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Don’t forget about Amandla
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Amandla Stenberg presented an award to Taylor Swift at the American Music Awards. I’m happy she was there for a couple of reasons. One, I LOVE her outfit. She’s wearing a Ralph Lauren blazer and karla x Levi’s jeans that I need in my life Full Story
Dear Gossips,
Most of the conversation around the box office this weekend is about Venom and A Star is Born and whether or not, together, they can set an October record. Read Full Intro
TIFF Review: The Hate U Give
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A few years ago, book-to-screen YA adaptations meant sci-fi worlds of vampires or dystopian futures. Their heroines were named Bella or Katniss or Tris and even though their stories were unique in their own ways, a few things were constant. Love was as integral to these teen girls as forces bigger than their control. Full Story
Black Girls Rock
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One of the most underrated red carpets of the year is the BET Black Girls Rock! red carpet. Every year, I forget it’s happening and every year, it delivers some of my favourite looks. This year’s honourees included Janet Jackson, Mary J. Blige Full Story
Amandla Stenberg deserves better
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The Darkest Minds is a YA adaptation that arrives years after the YA dystopian boom has faded, adapted from a novel by Alexandra Bracken and I am not sure how she is not being sued into oblivion by Marvel for this blatant X-Men knock-off. The Darkest Minds starts with a plague that kills most of the children, but those who survive turn out to have mutant powers. Full Story
Your Monday cry
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The first trailer for The Hate U Give dropped during the BET Awards last night. If you’ve been reading this site, you know how I feel about Angie Thomas’s novel The Hate U Give. You know how Lainey feels about it. We’ve haven’t been subtle about how much we were moved by the story of Starr Carter and her best friend Khalil. Full Story
Amandla’s revolution
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In February, when the Parkland students were first mobilizing in their fight for gun control, a bunch of pieces like this one for Mashable titled “Of course the 'Hunger Games' generation knows how to use the media in the fight against guns, Full Story
Dear Gossips,
Back in March I read a book and even though we weren’t even at quarter of the way through 2017, I called it the Book of the Year Read Full Intro
Everything, Everything is everything
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If you’ve read anything I’ve written about Riverdale, you know that I’m basically still a teenage girl. Everything, Everything is the movie I wish I had when I was actually going through those awkward, hormonal and formative years. Full Story
Amandla falls in love
Tuesday was Valentine’s Day. Tuesday was also the day I wrote about the announcement that Rachel Lindsay will be the first black Bachelorette. I stressed the importance of seeing black love on screen and how we’re starving for more black leads in romantic comedies. Full Story
Rue!
Hunger Games casting update! A release was just sent out. They’ve announced the tributes from District 11. Which means Rue! Her name is Amandla Stenberg. And Thresh, also from 11, is Dayo Okeniyi. Both newcomers. There’s now actually a Facebook page for casting confirmations. Looks like they may be going in reverse chronological order of districts. Full Story