Stream of Reading (Prepare to be Forwarded) – An Archive of What I'm Reading
Like several great memes before it, this one began at the Scripps National Spelling Bee, which has since its inception been ripe for rabid online ingestion via themes of humiliation, fear, and triumph of the adolescent spirit. It’s a live television event akin to the grammatical Hunger Games, wherein wee sprouts still small enough to…
The devil in this particular equation? “Legitimacy.” Today news broke that the UFC parted ways with one of their most recognizable figures. Not a fighter, not a commentator, not even a referee—but rather, a cutman by the name of Jacob “Stitch” Duran. Cutmen play a massively important role in the octagon: they tend to injuries…
It’s just so damn fun, I want it on TV now. Right now. Ugh, the wait for fall sucks. If you saw the trailer, you know what you’re in for. It really does feel exactly like what an updated Muppet television show should be: a little meta and a lot of insanity. The Office-style mockumentary…
Media This Man Took On Fox News And Became A Hero To His City by Judd Legum Jul 15, 2015 6:35pm Scott Wiener, a member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, knew Fox News was lurking. “They’ve been stalking various members of the board of supervisors for the last week. They went to someone’s…
San Diego Comic-Con may be over, but Conan O’Brien‘s superhero coverage is still in full swing.Wednesday night’s skit was a list of imaginary international superheroes, which was…kind of hit-and-miss. The idea of a polite Canadian Lex Luthor is basically a harmless joke (although Canada does already have a famous superhero in the form of Wolverine),…
This article mentions sexual assault and rape. It also includes spoilers for Steven Universe. Steven Universe has never shied away from issues regarding sexuality, introducing topics such as unconventional family dynamics and gender fluidity into the lore and backstories of the characters since the beginning. In the recent episode “Keeping it Together,” which clocks in…
Steven Universe’s occasional homages to Revolutionary Girl Utena are starting to feel less like cute nods to a beloved nerd thing and more like an earned, legitimate comparison: both shows feature a patchwork of complicated interpersonal relationships and great care for their very well written characters, deal with complex and emotionally charged thematic issues through…
Fan theories are like hot dogs: We know they lack any real substance, but we can’t stop consuming them because they’re fun to eat. Luckily for us, the Internet is a perpetual motion machine that endlessly churns out insane reinterpretations of our favorite movies and TV shows, some of which are way more convincing than they have…
Welp, we have a new favorite show. At San Diego Comic-Con, we got to watch the entire pilot of Syfy’s The Expanse, based on the books by James S. A. Corey—and we were blown away. This is a show that digs into the politics of our spacefaring future, but knows it’s the characters that make…
The folks behind the TV sequel to Steven Spielberg’s 2002 film Minority Report showed segments of the show’s pilot at San Diego Comic-Con. And I laughed. A lot. The problem is that it wasn’t at the parts that were supposed to be funny. This show is in serious denial about how goofy it is. The…