Stream of Reading (Prepare to be Forwarded) – An Archive of What I'm Reading
Don’t stop your dog from barking at them. Don’t take their money. If you’re making coffee for them, make it wrong. Last week, Donald Trump was elected president by the United States. But he wasn’t elected by New Yorkers. In his hometown, Trump has for years been regarded as a clown—a tabloid regular, a Howard…
It’s early November in Portland, Oregon, and Dan Savage—probably America’s best-known sex-advice columnist—is standing on the stage of a former high-school auditorium, engaging the audience in a bit of call-and-response. “Turn your smartphone…” he calls out. “OFF!” roars the crowd. “We will take it…” “AWAY!” “You will never get it…” “BACK!” It’s the finale of…
Uber says it has permanently suspended the driver. When Erika Szabo, a video game and anime YouTube personality, ordered an Uber on a Sunday afternoon following a guest appearance at a convention in Toronto, she was looking to get home quickly after a long day and shitty weather. Just as her Uber driver pulled up, however,…
In its Date Lab series, the Washington Post matches two D.C.-area singles, sends them out on a blind date, and interviews them afterwards. Obviously, this doesn’t always work out. This week’s Date Lab featured Erica, a 27-year-old project analyst, and Anda, a 32-year-old entrepreneur. Here’s how Anda describes his goals: I’ve been on hundreds of…
Voices Yes, contraceptives have side effects – and it’s time for men to put up with them too Apparently women can have such ailments as depression and acne thrust upon them for the greater good of preventing an unwanted pregnancy, but the same level of discomfort cannot be expected of men scald=3875131:article_responsive_images [if IE 9]><...
.entry-header There are very few times you will turn up to a date and instinctively know that things are going to work out fine. Attraction likes to keep your guessing right until the very end – your own personal “will they or won’t they?” storyline. Repulsion, though, doesn’t hang about, and your gut seldom lies when…
On r/relationships, posts about someone’s partner calling out the wrong name during sex are a dime a dozen, but rarely do they involve Overwatch. User whotheheckisjesse wrote on the subreddit to inquire, well, who the heck is Jesse, and why did his girlfriend call this mysterious name during sex? “Basically we were having sex and…
When I was nine years old, I fell in love with a superheroine whose unlikely name—a name that still brings me a wince of lust and embarrassment when I say it—was Barda. Big Barda. I have never recovered, thank God, from my first sight of her in Mister Miracle #8 (September 1972).The intricate pop-Zoroastrian theology…
Image: fakephonetext.com As a person who has only ever used an Android phone, I never had a clue about my “green bubble” status until someone I was dating brought it up in the middle of a conversation. It’s the strangest text message I think I’ve ever received. It was from a girl I really liked,…
In the Oct. 9 presidential debate, Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump denied acting on the sexual touching he described in video released by The Washington Post. Now, several women say he forced himself on them. (Peter Stevenson/The Washington Post) When Donald Trump brought three women who have accused Bill Clinton of sexual misconduct to the…