The A.V. Club

This summer, a Black Panther-inspired convention called Wakandacon is coming to Chicago, with a press release calling it “a first of its kind” event that will celebrate “Afro-futurism, tech, and entertainment” as well as “black superheroes in film, gaming, television, and comic books.” The convention was organized by… Read more...

There are certain important terrible things so terrible The Hater podcast must examine them in depth. In this very special edition of the Hatecast, Amelie Gillette and Onion News Network Associate Producer Liz Koe bravely dissect one of these all-consuming important terrible things: Bravo's Real Housewives franchise. Put a spoon in your mouth and brace yourself for discussion of people who commission giant oil portraits of their face, tell underprivileged girls to marry counts, and use the term "prostitution whore." The Real-Housewives-induced mini-strokes await you. Go ahead, click play. (And thanks to everyone who filled out this survey. You are the real heroes. If you haven't filled out the survey yet, and would like to gain entry to the imaginary hall of real survey-taking heroes, click here.) Hatecast #34: Our Contractually Obligated Real Housewives Mega-Hatecast Subscribe to The Hatecast iTunes feeds.theonion.com/hatecast Read more

While on their way to the secret underground bunker where the Hater podcast is recorded, Amelie Gillette and Kelly Shea, The Onion's Web Designer, saw a strange girl in an old-fashioned prom dress walking along the side of the road. They thought about offering her a ride, except it was pretty obvious that she was the ghost of the girl who had been killed on that road in a car accident on prom night exactly 10 years earlier, and they really didn't feel like listening to some ghost go on and on about her problems (ghosts are so self-centered.) They wanted to be the ones talking on and on—so they recorded this podcast about non-existent sex bracelets; Denmark's dubious tourism strategy; Tyra Banks's new shrine to herself; and how ladies enjoy doing things that people do. Hatecast #14: Women Be Doin' Things Subscribe to The ... Read more