Stream of Reading (Prepare to be Forwarded) – An Archive of What I'm Reading
coins metadata inserted by kblog-metadata Smart houses may usher in a leisurely world for some and more work for others AT the turn of the millennium, the Disney Channel released Smart House, the greatest installment in its made-for-TV “Original Movie” series. The titular house is smart because it comes equipped with cheerful, feminine, Personal…
Please enable Javascript to watch this video EVANSTON – A small bomb exploded in the women’s bathroom at a Target store in Evanston on Wednesday, and officials are investigating whether it’s connected to the company’s policy allowing transgender people to use the bathroom of their choice. Commander Joe Dugan says no one was inside the…
It is a transformation that has been underway since the late 1970s, when the wealth generated by the oil boom led Saudi monarchs to devise an ambitious plan to replace earlier Ottoman structures and to expand the Grand Mosque and its surroundings with Arab-style architecture. At a projected cost of $26.6 billion, the Saudi Binladen…
With the exception of my health insurance company, everybody loves my breasts: My kids, who, at aged 12 and 8, harbor vague but fond memories of having been breastfed well into toddlerhood. My husband (big surprise), who has observed their middle-aged growth spurt from a perfectly respectable 32C to a seriously impressive 32DD with great…
I’m not going to get too far into the weeds of this thing, but here’s the basic deets: out of the current $420 million credit for film and TV productions in New York State, the amendment would allot less than 1 percent ($5 million) to be used as a credit for productions that hire qualified…
An Open Letter to Dan Turner, Father of #BrockTurner. I’m writing this letter because your son’s victim’s words have provided me with a voice I’ve been incapable of finding for twenty years. And she’s said plenty through her courageous, eloquent speech to your son. She shouldn’t also have to defend herself against your perspective, as…
One of the great and terrible parts of being a journalist in the 21st century is easy access to any story I’ve contributed to the internet. This made it especially easy to revisit an essay I wrote as a 23-year-old newly minted college grad, working as an editorial assistant at Newsweek magazine. It was a…
Start Article Post Content Hollywood is no stranger to stereotype casting. “Scandal’s” Kerry Washington and “Master of None” star and executive producer Aziz Ansari have come face to face with this reality on multiple occasions throughout their careers. The actors swapped nightmare stories during a sit-down for Variety‘s fourth season of “Actors on Actors.” “Before ‘Scandal,’ I was actually…
A few months ago, the Internet briefly became obsessed with the ‘Headless Women of Hollywood’ Tumblr. Started in April by comedian Marcia Belsky, the blog collects movie posters that show women’s bodies, but not their heads. (As it turns out, there are a lot.) Having apparently never noticed this before, media outlets from the New…
Great news for Caucasian non-union whores with natural breasts: Employment awaits. Via The Cut, Quentin Tarantino is casting a very specific subset for his new movie. “Casting Whores for Quentin Tarantino project,” the since-removed notice read. “Caucasian, non-union females, ages 18–35. Western film shoots June 21st-25th in Los Angeles. No highlights, natural eyebrows, natural breasts,…