Stream of Reading (Prepare to be Forwarded) – An Archive of What I'm Reading
Lauren Mayberry has been confronting misogyny head-on since her band Chvrches first rose to prominence. In late 2013 she penned an op-ed for the Guardian about the sexist abuse she’d endured during her then-brief stint in the internet’s spotlight, and called for an end to this kind of behavior. By publicly taking a stand, Mayberry…
Yesterday, police released a photo of a man wanted for groping a female jogger in Midtown last November. It seems the strategy was effective, because the man was arrested by the end of the day. And he was turned in by his mom! Police say that 31-year-old Carlous Hamilton groped the 29-year-old runner’s buttocks about…
Gothamist is expanding and deepening our coverage of New York City, and we’re paying. We want original, compelling, heartbreaking, funny, enraging, enlightening work, written clearly and with an eye towards stories that cut through the dull hum of the internet—stories that help the reader better understand New York City and the people living in it….
Nathaniel Popper’s new book, Digital Gold, is as close as you can get to being the definitive account of the history of Bitcoin. As its subtitle proclaims, the book tells the story of the “misfits” (the first generation of hacker-libertarians) and “millionaires” (the second generation of Silicon Valley venture capitalists) who were responsible for building…
Do the dolts who think that women aren’t funny finally feel stupid? If they watched last night’s Season 3 premiere of Inside Amy Schumer, they sure should have. Every single sketch examined gender relations in ways that were playful, unexpected, and hilarious. Exposing the stupidity of men and the bullshit they get away with has…
Comcast is calling off its $45 billion dollar attempt to buy fellow cable provider Time Warner Cable, according to Bloomberg. The decision comes after recent reports that both the US Department of Justice and Federal Communications Commission were preparing to turn against the deal after months spent looking into what it would mean for competition in the cable…
Laura Benanti Actress. Daughter. Sister. Writer. Pizza Lover. Twitter: @laurabenanti Instagram: @laurabenanti Text by Victoria Myers Images by Michelle Tse “Thank God we’re interviewing Laura Benanti,” was a phrase we proclaimed a lot in the past two weeks. It’s only the middle of January, but so far 2015 hasn’t exactly been a banner year for…
We have just had the latest version of our SeaNav US iOS app rejected by Apple because we support the Pebble Smartwatch and say so in the app description and meta-data (we also state in the review notes that “This application was approved for use with the Pebble MFI Accessory in the Product Plan xxxxxx-yyyy (Pebble Smartwatch)”. See copy of…
Photo Loretta E. Lynch testified at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on her nomination as attorney general in January. Credit Gabriella Demczuk for The New York Times WASHINGTON — After one of the nation’s most protracted cabinet-level confirmation delays, the Senate Thursday approved Loretta E. Lynch to be attorney general. She is the first African-American…
In the ’12-’13 season TCG theaters reported that of all musicals they produced, 21% were created with the help of living female playwrights, composers or lyricists. Compare that to the 18% of dead and 60% of living males. View more View more View more View more View more View more View more View more View…