Stream of Reading (Prepare to be Forwarded) – An Archive of What I'm Reading
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Social media gives women the power to decide what sexy looks like. Delany*, a 22-year-old college student, tells all of her female friends to get on Tumblr, not for the body-positive memes or feminist art projects, but for the porn. “I tell all my female friends, start with Tumblr,” Delany told The Huffington Post. “It’s…
How do you emphasize to the audience that something is important? Well, you could always cut to a close-up, but how about something subtler? Today I consider ensemble staging — a style of filmmaking that directs the audience exactly where to look, without ever seeming to do so at all. NO SPOILERS. Eight Ways to…
You know whose stories get told often enough? Men’s. Especially men engaged in masculine fields of law enforcement or sports. Yet even in a world in which the man’s point of view is the default point of view, this one went pretty far out there. So here’s a lesson that maybe now the editors at…
Senate Republicans announced today that they would refuse to consider any candidate nominated by President Obama for the Supreme Court. The Constitution gives the Senate the right to offer advice and consent on Court nominees. The two bodies have frequently quarreled over just how much power each is entitled over a nomination. Sometimes, senators have…
(Port Authority) The Port Authority is very disappointed that the Port Authority went $2 billion over budget on the $4 billion World Trade Center Transit Hub. So when the Hub opens the first week of March, do you think that means “party time”? Some grateful words over continental breakfast? Weary smiles over Amstel Lights?…
The economy’s on the way back, which means there’s more opportunities than ever for women to put up with sex crimes at work! Watch Full Frontal with Samantha… Job Fair for Future Women | Full Frontal with Samantha Bee | TBS – YouTube. Source: Job Fair for Future Women | Full Frontal with Samantha Bee…
With Jeb bowing out, maybe John Kasich can step up as the sensible establishment candidate! Or, definitely not. Watch Full Frontal with Samantha Bee all new … Kasich the Moderate | Full Frontal with Samantha Bee | TBS – YouTube. Source: Kasich the Moderate | Full Frontal with Samantha Bee | TBS – YouTube
In 2008, billionaire venture capitalist and real selfish bastard Vinod Khosla paid $32.5 million for an 89-acre beachfront property in California. Now, he’s asking for $30 million just to let the public use the beach. To be clear, Khosla—whose Twitter bio reads “entrepreneurship zealot,” if you can fucking believe it—is not offering to sell his…
I’m surprised it took nearly two full days for the internet to get on this, but finally, one kind-hearted soul named 43eyes has set the silliest scene of last weekend’s The Walking Dead. It is somehow even better than you’d imagined. I prophesied this in my Walking Dead recap yesterday morning. However, guessing that someone…