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Depending on how much you watch the show, Jersey Shore's transformation of a few unknown guidos and guidettes into an international fame plague was either the best thing or the worst thing ever to happen to entertainment. Now comes the good (or bad) news that the same company that unearthed Snooki and Pauly D is looking to cast some nerds to undergo a similar metamorphosis for a new series called Fandom Rising. Might this be your opportunity to rocket to the heights (or depths) of MTV notoriety? More »
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Yesterday, actress Elisabeth Sladen died. She played Doctor Who regular Sarah Jane Smith, one of sci-fi's first feminists, and a character dear to my heart. More »
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As Mom learned lessons/from DNA-tampering/I laughed and squick'd out. More »
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At their New Yorker Festival reading on Friday, Junot Diaz and recent MacArthur Genius Grant winner Edwidge Danticat talked about writing with kids, being marginalized as a "nerd of color," and why it's so hard to change the world. More »
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A researcher at Tel Aviv University has found evidence, in a study on the evolutionary imperative for crying, that tears have the benefits of helping "build and strengthen personal relationships" amongst people. Related: It also feels good! [Eurekalert] More »
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The much-discussed remake of iconic Sci-Fi campfest Barbarella is on. "The new take on the iconic character will not be campy, though it will keep the sexuality; there will be seductions, but the focus will be on the adventure." [HollywoodReporter] More »
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Oh hey, girlfriend! Did you ever hear of these things called comic books? They're like, stories or something? With like, pictures? Anyway, whatevs, there's some big party called Comic Con and there will totally be hot guys there! For sure! More »
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We don't like reality, and who can blame us? The escapism market is going strong and stronger as the romance, scifi and fantasy novel biz booms. [NYT] More »
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Three words: Star Trek Corset. [BoingBoing] More »
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Joss Whedon, creator of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, on his theory of "womb envy:" "It's a very simple theory and I gave it a silly name, but basically it just seemed to be a fundamental thing that women have something men don't, the obvious being an ability to bear children, and the resilience to hang in as parents. I don't understand why or how anyone ever pulled off the whole idea of "women are inferior." Men not only don't get what's important about what women are capable of, but in fact they fear it, and envy it, and want to throw stones at it, because it's the thing they can't have." [Mother Jones] More »
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If you happen to be in San Francisco this weekend, you may want to check out Arse Elektronika, a three-day conference on sex, science fiction, and technology. Annalee Newitz, of our sister site io9, will kick things off tonight with a no doubt Glamour-worthy list of "the dos and don'ts of sci-fi sex." Other highlights include a licking machine with a silicone tongue and a panel on homoerotic fanfic. If you can't make it out to the Bay Area, at least head over to The Kirk/Spock Fanfiction Archive for some hot man-on-Vulcan action. [Wired] More »
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The X-Files: I Want to Believe premieres today, shrouded in its own set of Clintonian conspiracy theories. Can Agent Scully rekindle our fangirldom? Are our two special agents still an item? Who's the casting director that saw rapper Xzibit and thought “FBI agent?” Oh, and about that plot: it sounds like a mediocre episode of the series itself: an FBI agent goes missing and a pedophile Catholic priest’s psychic rantings may hold the only key to finding her. Agent Scully, who has since become a doctor at a Catholic hospital, and Mulder, who is now a bearded Ted Kaczynski-esque recluse are called up from retirement to decide if they want to believe in the priest's psychic abilities...and their own love. Disappointing details of their middle-aged affair after the jump! More »
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