New ‘Ghostbusters’ Trailer Nods To Controversy Over Race And Gender

Read at The Guardian.

Ok, so that’s a “nod.” But, when a person watches the white characters praise each other for their scientific brilliance and the only black one in the bunch works for public transit…it feels like crap. Frankly, this stuff is reaching the point of absurdity.

POTUS sets goal of expanding broadband

LINK: Our leader wants internet for 20 million more Americans by 2020

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Retro Japanese horror game “Back in 1995” launches in April

LINK: Throw the Warped Code Out’s latest is a throwback to the PlayStation and Sega Saturn era

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Karyn Kusama and Emotionally Sophisticated Horror

LINK: Director of ‘Aeon Flux’,’Jennifer’s Body’ and ‘The Invitation’

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Remembering Unsung Science Fiction Hero & Genius Grant Winner Octavia Butler

Read about it at the Southern California Public Radio website.

Below: Devil Girl From Mars : the movie that sparked Butler’s first science fiction story

Writers Talk Afrofuturism, Historical Fantasy, Speculative Fiction

LINK: BRINGING THE FUTURE TO THE NOW

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It’s (Finally) Official: Suicide Squad’s David Ayer, Will Smith re-teaming on Netflix

LINK: Netflix & Will: Working on a sci-fi crime flick called “Bright”

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Warner Bros. to Address Diversity Issue With Directors Workshop

Read at Variety.com.

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Cheryl Contee Writes: ‘What I’ve Learned Working As A Black Person In Silicon Valley’

Read her blog at The Huffington Post.

Cheryl Contee - Photo by Brian Solis

Cheryl Contee – Photo by Brian Solis

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