Disney's James Gunn Controversy Isn't Going to End Well

If you have trouble reading this message, view it in a browser.       There's No Scenario in Which Disney's James Gunn Controversy Ends Well   Disney has given into a culture war started by conservative loudmouth Mike Cernovich that draws incorrect parallels between Roseanne and James Gunn. It has positioned Hollywood as a place where an unsavory tweet from 2012 is no different from blatant racism. Despite support from the cast and beyond, the 'Guardians of the Galaxy' director will not be rehired. Read More           These Delusional Paintings Are a Perfect Glimpse into the Fox News-Addled Conservative Mind   At times, you see something on the Internet that perfectly captures our current era in all its scatterbrained absurdity. But there's nothing so pure as a painting from Jon McNaughton. The conservative artist served up another offering this week, and the Interwebs went crazy for it. Read More           Han Solo's 'Empire Strikes Back' Jacket Is Going Up for Auction   It's a fascinating piece. It doesn't have any fasteners because it was designed to be worn open. (Fun fact: George Lucas didn't want visible fasteners on any of the Star Wars costumes because he thought they were too close to contemporary earthbound styles.) It's also a gray-blue color that doesn't match the one you see on screen in Empire. That's because blues tend to show up darker on film; to get the navy color in the movie, you have to have the lighter color in real life. Read More           Republicans Just Voted Against Defending Our Democracy Because They Don't Want to Defend It   Right now, at this moment, the most basic bearing wall of our self-government is being bored from within and cored from without, a national security crisis if there ever was one. Nobody doubts the existence of the crisis. It is a serious enough crisis for the national government to engage. On Wednesday afternoon, given a chance to take concrete steps to confront this challenge, the Republican majority in the United States Senate walked away. Read More           James Baldwin: How to Cool It   In Esquire's July 1968 issue, published just after the death of Martin Luther King, Jr., the magazine talked to James Baldwin about the state of race relations in the country. Today would have been James Baldwin's 94th birthday—and his words remain incredibly relevant. Read More           Cody Wilson Feels an Obligation to His 3D-Printed Guns—But Not Those Who May Die Because of Them   Federal court just blocked Wilson's plans to publish blueprints online. We revisit his 2016 Esquire interview on freedom of ideas, gun rights, and Newtown. In the Q&A, when asked if he felt a lack of obligation to the real people who might die as a result of his plans, Wilson responded. "I think that's a fair way to say it." Read More         Read More on Esquire.com       Follow Us     Unsubscribe  Privacy Notice   esquire.com ©2018 Hearst Communications Inc. All Rights Reserved. Hearst Email Privacy, 300 W 57th St., Fl. 19 (sta 1-1), New York, NY 10019