Stream of Reading (Prepare to be Forwarded) – An Archive of What I'm Reading
So, I asked: “Thank you for sharing that. Tell me your story? I’d love to know how you came to this point of view.” She seemed surprised by my interest. “Why? It doesn’t matter. Your sign said Free Listening, so I gave you something to listen to.” “Give me more to listen to.” “They should be locked up! It’s…
I wrote last week about the new nonfiction book Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and a Culture in Crisis by J.D. Vance, the Yale Law School graduate who grew up in the poverty and chaos of an Appalachian clan. The book is an American classic, an extraordinary testimony to the brokenness of the…
“Cock up yuh bumpa, siddung pon it!” I knew the words, but they were coming from an unfamiliar voice. Drake’s quick interpolation of Popcaan’s 2014 hit “Love Yuh Bad” on Views’ “Too Good” felt stilted, an awkward attempt to reconcile the fact that Poppy was missing from the album’s cut of “Controlla.” For many American…
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I just want to say—I see you Otto Beatty, Jr. and I salute you. The Beattys are over here like “Oh, you want to just borrow parts of the First Lady’s speech? That’s cool. I drink your milkshake. I drink it right up!” Getty Saul Loeb Rep. Joyce Beatty of Ohio, you’re an American…
This is a story about how trolls took the wheel of the clown car of modern politics. It’s a story about the insider traders of the attention economy. It’s a story about fear and loathing and Donald Trump and you and me. It’s not a story about Milo Yiannopoulos, the professional alt-right provocateur who was…
It’s become standard for the internet to closely follow the Republican and Democratic National Conventions and seize on any gaffe or catch-phrase from the high-profile speakers. Last night in Cleveland was no exception—Twitter lit up with charges that Melania Trump had cribbed parts of her speech from Michelle Obama’s 2008 remarks, spurring #FamousMelaniaTrumpQuotes joke-tweets. But…
Twitter has permanently suspended the account of Breitbart tech editor Milo Yiannopoulos, a day after the infamous internet troll helped incite his followers to send a torrent of racist abuse to Ghostbusters star Leslie Jones. Twitter confirmed that Yiannopoulos would be kept off its service for good in the future, telling Recode and BuzzFeed that it would find…
This is the first in a series of videos exploring what Steven Universe has to say about men, boys and masculinity. This episode covers representations of emotional expression, and highlights the ways in which crying, affection and fear are framed on the show. Support this video series on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/popdetective ABOUT THE PROJECT The Pop…
Had there been a male contraceptive pill in 1976, I probably wouldn’t be here to write this. That was the year when, after my mum–may she rest in peace–had been on the pill for 12 years, health worries made her doctor tell her to come off it. “She said to the doctor, ‘I’ll get pregnant’,”…