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Michelle Jaworski was a staff writer and TV/film critic at the Daily Dot. She covers entertainment, geek culture, and pop culture and has covered everything from the Sundance Film Festival, NYFF, and Tribeca to New York Comic Con and Con of Thrones. She is based in Brooklyn.

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Why fans are so angry about Dumbledore’s sexuality in new ‘Fantastic Beasts’

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The Beguiled Bechdel Test

Misguided male film critic is mad the Bechdel Test isn’t fair to male-dominated Hollywood

Ana Valens is a reporter specializing in online queer communities, marginalized identities, and adult content creation. Her work has appeared at Vice, Vox, Truthout, Bitch Media, Kill Screen, Rolling Stone, and the Toast. She lives in Brooklyn, New York, and spends her free time developing queer adult games.

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Transgender actors call out Hollywood’s transphobia in new video

Gillian Branstetter is a reporter and essayist who specializes in the intersection of technology, LGBTQ issues, and privacy. In April 2018, she joined the National Center for Transgender Equality as a media relations manager.

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Don’t underestimate the value of nostalgia in ‘La La Land’

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‘Sense8’ star Jamie Clayton calls out Matt Bomer and Michelle Rodriguez for accepting transgender roles

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Why ‘Mr. Robot’ star Rami Malek’s name-pronunciation joke matters

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Something is terribly wrong with this Chinese poster for ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’

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Hollywood’s classic dance scenes get the ‘Uptown Funk’ treatment

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10 years later, do we still need ‘Project Greenlight’?

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What it’s like to actually watch that horrible Zac Efron DJ movie

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The LGBT community is not happy about the new whitewashed Stonewall movie

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‘Mad Max: Fury Road’ is everything you’ve heard and so much more

Aja Romano is a geek culture reporter and fandom expert. Their reporting at the Daily Dot covered everything from Harry Potter and anime to Tumblr and Gamergate. Romano joined Vox as a staff reporter in 2016.

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