Stream of Reading (Prepare to be Forwarded) – An Archive of What I'm Reading
Last Saturday, Susan Sarandon appeared at the SAG Awards in a plunging white blazer and black bra that made appreciators of breasts and Susan Sarandon alike all stop in their tracks and say, “DAMN, MAMA LOOKS GOOD.” Media chode Piers Morgan, however, took a more prudish and ZZZZZ-worthy line of thought. Morgan’s issue, it seems,…
On Tuesday, 24-year-old Caroline E. Nosal has the misfortune of becoming Madison, Wisconsin’s first homicide in 2016. Nosal was murdered by co-worker Christopher O’Kroley, 26, because she turned down his romantic advances. O’Kroley was fired from his job at the Metro Market grocery store in Madison on Monday. According to the complaint, O’Kroley had already…
Harley Quinn Smith, daughter of director Kevin Smith, was recently standing outside a Brentwood Starbucks waiting for an Uber when two men pulled up in a beige car and tried to convince her that they were her ride. They were not. She described the scary situation on Instagram: I was just standing outside a Starbucks…
It came as little surprise that Samantha Bee’s new show, Full Frontal with Samantha Bee, has one of the most diverse writers rooms in television. A recent New York profile of Bee revealed that she and showrunner Jo Miller cast a wider hiring net for the specific purpose of finding diverse talent; the result is…
As part of their promotion of “Sweater Day,” an event designed to reduce energy use during the winter months, Simon Fraser University released a rather ill-advised video. In the promotional video, an actress playing a female faculty member lowers the thermostat, takes off her glasses, puts on a pink sweater, and shakes out her long…
Apologies for the Bill Maher clip, but here’s feminist icon Gloria Steinem offering an interesting theory as to why so many young women are supporting Bernie Sanders instead of Hillary Clinton. In the middle of a larger discussion about the Democratic primary, Steinem said: “Women are more for [Hillary Clinton] than men are…First of all,…
While most morning news programs devoted much of their Monday coverage to tonight’s highly anticipated Iowa caucuses, Fox News’ “Fox & Friends” took some time to examine the importance of the African American vote on this first day of Black History Month, only to blast black voters for “slavish support” of the Democratic Party. Guest…
Chicago (AFP) – A white police officer plans to sue the estate of a black teenager he shot dead because he was traumatized by the fact that he accidentally killed the teen’s neighbor in the incident, his lawyer said. Related Stories Chicago cop to sue family of black teen he killed AFP Chicago announces new police…
If you disrespect Bernie Sanders, you’re going to get a visit from his social media goons. They are passionate about campaign finance reform, staying active in one’s 70s, and being very, very manly. They are the Berniebros. The Atlantic’s Robinson Meyer first coined the phrase in October, describing your typical Berniebro as someone who is…
Image copyright Getty Images Passionate support for presidential candidate Bernie Sanders has propelled him into a close race with fellow Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton. But some say that support has turned aggressive and abusive online. After the 25 January Democratic town hall, Emily Nussbaum, television critic for the New Yorker magazine, tweeted some positive feedback…