- Check out the amazing trailer for Wadjda, the first Saudi Arabian movie directed by a woman.
- Anime fans! There’s a Studio Ghibli documentary headed your way, hitting Japanese cinemas in the fall, and our hearts… forever.
- Two of the most watched shows in the UK, Doctor Who and Poirot, had zero female directors last year.
- Guillermo del Toro talks about the (now released) Pacific Rim, and how he wanted the film to differ from the typical Hollywood summer blockbuster.
- Donald Glover is only going to be in five episodes of Community next season! We don’t know what to do, our whole brains are crying.
- Weeds creator Jenji Kohan talks about telling the stories of a diverse group of women in her new show, Orange is the New Black.
- We’re disappointed that Happy Endings was cancelled, but silver lining? Damon Wayans Jr. might return to New Girl as Coach, who appeared only in the pilot.
- Amazon is launching its own comics imprint called Jet City Comics, featuring work from authors like George R.R. Martin.
- In Britain, stats reveal that women are just as dedicated to their games as men, and the concept of the average gamer is changing.
- A new blog We are the 15 Percent gives space for folks from all over the country to submit photos of their awesome multiracial families. (Bonus: tons of cute babies.)
- A good lunchtime read regarding The Last of Us. While it doesn’t solve sexism in games, it’s a good effort.
- Meanwhile in Bizarroverse, Orson Scott Card asks that “proponents of gay marriage”, boycotting the Ender’s Game movie due to his homophobic stance, “show tolerance.”
- A cool story about the birth of the emoticon!
- Love this! DC Superheroines dressed as hipster girls. Yes it’s been done before, but yes it’s still adorable and awesome.
- Space travel is such a wondrous thing that we forget the more mundane details, like how do you wash your hair in space? Astronaut Karen Nyberg demonstrates.
- After two years of research from the Ikea Foundation (the philanthropic arm) and UNHCR (a UN refugee agency), Ikea “flat packs” make way to refugees, offering housing units that provides more comfort and privacy than the usual tent. Watch the cool vid!
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