, and it manages to be chilling and comforting all at the same time.
And while we’re on the subject (I’ve got cons on the brain, #mtlcomiccon next week!), this wonderful (if older) article outlines exactly why “just hit your harasser” is not a valid response. [Geek Feminism]
To leave off on a more lighthearted note, the Hairpin predicts the survival rates of Orange is the New Black characters, should they be suddenly transported to Westeros.
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