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Doctor Who thing: is this how the recent episodes were written?

Fri, Jun 07, 2013
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I think we have discovered Steven Moffat’s secret: “6 lines of JavaScript that write Doctor Who plots indistinguishable from the current series…”

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why did that study about female film critics on the Internet ignore most of the Internet?

Thu, Jun 06, 2013
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UPDATED: The study didn’t look at the noncorporate Internet, where women might have a better chance of making their voices heard as critics…

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the Telegraph slut-shames Kate Winslet

Thu, Jun 06, 2013
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Were you were suffering under the delusion that a respected actress was safe from having her morality decried because she has slept with more than one man?

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Doctor Who thing: the “Doctor Who is racist” story is overblown

Thu, May 30, 2013
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The fact that no one has read the upcoming book Doctor Who and Race yet didn’t stop “Doctor Who is racist!” — or, the slightly less virulent “Is Doctor Who racist?” — headlines from proliferating around the Web…

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why the *hell* is Michael Musto talking to Huffington Post?

Mon, May 20, 2013
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It’s precisely because of sites like HuffPOS that content has been devalued and writers like Musto find themselves considered expendable. So what in the actual fuck is Musto doing supporting them by speaking via them?

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Doctor Who thing: would Neil Gaiman be a good showrunner?

Thu, May 16, 2013
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Apparently there are fans who are calling for Neil Gaiman to take over running Doctor Who whenever Steven Moffat steps down, which I was unaware of until now…

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Doctor Who thing: US DVD customers get early peek at “The Name of the Doctor”

Tue, May 14, 2013
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And yet I can’t seem to get advanced access to the episodes…

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Edgar Wright is undead-blogging the making of Shaun of the Dead

Sat, May 11, 2013
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The director is posting photos from the ten-years-ago shoot starting today…

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for those who doubt that women can be misogynist…

Mon, May 06, 2013
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The women of After Ellen think it’s totes cute to sort other women into “shag,” “marry,” or “dump” categories…

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I normally employ a total ban on linking to Huffington Post…

Tue, Apr 30, 2013
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But this is a wonderfully ironic kick in the ass for a writer at HuffPOS (as I like to call it).

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