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risu5waffles · 18 days
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Who, or What, is a risuko?
Tagged by@candybagcj , transfemme Alan Wake. Alaina? Would that be Alaina?
Who were you named after?
Like most trans gals, i'm named after myself. i honestly didn't realize it would work out to be squirrel girl until it was far too late. i was just thinking i was being clever wiv bilingual numbers puns.
Last time you cried?
i don't remember, and this is honestly a bit of a problem for me. i kinda feel like it would be a healthier if i could just have a good, honest cry for once. Oh! Wait, i do remember! But it's not really a public consumption story, sorry.
Do you have kids?
No. Steps were taken. There are a few folx in my community young enough to be my kids, and i only hope i have been a positive parental-adjacent person in their lives. That's an honest hope, they're good kids (tho', i think the youngest of that lot is a whole-ass adult now. How time flies).
What sports do you play/did you play?
Zilch, nada, none. Not very sporty, me. i tried a couple when i was a real wee squirrel, but none of them really stuck. i do like biking around and walking, so i'm not completely inactive.
Do you use Sarcasm?
Not as much as i used to, honestly. i've made an effort to get out of the habit. Partly because it doesn't really track well in Japanese, and partly because i think Whedon-esque/mst3k-style 90's snark is a bane. i'm well tired of social masks, and happy to be quit of them (medical masks, tho', those are great).
First thing you notice about people?
Fashion and ink, how they hold their bodies. My aversion to looking at people's faces has only gotten worse as i've gotten older.
Do you have any talents?
i was a dab hand at embalming way back in the day, and i can still walk through all the steps in my head.
Scary Movies or Happy Endings?
Or, hear me out, scary movies wiv happy endings. i'm not against a total party wipe, and can appreciate them when they're done well. But i do like it when we can over come the metaphorical horrors, it happens so seldom in meatspace, you know? Also, i am morally obligated to mention here that the 1988 version of The Blob is one of the best movies ever, and is both scary and has a happy ending.
Where were you born?
i'm adopted, so i couldn't tell you wiv any real granularity. Blacksburg Virginia, US is as close as i can get you. Not a big city, tho', can't be that many hospitals. Unless i was born in a ditch. i'd honestly like it if i were a ditchwater baby.
What are your hobbies?
Creating in LittleBigPlanet (full series); wiv the official servers for 3 being down i've gone back to 1 & 2 to see how well i can do in those Create Modes; it's been fun. Trying to work up the courage to jailbreak my ps3 to get on the private servers, but fucking up my console or account isn't an expense i can really afford at the mo.
Do you have any pets?
i have a rat skeleton named Sydney who i rescued from a school i was demolishing (as part of a job, mind you. i didn't just rock up to some random school and start wailing away wiv a crowbar). i love her dearly, and have only fed her blood the couple of times.
How tall are you?
Oh! i just had a medical checkup, so i know this one; i am officially 178cm and some change.
What was your favourite subject in school?
Forensic Science in uni. We got to handle bones. i got to read through Spitz & Fisher's Medicolegal Investigation of Death. My prof had an entirely healthy fascination wiv kaiju (this was prior to coming to Japan, and in the 90's, so a bit more unusual than if i'd gone to school here).
Dream Job?
Embalming. Or at least something involving corpses. i get the dead way better than i get the living. And no corpse has ever called me fag (pejorative).
Who to tag, who to tag. Hrmm @soupum & @jacechaotic , but only to the extent you want to answer any of this, of course!
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themaradwrites · 10 months
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Meet the OC: Beck Kendall
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Fandom: Original Series (Best Evidence)
Series link: Wattpad
Name: Rebecca Anne Kendall
Nickname: Beck, Josh will also wind up calling her Squirrel
Birthdate: 23 March 1978
Face Claim: Keri Russell
Hair: Brown
Eyes: Green
Height: 5'6" / 167cm
Occupation: Digital Forensicist, freelance.
Partner: Josh Tanner (by the end of Best Evidence)
Family: Mother (No contact), Sister (Daniella/Dani), Niece (Sydney/Syd), Brother-In-Law (Oliver/Oli)
Kids: Mackenzie Tanner (Adopted - eventually)
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Bio:
Rebecca Kendall was raised in a single parent house with her younger sister, Daniella (Dani), by their emotionally manipulative mother. Their mother, a former law student, was convinced by their father to drop out of law school to take care of the kids. When Beck was 3 and Dani was a newborn, he left for a younger woman. She’s always blamed her kids for this and tried to use them to reclaim what she views as her former glory.
That attitude made Dani the rockstar child - always had better grades, was one of the popular kids, wound up marrying a rich lawyer, owns a house, and has a kid. Beck was the black sheep - did poorly in school, couldn’t keep friends, “emotional”, lives in an apartment, works freelance, doesn’t have a lot of money, and has no plans for kids. Dani has always been her biggest supporter and best friend.
Beck has always enjoyed video and computer games. As soon as she was old enough to get a job, she started saving up to buy her own computer. She thought her mother would be furious when she found out, instead she bought Dani a computer, staring smugly at Beck when Dani opened her present. Dani let Beck play with it whenever their mother wasn’t around. A few months into owning it, after downloading a virus along with No Doubt’s Tragic Kingdom, Dani came to Beck for help. It was then that Beck realized how much she loved working with computers - she also helped Dani understand she loved computer programming. While Beck was busy figuring out what happened and how to fix it, Dani wanted to know how everything worked. 
When it came time to apply for post-secondary education, Beck applied to the local college for their computer science course, and moved out to attend as soon as she graduated.
When Beck was old enough, she started to look into why she was the way she was. In her 20s, was diagnosed with ADHD, something her mother claims doesn’t exist and constantly gaslights her on. “You don’t need medication, you’re just lazy” and the like.
Beck has since gone no contact with her mother, though Dani still speaks to her at holidays and birthdays.
In her spare time, she plays video games, reads, hangs out at the Royal Ontario Museum, and enjoys fandom.
After gaining experience in her field, she decided freelance work would be better suited to her and worked with her brother-in-law to set up a freelance business doing digital forensic investigations for various private and public businesses.
She works just enough to make enough money to afford the equipment she needs and her apartment in Burlington. When her brother-in-law, Oliver, recommends her for a job, things take a turn….
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Taglist: @munstysmind @residentdormouse @starryeyes2000 @mrsmungus @bi-ologistofthehills @bamboo72498
Please let me know if you want to be added to the taglist!
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jvpit3rs · 3 years
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thanks for the tags! @youngbeezersmixtape @dunnwithlyfe ❣️
rules; answer 30 questions and tag 20 blogs you are contractually obligated to know better.
1. name/nickname: sydney (some ppl call me syd)
2. gender: female (she/her)
3. star sign: libra
4. height: 5’6” (I think... it’s been a long time since I’ve measured my height)
5. time: 4:06pm
6. birthday: september 29th
7. favorite bands/groups: pink floyd, led zeppelin, fleetwood mac, nirvana, arctic monkeys, joy division, beach house, brockhampton, the neighbourhood, the 1975, gorillaz
8. favorite solo artists: harry styles, grimes, mac demarco, frank ocean, blood orange, lizzo, lana del rey, lorde
9. song stuck in your head: polish cow... MOVING ON
10. last movie: uncut gems
11. last show: it’s always sunny in philadelphia
12. when did I create this blog: I’ve had tumblr since 2014 and change my blog when I go through phases lol
13. what do I post: hockey stuff and hopefully more art in the future!
14. last thing I googled: uranus lmao! it has to do with an upcoming post!
15. other blogs: nope
16. do I get asks: not really but i would love to talk/chat with you all!
17. why I chose my url: funny enough I just changed it BUT it’s because I love a certain man named nolan patrick
18. following: 85
19. followers: 205 (thank you❤️❤️! especially to everyone who has put up with me changing fandoms since 2014 lmaooo)
20. average hours of sleep: it’s never a steady number lol! I could sleep until 1 in the afternoon or wake up randomly at 5:30am
21. lucky number: 13
22. instrument: I played the clarinet in 5th grade…
23. what am I wearing: dark green sweats and black tank top with my blue Comfy on over it (I could live in this Comfy!!)
24. dream job: forensic scientist, crime lab technician, or anything to do with natural science really
25. dream trip: europe!! particularly ireland, england, and france
26. favorite food: ratatouille or margherita pizza
27. nationality: american
28. favorite song: I can’t decide on one single song but champagne coast by blood orange and wish you were here and comfortably numb by pink floyd is up there!!
29. last book you read: a book about libra’s because it’s my sign hehe
30. top three fictional worlds: star wars galaxies, harry potter, and the marvel universe
tagging: @kirbysdch @itsflowerpowerbaby @krugstrash @ballsakic @viviartsy @folkloreflyers
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asoulofstars · 4 years
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The title of this is currently TBD, as I’ve yet to think of a witty title. Witty title will probably come from @niceofthenine‘s Artemis saying something fun in teasing Riona & Sawyer later. 
This is Part 1 of my Riona/Sawyer fake married AU that I absolutely fucking adore. This is all pre-crash, we’ll get to on Island stuff starting in Part 2.
           Riona frowned as a bar fight broke out. It was her last night in Sydney, and they’d just finished the conference, and she wanted to celebrate. But when the cops quickly arrived, they all arrested one man, and it was not the man who started it. Riona knew that the FBI had zero sway in Sydney, Australia, but she knew that self-defense was not a reason to get arrested. So, she followed them to the police station, even as the others from her group asked her where she was going.
           “Excuse me!” she called. “I was a witness to my husband’s bar fight!”
           “Husband? Where were you when he was throwing punches?” the officer asked.
           “I was on my way back from the restroom and passed some of my colleagues. I was part of the forensic science conference happening this week. And, I’ll have you know, my husband did not throw the first punch.”
