Stream of Reading (Prepare to be Forwarded) – An Archive of What I'm Reading
What if Annie Wilkes had the internet? Annie, of course, is the antagonist of Stephen King’s Misery, a pre-web story about the dark side of the relationship between fan and creator. When Annie finds novelist Paul Sheldon – the author of her favorite romance series, about a woman named Misery Chastain – in a car…
Ludovic BertronExactly how many Americans identify as a different gender than the one they were labeled as at birth? In fact, no one knows. Both government and private-sector researchers have been trying to improve their methods of measuring the number of gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender people—not to mention the increasing cadre of mostly young people…
ATLANTA — The Senior Class Day Convocation at Spelman, the elite, all-women’s historically black college, had been underway for all of 10 minutes Friday afternoon before there was an interruption in the program. Senior class president Neah Evering had just given her heartfelt welcome to a chapel overflowing with graduates and their loved ones, kicking…
Barrier Status: ‘none’ When Donald Trump appeared at the N.R.A.’s recent national convention, he had a simple message: Hillary Clinton “wants to take away your guns.” This was familiar rhetorical ground: warning of dire losses has been the core of Trump’s campaign. Free trade means that “we’re losing our jobs, we’re losing our money.” China’s…
In its relentless pursuit for growth, Uber needs new drivers, and many of those drivers need cars. To help them get started, Uber has been offering short-term leases since July through a wholly owned Delaware-based subsidiary called Xchange Leasing, LLC. It partners with auto dealerships, advertises to drivers, manages risk, and even pays repo men to chase…
Start Article Post Content Variety has named Sonia Saraiya as TV critic. Saraiya, who was most recently the TV critic at Salon, will be based in Variety’s New York offices starting on June 13. In her new post, she will provide expert reviews and analysis alongside chief TV critic Maureen Ryan. “I’m delighted to welcome Sonia…
I’m Voting For The Democrat In November Because I’m Not A Human Tire Fire This is for anybody wasting time online blathering about how Hillary and Trump are the same; how if Hillary gets the nomination, they won’t vote at all; or how they’re super-stoked to vote for a third party candidate because THEY HAVE…
After discussing Peter Thiel’s almost decade-long war on Gawker with many of my close friends and colleagues, I have decided to publicly post my views. But before I do so, let me get the elephant into the room. I am conflicted up the wazoo. Peter and I disagree on many topics political, social and economic. …
May 26, 2016 7:04 p.m. ET Facebook FB -0.70 % is shutting down its LiveRail programmatic video ad exchange business, according to people familiar, effectively closing the last remaining part of the ad technology company that the social network acquired in 2014. LiveRail provided a set of tools that media companies like Hulu and A&E…
I HAVE been attacked pretty much my entire career by Gawker. I made its list of “least important writers” twice, and it put me in 62nd place on its “worst 100 white men” list, which also included Judas Iscariot and Joe Paterno. Gawker writers have called me a “terrible writer” and a “terrible sexist” and…