Critical Hits & Misses #329

• Sexual harassment is a daily topic of discussion now, with all these allegations spilling out of various industries. But not all women can agree on what constitutes sexual harassment. This fascinating article talks about the differences between how women over 50, and how Millenial women, perceive interactions with men. 


• Fellow The Last Jedi costars break our hearts but make us laugh as they tell stories of Carrie Fisher on set in what became her last movie. We still miss you, Carrie. 

For today's musical hit, have the fabulous Lindsey Stirling and "Christmas C'mon"

Today's critical rolls: What's on the agenda for the weekend?

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Critical Hits & Misses #304

• As if Carrie Fisher (aka Princess Leia) wasn't badass enough already, a radio station in Phoenix learned about how Fisher defended her friend Heather Ross from a predatory producer by sending a cow's tongue and a threat to said producer. Like holy shit?


• Everything is awesome, because LEGO will soon be producing a new set of the famous children's toy that features 4 badass female NASA scientists. I'm throwing money at the monitor right now and it's not doing anything...

For today's musical hit, we have Ed Sheeran's "Shape of You"

Today's critical rolls: What other women do you think LEGO needs to make sets for? Or maybe instead of specific historical figures, you'd like to see LEGO produce more women in certain careers?

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Critical Hits & Misses #106

• Love is Love is a new comic book anthology published jointly by DC and IDW, and put together by Marc Andreyko, and it's all about love in the name of the victims of the horrible shooting at the LGBT Orlando nightclub last year. All profits will go to the victims, survivors, and their families. 


• The LA Times has written up a review of the wonderful Bright Lights, a documentary about the mother/daughter relationship between Debbie Reynolds and Carrie Fisher, the ups and downs of show business lives, and the effect of addiction. This one is definitely worth seeing, especially after we lost both of them within a day of each other. 

For today's musical hit, rock out to "Rockabye" by Clean Bandit and featuring Sean Paul and Anne-Marie.

Today's critical rolls:

Not to get too personal, but what was/is your relationship with your mom? Do you have some great memories you want to share, or some beef to air out?

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Critical Hits & Misses #101 - Mourning Edition

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The world is in mourning today over the devastating loss of Carrie Fisher. We here at Critical Writ are broken-hearted. She wasn't simply an actress. She was a powerful, strong, beautiful, and brave woman that influenced an entire generation of girls (including many of us now blogging here). 

And later in life, she spoke out about mental health and her own problems, using her platform to bring awareness on important causes. We love you Carrie, and we shall miss you. 

The New York Times has a pretty good tribute to her here, but really you can find many tributes, all over the internet to her. 

• Ariana Grande describes a gross encounter with a fan of boyfriend Mac Miller. Said male fan disrespected her openly in front of her, and she is not having it. Come on, dudes, what the fuck?


• Boss hacker of the week: six year old girl in Arkansas uses her sleeping mom's fingerprint to get into her mom's Amazon app and purchased $250 worth of Pokemon toys for herself. 

Need a holiday from the present climate of awfulness? Thievery Corporation will take you on a journey to strange musical vistas.

Today's critical roll:

Was Carrie Fisher important to you? Why or why not? What did she mean to you?

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Critical Hits & Misses #99

• Catherine Young over at Bitch Media discusses the rise of ironic misandry, an online trend where feminists mock the idea that we hate men. Take a sip from your Male Tears mug and check this article out. (Critical Writ staff)


• Carrie Fisher, aka Princess Leia, is in stable condition after her scary heart attack on a plane over Christmas weekend. Please, 2016, don't do this. You already took too many stars this year (including singer and secret philanthropist George Michael on Christmas Day, what the heck 2016?) (Critical Writ Staff)


• After much public outcry, The Rockettes are allowing individual dancers to opt out of performing at Herr Trump's inauguration. But this organization has not always been so progressive: did you know they didn't even allow black dancers until 1987? (Ivonne)

For today's musical hit, remember a music legend, by watching this fabulous live performance of "Don't Let the Sun Go Down On Me" with George Michael and Elton John. As a child of the 80s, as someone who grew up listening to Wham! and George Michaels, I can honestly say: you will be missed (Ivonne)

 

Today's critical rolls:

What celebrity death in 2016 has hit you the hardest?

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