           “Princess, they don’ seem to care,” he drawled. “Jus’ head back to the hotel.”
           “He is staying the night with us, Ma’am. If you would like to leave your hotel number, we will call you when we have decided to release him.” The officer handed her a notepad.
           She put her name and number down, and she frowned. “Is this how self-defense gets handled in Australia? The FBI handles things better than this.”
           “FBI? You’re FBI?” The officer snorted. “Come on, Ford. Let’s move.”
           Riona watched as the officer led the man away, and she sighed. Nothing left to do tonight, so she went back to her hotel. She packed everything up except for what she would need in the morning, and she went to sleep.
~*~
           “Mrs. Ford?” The same voice that had dismissed her last night was on the phone. “You can come pick your husband up. He’s leaving the country today, so apologies if you had another ticket.”
           “I’ll be there as soon as possible.” Riona threw the suitcases into the rental, and she headed down to the police station.
~*~
           “Are you okay, Cowboy?” she asked, hands going to his face to check for fractures from his fight last night.
           “Yeah, Princess. Jus’ fine.” He flashed her a small smile.
           She blinked at his dimples, and she flushed. His small smile grew into a smirk, and she rolled her eyes.
           “James Ford, don’t come back.” The officer looked at Riona. “Keep him out of trouble.”
           Riona snorted. “Sure,” she replied. “Come on, Cowboy.” She wrapped her arm around his, and she tugged him out the door.
           “Well, you’re quick on your feet,” he said when they were out on the street.
           “You shouldn’t have been arrested for self-defense,” she replied.
           “Apparently the other guy is some prime minister of somethin’. They were not thrilled.” He huffed and waved his hands. “Guess I should get my stuff. Got a flight to catch.”
           “So do I; Oceanic 815. I can drive you.”
           “Since I’m apparently on the same plane, I’ll take you up on that.” He climbed into the passenger seat of her rental.
           Riona drove to his hotel, and she followed him to his room. He threw a couple things into his suitcases, and then he shouldered a bag.
           “Ready to get to the airport, Honey?” he asked with a playful grin, dimples flashing at her again.
           Riona snorted, even as his dimples again threw her off guard enough for her to not respond to his lack of actual packing. “I think I like Princess better.” She walked back to the rental car.
           “Good to know,” he replied.
           Riona couldn’t help but smile. This man was something.
           “What?” he asked.
           “I just don’t understand you. You’re minimalistic; you’re belligerent, but you don’t fight until you have to. You’re…very flirty.” She glanced over at him.
           “Well, you’re very attractive, and you’re the one who said we were married.” He chuckled. “I travel a lot; it’s easier for me to just have everythin’ packed up and ready.” He shrugged.
           “You are…very flattering.” She flushed. “And law enforcement is similar pretty much everywhere. They’re not going to tell a random stranger anything. Wife, on the other hand, they’ll give leeway to.”
           He chuckled. “So, Princess. What’s your name?”
           “Riona Gallagher,” she replied. “I’m going to go ahead and assume that you don’t use your real name, because you didn’t seem thrilled that the officer used it.”
           “I go by Sawyer,” he replied.
           Riona could tell that there was a story in his name situation, but she decided to let it pass.
           “Do you really work for the FBI?” he asked.
           Riona grinned. “Forensic specialist,” she replied. “I’m a lab rat, and even if the FBI had any kind of jurisdiction here in Sydney, if they’d actually responded to the FBI thing, they wouldn’t have given me much more once they found out I wasn’t a real agent.”
           He snorted. “Well, Princess, you’re also just not that intimidating. But I’m sure you do a hell of a good job.”
           She glanced over at him. “I can be very intimidating, thank you very much. You’d be surprised at the amount of times I’ve moved the biggest FBI agents just with my voice.”
           She could hear his grin despite her eyes being focused on the road.
           “Mmm. Good to know.”
           Riona couldn’t help the smug smile in response, and she glanced at him again quickly. She chewed her bottom lip and tilted her head. There was something familiar about him, both in the nagging sense that she knew him from somewhere but also in their ease. She was comfortable with him, and she enjoyed talking to him.
           “What?” he asked.
           “We haven’t met before, have we?” she replied.
           “I think I would remember you, Princess. Why do you ask?” He turned in his seat.
           “This is just too easy. I mean, I like talking to people, but I’m always overthinking something. I don’t feel like that with you.” She shrugged a shoulder at him.
           “I mean, awkward went out the window when our first conversation was in a police station after a bar fight,” he replied.
           She made a small noise of agreement with her throat. “I just feel like I know you from somewhere. But Los Angeles is huge, so maybe it’s just my brain being weird.”
           “You don’ happen to live in Park Wilshire, do you?”
           “I do, actually. 1G.” She made a turn and eyed him as they came up to a stop sign.
           “2F,” he replied. “I’ve only been there for a couple months; I did a month-by-month lease, because I travel a lot.”
           “So you mentioned back at your hotel. What exactly do you do?” she asked.
           “Little bit of everythin’,” he replied. “I like havin’ options. I don’ wanna settle down an’ miss out on opportunities.”
           Riona eyed him out of the corner of her eye, lips pressed together. She knew that was a partial truth at best. “Alright.”
           “What’s that mean?” he asked.
           “It means that there’s definitely more to that story, but just because I will tell someone pretty much my whole life story when we met last night, doesn’t mean that other people will expand upon things, so alright.”
           Therapy helped her in some social interactions. She learned to recognize the cues that meant not to ask for the same amount of information that she might give. She still wasn’t great about her oversharing, but that was a different story.
           Sawyer let out a breath through his nose. “Fair enough. Thanks for that.”
           “You’re welcome,” she replied. “How about a totally innocent question?” she asked.
           “Shoot,” he said.
           “What’s your favorite color?” she asked, grinning at him as she came to another stop sign.
           “Green,” he replied. “Yours is purple, right?” He gestured at her outfit.
           “That’d be correct.”
           “How ‘bout your favorite song?” he asked.
           “Oh, that song that just came out a few weeks ago. Mr. Brightside by The Killers.” Riona’s eyes lit up. “God, I wish that song existed when I was in college. Perfect stage dance song.”
           “Stage dance?” Sawyer asked.
           Riona flushed. “I was a stripper to pay for school. Sometimes I miss it; it was a really fun experience, and it taught me a lot about myself. But those late nights killed me.”
           “Still got those moves, Princess?” He smirked at her.
           “Yes, I do,” she replied. “Not that you need to know that.”
           “Maybe not. But husband-me must be a lucky man.” His dimples were prominent on his face.
           “Maybe he is when wife-me feels like putting on a show.” She shook her head at him. “And we are here!” she exclaimed as the airport came into view.
           “Finally,” he said. “Been here too damn long. I am ready to say sayonara.”
           “It’ll be good to go home,” Riona agreed. “I miss my cat.”
           He snorted. “Your cat?” he asked.
           “My beautiful baby, Freyja. She’s a Norwegian Forest Cat, and I picked her out from the shelter. She’s my best friend.” Riona paused and chewed her lip. “Well, best friend besides Aislinn, but Aislinn lives out in Massachusetts. She has a cottage and a huge garden and a couple horses, and she is pretty much my sister.”
           “Sounds like a good best friend,” he said.
           “The best,” Riona replied. “You have pets or friends?” she asked.
           “You count as a friend, right?” he answered.
           Riona flushed, chewed her lip, and stole a glance at him as she parked. “I mean, yes, but…just me?”
           He gave a vague shrug. “I don’ really do the whole friendship thing. Don’ stay places long enough to make meaningful connections. But…you helped me out, an’ I know you a bit better than I’ve known anyone in a long time, so…yeah. You’re a friend.”
           She didn’t have time to respond as he got out of the car, shouldering his own bag and taking her luggage with ease. She didn’t bother to question him, instead wrapping her arm around his and leaning into him as they walked towards the gate to wait.
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scifigeneration · 4 years
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Keep your job options open and don't ditch science when choosing next year's school subjects
by Tracey-Ann Palmer
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Studying chemistry can take you into many careers, from an analytical chemist to a forensic scientist and even an environmental consultant. Shutterstock/Rawpixel.com
Thousands of Year 10 students are in the process of choosing subjects for their final years of school and half will probably choose to ditch science.
For someone like me who thinks science is one of the most worthwhile things I’ve ever studied, that decision is bewildering.
The downward trend in science enrollments has been watched with concern for decades and is the subject of much research.
But still science continues to be out of favour with teens despite its potential use in a wide range of employment opportunities, beyond the traditional science careers.
Teens live in a world of science
Today’s teenagers have grown up in a world shaped by science. Most don’t know life without the internet and have the world at their fingertips (and parents to help) through computers, smartphones and other connected devices.
Schools are doing what they can to try to teach students the skills they need to prosper in a future that continues to be shaped by science, with increased use of automation, artificial intelligence and so on.
You would think students in this environment would jump at science as a subject that teaches critical thinking and problem solving – just the skills needed in this modern world.
But that’s just not happening.
There are plenty of books written on why students aren’t choosing science and government reports on why we need more science skills, so you might wonder what hasn’t been done.
That’s where my research comes in. I have studied as a scientist, teacher and marketer and I thought the problem might not be science at all, but how students see science compared to the other subjects they can choose. To me it looked like a purchase decision.
How students choose subjects
I wanted to know how students chose their subjects and how they saw science, so I asked them.
Initially, I spoke to 50 students from five New South Wales schools and then 15 adults (careers advisers and teachers) who helped students make their choices. I went to the information events at these schools and reviewed the subject choice documents given to students.
Next, a group of 379 Year 10 students were surveyed to ask about their subject choices. They were asked to rank 21 factors I found students considered when they chose their subjects. These factors included things such as parent advice, teacher advice, enjoyment of a subject, subject difficulty and the expected mark.
