Stream of Reading (Prepare to be Forwarded) – An Archive of What I'm Reading
Is James Bond in drag enough to get people to pay attention to statistics on gender inequality? Hopefully yes, because Dame Judi Dench’s voice over in this PSA for International Women’s Day is great, even if Daniel Craig looks a little uncomfortable in drag. (Note for next year: Hugh Jackman would totally nail the role…
Joe Ricketts. Photo: AP John Ness is out as editor-in-chief of DNAinfo.com, sources in the newsroom have told Jezebel. Ness did not return a request for comment about the circumstances of his leaving. We do know, however, that members of DNAinfo’s most senior editorial staff were laid off in the run-up to the announcement earlier…
Charbonneau/REX/Shutterstock Start Article Post Content Jason Isaacs is the latest cast member to come aboard CBS All Access’ upcoming series “Star Trek: Discovery,” Variety has learned. Isaacs will play Captain Lorca, the captain of the Starship Discovery. Isaacs is one of the most high-profile names to be cast in “Star Trek: Discovery.” He joins “The Walking Dead” actress Sonequa…
Disclaimer: This essay includes spoilers from the film ‘Get Out’. My freshman year of college my 5’1 blonde roommate Elizabeth busted into our suite and called me a “fucking bitch” over something I said on twitter. She was drunk and aggressive. I was sober and half-sleep. I told her to go away and she advanced…
Illustration by Jim Cooke Successful union campaigns have flourished across the digital media industry over the past year and a half. Few have run into more anti-union pushback than the one currently happening at Thrillist. And employees are pissed. On February 15, editorial staffers at the lifestyle site Thrillist announced that they were joining the…
react-text: 242 It looks like Uber CEO Travis Kalanick is trying to blow off some steam after a turbulent few weeks at his tech company. /react-text react-text: 244 Kalanick had a night out with fellow tech founders last Friday, including Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, to celebrate Dropbox CEO Drew Houston’s birthday. /react-text react-text: 246 Photos…
President Trump and many of his top aides have expressed skepticism about climate change, while others say human activity is to blame for global warming. So what’s the administration’s real position? (Peter Stevenson/The Washington Post) This story has been updated. Scott Pruitt, the nation’s top environmental official, strongly rejected the established science of climate change…
CreditPHOTOGRAPH BY SPENCER PLATT / GETTY Barrier Status: ‘none’ Great. Just great. Nine years. That’s how long I’ve spent meticulously crafting an online persona that’s funny, trendy, tech-savvy, slightly self-deprecating, and nerdy in a conventionally acceptable way. Now it’s all falling apart. Trump hasn’t even been President for two months, and look at what’s happened….
Four branches of the military are looking into the posting of nude photos of what appear to be female service members on various websites, a Pentagon official told CNN on Thursday. The news follows a story published online by Business Insider that says the scandal, which began with a report about lewd photos being posted…
Justice Robin Camp – known for his ‘keep your knees together’ comment – resigns https://t.co/9VeifSKUfc pic.twitter.com/kW7u7D3BuW — CBC Toronto (@CBCToronto) March 10, 2017 A Canadian federal judge who asked an alleged rape victim in court why she couldn’t “just keep your knees together” resigned Thursday, after a judicial panel released a scathing report calling for him to…