Stream of Reading (Prepare to be Forwarded) – An Archive of What I'm Reading
Noted critical race thinker bell hooks is no stranger to letting people know that she doesn’t exactly see it for Beyoncé. Two years ago, while speaking on a panel at The New School titled “Are You Still A Slave: Liberating the Black Female Body,” hooks accused Beyoncé of being a cultural “terrorist” when it came…
Travelers waited in line for security screening at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport in Seattle in March.CreditTed S. Warren/Associated Press Security lines at airports are getting longer — much longer — and wait times could reach epidemic levels when air travel peaks this summer, according to airlines, airports and federal officials. A combination of fewer Transportation Security Administration screeners,…
From âvehemently opposeâ to âall inâ: explore the universe of positions on Donald Trump. See which politicians have been sucked into orbit and which ones are resisting the pull Who supports Donald Trump? The new Republican center of gravity | US news | The Guardian. Source: Who supports Donald Trump? The new Republican center of…
The men shouting to women from fire escapes and construction cranes to tell them that they “look beautiful,” or that they should “smile more,” never seem to understand why the subjects of their “compliments” never seem to take them in stride. But one tweet from author Kate Harding offers a succinct explanation for why women…
AddThis Button Begin OAKLAND (CBS SF) — Hidden microphones that are part of a clandestine government surveillance program that has been operating around the Bay Area has been exposed. Imagine standing at a bus stop, talking to your friend and having your conversation recorded without you knowing. It happens all the time, and the FBI doesn’t even…
On the night of May 1, the Serbian Orthodox Cathedral of St. Sava Church in Manhattan caught fire — and Celeste Katz, a reporter based in New York, was on it. She went straight to the scene and started recording footage live, for Facebook. This would have all made perfect sense if Katz was a metro reporter…
LFDHDaryl Hall is the taller, more visible half of Hall & Oates, one of the best-selling musical duos of all time who, despite being inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, never quite got the sort of critical love that many other inductees have generated. Hall and John Oates met while attending Temple…
The men shouting to women from fire escapes and construction cranes to tell them that they “look beautiful,” or that they should “smile more,” never seem to understand why the subjects of their “compliments” never seem to take them in stride. But one tweet from author Kate Harding offers a succinct explanation for why women…
At the Republican National Convention in Cleveland this July, 100 naked women will stand facing the Quicken Loans Arena holding large, round mirrors. They’ll be part of artist Spencer Tunick’s latest large-scale art installation: “Everything She Says Means Everything.” The New York-based artist has been planning this project since 2013—back when Donald Trump was…
Shortly after the starters for Pokémon Sun and Moon were revealed yesterday, the internet exploded with love for the new monsters. Well, mostly. While Rowlet (the owl) and Litten (the cat) were showered with seemingly endless positive tweets, comments, and enthusiastic fan art, one Pokémon seemed to be left on the sidelines: Popplio, the water…