What I found was that the students seemed to use a two-stage process to choose their five to six subjects. The first stage was a choice on “love” or “hate” (they used those words). Then, with any subjects left over, they judged the value of the subject compared to the others available.
This value was in terms of how useful a subject was for a career or further study, and how much effort they would need to put in to get good marks. Unfortunately, this is where things go wrong for science.
Science looks like the bad buy
Students reported more often (16 against 7) that they saw science as harder than other subjects, and as harder to get marks. Students didn’t say they wanted to avoid work – it just had to be worth it.
Unfortunately, science has a problem here too. Students repeatedly commented that science wasn’t as useful as other subjects – unless you wanted to be a doctor, scientist, engineer or something similar.
I did not see anything at any of the school subject selection events that countered this idea. This makes science look like the bad buy. It’s seen as expensive in terms of time and effort to get marks, and as having limited use.
Yet science is useful in a range of careers, from carpentry to management and many other roles – basically any career that needs answers backed by evidence. Science helps us to understand and participate in the world in which we live.
But this is not clear to students. Their perception of the usefulness of science is very narrow, so there is no longer pressure to include it as a staple next to mathematics and English.
Seeing the value of science
Knowing this gives us something to work with. Along with all the other great work to help students love science, we can work on their perceptions of the value of science at the time they are choosing subjects.
Schools should invite people from a wide range of career backgrounds to come talk to students to share their ideas on how science is useful in their jobs.
We can also do some very practical things to make sure science is at its most attractive when students are choosing subjects – for example, doing fun work in the lab and not scaring them with any challenging exam just before they choose.
These teenagers do not take subject choice lightly – they know they may be closing the doors on some paths. It would be wrong to convince students to take any subject that’s not right for them, but this is about helping them see the value of science.
If they see that value of science subjects through good information and good experiences then they may decide to stay with science, at least for a couple more years.
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About The Author:
Tracey-Ann Palmer is a Lecturer in Initial Teacher Education at the University of Technology Sydney
This article is republished from our content partners over at The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. 
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ayellowbirds · 5 years
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42 Webcomics Keshet Reads
I was recently reminded that I currently read a lot of webcomics, or have done so in the past. Here’s an incomplete list, linking to the first page where i can (which will usually mean the worst art). Organized thus:  Title, Author. Genre. Format (long-format stories, short-format & single-page stories, or mixed). Description.
The Adventures of Dr. McNinja, by Christopher Hastings. Comedy, Parody, Action. A man from a long line of Irish ninjas has devoted his own life to saving lives as a doctor, disappointing his family. His staff includes a sentient but non-speaking gorilla receptionist, and eventually a boy sidekick who grew a fabulous mustache out of sheer determination. Recurring threats include fast food mascots, ghosts, wizards, ghost wizards, and a disease that turns people into giant lumberjacks. Completed.
BACK, by Anthony Clark and KC Green. Comedy, Adventure, Absurdity, Weird West. Long-Format. A cowgirl comes back from the dead with no memory of who she was or how she died, and is told by a trio of “Cool Witches” that she has to bring about the end of the world—though what exactly that means remains a mystery. Consistently excellent visual storytelling from masters of sequential art; at least one WLW pairing among the characters. 
Bite Me!, by Dylan Meconis. Comedy, Horror, Historic Fiction. Long-Format. A young woman becomes a vampire amidst the chaos of the French Revolution. Featuring immortal angst, a Jewish werewolf, and sacré bleu, the chickens. Completed (website can be slow to load).
Broodhollow, by Kris Straub. Horror, Weird Fiction. Long-Format. By the creator of the original creepypasta that inspired Channel Zero. A young man abounding with neuroses and compulsions comes to a strange little town in order to settle a late relative’s estate. Themes of unreliable memories and differences of perception.
Chainsawsuit, by Kris Straub. Comedy. Short-Format. Three-panel gag comic.
ChaosLife, by A. Stiffler & K. Copeland. Slice of Life, Autobiographical. Mixed-Format. The life of a queer couple and their pets: humor, lgbt issues, mental illness (K. experiences paranoid schizophrenia), cats, and occasional puppets.
Crunchy Bunches, by Scott Warren. Comedy. Mixed-Format. Cereal mascot parody focused on snaggle-toothed feline mascot Munchy and his friends. 
Dead Winter, by Allison Shabet. Action, Horror, Comedy. Long-Format. Zombie apocalypse story with occasional partially-animated scenes, and a relatively low focus on the actual zombies. Infrequent updates, but has a Patreon with weekly content.
DRIVE, by Dave Kellet. Sci-Fi, Comedy. Long-Format. Humanity has taken to the stars, led by a second Spanish Empire that controls the secrets of FTL travel. When the crew of the Machito recover their science advisor and accidentally pick up a mysterious amnesiac alien at the same time, they become embroiled in intrigue that affects the whole of human space and beyond, caught between secret police, mind-controlling invaders, and a species dedicated to invention who have a grudge against humans.
El Goonish Shive, by Dan Shive. Adventure, Sci-Fi/Fantasy, Superheroics, Slice of Life, Mad Science. Long Format. Difficult to pin down, once described as “the most squeaky-clean fetish comic online”—lots of characters undergoing fantastic transformations of their bodies. Starts out weak but gradually grew into one of the most progressive webcomics out there as the creator started to really think about the meaning of someone wanting to transform from a nerdy boy into a busty girl. I’ve said more about it, here. Significant LGBT content, including canon gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, genderfluid, and asexual characters.
Family Man, by Dylan Meconis. Historic Fiction, Horror, Romance, Libraries. Long-Format. A learned man of Jewish ancestry takes a position as a lecturer at a small Christian university in the middle of nowhere in the Germanies of the 18th century, and falls in love with the daughter of the head of the university—who has some secrets relating to her mother’s family  On hiatus as of July 2017.
Freefall, by Mark Stanley. Comedy, Sci-Fi, Furry. Long-Format. A larcenous alien and his naive robot pal living on a human colony world acquire the services of an uplifted humanoid wolf as their ship’s engineer under less-than-legal circumstances. As time goes on, the crew becomes caught up in the struggles and politics of the artificial intelligences of the colony. Binge-reading page here, colored strips here.
Girl Genius, by Phil & Kaja Foglio. Gaslamp Fantasy (Not-Steampunk), Action, Comedy, Mad Science, Alternate History. Long-format. A young woman discovers that she is the latest in a line of mad scientists including the vanished heroes of Europa as well as some of its most terrible villains.
Goblins, by Ellipsis Hana Stephens. Fantasy, RPGs, Action, Body Horror. Long-format. A tribe of goblins go from being mere MOBs to taking levels as adventurers themselves, facing ambiguity about alignment, morality, and the place of "monsters” in a world that seems to favor humanoids. Can get very gory at times. Light LGBT content including a prominent gay male character; transgender creator.
Goodbye to Halos, by Valerie Halla. Fantasy, Adventure. Long Format. Forced through a gateway to another world for her own safety, Fenic finds herself in the “run-down queer district” of a city of animal people—and spends a few years coming into own identity as a trans lesbian, forging a new life. But the reasons she was forced into this world are catching up to her, and she’ll need to turn her protective streak towards defending herself. Heavy LGBT themes; often not safe for work. The only work i can think of where a trans girl’s underwear bulge is treated as a completely nonsexual and innocent thing.
Grrl Power, by Dave Barrack. Superheroes, Sci-Fi. Long Format. Probably Not Safe For Work. Comics nerd Sydney Scoville winds up becoming a superhero herself after circumstances force her to reveal her powers and join up with an agency providing training and oversight. While consistently funny and clever with the use of powers, it can be very centered on the male gaze; the art starts out being pretty . I actually first started reading it because I recognized one of the characters from years prior when the artist was posting softcore smut to furry websites.
Guilded Age, by T. Campbell & Phil Kahn, art by John & Jason Waltrip and Erica Henderson. Fantasy, RPGs, Action, MMOs. Long-Format. A group of adventurers face off against threats to their world—such as the CEO of the company that programmed their world in the first place. Strong themes of intrigue, the nature of violence, and the concept of good and evil in fantasy settings. Completed, now running extras & side stories, including annotated repeats of the original pages.
Gunnerkrigg Court, by Tom Siddell. Fantasy, Sci-Fi. Long-Format. A young girl attends a strange boarding school specializing in matters of the supernatural and obscure, making friends with classmates, a ghost, robots, psychopomps, living shadows, fairies, and eldritch horrors in the form of silly woodland creatures while exploring the mysteries of the school and her own ancestry. Shows remarkable art progression; the style of the first storyline is unrecognizable from the present. Especially rewarding if you’re into alchemy. LGBT content, including prominent WLW characters. Warnings: unreality is a recurring theme, and there is a bit of “suicidal” fairies desperate to be reincarnated as humans. Boxbot is rubbish.
Johnny Wander, by Yuko Ota & Ananth Hirsh. Autobiographical, Fantasy, Humor, Mixed-Format. A mix of slice-of-life autobiographical pages, and short stories, including the longer format “Barbarous” and “Lucky Penny”.
Kevin & Kell, by Bill Holbrook. Comedy, Slice-of-Life, Furry. Mixed-Format. Extremely long-running strip (daily updates since September of 1995). In a world of anthropomorphic animals where predatory species can legally & without repercussions hunt & consume other species, a businesswoman wolf (Kell) and her uncommonly large rabbit husband (Kevin) make their blended family work in spite of social stigma against predator/prey relationships. Far more light-hearted than it sounds, though it often touches on social issues and drama. Light LGBT content from some minor recurring characters.
Kill Six Billion Demons, by Abbadon. Fantasy, Metaphysical, Martial Arts. Long Format. A college student’s attempt at heterosexuality is interrupted by the arrival of a legendary king of all reality. Thrust into a battle over the greatest power of all worlds, Allison faces devils, angels, and the city at the center of the 777,777 universes. It’s a lot to take in. Occasionally not safe for work. Frequent LGBT content, including WLW.
