Tag: robin hood

News

PoC News in America

This week we talked about the overwhelming whiteness of Hollywood award season and honored Martin Luther King Jr.

News

Friday News Bites: Politics, Alan Rickman, Other Obits + More

Post author By Sara Habein
Post date Friday, January 15th, 2016
5 Comments on Friday News Bites: Politics, Alan Rickman, Other Obits + More

Hello, fellow unicorns. I’d say “Happy Friday,” but with the way people are dying this month, it feels strange to do so. Let’s knock wood for all our favorite celebrities and take a look at other news stories from the past week.

31 Days of Halloween

31 Days of Halloween — Day 3, Seven Great Plus-Size Halloween Costumes, and One Terrible One

Post author By [E] Liza
Post date Friday, October 3rd, 2014
4 Comments on 31 Days of Halloween — Day 3, Seven Great Plus-Size Halloween Costumes, and One Terrible One

If you’re not into DIY costumes, it can be hard to find good ones to fit. The packaged ones in those pop-up Halloween shops are usually “one size fits all,” where “all” is smaller than a size 6. Even when they have “plus size” options, they’re rarely larger than a 12.

Tags 31 days of halloween, costumes, cultural appropriation, dalek, Halloween, hey sailor, plus size, plus size Halloween costumes, Princess Leia, queen of hearts, robin hood, sexy nurse, snow white

Pop Culture

Let’s All Flail About Doctor Who: Episode 8×03, “Robot of Sherwood”

Post author By [E] Hillary
Post date Saturday, September 6th, 2014
3 Comments on Let’s All Flail About Doctor Who: Episode 8×03, “Robot of Sherwood”

The Doctor meets Robin Hood? Be still my fangirl heart.

Tags doctor who, flail, robin hood, Robot of Sherwood

News in Europe

News in Europe: At Least You Didn’t Marry a Bunny, Nigel

Post author By Karo
Post date Thursday, April 24th, 2014
4 Comments on News in Europe: At Least You Didn’t Marry a Bunny, Nigel

Citizens, I missed you! Sara did a great job while I was busy having fun — but at least I was having good, clean European fun. Germany was sunny, and the news was… boring. Not much happening over there, so let’s look east, which is where the real news is.

History

3 Medieval Outlaws

Was Robin Hood real? Most evidence (it’s lack) suggests no. He seemed real enough to medieval people. And stories about Robin may have been based on three real medieval outlaws: Hereward the Wake, Eustace the Monk, and Fulk Fitzwarin.

Tags anglo-saxon, eustace the monk, fulk fitzwarin, hereward the wake, history, medieval, outlaw, outlaw legends, robin hood

Movies

I Want to Sing

When did Disney move away from singing in their movies? Why don’t the characters break out in song anymore? Everyone knows that when times are difficult, the best way to solve the problem is to sing.

Tags Aladdin, beauty and the beast, mulan, robin hood, sing, sleeping beauty

LadyGhosts of TV Past

LadyGhosts of TV Past: Firefly Episode 7, “Jaynestown”

Post author By [E]SaraB
Post date Monday, February 21st, 2011
9 Comments on LadyGhosts of TV Past: Firefly Episode 7, “Jaynestown”

“He robbed from the rich, and he gave to the poor. Stood up to the man, and he gave him what for. Our love for him now, ain’t hard to explain: The hero of Canton, the man they call Jaaaayne.”

Tags firefly, inara, indentured servants and slaves, intrepid heroes, jayne, jaynestown, kaylee, loaded gun, mining town, mudders, pep talk, robin hood, ron glass hair, town magistrate