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.  

Topics: Gotham Trailer, New Terminator Franchise gains a Doctor, CBR introduces Zero Tolerance message boards

JP, Melissa and De talk about movie news, shows we miss (RIP Almost Human) and wonder why Channing Tatum Gambit is a thing. We also talk about Empire before we knew the phenomenon it would become. Do our TV predictions hold up? Listen and see!

Topics: Future of Google+, racism in the NBA, campaigns to show the diversity of comic book fans, and *sniff* Almost Human is cancelled.... WHY DAMN U WHY!!!!

Topics: Special Guest, FancyFembot from Sci-Fi Party Line, joins us to talk Batman, Stem Cells, Game of Thrones, Spoilers, Almost Human, and upcoming movies.