Critical Writ: Roxane Gay

This week in body and fat shaming: feminist and writer Roxane Gay had to endure quite the humiliating experience in Australia during her book tour to promote her new book Hunger. Gross.

The Hollywood Reporter discusses how tv's new wave of feminist badass characters is failing to represent women over 40 fairly. The story discusses how women characters on tv over 40 tend to be a dysfunctional hot mess.

For today's musical hit, we have The Julie Ruin and "Oh Come On"

Today's critical rolls: Happy Friday! What's on your agenda for the weekend?

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The Flash and Leo Routh

The cutest thing you’ll see all week: the Flash loses a race to the son of Superman/The Atom. (Ivonne)

How the very white adaptation of his Scott Pilgrim made Bryan Lee O’Malley vow to only create mixed race protagonists, like himself. (Dominik)

Roxane Gay writes in The New York Times about the past rape charges towards movie director Nate Parker: “I cannot separate the art and the artist, just as I cannot separate my blackness and my continuing desire for more representation of the black experience in film from my womanhood, my feminism, my own history of sexual violence, my humanity.” (Tova)

Introducing a new segment: Bunday!

What a majestic fluffer nutter.

Clearly, the best way to end a Bunday.

Slumber Buns are John's spirit animals.

For today's musical hit, Sleater-Kinney perform "Entertain" during the 2015 Pitchfork Music Festival. (Etienne)

Today's critical rolls:

1 What is your favorite type of confection? (Besides candy.)
2. If you were a bird, what type of bird do you think you would be?
3. What is the best snack to have during a movie? (Besides popcorn.)

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