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How one line in ‘Strange World’ shows Disney is finally getting queer representation right

From Ursula to Elsa to Luca, Disney has done the very least in LGBTQ representation for years. They’ve given us queer-coded villains, background characters that may be lesbians, minor characters who have easy-to-cut lines declaring their orientation, or some main characters who seem subtextually queer but won’t dare declare. Incredibly, in the same year just-deposed…

Scientists make unprecedented detection on a planet 700 light-years away

The powerful Webb telescope doesn’t need to take pretty pictures to revolutionize our grasp of the cosmos. Astronomers focused the space observatory — which successfully reached its outpost one million miles from Earth this year — on the Saturn-like exoplanet (meaning planet beyond our solar system) WASP-39 b. It’s a hot, gas giant closely orbiting…

How to make the bountiful, cursed buffet from ‘Spirited Away’

If you love Studio Ghibli films, you know how important the food is. The beloved animation studio behind Princess Mononoke, Kiki’s Delivery Service, The Wind Rises, and so many more relishes in animating truly delicious-looking meals inspired by food made by director Hayao Miyazaki himself. From Mei and Satsuki’s bento boxes in My Neighbour Totoro…