Stream of Reading (Prepare to be Forwarded) – An Archive of What I'm Reading
Illustration: Jim Cooke, Photo: Getty On March 30, the conservative site the Daily Wire posted a column by blogger Matt Walsh titled, “I Have An Idea. Why Don’t We All Just Ignore David Hogg?” Ironically, Walsh’s post was one of at least 24 articles about Hogg posted on the Daily Wire between March 12 and…
President Trump with Charlie Kirk. Photo: Getty Turning Point USA—the political “movement” to take back America’s colleges from the menace of liberalism—is best known for the very small but deeply embarrassing spectacles its student members make on their campuses. The group is the subject of a Politico magazine story out today, and boy, does it…
Illustration: Jim Cooke (GMG) In the four months since a mysterious group of rich people took over the L.A. Weekly, news outlets across the country have continued to experience brutal cuts to newsroom staffs and other harsh austerity measures. More than 50 journalists from the East Bay Times and the San Jose Mercury News were…
Does it qualify as a Milkshake Duck if they knew the duck was racist to begin with? What the hell has even happened here? Today, Atlantic editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg announced that the magazine has fired right-wing extremist Kevin Williamson, a soft-boiled egg coated in pube clippings, only two weeks after it announced the hiring of…
Since she was hired as CEO of Barstool Sports in July 2016, Erika Nardini has done countless interviews about the company’s growing revenue and “disruptive” business model of publishing misogyny because it’s fun. (Some greatest hits are in the video above.) In these press hits, Nardini shows herself to be a master of saying as little as…
As the dust has begun to settle following Conor McGregor’s bus attack at a UFC media event yesterday, it’s clear that UFC 223 is more or less ruined. McGregor has been charged with three misdemeanors and one criminal count of criminal mischief, and after spending the night in jail, he faces arraignment in a Brooklyn…
Cover Photo Dictators around the world have used President Trump’s own words to justify their repressive actions. Credit Stephen Crowley/The New York Times On April 28, 1945 — 73 years ago — Italians hung the corpse of their former dictator Benito Mussolini upside down next to a gas station in Milan. Two days later, Adolf…
close story-meta Photo Employees at the Environmental Protection Agency faced career repercussions after questioning the spending of its administrator, Scott Pruitt, center. Credit Andrew Harnik/Associated Press WASHINGTON — At least five officials at the Environmental Protection Agency, four of them high-ranking, were reassigned or demoted, or requested new jobs in the past year after they…
Walk into any ad agency in the world and in 10 seconds something will become obvious. Everyone is young.While people over 50 comprise 42% of adults in the US, they comprise only 6% of agency employees. This is even more pronounced in creative departments where people over 50 make up about 0% of the population….
I sometimes feel like I’m the only feminist nerd who didn’t absolutely hate Ready Player One, and I think a large part of that has to do with how I was introduced to it. I didn’t read it when it first came out, and no one told me it was amazing, or that I would…