Stream of Reading (Prepare to be Forwarded) – An Archive of What I'm Reading
Nor hell a fury like a woman scorned” is the best-known line from William Congreve’s The Mourning Bride. But I’m concerned with the phrase preceding it, which captures wrath in more universal terms: “Heaven has no rage like love to hatred turned.” Even an angry Almighty can’t compete with mortals whose love turns to hate….
The New Republic published a withering profile of Cornel West this weekend, comparing the philosopher to Mike Tyson, who at the heights of his boxing prowess was the most feared fighter on the planet, but who is now a celebrity shell of his former self. Writer Michael Eric Dyson charts what he believes is West’s…
Once upon a time, circa 1995, Yahoo cofounders Jerry Yang and David Filo were setting up the company’s first office. It was a pretty drab place, so they decided to redo the walls. Filo headed out to pick up some paint. A notoriously thrifty type—his official title is “Chief Yahoo,” but his colleagues have been…
We are living in a cultural moment in which people with the normiest of normative identities — those jealously guarding an armful of poker chips in the game of social capital — are, in some quarters, behaving as if they’re under siege. In January, Jonathan Chait took on the scourge of “political correctness” for New…
On 1st of April 2015, reddit experienced a phenomenon of unprecedented proportions not experienced since the infamous “Twitch Plays Pokemon”. The Button is believed to have been created by the admin /u/powerlanguage who posted 10 minutes before its unveilment on the new subreddit /r/thebutton. It is a button which sits next to a simple timer that counts down from 60…
Why scribes belong together My husband, Art Taylor, and I talk about a lot of things. Most are along the lines of “What’s for dinner?” or “Need to clean up the cat vomit.” However, when we’re not navigating the day-to-day chores of life, we talk about short fiction. And that’s why we’re here. To celebrate…
Stack Overflow has released the results of its 2015 developer survey, which covers a wide range of topics including preferred programming languages, education, compensation, and even caffeine consumption. The 45-question survey ran for just two weeks in February and the site was able to collect results from more than 26,000 participants. Obviously, Stack Overflow survey…
Mario Anzuoni/Reuters What do white evangelicals, Muslims, Mormons, blacks, conservative Republicans, and immigrants from Africa, South America, and Central America all have in common? They’re less likely to support gay marriage than the average Californian. Over the years, I’ve patronized restaurants owned by members of all those groups. Today, if I went out into Greater…
No one knows who wrote this infamously bad, now-legendary <em>Harry Potter</em> fanfiction. Photo: Jed Egan and Photos: Warner Bros., Shutterstock Like Stonehenge or the works of Shakespeare, we’ll probably never know who was behind “My Immortal” — the massive Harry Potter–inspired text that is widely regarded as the worst piece of fanfiction ever written — but…
The other day, I semi-jokingly tweeted this screencap: I found it noteworthy, because the video in question was about tax tips for self-employed people. I found it somewhat emblematic of the online experience for women; it doesn’t matter what you say, you are not welcome here unless you are existing solely for male consumption. Most…