Love Me Nice, by Amanda Lafrenais. Comedy, Hollywood. Long Format. Set in a world shared by cartoon characters and ‘real’ people (think Roger Rabbit), where TV star Mac T. Monkey Jr. struggles between his irresponsible instincts and his attempts to build a life as an adult and a relationship with fellow protagonist (and manager) Claire. Some LGBT content; infrequent updates. Occasionally Not Safe For Work. 
Manly Guys Doing Manly Things, by Coelasquid. Comedy, Videogames, Parody. Mixed-Format. The staff of a temp agency for “ludicrously macho guys” tries to help the protagonists of video games, TV, and movies deal with their testosterone-addled brains in a constructive fashion. Occasional LGBT content—mostly MLM, naturally. Keep an eye out for the fluffy little velociraptors, and Mr. Fish the Gyarados. On indefinite hiatus since June of 2018.
Narbonic, by Shaenon K. Garrity. Comedy, Sci-Fi, Mad Science, Gerbils. Mixed-Format. Comp Sci. grad Dave needs a job. Helen B. Narbon, cute blonde mad scientist with a gerbil fixation, is hiring. Story arcs feature action-packed forensic linguistics, a worldwide conspiracy of guys with the same name, rodents uplifted to sentience, time travel. Some awkwardness around gender transformations, light LGBT content. Completed, with author annotations.
Nedroid Picture Diary, by Anthony Clark. Comedy, Absurdity. Short Format. Short comics that very quickly come to focus on the antics of the anomalous ursine orb Beartato and his friend/roommate Reginald, a bird who is just terrible. 
Not Drunk Enough, by Tess Stone. Supernatural, Action, Horror. Long Format. A survival horror styled webcomic by a creator with a history of exceptionally dynamic page composition and lettering. Expect lots of magnificently weird body horror.
O Human Star, by Blue Delliquanti. Roboticist Al Sterling died. Al Sterling woke up an android body mimicking his own. As he reconnects with his former partner-in-several-senses, he explores a world that remembers him as one of its greatest innovators. Major themes of identity, the definition of humanity, and gender and sexuality. LGBT themes including MLM and transgender characters. Warning for some discussion of self-harm.
Outsider, by Jim Francis. Sci-Fi. Long Format. Beautifully-illustrated science fiction story that is painfully slow to update. If you watched a lot of 80s and 90s sci-fi anime, you’ll get the vibe that this has—including its arguable weak point of being centered on a man who finds himself among an alien race dominated by warrior women. 
Patrik the Vampire, by Bree Paulsen. Supernatural, Slice-of-Life. Long Format. The unlife and history of an exceptionally awkward vampire and the mortals around him—book club, knitting, coffee shops, violent murder. Some LGBT content.
Poppy O’Possum, by I. Everett. Fantasy, Furries. Long Format. A single mother in a world of animal people where only opossums lack magic, Poppy just wants to settle down in quiet and safety with her daughter Lily. The world has other ideas—but fortunately, Poppy is mind-blowingly strong. On hiatus. Some LGBT content.
Questionable Content, by Jeph Jacques. Slice-of-Life, Comedy, Sci-Fi. Mixed-Format. Starts out focusing on indie rock fan Marten and his robotic “anthroPC” Pintsize. As the art evolves, so does the subject matter, focusing more and more on the rest of the cast and topics like the nature of personhood and identity for artificial intelligence. Eventually comes to feature significant LGBT content, including bisexual and transgender characters in the main cast.
Rae the Doe, by Olive Brinker. Comedy, Slice-of-Life. (Mostly) Short Format. If Garfield was a transgender doe and wore clothes and also there weren’t any jokes about Mondays or lasagna and the comic was constantly assumed to be autobiographical in spite of its creator frequently asserting otherwise and the comic was still genuinely funny. But otherwise just like Garfield, really.
Selkie, by Dave Warren. Sci-Fi, Slice-of-Life, Comedy, Drama. Long-Format. Former adoptee Todd becomes a father himself to a strange young girl who turns out to be a refugee from a secret underwater civilization. While the public gradually becomes aware that humans are not alone, family forms and is redefined as secrets from both Todd and Selkie’s past are revealed and dealt with, and kids confront issues of inclusion and exclusion. Also, for some reason two of the kids from Evangelion are Todd’s neighbors.
Skin Deep, by Kory Bing. Fantasy, Coming-of-Age, Monster Girls (and Boys). Michelle discovers the secret world of mythical monster people after a small medallion unlocks her own heritage as a sphinx—supposedly long-extinct, according to the other monsters. Michelle must explore who she is and her family history while also trying to avoid completely upending nonhuman society and maintaining secrets within a culture already used to the use of magical illusions and transformations. Light LGBT content.
Skin Horse, by Shaenon Garrity.  Comedy, Sci-Fi, Mad Science, Zombies, Canadians. Mixed-Format. Set in the same universe as Narbonic (see above), “Skin Horse” follows an organization of  the same name dedicated to providing social services to beings only recognized by the secret shadow government—staffed by a patchwork zombie bioweapon, a talking sled dog, a cross-dressing pansexual psychologist, and a receptionist in the form of an immobile Victorian robotic weapon of mass destruction, all overseen by a sentient swarm of bees. Frequent LGBT content.
Something*Positive, by RK Milholland. Comedy, Slice-of-Live, Parody. Mixed-Format. Very long-running comic that gradually grows from a dark and misanthropic sense of humor into a dark and misanthropic sense of humor with a warm and gooey center. Earlier comics can be pretty weak and handle many subjects very poorly (the first strip, linked above, features an abortion “joke”); gradually improves.in terms of LGBT representation to the point that it’s one of the better webcomics in that regard. I might recommend skipping ahead in the archives to the current decade (the “1937″ and “1938″ are strips flashing back to the previous generations).
Spacetrawler, by Christopher Baldwin. Sci-Fi, Comedy. Long-Format. The naive but brilliant alien race known as the Eebs are enslaved by interplanetary society at large, depending on their servile nature to maintain the high standard of technology and transportation across the void of space. A group of utterly incompetent aliens come to Earth to seek help in freeing the Eebs... and generally fuck everything up for the best with their terrible choices of sample humans. Currently in the midst of a sequel series focusing on new intrigue and antics, including a talking, murderous kangaroo.
Spinnerette, by Krakow Studios. Superheroes, Comedy, Sci-Fi. Mixed-Format. A grad student develops spider-themed superpowers—including extra arms—and attempts to navigate both concealing her transformation, and becoming a superhero in a world where super-powered vigilantes and criminals are a fact of life. Not Work-Safe due to suggestive artwork including improbably form-fitting costumes over improbably large bosoms. Recurring LGBT content.
Val & Isaac, by @tredlocity​. Sci-Fi, Fantasy,  Comedy. Mixed-Format. A space mercenary, her wizard buddy, and the cyborg fish girl who keeps all their technology functional, occasionally featuring their shapeshifting assassin friend Space Dread. Major LGBT content, including WLW and MLM, and a prominent transgender character.
Vattu, by Evan Dahm. Fantasy, Worldbuilding. Long-Format. Born to the Fluters of the grasslands, Vattu finds her traditional subsistence lifestyle torn away as a multi-species empire asserts a claim over her people’s lands. A fantasy epic with several major arcs; see also the creator’s earlier completed works Rice Boy and Order of Tales.
XKCD, by Randall Munroe. Science, Parody, Comedy. Short Format. Stick figures and scientific silliness. Make a point of checking the alt-text of each comic by moving your cursor over the strip. Early pages are much more along the lines of experimental sketches; link above directs to a random comic in the archives. Some comics are more along the lines of interactive games!
Yet Another Fantasy Gamer Comic (YAFGC), by Rich Morris. Fantasy, Comedy, Parody. Mixed-Format. Not Work-Safe. The inhabitants of a world heavily based in Dungeons & Dragons go about their lives as monsters, humanoids, and soul-searching mixes of the two. Begins with a romance between a beholder and a goblin, gradually builds up to battles between nations and the gods themselves, while also finding time to explore family, loss and love, and whether kobolds count as sapient. Moderate LGBT content including recurring gay & bisexual characters (it’s a very large cast); new readers guide here.
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The Washington Monument displayed a mesmerising tribute for the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing Business Insider (KW).
Hawaii telescope protest shuts down 13 observatories on Mauna Kea Nature
NASA’s Lunar Space Station Is a Great/Terrible Idea IEEE Spectrum
The Black Hole Engulfing the World’s Bond Markets Bloomberg
Investing in the age of deglobalisation FT
A simulation of the insurance industry: The problem of risk model homogeneity (PDF) Torsten Heinrich, Juan Sabuco, J. Doyne Farmer. A new and unexpected source of fragility.
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Labour’s Brexit capitulation is the end of Corbynism Lee Jones, London School of Economics and Political Science
The Ham of Fate NYRB
Sure, Boris Johnson Is Funny. But Has He Ever Done a Job Well? NYT
Ukraine election: Zelensky’s party set to win big in parliamentary vote EuroNews. Mark Ames:
For 3 years, Ukraine’s parliament has been led by neo-Nazi speaker Andriy Parubiy, founder of the Social-National Party—and all this time, the Anglo-American media maintained a shameful blackout on reporting it. Today, Ukrainians are booting the Nazi out https://t.co/eCTLPZmJo1
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‘A Pre-Revolutionary Situation’: More Than 20,000 Rally in Moscow for Free Elections Moscow Times
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Triads linked to violent pro-China gangs as Hong Kong protests enter dangerous new phase Sydney Morning Herald. A thread on yesterday’s march:
Ahead of today’s march, Hong Kong protesters have put together this video reading out their manifesto.
The same manifesto was read out during the parliament siege on Jul 1.
