Happy Monday! We’re getting closer and closer to springtime, so we’re sure that the lovely nearly-March weather is probably pretty distracting, wherever you are. Here are some links and articles to munch on during this beautiful end-of-February day.
J.J. Abrams says Star Wars will get an openly gay character
J.J. Abrams says Star Wars will get an openly gay character
This longread about The Kids Today, our future post-Millennials digital generation, and the evolution of internet culture will make you feel really Old.
Macabre home decor Pinspiration at its best.
These two bunny friends are just about the most springtime thing we could possibly post today.
Worried about ~~creepshaming?~~ Here is a guide to flirting in a way that helps avoid making the objects of your affection flee for the hills whenever you come around.
A short, sad, sweet essay comic about representation: “If I Don’t Draw Black Characters, Who Will?”
You can find the rest of Aphton Corbin’s Black History Month daily comics on her tumblr.
I am probably going to continue avoiding The Witch as long as possible, but I am intrigued by all the terrifying, vaginal “monstrous feminine” symbolism I guess:
While all patriarchal societies have stories they’ve long passed down about the “monstrous-feminine,” The Witch is a particularly American tale. The rigid, self-shaming ideologies of Puritanism may have diffused themselves over time, but as the last decade of largely successful attempts to legislate the female body underline, they have not diluted. Ultimately, the horror of The Witch isn’t any mythological creature. It’s the persistence of patriarchy: an ideological stance so fragile it can only be sustained by terrifying its subjects into submission.
Stomp the patriarchy and also, all the butter you can eat: 17th century feminism at its best.
OK GUYS, YOU NEED TO BE PREPARED FOR SOMETHING HERE: OPRAH WHOOPI IS SPORTING THE TERROR BABE JEWELRY LOOK WE POINTED OUT A FEW WEEKS AGO ON THE RED CARPET.
But for real you guys, I mean, yall know what this means: either we really have some clairvoyant fashion-prediction abilities, or Whoopi is a POME reader. Either one is cool with us.
What have you guys been reading this week? Drop us some links in the comments!