Stream of Reading (Prepare to be Forwarded) – An Archive of What I'm Reading
HARTFORD — The House of Representatives passed a bill that seeks to sever the often deadly link between domestic violence and firearms. The law would require those subject to a temporary restraining order to give up their guns. The 104 to 42 vote broke largely, although not exclusively, along party lines. It came after more…
If you’ve spent any time on social media, I can bet that you might have come across a BuzzFeed piece or two. Originator of the iconic listicle, with over 200 million audience members worldwide, BuzzFeed continues to dominate media in the millennial era. I happen to know first-hand how pervasive this content is to my…
AddThis Sharing Buttons above Written by Victoria Myers Illustrations by Desiree Nasim April 28th, 2016 In 1944, journalist Martha Gellhorn hid in the bathroom of a hospital ship crossing the English Channel and became the only woman to land on Normandy Beach. In 1945, she was one of the first journalists—male or female—to visit and…
After a series of recent hashtag campaigns — #MyYellowfaceStory, #MyBrownfaceStory, #whitewashedOUT — in which Asian Americans and others spoke out against the lack of Asian and Asian-American representation in film, theater, and books, a new campaign launched Thursday which is propelling the conversation to the next level. #StarringJohnCho is a social movement and social media…
A group of young black women poised to graduate from the United States Military Academy gathered on the steps of West Point’s oldest barracks last week in traditional gray dress uniforms, complete with sabers, for a group photo. Known as an “Old Corps” photograph because it mimics historical portraits, it was nearly identical to thousands…
Sen. John McCain’s son, Jack, had a blunt assessment of the people criticizing an Old Navy ad featuring an interracial couple: “Ignorant racists.” The controversy began when the low-price fashion chain tweeted an ad on Friday featuring a good-looking, adorably dressed couple with their “child.” Dad’s white, and mom’s black. Predictably, there was nasty backlash on…
The company is anti-LGBT, Councilman Danny Dromm said. View Full Caption Flickr/scuddr ELMHURST — National chain Chick-fil-A plans to open its first location in the borough at the Queens Center Mall — but not everyone’s excited to eat more chicken. The company’s first Queens restaurant is set to open this fall, an effort to serve…
The semantic struggle is real. Every day it gets harder and harder to know whether my vocabulary is inadvertently perpetuating a “growing tyranny of feelings” that threatens the very foundations of democracy. Thankfully the internet is full of vocabulary vigilantes eager to spell things out for the rest of the us – the most recent…
Yesterday, Riot introduced the world to Taliyah, League of Legends’ next playable champion. For the most part, people responded very positively toward Taliyah. Champion designer Daniel Klein responded to the vocal minority against Taliyah, however, by stating that “Restricting body types is limiting to us as creators.” Taliyah, for those that don’t know, looks like…