This version is in English and very much aimed at an international audiencehttps://t.co/5fdwc0SfKa
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Two of three men arrested over Hong Kong’s biggest bomb plot, discovered on eve of major anti-government protest, are members of pro-independence groups South China Morning Post
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What Trump’s tale about the US trade war’s role in China’s economic decline got wrong South China Morning Post
Why an “AI Race” Between the U.S. and China Is a Terrible, Terrible Idea. The Intercept
China to tackle corruption in Belt and Road projects FT
What are click farms? A shadowy internet industry is booming in China Yahoo Finance
Abe fails to win two-thirds majority needed to revise constitution FT
The IMF Takeover of Pakistan The Diplomat
India
Live coverage: India’s Chandrayaan 2 moon mission counting down to liftoff Spaceflight Now
India Monitoring for ‘Signs of Fragility’ Among Shadow Banks Bloomberg
Between deprivation and decadence: the bleak view of India’s future The Interpreter
Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico prepares for massive protest to expel governor AP
It Was Never Just About the Chat: Ruminations on a Puerto Rican Revolution Counterpunch. Well worth a read. (I encountered it as a cross-post, sourced to Counterpunch. To find the original, I googled for a sentence, and there was no hit for Counterpunch. Then I went to Counterpunch, and there it was. So Google’s black list is still in effect.) From the article: “But the jokes about needing carrion birds to devour the dead, that was the lit match. The chat messages didn’t start this.” The joke, about what to do with all the corpses after Hurricane Maria:
Some highlights from the leaked Rosselló admin chats:
1. Christian Sobrino (who’s just resigned) joking about taking corpses backlogged at Forensic Sciences earlier this year and “feeding them to the crows” that go to the Oversight Board to crow. pic.twitter.com/wRo7koY2uD
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(Translation.) #awkward.
In Secret Chats, Brazil’s Chief Corruption Prosecutor Worried That Bolsonaro’s Justice Minister Would Protect Bolsonaro’s Senator-Son Flávio From Scandals The Intercept
Trump Transition
Merger Mania in the Military Industry Consortium News
Waco resident gets census test with citizenship question, despite Supreme Court blocking question on 2020 Census Waco Tribune
Why the 2020 census will have fewer personnel and offices Federal Times
Election security to take back seat at Mueller hearing The Hill (Furzy Mouse).
How Trump’s businesses are booming with lobbyists, donors and governments Guardian
The biggest civil trial in U.S. history will start with these Ohio counties WaPo
Sackler name no longer sparkles at the Louvre France24. How about Harvard?
Democrats in Disarray
Moderate Democrats Warn That AOC Is Distracting From Their Nonexistent Message New York Magazine. “… the Democrats’ burgeoning wing of affluent suburbanites….” For whom Pelosi and the DCCC optimized in 2018, with results that were predictable and predicted.
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Sanders’ early life in Brooklyn taught lessons, some tough AP
Elizabeth Warren’s Banking Sector Napalm The Reformed Broker
Health Care
Turning 26 Is A Potential Death Sentence For People With Type 1 Diabetes In America Buzzfeed
Fix The Insulin Problem Eschaton. Because you know the compromise solution will kick in by 2025, just like the minimum wage hike.
Migration
To folks in this Guatemalan town, success stories start with a trek to the U.S. Los Angeles Times
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Nikki Haley’s Foreign Policy ‘Principles’ and China The American Conservative
Neoliberal Capitalism at a Dead End Monthly Review
Class Warfare
Prime Day for a union? Not yet at this Amazon warehouse Fast Company
‘This is unprecedented’: Alert, Nunavut, is warmer than Victoria CBC (CL).
Major U.S. cities are leaking methane at twice the rate previously believed Science
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Updated July 23 with “The Code” canceled at CBS.Upfronts have come and gone, and that means broadcast networks have set their 2019-20 slates after ordering new series and winnowing down which current shows will return next season and which will come to an end.Below is every scripted (and a few unscripted) show that ABC, NBC, CBS, Fox and The CW have renewed or canceled so far, along with those still awaiting decision for the coming season. We’ve also included descriptions of the new shows that have been ordered.Also Read: 21 Lowest-Rated Broadcast TV Shows of 2018-19 Season (Photos)NBC Renewed Series: “The Blacklist,” “Blindspot” (for fifth and final season), “Brooklyn Nine-Nine,” “Chicago Fire,” “Chicago Med,” “Chicago P.D.,” “Ellen’s Game of Games,” “Good Girls,” “The Good Place,”  “Law & Order: SVU,” “Manifest,” “New Amsterdam,” “Superstore,” “This Is Us” (for Seasons 4, 5 and 6), “Will & Grace”Canceled/Ending Series: “Abby’s,” “A.P. Bio,” “The Enemy Within,” “I Feel Bad,” “Marlon,” “Midnight, Texas,” “Reverie,” “Trial & Error,” “The Village”Series Awaiting Decisions: N/ASummer Series: “The InBetween” (new series)Newly Ordered Series: “Bluff City Law,” “Council of Dads,” “Indebted,” “The Kenan Show,” “Lincoln,” “Perfect Harmony,” “Sunnyside,” “Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist”Also Read: 14 Highest-Rated Broadcast TV Shows of the 2018-19 Season (Photos)Here are the official descriptions for the new 2019-20 NBC shows:DRAMASBLUFF CITY LAW Coming from a famous Memphis family known for taking on injustice, brilliant lawyer Sydney Strait used to work at her father Elijah’s celebrated law firm until their tumultuous relationship got in the way. After barely speaking to him for years, Sydney is suddenly thrust back into the family fold when her philanthropist mother passes away unexpectedly. In the wake of her loss, hoping to reconnect with the daughter he loves, Elijah asks Sydney to rejoin his firm. She agrees because despite her lingering resentment and distrust, she knows that working alongside her father is her best hope at changing the world … if they can ever get along. Cast: Jimmy Smits, Caitlin McGee, Scott Shepherd, Barry Sloane, Michael Luwoye, MaameYaa Boafo, Stony Blyden and Jayne Atkinson. Writer: Dean Georgaris Producer(s): Dean Georgaris, David Janollari, Michael Aguliar Studio: Universal TelevisionCOUNCIL OF DADS When Scott, a loving father of four, has his entire life’s plan thrown into upheaval by a cancer diagnosis, he calls on a few of his closest allies to step in as back-up dads for every stage of his growing family’s life. Scott assembles a trusted group of role models that includes Anthony, his oldest friend; Larry, his AA sponsor; and Oliver, his surgeon and best friend to his wife, Robin. These men agree to devote themselves to supporting and guiding Scott’s amazing family through all the triumphs and challenges life has to offer – just in case he ever can’t be there to do so himself. Cast: Sarah Wayne Callies, Clive Standen, Tom Everett Scott, J. August Richards, Blue Chapman, Emjay Anthony, Michele Weaver, Thalia Tran, Steven Silver, Michael O’Neill Writers: Tony Phelan & Joan Rater Producers: Jerry Bruckheimer, Jonathan Littman, KristieAnne Reed, James Oh, Bruce Feiler Studio: Universal TelevisionLINCOLN Inspired by the best-selling book “The Bone Collector,” former NYPD detective and forensic genius Lincoln Rhyme was at the top of his game until a serious accident at the hands of a notorious serial killer forces him out of the field. When Amelia Sachs, an intuitive young officer who’s got her own gift for profiling finds herself hot on the killer’s trail, Rhyme in turn finds a partner for this new game of cat and mouse. As the unlikely detective duo joins forces to crack the city’s most confounding cases, they must also race to take down the enigmatic “Bone Collector” who brought them together. Cast: Russell Hornsby, Arielle Kebbel, Brían F. O’Byrne, Tate Ellington, Courtney Grosbeck, Ramses Jimenez, Brooke Lyons, Roslyn Ruff and Michael Imperioli Writer(s): VJ Boyd and Mark Bianculli Producer(s): VJ Boyd, Mark Bianculli, Seth Gordon, Avi Nir, Peter Traugott and Rachel Kaplan Director: Seth Gordon (pilot) Studio(s): Universal Television and Sony Pictures Television in association with Keshet StudiosZOEY’S EXTRAORDINARY PLAYLIST In this joyous and celebratory drama, Zoey Clarke is a whip-smart computer coder forging her way in San Francisco. After an unusual event she starts to hear the innermost wants and desires of the people around her through songs. At first, she questions her own sanity but soon realizes this unwanted curse may just be an incredibly wonderful gift. Cast: Jane Levy, Skylar Astin, Peter Gallagher, Alex Newell, John Clarence Stewart, Carmen Cusack and Mary Steenburgen. Writer: Austin Winsberg Producer(s): Richard Shepard, Paul Feig, Jessie Henderson, Kim Tannenbaum, Eric Tannenbaum, David Blackman, Daniel Inkeles Studio: Lionsgate TelevisionCOMEDIESINDEBTED Young parents Dave and Rebecca are ready to reclaim their life after years of diapers and sleepless nights. However, things take an unexpected turn when Dave’s parents show up unannounced and broke, leaving Dave with no choice but to open the door to the people who gave him everything. But these boomerang parents aren’t great with boundaries and the question of who’s parenting who quickly become blurred in this multi-generational comedy starring Fran Drescher and Adam Pally as mother and son. Cast: Adam Pally, Abby Elliott, Steven Weber and Fran Drescher. Writer(s): Dan Levy Producer(s): Dan Levy, Doug Robinson Studio(s): Sony Pictures Television in association with Doug Robinson ProductionsTHE KENAN SHOW In this family comedy, Kenan Thompson strives to be a super dad to his two adorable girls while simultaneously balancing his job and a father-in-law who “helps” in the most inappropriate ways. Cast: Kenan Thompson, Punam Patel, Dani