Stream of Reading (Prepare to be Forwarded) – An Archive of What I'm Reading
I was on a call Monday when I got a text from Kevin: “DUDE”. This generally means good news – no one follows up a “DUDE” with, “sorry about your grandma”. Kevin and I cohost a Gilmore Girls podcast called Gilmore Guys, where we discuss each episode, sometimes for up to three hours at a…
Today in Stuff That Will Make You Hang Your Head In Despair, a bunch of white supremacists are tweeting under the hashtag #BoycottStarWarsVII. Why? Apparently J.J. Abrams’ new “Star Wars” installment is a little too multicultural for their liking (black actor John Boyega plays Finn, a stormtrooper, one of the presumed leads). Enjoy your daily dose of hate…
2015 Everett C Parker Lecture: October 20, 2015 This talk was written for the 2015 Everett C Parker Lecture, in honor of his amazing work. Being able to give this lecture is an honor, but it is also deeply humbling in light of his amazing work. Citation: boyd, danah. 2015. “What World Are We Building?”…
In February, the Guardian reported stories about the Holman Square, the Chicago Police Department’s off-the-books black-site, where (mostly black and brown) suspects are denied counsel while being brutalized into forced confessions. Now, Spencer Ackerman is back with news of the Guardian’s spectacular lawsuit against the Chicago PD, in which they are seeking transparency about Holman…
During the summer of 2014, as the Black Lives Matter movement flared amid a spate of questionable police killings, the little known hashtag #every28hours began appearing with increasing frequency on social media. The hashtag is shorthand for the statistic, drawn from a 2013 report by the black activist group Malcolm X Grassroots Movement, that an…
This week a 2-year-old in South Carolina found a gun in the back seat of the car he was riding in and accidentally shot his grandmother, who was sitting in the passenger seat. This type of thing happens from time to time: A little kid finds a gun, fires it, and hurts or kills himself…
“Get insights and perspectives you won’t find anywhere else,” boasts Twitter about its new “Moments” feature, which debuted today. Moments is a collection of around ten curated tweets and multimedia items organized around a theme, a trend, or news. Think a big football game or a presidential debate. Unlike Snapchat’s Discover feature, where users can follow brands and…
Ever since he punched Hitler in the face 75 years ago, Captain America has been a political character. Many times he’s walked away from the government, and reminded people that he works for America as a whole, not just its government. So when he does exactly that, it’s kind of amazing that people still get…
TOMBSTONE, Ariz. — Two people were hit with bullets Sunday during a gunfight re-enactment in the Old West town of Tombstone that was supposed to involve blanks. The shooting occurred Sunday afternoon as two actors in the Tombstone Vigilante group engaged in a standoff as they re-enacted an episode from the town made famous by…
The official one-sheet poster for Star Wars: The Force Awakens just dropped, and it’s glorious. It’s also loaded with new details, including our first glimpse of the rumored planet-killer superweapon. The new poster features the new characters that we know of so far: Kylo Ren, Captain Phasma, Poe Dameron, Rey, Finn, BB-8 and Maz Kanataand,…