Stream of Reading (Prepare to be Forwarded) – An Archive of What I'm Reading
Photo: AP ESPN The Magazine’s Sam Alipour published a story about athletes using online dating today, and though the trend piece seems six months too late, the timeliness can be forgiven because of the anecdotes within. Athletes are just like us, in that they’re looking for people to hump. Unsurprisingly, the younger players are more…
Over the Christmas holidays, I made the decision to forgo perming my hair and go natural. For me, it felt like if I was ever going to come to terms with my black womanhood, then I had to confront my fears. When the hairdresser swivelled the chair so I could see myself in the mirror,…
Ever wish that visiting a museum was more like watching reality TV and simultaneously browsing TMZ, all while a few wine coolers deep? You’re in luck. Curators Matt Harkins and Viviana Olen — the duo behind the Tonya Harding and Nancy Kerrigan Museum that cropped up in Brooklyn last year — are back with a…
Every couple of months, some think-piece or study or list or viral video comes out, claiming to “explain” what millennials are. In a nutshell, millennials have “helicopter” parents who coddled us in our youth and turned us into “trophy children” and now we are whiny, entitled, and live in our parents basements because we can’t…
As a young astronomer, Joan Schmelz worked alongside men and the pinups they tacked to the lab walls. She didn’t have a precise vocabulary for the subtle harassment she experienced every day. Schmelz’s supervisor gossiped about her to colleagues and demeaned her, making inappropriate comments that highlighted their uneven power dynamic. When Schmelz, now a…
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Defending a Texas state law banning the sale of sex toys, Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz argued in a 2007 court brief that individuals have no legal right to use them, even in the privacy of their own bedrooms. Prior to becoming a U.S. senator, Cruz was for more than five…
Yes, that poster is actually emitting light. (Photo: Caren Anderson/Velveteria/Used with Permission) For a magical time in the 1960s and ’70s, your wood-paneled basement hideaway wasn’t worth its weight in cheap weed and questionable acid without a collection of psychedelic blacklight posters. Combining Art Nouveau, Surrealism, Pop Art, and countless other artistic styles with the…
—David Corn on Wed. April 13, 2016 6:00 AM PDT /imgur In one chapter of his campaign book, A Time for Truth, Sen. Ted Cruz proudly chronicles his days as a Texas solicitor general, a post he held from 2003 to 2008. Bolstering his conservative cred, the Republican presidential candidate notes that during his stint…
On a warm-for-March night, a foursome led by a 23-year-old fledgling fashion designer named Andrew Warren shimmied themselves into an Uber S.U.V. They were heading from a pajama-themed party at the Dolce & Gabbana store on Fifth Avenue to dinner at a new restaurant, Vandal, on the Bowery. Dressed in a black corseted two-piece lent…
Photo: adwarren/Instagram Today the New York Times’ “Style” section brings us a delightfully nauseating look into the lives of New York City’s “Snap Pack,” a group of wealthy 22-year-olds who are doing a lot with their personal Instagram and Snapchat accounts. Some of them may already be familiar to you…