Lockett, Dannah Lockett and Andy Garcia. Writer(s): Jackie Clarke Producer(s): Jackie Clarke, Chris Rock, Kenan Thompson, Lorne Michaels and Andrew Singer Director(s): Chris Rock Studio(s): Universal Television in association with Broadway Video.PERFECT HARMONY Bradley Whitford stars in this comedy about finding inspiration in the most unlikely places. When former Princeton music professor Arthur Cochran unexpectedly stumbles into choir practice at a small-town church, he finds a group of singers that are out of tune in more ways than one. Despite the ultimate clash of sensibilities, Arthur and his newfound cohorts may just be the perfect mix of individuals to help each other reinvent and rediscover a little happiness, just when they all need it most. Cast: Bradley Whitford, Anna Camp, Tymberlee Hill, Rizwan Manji, Will Greenberg, Geno Segers and Spencer Allport. Writer(s): Lesley Wake Webster Producer(s): Lesley Wake Webster, Jason Winer, Bradley Whitford, Adam Anders and Jon Radler Director: Jason Winer (pilot) Studio(s): 20th Century Fox Television and Small Dog Picture CompanySUNNYSIDE Garrett Modi was living the American Dream. As the youngest New York City Councilman ever, he was rubbing elbows with the political elite, attending star-studded parties and was the pride of Queens. But instead of spending his time in office helping the people that got him elected, he lost his way amidst the power and glamour of politics. When his downward spiral got him busted for public intoxication (and downright stupidity), it was all caught on tape and ended his career. Now, Garrett’s crashing with his sister, Mallory, and wondering where it all went wrong. That is, until he’s hired by a diverse group of hopefuls who dream of becoming American citizens and believe he can help – giving him a new sense of purpose and a chance for redemption, as long as he remembers where he came from. (Single camera) Cast: Kal Penn, Kiran Deol, Moses Storm, Diana Maria Riva, Joel Kim Booster, Samba Schutte, Poppy Liu Writer(s): Kal Penn, Matt Murray Producer(s): Kal Penn, Matt Murray, Michael Schur, David Miner, Dan Spilo Studio: Universal TelevisionAlso Read: TV Renewals and Cancellations: 6 Broadcast Shows We're Still Awaiting Decisions on for the 2019-20 SeasonCBS Renewed Series: “Blue Bloods,” “Bull,” “Criminal Minds” (for 15th and final season), “FBI,” “God Friended Me,” “Hawaii Five-0,” “MacGyver,” “Madam Secretary,” “Magnum P.I.,” “Man With a Plan,” “Mom” (for Seasons 7 and 8), “NCIS,” “NCIS: Los Angeles,” “NCIS: New Orleans,” “The Neighborhood,” “SEAL Team,” “S.W.A.T.,” “Young Sheldon” (for Seasons 3 and 4)Canceled/Ending Series: “The Big Bang Theory,” “The Code,” “Elementary,” “Fam,” “Happy Together,” “Life in Pieces,” “Murphy Brown,” “Ransom,” “The Red Line,” “Salvation”Series Awaiting Decisions: N/ASummer Series: “Blood & Treasure” (new series), “Instinct” (returning series)Newly Ordered Series: “All Rise,” “Bob Hearts Abishola,” “Broke,” “Carol’s Second Act,” “Evil,” “FBI: Most Wanted,” “Tommy,” “The Unicorn”Here are the official descriptions for the new 2019-20 CBS shows:DRAMASALL RISE A drama that follows the dedicated, chaotic, hopeful, and sometimes absurd lives of judges, prosecutors, and public defenders as they work with bailiffs, clerks and cops to get justice for the people of Los Angeles amidst a flawed legal system. Cast: Simone Missick, Wilson Bethel, Jessica Camacho, Marg Helgenberger, J. Alex Brinson, Lindsay Mendez, Ruthie Ann Miles Writer(s): Greg Spottiswood Producer(s): Greg Spottiswood, Len Goldstein, Mike Robin Director(s): Mike Robin Studio: Warner Bros. Television in association with CBS Television StudiosEVIL A psychological mystery that examines science vs. religion and the origins of evil. The series focuses on a skeptical female forensic psychologist who joins a priest-in-training and a carpenter to investigate and assess the Church’s backlog of supposed miracles, demonic possessions and unexplained phenomena. Cast: Katja Herbers, Mike Colter, Aasif Mandvi, Michael Emerson, Brooklyn Shuck, Skylar Gray, Maddy Crocco, Dalya Knapp Writers(s): Michelle King & Robert King Producer(s): Michelle King, Robert King, Liz Glotzer Director(s): Robert King Studio: CBS Television StudiosFBI: MOST WANTED Series centered on the Fugitive Task Force of the FBI that tracks and captures the notorious criminals on the FBI’s Most Wanted list. Cast: Julian McMahon, Alana de la Garza, Keisha Castle-Hughes, Kellan Lutz, Roxy Sternberg, Nathaniel Arcand Writer(s): Dick Wolf, Rene Balcer Producer(s): Dick Wolf, Rene Balcer, Arthur W. Forney, Peter Jankowski Director(s): Fred Berner Studio(s): Wolf Entertainment and Universal Television in association with CBS Television StudiosTOMMY Writer(s): Paul Attanasio Producer(s): Darryl Frank, Justin Falvey Director(s): Kate Dennis (pilot only) Studio: CBS Television Studios Logline: When a former high-ranking NYPD officer becomes the first female Chief of Police for Los Angeles, she uses her unflinching honesty and hardball tactics to navigate the social, political, and national security issues that converge with enforcing the law. Cast: Edie Falco, Michael Chernus, Adelaide Clemens, Russel G. Jones, Olivia Lucy Phillip, David Fierro, Joseph Lyle TaylorCOMEDIESBOB HEARTS ABISHOLA After having a heart attack, a middle-aged sock businessman from Detroit unexpectedly falls for his cardiac nurse, a Nigerian immigrant, and sets his sights on getting her to give him a chance. (Multi camera) Cast: Billy Gardell, Folake Olowofoyeku, Christine Ebersole, Matt Jones, Maribeth Monroe, Shola Adewusi, Barry Shabaka Henley, Travis Wolfe, Jr. Writer(s): Chuck Lorre, Eddie Gorodetsky, Al Higgins, Gina Yashere Producer(s): Chuck Lorre, Eddie Gorodetsky, Al Higgins, Beth McCarthy Miller Director(s): Beth McCarthy Miller (pilot only) Studio: Chuck Lorre Productions, Inc. in association with Warner Bros. TelevisionBROKE When an outrageously wealthy trust fund baby is cut off by his father, he and his wife move into her estranged sister’s Reseda home, forcing the two siblings to reconnect. 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(Multi camera) Cast: Patricia Heaton, Kyle MacLachlan, Ito Aghayere, Jean-Luc Bilodeau, Sabrina Jalees Writer(s): Emily Halpern and Sarah Haskins Producer(s): Emily Halpern, Sarah Haskins, Patricia Heaton, Adam Griffin, David Hunt and Rebecca Stay (Four Boys Entertainment); Aaron Kaplan and Dana Honor (Kapital Entertainment), Pamela Fryman Director(s): Pamela Fryman (pilot only) Studio: CBS Television StudiosTHE UNICORN A tight-knit group of friends and family help a widower move on following the most difficult year of his life, which includes being an ill-equipped but devoted single parent to his two daughters, and taking the major step of dating where, to his shock, he’s a hot commodity. (Single camera) Cast: Walton Goggins, Rob Corddry, Michaela Watkins, Omar Benson Miller, Maya Lynne Robinson, Ruby Jay, Makenzie Moss Writer(s): Bill Martin, Mike Schiff Producer(s): Bill Martin, Mike Schiff, Aaron Kaplan, Dana Honor (Kapital Entertainment), Wendi Trilling, Peyton Reed, John Hamburg Director(s): John Hamburg (pilot only) Studio: CBS Television StudiosABC Renewed Series: “A Million Little Things,” “American Housewife,” “black-ish,” “Bless This Mess,” “The Conners,” “Fresh Off the Boat,” “The Goldbergs,” “The Good Doctor,” “Grey’s Anatomy” (for Seasons 16 and 17), “How to Get Away With Murder,” “Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.,” “Modern Family” (for 11th and final season), “The Rookie,” “Schooled,” “Single Parents,” “Station 19”Canceled/Ending Series:  “For the People,” “The Fix,” “The Kids Are Alright,” “Splitting Up Together,” “Speechless,” “Take Two,” “Whiskey Cavalier”Series Awaiting Decisions: N/A Summer Series: “Grand Hotel” (new series)Newly Ordered Series: “The Baker & The Beauty,” “Emergence,” “For Life,” “Mixed-ish,” “Stumptown,” “United We Fall”Here are the official descriptions for the new 2019-20 ABC shows:DRAMASTHE BAKER AND THE BEAUTY Daniel Garcia is working in the family bakery and doing everything that his loving Cuban parents and siblings expect him to do. But on a wild Miami night he meets Noa Hamilton, an international superstar and fashion mogul, and his life moves into the spotlight. Will this unlikely couple upend their lives to be together and pull their families into a culture clash? Writer(s): Dean Georgaris Producer(s): Dean Georgaris, Becky Hartman Edwards, David Frankel Director: David Frankel (pilot) Studio(s): Universal Television and ABC Studios in association with Keshet StudiosEMERGENCE A character-driven genre thriller that centers around a police chief who takes in a young child that she finds near the site of a mysterious accident who has no memory of what has happened. The investigation draws her into a conspiracy larger than she ever imagined, and the child’s identity is at the center of it all. Cast: Allison Tolman, Alexa Swinton, Owain Yeoman, Ashley Aufderheide, Robert Bailey Jr, Zabryna Guevara, Donald Faison, Clancy Brown Writer(s): Michele Fazekas, Tara Butters Producer(s): Michele Fazekas, Tara Butters, Paul McGuigan Director: Paul McGuigan Studio: ABC StudiosFOR LIFE A fictional serialized legal and family drama inspired by the life of Isaac Wright, Jr. about a prisoner who becomes a lawyer, litigating cases for other inmates while fighting to overturn his own life sentence for a crime he didn’t commit. His quest for freedom is driven by his desperate desire to get back to the family he loves and reclaim the life that was stolen from him. The show will also, through the window of his ferocious struggle and his complicated relationship with a progressive female prison warden, examine the flaws and challenges in our penal and legal systems. Cast: Nicholas Pinnock, Indira Varma, Joy Bryant, Glenn Fleshler, Dorian Missick, Tyla Harris, Mary Stuart Masterson and Boris McGiver. Producer(s): Hank Steinberg, Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson, Doug Robinson, Alison Greenspan, Isaac