Stream of Reading (Prepare to be Forwarded) – An Archive of What I'm Reading
Earlier today, Jezebel published a look at the people behind Lil Tay, a 9-year-old girl and controversial Instagram personality, whose fame is the result of participating in some extremely adult beefs. Shortly after the story was published, Alex Goller Gelbard, who works with Tay in some kind of management capacity, answered a few questions we…
Photo: Screenshots via YouTube Social media stardom is a brutal Darwinistic competition, a craven and utterly shameless battle for space on our screens and in our brains carried out by a phalanx of influencers, thinkfluencers, beauty vloggers, charlatans, health quacks, spiritual phonies, and unhinged vegans. Recently, Lil Tay entered into this fray. Tay is—as far…
Image: Getty Welcome to the unholy union that is Donald Trump and Rudy Giuliani. On Wednesday, Giuliani opened his little mouth and screamed to Sean Hannity that Donald Trump had reimbursed Michael Cohen for the $130,000 hush money payout to Stormy Daniels. The world reeled for thirty seconds and then returned to its regularly scheduled…
beep boop beep blorp Image: Getty We may never be free from the reanimated corpse of American Idol, which is more proof to me that hell is real. Deadline reports that ABC has renewed the cursed program for a second season, dragging judges Katy Perry, Luke Bryan, and Lionel Richie along for the ride. Joining…
Kim K’s nude bod holds court in our office Image: Megan Reynolds Upon learning that Kim Kardashian West was making a perfume based on her idea of what her own nude, oiled bod smells like, I was skeptical. What did that even mean? But the audacity of confidence required to market and create a perfume…
Gabriel2052’s library of motor movements will know what I’m turned on by, his fingertips ghosting across the back of my neck with the right force-per-unit area. His motorized parts will know how to spread goosebumps across my skin, and his sensors will detect when my breath quickens in response. When we sleep, he will be…
Google disclosed how it will help publishers obtain tracking consent from users during a call last week with the IAB Europe GDPR Transparency and Consent steering committee, and its approach could spell trouble for media and ad tech companies. The consent gathering tool, called “Funding Choices,” is in beta with some DoubleClick for Publishers (DFP)…
Another day, another well-off older person reminding young people that our generation will probably always struggle to obtain the things our parents took for granted. Last year, it was Australian millionaire Tim Gurner asserting that if we just didn’t buy so much damn avocado toast, we’d be able to afford to purchase homes. This time,…
close story-meta Photo Patrick and SpongeBob in “SpongeBob SquarePants.” Credit Nickelodeon When a yellow sponge in rectangular pants came to children’s TV in 1999, who could have guessed that it would lead to “SpongeBob SquarePants: The Broadway Musical,” which was nominated this week for 12 Tony Awards? With the musical on a slate that includes…
Joshua Topolsky, the chief executive of the Outline, doesn’t want his digital-media company to get too big too fast. The startup has closed a $5.15 million fundraising round, the company’s second, Mr. Topolsky said. The new financing values the Outline at $21.15 million, he said, up from the company’s $11 million valuation from the last…