Stream of Reading (Prepare to be Forwarded) – An Archive of What I'm Reading
On Monday evening, charged crowds of New Yorkers made their way to Sheridan Square in the West Village to mourn the victims of the terrorist attack at the Orlando nightclub Pulse. Before celebrities and politicians got up to the mic, and smartphones were held high to create constellations of light behind the podium, the crowd…
In May, two teenagers posted a photo on social media — she in a long, red dress with golden embellishments that reflected the color of her long curls; he in a suit with a matching red tie. “He cleans up good, huh?” she wrote beneath the photo. Then: “We had a really great night.” He made it his…
In a new profile for GQ’s cover story on Kim Kardashian, Caity Weaver delves deeply into the superficial life of the woman/commodity about whom she argues—rather convincingly—“not only does she live the American Dream; she has also managed to re-invent it.” Kardashian has taken the debits and assets she’s been given, Weaver writes—“murder, a sex…
For weeks, presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump has been touting his “youge!” fanbase with Mexicans, women, a slew of other minorities — often times alienating them with the same breath. On Wednesday, he added “the gays” to his list. On a campaign stop in Atlanta, Trump attempted to frame this past weekend’s horrific shooting in…
About a thousand people gathered in Grand Army Plaza in Brooklyn on Tuesday night. It was a candlelight vigil, the borough rallying in solidarity with the LGBT community, and against what’s at this point simply being called hate. Near the impromptu stage, hand-drawn on white poster board, a sign read “Love conquers hate.” After the…
In the wake of the horrific shooting in Orlando that left 50 dead, a political struggle is forming on whether to define this act as an anti-gay crime or an act of radical Islamic terrorism. The answer, it’s quickly starting to seem, is both of these, and more. A picture is quickly starting to form…
In 1983, two years after the AIDS virus was first discovered in the United States, the Food and Drug Administration issued guidelines for gay men who wanted to donate blood. If they had had sex with other men at any time since 1977, they would be prohibited from donating blood indefinitely. That policy lasted for…
The Senate has approved a defense budget that would also require women to register for the draft. The new rules would apply to any woman who turns 18 on or after January 1, 2018. The key opponents to drafting women were conservative Republicans, including your old friend, botched Madam Tussauds exhibit Ted Cruz. This one…
SAN FRANCISCO — A California judge who was criticized for handing down a short jail term in a case involving a sexual assault at Stanford University is facing a growing number of impediments both inside and outside the courtroom. Since Judge Aaron Persky of Santa Clara Superior Court sentenced a former champion swimmer for Stanford,…
Man sends woman an unsolicited d*ck pic, woman responds brilliantly. Man regrets it. After a woman left a positive review for the restaurant The Good Food Place, the most she expected in response was a quick “I agree” or “I disagree with this review”. But this being the internet, it wasn’t long before…