Wright, Jr., George Tillman, Jr Director: George Tillman, Jr (pilot) Studio(s): Sony Pictures Television Inc. and ABC StudiosSTUMPTOWN Based on the “Stumptown” graphic novel series, the drama follows Dex Parios (Cobie Smulders) as a strong, assertive, and sharp-witted army veteran with a complicated love life, gambling debt, and a brother to take care of in Portland, Oregon. Her military intelligence skills make her a great P.I., but her unapologetic style puts her in the firing line of hardcore criminals and not quite in alliance with the police. Cast: Cobie Smulders, Tantoo Cardinal, Cole Sibus, Adrian Martinez, Camryn Manheim, Michael Ealy Writer: Jason Richman Producers: Ruben Fleischer, David Bernad, Greg Rucka, Matthew Southworth, Justin Greenwood Director: James Griffiths Studio: ABC StudiosCOMEDIESMIXED-ISH “Black-ish” prequel series “Mixed-ish” is set in the 1980s and stars Arica Himmel as a young version of Rainbow Johnson, the character played by Tracee Ellis Ross in the flagship comedy. The show will see Rainbow Johnson recount “her experience growing up in a mixed-race family in the ’80s and the constant dilemmas they had to face over whether to assimilate or stay true to themselves. Bow’s parents Paul and Alicia decide to move from a hippie commune to the suburbs to better provide for their family. As her parents struggle with the challenges of their new life, Bow and her siblings navigate a mainstream school in which they’re perceived as neither black nor white. This family’s experiences illuminate the challenges of finding one’s own identity when the rest of the world can’t decide where you belong.” (Single camera) Cast: Arica Himmel, Tika Sumpter, Christina Anthony, Mykal-Michelle Harris and Ethan Childress Writer(s): Peter Saji, Kenya Barris Producer(s): Peter Saji, Kenya Barris, Tracee Ellis Ross, Randall Winston, Brian Dobbins, Laurence Fishburne, Helen Sugland and Anthony Anderson. Studio: ABC StudiosUNITED WE FALL A profoundly realistic family sitcom that follows the trials and tribulations of Jo (Christina Vidal) and Bill (Will Sasso), parents of two young kids, as they try to make it day-to-day as a functioning family. Bill’s very judgmental live-in mother (Emmy-winner Jane Curtin) and Jo’s large Latinx Catholic family will never hesitate to let our couple know they’re seemingly screwing up, but Bill and Jo will always have each other’s backs, united against everyone – other parents, teachers, doctors, specialists, coaches, co-workers, and especially their kids. (Multi camera) Cast: Will Sasso, Christina Vidal, Jane Curtin, and Ella Grace Helton. Writer(s): Julius “Goldy” Sharpe Producer(s): Julius “Goldy” Sharpe, Seth Gordon and Julia Gunn Director: Mark Cendrowski (pilot) Studio(s): Sony Pictures Television, Exhibit A Film and ABC StudiosFoxFox Renewed Series: “9-1-1,” “Bob’s Burgers,” “Empire,” “Family Guy,” “Last Man Standing,” “The Masked Singer,” “The Orville,” “The Resident,” “The Simpsons” (for Seasons 31 and 32)Canceled/Ending Series: “The Cool Kids,” “The Gifted,” “Gotham,” “Lethal Weapon,” “The Passage,” “Proven Innocent,” “Rel,” “Star”Series Awaiting Decisions: N/ANewly Ordered Series: “9-1-1: Lone Star,” “Bless the Harts,” “Deputy,” “Duncanville,” “Filthy Rich,” “The Great North,” “neXt,” “Not Just Me,” “Outmatched,” “Prodigal Son”Here are the official descriptions for the new 2019-20 Fox shows:DRAMAS9-1-1: LONE STAR From “9-1-1” co-creators Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk and Tim Minear, “9-1-1: Lone Star” follows a sophisticated New York cop (Rob Lowe) who, along with his son, re-locates to Austin, and must try to balance saving those who are at their most vulnerable with solving the problems in his own life. Cast: Rob Lowe Producer(s): Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk, Tim Minear, Rob Lowe Studios(s): 20th Century Fox Television in association with Ryan Murphy Television and Brad Falchuk Teley-VisionDEPUTY A modern cop drama that blends the spirit of a classic Western with a modern-day attitude and gritty authenticity. When the Los Angeles County’s Sheriff dies, an arcane rule forged back in the Wild West thrusts the most unlikely man into the job: a fifth-generation lawman, more comfortable taking down bad guys than navigating a sea of politics. He leads a skilled team of ambitious and complicated human beings who won’t rest until justice is served. Cast: Stephen Dorff, Yara Martinez, Brian Van Holt, Siena Goines, Bex Taylor-Klaus, Shane Paul McGhie, Mark Moses Writer(s): Will Beall Producer(s): Will Beall, David Ayer, Chris Long, Barry Schindel Director(s): David Ayer Production company: Cedar Park Studio(s): eOne, Fox EntertainmentFILTHY RICH When the patriarch of a mega-rich Southern family, famed for creating a wildly successful Christian television network, dies in a plane crash, his wife and family are stunned to learn that he fathered three illegitimate children, all of whom are written into his will, threatening their family name and fortune. With monumental twists and turns, “Filthy Rich” presents a world in which everyone has an ulterior motive – and no one is going down without a fight. Cast: Kim Cattrall, Gerald McRaney, Aubrey Dollar, Benjamin Levy Aguilar, Corey Cott, Mark L. Young, Steve Harris, Melia Kreiling, David Denman, Olivia Macklin Writer/Director: Tate Taylor Producer(s): Tate Taylor, Brian Grazer, Francie Calfo, John Norris Studio: 20th Century Fox Television, Fox Entertainment, Imagine EntertainmentNEXT A propulsive, fact-based thriller about the emergence of a deadly, rogue artificial intelligence that combines pulse-pounding action with a layered examination of how technology is invading our lives and transforming us in ways we don’t yet understand. A Silicon Valley pioneer discovers that one of his own creations – a powerful A.I. – might spell global catastrophe, and teams up with a cybercrime agent to fight a villain unlike anything we’ve ever seen – one whose greatest weapon against us is ourselves. Cast: John Slattery, Fernanda Andrade, Michael Mosley, Jason Butler Harner, Eve Harlowe, Aaron Moten, Gerardo Celasco, Elizabeth Cappucino, Evan Whitten Writer(s): Manny Coto Producer(s): Manny Coto, Charlie Gogolak, John Requa, Glenn Ficarra Director(s): John Requa, Glenn Ficarra Studio(s): 20th Century Fox Television/Zaftig Films, Fox EntertainmentNOT JUST ME A story of an unusual family formed through extreme odds, exploring such hot-button issues as identity, human connection and what it truly means to be a family. An only child finds her life turned upside down when her father reveals that, over the course of his prize-winning career as a pioneering fertility doctor, he used his own sperm to conceive upwards of a hundred children, including two new sisters. As these three young women slowly embrace their new reality, they will attempt to form an untraditional bond as sisters, even as they must welcome a tidal wave of new siblings into their rapidly expanding family. Based on the original Endemol Shine Australia series, “Sisters,” from Jonathan Gavin and Imogen Banks. Cast: Brittany Snow, Megalyn Echikunwoke, Emily Osment, Mustafa Elzein, Mo McRae, Victoria Cartagena, Timothy Hutton Writer(s): Annie Weisman Producer(s): Annie Weisman, Jason Katims, Jeni Mulein, Imogen Banks, Sharon Levy, Lesyle Headland Director(s): Leslye Headland (pilot) Studio(s): Universal Television in association with Endemol Shine North America, Fox EntertainmentPRODIGAL SON A fresh take on a crime franchise with a provocative and outrageous lead character and a darkly comedic tone. Malcolm Bright knows how killers think. Why? His father was one of the best, a notorious serial killer called “The Surgeon.” That’s why Bright is the best criminal psychologist around; murder is the family business. He uses his twisted genius to help the NYPD solve crimes, while dealing with a somewhat manipulative mother, an annoyingly normal sister, a homicidal father still looking to bond with his prodigal son and his own constantly evolving neuroses. Cast: Tom Payne, Michael Sheen, Bellamy Young, Lou Diamond Phillips, Halston Sage, Aurora Perrineau, Frank Harts, Keiko Agena Writer(s): Chris Fedak, Sam Sklaver Producer(s): Chris Fedak, Sam Sklaver, Greg Berlanti, Sarah Schechter, Lee Toland Krieger Director(s): Lee Toland Krieger Studio(s): Warner Bros. Television, Berlanti Productions, Fox EntertainmentCOMEDIESBLESS THE HARTS Follows a group of Southerners who are always broke as a joke, and struggling for the American dream of status and wealth. What they don’t realize is that they’re already rich, in friends, family and laughter. (Animated) Cast: Kristen Wiig, Maya Rudolph, Jillian Bell, Ike Barinholtz Writer(s): Emily Spivey Producer(s): Phil Lord, Christopher Miller, Seth Cohen, Kristen Wiig Studio(s): 20th Century Fox Television, Fox EntertainmentDUNCANVILLE Follows Duncan, a spectacularly average 15-year-old boy, along with his friends and family. His high-strung mom, Annie, constantly is trying to prevent her son from ruining his life. (Animated) Cast: Amy Poehler, Rashida Jones, Wiz Khalifa Writer(s): Mike Scully and Julie Scully Producer(s): Amy Poehler, Dave Becky, Ty Burrell Studio(s): 20th Century Fox Television, Universal Television, Fox EntertainmentTHE GREAT NORTH Follows the Alaskan adventures of the Tobin family as single dad Beef does his best to keep his weird bunch of kids close, especially as the artistic dreams of his only daughter Judy lead her away from the family fishing boat and into the glamorous world of the local mall. (Animated) Cast: Nick Offerman, Jenny Slate, Megan Mullally, Paul Rust, Aparna Nancherla, Will Forte, Dulcé Sloan Writer(s): Wendy Molyneux, Lizzie Molyneux, Minty Lewis Producer(s): Wendy Molyneux, Lizzie Molyneux, Minty Lewis, Loren Bouchard Studio(s): 20th Century Fox Television, Fox EntertainmentOUTMATCHED A family comedy about a blue-collar couple in South Jersey trying to get by and raise four kids, three of whom just happen to be certified geniuses. (Multi Camera) Cast: Jason Biggs, Maggie