Stream of Reading (Prepare to be Forwarded) – An Archive of What I'm Reading
Claim: A photograph shows a young Syrian child “surrendering” to a camera after mistaking it for a gun. TRUE Example: [Collected via email, November 2015] Syrian child holding her arms up in surrender because she thought the camera was a gun? Any idea if this is true? Origins: As fear of refugees reached fever pitch…
Learning how to act like a lady online is hard. Revealing swimsuits and underwear are okay, unless you happen to be plus-sized. Breastfeeding wasn’t okay to show, but now it is. Body hair is acceptable for men, but not so much for women. Even if you’re fully clothed, you could still be censored if it’s…
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Many of America’s political leaders are warning of the dangers posed by Syrian refugees. They are underestimating, though, the much greater danger: dumbass hicks, in charge of things. The mayor of Roanoke, Virginia approvingly cites Japanese internment camps in a statement explaining why Roanoke will not accept Syrian refugees. The mayor of Jacksonville, Florida says…
During a press conference this morning, President Obama used the term “pop off” in reference to people making uninformed and patently ridiculous claims about what should be done with France and ISIS. And, unless I go outside today and witness a Sojourner Truth hologram double dutching with Marilyn Mosby, I’m very confident in declaring that the Black…
Subway Restaurants’ former spokesman Jared Fogle was sentenced to 15 years and eight months in prison, three years more than the maximum sought by the government, after pleading guilty to child-pornography charges in a deal that imposes lifetime supervision on the fallen sandwich pitchman. His sentencing Thursday in Indianapolis federal court largely ends a scandal…
Three police officials say a woman who blew herself up during a raid on an apartment in suburban Paris was the cousin of the alleged mastermind of last week’s attacks. But details about Hasna Aitboulahcen’s role in the attacks remain murky following a confusing exchange with police officers moments before she is believed to have…
Sean Rad, the 29-year-old co-founder and CEO of Tinder, wants me to believe he’s a “romantic”, who is “ready to settle down” and have “lots of children”. In fact, the last woman he shared a bedroom with was his mother, Fariba, when he took her to Rome recently — although he nearly fled after seeing all her…
Welcome to a very special edition of people are worried about unicorns. They really are! The most worrying unicorn of them all, Square, went public last night at $9 per share, below its $11 to $13 marketing range. That gives it a valuation of $2.9 billion, not even a tricorn, and a sharp fall from the $6 billion sexacorn valuation…
Back in college, while my friends mostly held down jobs in retail, worked at restaurants, or picked up random gigs through temp agencies, I worked as a nanny. And while a lot of those friends hated their jobs, I was kind of obsessed with mine. I spent my days and evenings with two fiercely smart,…