What Was the Nerd? — Real Life

The myth of the bullied white outcast loner is helping fuel a fascist resurgence Fascism is back. Nazi propaganda is appearing on college campuses and in city centers, a Mussolini-quoting paramilitary group briefly formed to “protect” Trump rallies, the KKK is reforming, and all the while, the media glibly participates in a fascist rebrand, popularizing…

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Rogue Star Wars fans threaten to ruin The Force Awakens via ‘spoiler jihad’ | Film | The Guardian

Related: Star Wars: The Force Awakens review – ‘what a Christmas present’ A group of Star Wars fans are threatening to spoil The Force Awakens, the latest episode in the franchise, on social media unless studio Disney agrees to film the saga’s abandoned “expanded universe” stories. Lucasfilm executives announced in April 2014 that only the six…

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