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Netflix Suspends Three Employees Who Criticised Dave Chappelle’s Transphobic Standup Special
In the wake of intense blowback from the LGBTQ+ community and its allies over transphobic material in comedian Dave Chapelle’s new Netflix special, the platform has suspended three of its own employees for crashing an executive-level meeting addressing concerns about the special.
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Listen to Charlie Jane Anders Read From Her Inspiring New Book on Writing
When Charlie Jane Anders was still at io9 — she co-founded the site with Annalee Newitz back in 2008 — she wrote several popular posts offering advice and inspiration to both aspiring and veteran authors of sci-fi and fantasy. Those posts gained even more value after she herself became a best-selling fiction author, thanks to…
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‘Happiest Season’ Is All I Want For Christmas
Christmas truly is the most wonderful time of year. There’s family, delicious food, presents and, most importantly, a lot of cheesy romantic Christmas movies. For the longest time, these terrible, cheesy Christmas movies my wife and I love so much all fit into the same specific genre with no exceptions: heterosexual nonsense. But this year,…
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Animated Short In A Heartbeat Is About Love That’s Too Big To Keep A Secret
Video: Love is never easy, but it sure gets trickier when your heart literally refuses to contain itself.