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By SYFY WIRE

Women's News
Should you monetize your fandom?
SYFY WIRE - Riley Silverman
With the advent of sites like Etsy, a new comic con every weekend with dealers' rooms to occupy, or even the ability to slap a monetizing ad service …
LGBTQI
Killjoys' Pree is a gender-thwarting style icon
SYFY WIRE - S.E. Fleenor
Somewhere in deep space, at an unloved mining colony on a desolate moon, a bartender serves up drinks and entertainment to miners, scoundrels, …
Weaving
Samara Weaving on Ready Or Not, scream queens, and clocking Andie
SYFY WIRE - Kristy Puchko
With lead roles in Mayhem, The Babysitter, and new-to-theaters Ready or Not, Samara Weaving is becoming a leading lady of horror. But she's not …
Tom Holland
Chosen One of the Day: Tom Holland lip syncing to ‘Umbrella’ by
SYFY WIRE - Preeti Chhibber
Apropos of absolutely nothing whatsoever, let’s take a trip down memory lane and remember a time before we all knew our precious bb cinnamon roll of …
Women's News
The Haunting and the queer romance that never happened
SYFY WIRE - Afiya Augustine
Through the halls of the old Crain estate, one can hear the sounds of creaking wood, the shaking of old industrial pipes, the voices of the souls of …
Women's News
From flesh boots to skin ruffles, how fashion embraces fantasy and
SYFY WIRE - Emma Fraser
On the television series Orphan Black, science was manipulated to create something beyond nature. The many Leda clones, all played by Tatiana Maslany, …
BH90210
BH90210 is Wes Craven's New Nightmare without the death, so why not
SYFY WIRE - Courtney Enlow
The new Beverly Hills 90210...reboot? update? — whatever, it exists outside of your conventional human categories — premiered last week. BH90210 …
Robotics
Chosen One of the Day: Prince Robot IV from Saga
SYFY WIRE - Preeti Chhibber
When news of a mystery man with a television on his head walking around Virginia hit our feeds, we couldn’t help but be reminded of our favorite TV …
Brixton
Hobbs & Shaw’s Brixton brings cyborgs to The Fast and the Furious
SYFY WIRE - S.E. Fleenor
In the opening moments of Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw, a team of MI6 operatives infiltrate a warehouse where a deadly super-virus is being …
Amy Adams
The three genre movies Amy Adams should have won an Oscar for
SYFY WIRE - Emma Fraser
Amy Adams has racked up six Academy Award nominations, but she has gone home empty-handed on each occasion. Her first came in 2006 for a breakthrough …
Women's News
Six YA sci-fi and fantasy books to read this August
SYFY WIRE - Swapna Krishna
August is here, which means incredibly hot temperatures in much of the United States. The end of summer is coming, but it's not here yet — we have …
Comics
Looking back on Nancy Collins' Swamp Thing
SYFY WIRE - Sara Century
Swamp Thing might be best known from Alan Moore's seminal run in the mid-'80s, and Nancy Collins might be recognized most widely as a novelist, but …
Women's News
The one where we get down with the fic-ness [Strong Female Characters
SYFY WIRE - Cher Martinetti
Do you enjoy getting your fic on? Are you looking for a new genre romance novel to quench your neverending thirst? Well, you're in luck, because this …
Women's News
Chosen One of the Day: Guillermo from What We Do in the Shadows
SYFY WIRE - Preeti Chhibber
Oh sweet, sweet Guillermo. Seduced by the promise of a Hispanic vampire via Antonio Banderas in Interview With the Vampire. Your heart’s desire to …
Mermaids
How can Disney make The Little Mermaid more feminist?
SYFY WIRE - Hanna Flint
I’ve been thinking about The Little Mermaid live-action remake lately. Not because it will see black actress Halle Bailey take the lead as Ariel. …
Prince Eric
Building the perfect Prince Eric
SYFY WIRE - Clare McBride
Harry Styles passing on the role of Prince Eric in the upcoming live-action adaptation of The Little Mermaid has gotten Team FANGRRLS wondering who on …
Comics
Why the new Xena comic series is a must-read for longtime fans
SYFY WIRE - Sara Century
It was only shortly after the debut of the TV series that we first began to see Xena: Warrior Princess comics on the shelves, and what a wild ride …
Spock
Chosen One of the Day: Bones, Kirk, and Spock, grumpy old campers
SYFY WIRE - Courtney Enlow
The fifth Star Trek film, The Final Frontier, was famously directed by William Shatner. His original cut was over two hours and after Paramount …
Women's News
ICYMI: The top 10 posts on FANGRRLS 08/17
SYFY WIRE - Kayleigh Donaldson
We're only halfway through August but already Summer is making way for the cooler and crisper weather of Fall. That will either delight you if you're …
Women's News
Now & Then captures the teen obsession of contacting the dead
SYFY WIRE - Emma Fraser
When it was released in the fall of 1995, Now & Then was described by critics as “a contrived Stand by Me kind of story.” Rob Reiner's 1986 adaptation …
Women's News
Look of the Week: The style casebook of Joan Watson on Elementary
SYFY WIRE - Emma Fraser
Welcome back to Look of the Week, celebrating the best in TV and film sartorial excellence, past and present across sci-fi, horror, fantasy, and …
Angela Bassett
Seven movies that would be better with Angela Bassett
SYFY WIRE - Stephanie Williams
Angela Bassett has been on our mood boards before mood boards were ever a thing. She gives eternal bad b*tch energy and any of us would be lucky to …
The Good Place
Chosen One of the Day: Chidi Anagonye, sayer of 'What?!'
SYFY WIRE - Preeti Chhibber
We’ve been through a few seasons of The Good Place with our favorite gang of scumbags, but none are more relatable than Chidi Anagonye. Chidi is the …
Women's News
Battle of the cosmic narrators: God vs. the Guide
SYFY WIRE - Clare McBride
Between the charred Bentley headlights of Amazon Prime’s Good Omens in our rearview mirror and the recent announcement that a new The Hitchhiker’s …
Rocko's Modern Life
Rocko’s Modern Life, trans acceptance, and adapting to change
SYFY WIRE - Laura Dale
When I first sat down to watch the new one-off Netflix special for Rocko’s Modern Life, I was more than a little bit skeptical about the show’s …
The Handmaid's Tale
The Handmaid's Tale Discussion: 'Mayday' leads us out of Gilead
SYFY WIRE - Jessica Toomer
The third season of The Handmaid's Tale has officially come to an end. "Mayday" sees June finally realize her plan of rescuing a group of Gilead …
Women's News
Chosen One of the Day: This twerking Thicc Thanos
SYFY WIRE - Cher Martinetti
Two things are undeniably true about the internet: 1) if something exists, you can find a dedicated fanbase that has painstakingly made perverted …
Super Girl
Why a skirt isn't necessary for Supergirl and Wonder Woman
SYFY WIRE - Emma Fraser
Style ruts happen to the best of us, but when you are a superhero with an instantly recognizable look it isn’t always easy to deviate from …
Comics
Radical forgiveness in the Doom Patrol
SYFY WIRE - Sara Century
The DC Universe series Doom Patrol opens with the mysterious Niles Caulder delicately placing the brain of race car driver Cliff Steele into the …