Critical Hits & Misses #82

• Autostraddle has a handy guide to how to protect yourself and your online info, in the time of Voldemort. (Critical Writ staff)


• Fresh off the success of the fabulous Disney film, Moana, Lin-Manuel Miranda and Dwayne Johnson team up yet again to bring us Millenials: The Musical, and EW has the deets! (Ivonne)

Remember what life was like before the world was plunged headlong into the Darkest Timeline? Tegan and Sara performed acoustically for NPR on the eve of the Trumpocalypse, and the resulting footage is a charming artifact of a more innocent time (Etienne):

1. If you were a wizard in the Harry Potter universe, what would your specialty be? What would you be doing for work?

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Critical Hits and Misses #23: Wednesday, September 7th 2016

[Photo credit: The Visibility Project]

• Katy Perry introduced the term “misogynoir” to white mainstream America, but meet Moya Bailey, the black woman who actually coined the term. (Ivonne)
• Jim C. Hines writes about the history of harassment in science-fiction and fantasy fan communities and how to combat it. (Dominik)
• Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson introduced the world to his adorable baby daughter Jasmine on Facebook while she pooped on him. (Adrian)

In today's musical hit, Alison Mosshart reminds us that sometimes you just have to roll with the brokenness.

"You got to go still ahead."

Today's critical rolls:

1. Would you want to live of the moon if it were made of cheese?

2. What do you think caused the Space Roar?

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