BET Awards, Community gets renewed by Yahoo, Katana character cast in Arrow Season 3, Platinum games developing Legend of Korra video game, and Fox cancels Hierogyph

Topics: Discuss the disaster that was the True Blood premiere episode.

Check out the panel, We Usually Have To Racebend for this Cast, at Wiscon 38.  

Sleepy Hollow debuted in September 2013. The cast includes two people of color as regulars as well as many other people of color in the supporting cast. Fans of the show immediately took to it and the cast, writers, and crew of the show regularly interact with fans on social media. This panel discusses how the show includes a truly racially diverse issues. It will also discuss fan reactions to the show, particularly the character Abbie Mills, who is at the heart if the show.

Panelists: Inda Lauryn, Krys, Maria, De Ana, Jamie

Topics: Godzilla movie, Tom Cruise, Morgan Freeman has never not looked old, Anthony Mackie in Avengers 2 rumors, Dragon Age 3, Youtube Music Service craps on Indie Labels and latest Feminist Frequency video

Topics: LitFest, X-Men: Days of Future Past and E3

Check out the panel, Rape Culture 101, at Wiscon 38.  

What is rape culture? Why is it important for us to understand and talk about it? How do we sometimes find ourselves upholding rape culture? What can we do to stop?

Panelists: Patricia Alberta Wright. JP Fairfield, Jacqueline Houtman, Allison Moon

Topics: Net Neutrality, What's happening on Twitter (Inter-racial dating, Rihanna, Pharrell wearing a warbonnet)

Topics: Dragon Con Plans, Christian Mingle, X-Men: Days of Future Past, Maleficent, NPR: Tell Me More cancellation, Resurrection, Hannibal

Topics: Review of "Long Hidden: Speculative Fiction From the Margins of History".  

An anthology featuring stories from the margins of speculative history with main characters who may be enslaved people, indigenous people, people of color, queer people, laborers, women, people with disabilities, the very young and very old, and religious minorities, etc.  

Melissa talks TV Land shows and the rest of us still don't understand the appeal.  We discuss Black-ish and Macklemore not understanding racist costumes.