In this new article for SyFy Fangrrls, writer Clare McBride makes a compelling argument that Daisy Ridley's Rey isn't a parallel for Luke in the original Star Wars trilogy, she's… Read the rest of the article: Star Wars: Rey is the new Anakin (but better)
Visual artist Michelle Rial has spent the past seven years making chart-based art and her latest project incorporates found objects into the mix. Rial began using everyday objects—which includes everything… Read the rest of the article: These found-object charts are both quirky and insightful
Although I use Chicago's CTA public transportation system virtually every day, it never occurred to me that my experience is relatively underrepresented in pop culture. We don't often see fictional… Read the rest of the article: Here's why pop culture features so little public transportation
One of the unexpected delights of 2018 has been watching Will Smith try to parlay his traditional celebrity into the world of YouTube celebrity. Though he hasn't come close to… Read the rest of the article: Will Smith is a YouTube vlogger now
In addition to breaking box office records, Black Panther has quickly established itself as one of the best and most unique films in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. And the credit… Read the rest of the article: Watch director Ryan Coogler break down one of Black Panther's best fight scenes
In this thoughtful 19-minute video essay, cultural critic Lindsay Ellis re-examines the history of hating on the vampire love story Twilight, which reached a fever pitch around 2008/2009. Though there's… Read the rest of the article: Why the Twilight series doesn't deserve our hatred
In this fascinating new video, Slate breaks down the basic formula for late-night talk show jokes, which writers fall back on when they need to churn out dozens of gags… Read the rest of the article: The surprisingly mathematical formula for writing late-night jokes
As part of their ongoing YouTube series Homebuddies, in which they try out different forms of living (and attempt to become better friends in the process), Buzzfeed's Niki Ang and… Read the rest of the article: Here's what it's like to live in an eco-friendly "Earthship"
On his website Boy Culture, writer Matthew Rettenmund has put together an exhaustive list of LGBTQ characters, people, mentions, and moments on American primetime TV from the 1950s to 2000.… Read the rest of the article: An archive of every LGBTQ character in 20th century American TV History
The Huffington Post's Black Voices breaks down a disturbing new report from Georgetown Law's Center on Poverty, which found that adults believe black girls seem older and less innocent than… Read the rest of the article: Study finds the "adultification" of black girls starts as early as 5 years old
Animalogic offers a beginner's guide to the adorable pangolin. Maybe the best thing about them is that they walk on two legs like some sort of tiny, strange T-Rex:
In honor of Harry Potter's 20th anniversary, the gentlemen of SORTEDFood concocted their own Butterbeer recipe, which is both sickly sweet and slightly alcoholic.
From The Dude's White Russian to James Bond's shaken martini, Binging with Babish demonstrates how to make six movie-inspired cocktails. He also recreates How I Met Your Mother's magical hangover… Read the rest of the article: Six movie-inspired cocktails (and one TV-inspired hangover cure)
Steve Carell and Kristen Wiig are the latest celebrities to tackle the always-entertaining Wired Autocomplete Interview.
The 2016 Hamilton mixtape invited musicians to remix songs from the musical's cast recording and now one of the tracks has its own music video. "Immigrants (We Get The Job… Read the rest of the article: A powerful, political Hamilton mixtape music video and the #Ham4All challenge
To celebrate Canada's 150th anniversary, music producer Andrew Huang put together a surprisingly catchy track using the sounds of Canada (a.k.a. hockey sticks, maple syrup bottles, and bags of milk).
Brazilian illustrator Leandro Franci shared this fantastic Wonder Woman gif on his Tumblr. It depicts Diana's big "No Man's Land" fight sequence, which is one of the best (if not… Read the rest of the article: Take on the world with this Wonder Woman gif
In this thoughtful TEDx talk, Mars rover engineer Abbie Hutty argues that rather than trying to entice young people to STEM fields with gregarious, genius role models like Elon Musk… Read the rest of the article: We need a new type of STEM role model
Watch Joshua John Russell of Man About Cake craft a truly impressive octopus wedding cake using copper wire and modeling chocolate.
Educator Delena D. Spann digs into the concept of money laundering a.k.a. "any process that 'cleans' illegally obtained funds of their 'dirty' criminal origins, allowing them to be used within… Read the rest of the article: How does money laundering actually work?
