- Over at Paste Magazine, Holly Green discusses Joss Whedon, white male privilege, and analyzes fictional female characters with agency (like the protagonist of Horizon Zero Dawn), versus "strong" female characters.
- In honor of the solar eclipse that cut a swath of darkness over the US today, Entertainment Weekly has a list of the five most meaningful eclipses in movies and tv.
For today's musical hit, because i just have to okay?, we have Bonnie Tyler's classic "Total Eclipse of the Heart"
Today's critical rolls: Did you watch the eclipse? Even if you didn't, do you find science and the heavenly bodies interesting?
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