Stream of Reading (Prepare to be Forwarded) – An Archive of What I'm Reading
As the nation reels from a series of high-profile fatal shootings of black men by police officers, many have decried the lack of readily available data on how racial bias factors into American policing. But while it’s true that there is no adequate federal database of fatal police shootings (F.B.I. director James Comey has described…
The sequel to a film that received a middling response from critics and took in a modest (by blockbuster standards) box office, Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice was in a precarious position before reports of its ballooning budget started to make the news. After a string of expensive failures including Jupiter Ascending, The Man from…
I have watched many cities burn over the past two years. I cried over Ferguson. I cried over Baltimore. But there’s nothing like seeing your hometown on social media with a hashtag. I don’t want to talk about my family and friends. Worrying about them keeps me up at night. I don’t want to talk…
John Gilmore, an American entrepreneur and civil libertarian, once famously quipped that “the Internet interprets censorship as damage and routes around it.” This notion undoubtedly rings true for those who see national governments as the principal threats to free speech. However, events of the past week have convinced me that one of the fastest-growing…
Of all the movies in the Star Trek canon, Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home is an outlier. It’s a total lark, a romp, a love letter to fans who just wanted to have a damn good time watching a Star Trek movie. After the heavy life-and-death themes of Star Treks II and III, it…
Illustration by Sam Woolley Time for your weekly edition of the Deadspin Funbag. Got something on your mind? Email the Funbag. Today, we’re covering Russian roulette, souvenirs, middle names, and more. Your letters: Nate: What if during the Presidential Debate, Hillary gets Donald really riled up, and because of his inability to stop his thoughts…
Photo: 2016 Getty Images Did you think The Man in the High Castle was going to be the only Nazi scandal rocking Hollywood over the past year? Not anymore! Michael Bay’s forthcoming Transformers outing, The Last Knight, is drawing criticism from numerous veteran groups after it was revealed that Winston Churchill’s birthplace — Blenheim Palace…
TMZ, headed by former lawyer Harvey Levin, has always excelled at exploiting legal documents to their advantage: They have a crew of bleary-eyed document scanners camped out at the Los Angeles Courthouse, combing through all manner of filings in order to find the bankruptcy rulings, arrest warrants, and divorce filings before any other site. Which,…
American troops in the Pacific during the Second World War. Credit PHOTOGRAPH BY PAUL POPPER / POPPERFOTO / GETTY Barrier Status: ‘none’ I am late weighing in on this election—late in more ways than one. Monday brought my ninety-sixth birthday, and, come November, I will be casting my nineteenth ballot in a Presidential election. My…
The disturbing trend of unsolicited advice started soon after I walked into a Long Island City police station. There, I told officers about the man on the 7 train who felt entitled to reach up my dress, and cup his hand around my vagina during rush hour. “What were you wearing that day?” the officer…