Things We Saw Today: This Animated Star Wars Poster Is Uncomfortably Hypnotic

Jaja Poupou‘s animated Star Wars poster is curiously and uncomfortably hypnotic? I’m not sure how to react to this. (via Wired)

• Facebook, in their mission to try and take over the world, now has concert ticketing. (via Buzzfeed)
• Rachel Catlett’s piece “It’s Time to Take Girl Games Seriously” on Kill Screen takes a compelling look at Judy Blume, the “girl canon,” and how gaming and play are making girlhood mainstream and empowering

Kinetic sculptor Jason Allemann has made a LEGO Sisyphus which is super neat and also the meanest thing you can get someone for their work desk. (via Popular Science)

• Barbra Streisand is going to direct a movie about Catherine the Great! (via Deadline)
• The internet can be a mean, mean place. @TheNiceBot on Twitter sends random nice messages every 30 seconds, awww. (via TechCrunch)

Little Ms. Crate is an awesome Kickstarter project that wants to start a monthly subscription box that “introduces 5-10 year old girls to careers and women role models in STEM and leadership fields!

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