Diarra Kilpatrick joins Geek Girl Riot for her very own Whachudoin’? to talk her ABC show American Koko, her new pilot The Climb, and more. Plus, a tasty 60-Second Secret about the Great British Bakeoff.
This week: Star Trek: Discovery, Curb Your Enthusiasm, The Gifted, Scorpion, The Middle, Lucifer, Fresh Off the Boat, Black-ish, This Is Us, The Mayor, Kevin (Probably) Saves the World, The Good Place, Scandal, The Orville, Once Upon a Time
by Kat Bittner Have I mentioned I have a weakness for brainy bearded brunets? (What? That’s the masculine form of the word.) So I had a fangirl squee moment, seeing Roger MacKenzie in the opening of episode four “Of Lost Things”. He, Brianna, and Claire are playing history detective, trying to locate where Jamie went after the Battle of Culloden. They find his name among a list of prisoners in Ardsmuir. Roger sees this as a reason to have a victory drink him with Brianna, but Claire wants to find out what happened to Jamie after prison… …which smoothly transitions to the Downton… Read more »
Fall TV season is in full swing, so you’d better cancel all your plans and turn on your TV, stat.
by Kat Bittner It’s been a few years since Claire began med school and she and Frank have settled into a domestic routine. They lament in the same way many immigrant parents complain when their kid prefers “American” pop-culture like Eggos and Dr. Seuss (rather than proper English breakfast and Dickens). But the big reveal, as the episode progresses, is Claire is not the only one who has had relations outside her and Frank’s marriage. The years have also passed for Jamie. He has become a leader among the prisoners at Ardsmuir Prison when a new governor Lord John Grey arrives. Grey wants to continue… Read more »
Time to get your passports stamped, ’cause this week on Geek Girl Riot we’re traveling all over the geekdom: The Good Place, Doctor Who, and Star Wars.
Celebrate Black comic culture and history with Sheena C. Howard’s Encyclopedia of Black Comics.
Frustrated by her high school’s rampant sexism, Vivian turns to the Riot Grrrl movement for inspiration in Jennifer Mathieu’s Moxie.
We’ve been burning to tell you EVERYTHING about the upcoming Skin&Earth album from Lights for months, our girl made magic with music, art & story—but that’s just how she does it. Look out for our review next week. Until then, get into her video for “New Fears” and holler at us if you love it like we do. From the label: Out September 22, 2017 via Warner Bros. Records, Skin&Earth features the anthemic single “Giants,” which continues to climb the charts at Hot AC radio, and Lights will celebrate the album’s release next Friday by kicking off her tour with PVRIS at The Novo in Los Angeles. Pre-Order Skin&Earth: https://lghts.co/skinandearth-album
What better way to kick off a weekend than with new music? Featuring new tracks from Fall Out Boy, Seaway, Against The Current, and more.
