Critical Hits & Misses #278

Happy Monday! I was out of town last weekend, so we missed Friday's CH&M! Hope your weekend was merry!

• Bustle discusses the importance of Thor: Ragnarok's Hela, Marvel's first female villain in the MCU. All hail Queen Cate. 


• I would be proud to call this kid my child: watch a kid call an Infowars host "a fucking idiot."

For today's musical hit, we have Kane Brown and "Found You"

Today's critical rolls: Well, it was a rather disastrous weekend. An 8.2 earthquake in Mexico plus a hurricane on the east coast of Mexico, and then the Caribbean and Florida got hit by the largest storm ever. Were you or someone you know caught in any of these? If not, what kind of natural disasters happen in your neck of the woods?


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• 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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• The Chicago Tribune has a great story on why comics are becoming increasingly female. They speak to lady creators working in the industry, and discuss how the superhero films and the still male-heavy comics industry has a disconnect with a growing female audience. 


• And in keeping with the comics theme today, the blog Social Work Helper has a post about how comics change the world, and the history of activism in comics. 


• Switching tracks, and in light of the news we posted yesterday about the release of this series' first soundtrack, we have this wonderful blog post from the Cartoon Amino that discusses the wonderful and powerful use of music in Steven Universe.

For today's musical hit, we have Andra and "Why"

Today's critical rolls: What are some of your favorite female-heavy (either on the character side or the creator side, or both) comics, and why?


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• The Guardian has a pretty neat article that examines how dystopian science fiction written by feminists, from as far back as Mary Shelley and maybe even earlier, have predicted the future beyond their moment in time. A really fascinating look at feminist sci-fi!


• Maria Ranger at The Valley Vanguard discusses how we really need to stop turning every female character in a comic book into a sex object. We agree. 

For today's musical hit, we have Lorde and "Liability"

Today's critical rolls: Discuss some of your favorite feminist fiction, whether it's sci-fi or not!


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