Lawson, Connor Kalopsis, Ashley Boettcher, Jack Stanton, Oakley Bull, Tisha Campbell-Martin Writer(s): Lon Zimmet Producer(s): Lon Zimmet Director(s): Jonathan Judge Studio(s): 20th Century Fox Television, Fox EntertainmentThe CW Renewed Series: “The 100,” “All American,” “Arrow” (eighth and final season), “Black Lightning,” “Burden of Truth,” “Charmed,” “DC’s Legends of Tomorrow,” “Dynasty,” “The Flash,” “In the Dark,” “Legacies,” “The Outpost,” “Riverdale,” “Roswell, New Mexico,” “Supergirl,” “Supernatural” (15th and final season)Canceled/Ending Series: “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend,” “Jane the Virgin,” “iZombie”Series Awaiting Decisions: N/ANewly Ordered Series: “Batwoman,” “Katy Keene,” “Nancy Drew”Here are the descriptions for the new 2019-20 CW shows:DRAMASBATWOMAN Follows Kate Kane, an out lesbian and highly trained street fighter who soars onto the streets of Gotham as Batwoman, primed to snuff out the failing city’s criminal resurgence. But don’t call her a hero yet. In a city desperate for a savior, Kate must overcome her own demons before embracing the call to be Gotham’s symbol of hope. Cast: Ruby Rose, Camrus Johnson, Meagan Tandy, Nicole Kang, Dougray Scott, Elizabeth Anweis, Rachel Skarsten Writer(s): Caroline Dries Producer(s): Greg Berlanti, Sarah Schechter, Geoff Johns Director: Marcos Siega Studio: Warner Bros. TelevisionKATY KEENE A “Riverdale” spinoff, “Katy Keene” follows the lives and loves of four iconic Archie Comics characters — including fashion legend-to-be Katy Keene — as they chase their twenty-something dreams in New York City. This musical dramedy chronicles the origins and struggles of four aspiring artists trying to make it on Broadway, on the runway and in the recording studio. Cast: Lucy Hale, Ashleigh Murray, Jonny Beauchamp, Julia Chan, Camille Hyde, Lucien Laviscount Writer(s): Robert Aguirre-Sacasa, Michael Grassi Producer(s): Greg Berlanti, Sarah Schechter, Jon Goldwater Studio: Warner Bros. TelevisionNANCY DREW Follows 18-year-old Nancy Drew in the summer after her high school graduation. She thought she’d be leaving her hometown for college, but when a family tragedy holds her back another year, she finds herself embroiled in a ghostly murder investigation — and along the way, uncovers secrets that run deeper than she ever imagined. Cast: Kennedy McMann, Leah Lewis, Tunji Kasim, Maddison Jaizani, Alex Saxon, Scott Wolf, Alvina August Writer(s): Noga Landau, Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage Producer(s): Lis Rowinski, Melinda Hsu Taylor Director: Larry Teng Studio: CBS Television StudiosRead original story Fall TV 2019: Every Broadcast Show Canceled, Renewed and Ordered So Far (Updating) At TheWrap
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How Geena Davis became a champion for women on screen
The Oscar winner has spent a decade commissioning research to track representation but a lot still needs to be done
If theres one place that gender parity could happen overnight, its within the worlds depicted on screen.
So says actor Geena Davis, who gave a rousing speech about women in media at the opening session of All About Women at Sydney Opera House on Sunday. Media can be the cure for the problem it has created, she said.
After the Oscar winner was welcomed to the stage, she joked she was there to talk about how to become a movie star. Her answer was brief: star in lots of successful films.
The gag got her a laugh, but it was a neat way of saying that although Davis is well known for her roles in films like Beetlejuice, The Fly, Stuart Little, A League of Their own, and that Academy Award-winning turn in The Accidental Tourist, her work is about much more than that.
Indeed Davis is something of an overachiever: shes also a member of Mensa, an Olympic archer, a special envoy for women and girls in tech for the United Nations, and a mother of three.
And shes becoming increasingly recognised for the work she does with her foundation See Jane, the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media, which she launched in 2007 and which brought her to the Australian festival on the weekend.
Her speech was warm, witty and uplifting but it didnt pull any punches. She shared the story about being the tallest kid in school, with her fondest wish to take up less space. Only when the six-foot-tall actor was 36, starring in A League of Their Own and finally appreciative of her own athletic ability, did she feel good about her body.
Geena Davis as Dottie in 1992 film A League of Their Own. Davis has spent her acting career choosing roles that empower women. Photograph: Allstar/Columbia
She also spoke about the lengths she went to to win her Academy Award-nominated role in Ridley Scotts Thelma & Louise, the 1991 movie that she said changed her life. When the film was released, to overwhelming response, it made her realise just how few opportunities there were to see empowered female characters on screen, and it inspired her to found the institute.
Davis said throughout her career shed consciously chosen roles that empowered women and girls. She acknowledged that this was a luxury because she hasnt run out of money yet, and added that if she ever appears as Sean Connerys comatose wife about right, by Hollywood standards we should realise shes broke.
It was when her now 14-year-old daughter was a toddler, and she started watching movies with her, that she realised how woeful the depictions of women in family movies really were.
She was particularly struck by just how few speaking characters in these films were female. She took this point to industry colleagues, but most denied it. Well-meaning and sincere, they couldnt see a problem.
Davis pressed on she wanted to see the numbers. So in 2008 she sponsored the largest study carried out on gender depictions in family-rated films and childrens television over the past 20 years, and found that for every female speaking-character, there were 2.5 or three male characters a figure unchanged since 1946.
Furthermore the vast majority of those female characters were stereotypical or highly sexualised, with ambitions largely related to romance. Even crowd scenes were only made up of 17% women a fact she jokingly attributed to her theory that perhaps screenwriters dont think women like to gather.
In TV series Commander In Chief, Davis character Mackenzie Allen became the first female president of the United States. Photograph: Kent Eanes/ABC
In 2005, Davis played the first female US president on TV, in the short-lived drama Commander In Chief. She told the audience she was delighted to accept the role, seeing it as the culmination of her mission to play empowering female roles, not least because she knew the female participation in government in the US hovered and continues to hover at about 19%.
She told the audience that number kept jumping out at her in her research: numbers for women in Congress, media, print journalism, engineering, law, the military and more all fall below 20% participation. It seemed an uneasy coincidence that the number of female characters in family movies were also around the same mark.
What if we are inculcating generation after generation to believe that low representation of women is the norm? she asked her audience.
So her institute commissioned more research: this time, a global study of gender in film in the 10 biggest film markets (including Australia) in the world. The findings were bleak, she said: of those characters seen to be holding a job, 77.5% were male and 22.5% were female. Women in leadership and science, technology, engineering and maths (Stem) fields were dramatically underrepresented in film, she said, and of the 127 characters that held political office, only 12 were women. As she put it: There are far fewer women in the workforce in the fictional world where they make it up!
Davis speaking at the All About Women festival in Sydney. Photograph: Prudence Upton
This lack of onscreen depiction contributes to symbolic annihilation, she said, by which those that dont see themselves reflected on screen believe they are unimportant. She quoted damning statistics that show the more hours of television a girl watches, the fewer options she thinks she has in life. Yet when women are depicted on screen in Stem roles, it was a different story, she said, pointing to the dramatic increase in the number of women wanting to study forensic science, thanks in part to the roles played by women in shows like Bones, NCIS and CSI.
When she took these numbers to studio executives, she said they were horrified, with many vowing to do better. And while there is some way to go, it seems to have had an impact: in follow-up research, 68% said they had changed two or more of their projects; while 41% changed four or more. In fact, after hearing about the research director Mark Osmond made the lead character in his animated film, the Little Prince, female.
Davis was confident that there would be further progress in screen representations in the next five to 10 years, because there was a willingness to make change. Making the change behind the camera however would not be as easy. Research has shown that in the US, there are 4.8 males working behind the scenes for every female, with similar figures in Australia, where a disproportionately low number of women are employed by the industry. Where gender bias in family features is unconscious, gender bias behind the camera is conscious. They have known for years that its unbalanced, she said.
She pointed to Glee and American Horror Story director/producer Ryan Murphy who set up the Half foundation in 2016, to have 50% representation both in front of and behind the cameras on all his productions. That is when change will happen, Davis said.
Finally, to the audience poised for a standing ovation, she said all sectors needed more women to help achieve equality: On screen, add women; behind the camera, add women; in media, add women; in law and on corporate boards, add women.
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