Stream of Reading (Prepare to be Forwarded) – An Archive of What I'm Reading
Cartoon Network Fans of Cartoon Network’s Steven Universe were disappointed to discover that the episode We Need to Talk, which first aired in the US in June 2015, was apparently re-edited for its UK broadcast, removing the most intimate shots of the fusion dance between Pearl and Rose Quartz, replacing them mostly with Greg Universe’s slackjawed reaction….
Your book, Citizen: An American Lyric, has won the National Book Critics’ Circle poetry award in the US, the Forward in the UK and is shortlisted for the TS Eliot prize. It exposes racism in the US at its most violent and at its most nuanced. Why the title? I called it Citizen because I…
Hasbro has recently come under fire for excluding Daisy Ridley’s Star Wars: The Force Awakens character, Rey, from its movie version of Monopoly. The game, which allows players to choose between four characters from the Star Wars universe, is just another piece of The Force Awakens merchandise that has riled up fans after Rey was excluded….
Illustration by Marissa Maciel /end .figure The night after Christmas finds me seated with relatives and friends at my in-laws’ crowded dinner table, enjoying a delicious meal and happily chatting about television — one of few topics that’s nearly always safe to discuss in mixed company. Of the fourteen people laughing and passing laden platters around, only one is new to me. Someone mentions…
ta-da!! It’s been a minute since we checked in on the good people over at the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty. You might remember them from their previous hits like Hobby Lobby and their more recent tracks like “We Little Sisters of the Poor Are Too Little And Too Poor To Sign This ACA Accommodation Form So We Sued The Government Instead.” We…
Kylo Ren So I finally got a chance to see The Force Awakens, doing so by myself, on New Year’s Eve, before heading straight home to think about it right around the time when it seemed like everyone else in New York City was just heading out to do New Year’s Eve stuff.I briefly considered…
My post about leaving the FreeBSD community has now been viewed significantly more than when I posted about being SWATed. While I expected people to take notice, that surprised me. There’s been a lot of feedback, and I’ve been watching all of it. It’s gone about as well as I guessed it would. There’s been…
Oregon’s Malheur National Wildlife Headquarters was occupied Saturday, Jan. 2, by a group of activists protesting the federal prosecution of two ranchers, slated to report to prison Monday on arson charges. (Reuters) As of Sunday afternoon, The Washington Post called them “occupiers.” The New York Times opted for “armed activists” and “militia men.” And the Associated…
On Saturday night, dozens of white, armed American militants stormed a federal wildlife refuge in Oregon seeking to take a “hard stand” against federal government “tyranny.” It’s a wild story. Here’s what you need to know. Sidebar The Oath Keeper Who Wants to Arm Black Lives Matter » Q: Where is this? A: The…
Also, about that village we want to save… Oh, what a grand way to start an election year! With a bunch of militia loons holed up in a federally owned building, in defense of convicted criminals, demanding to start a new American Revolution against federal tyranny! It’s this winter’s second-biggest sequel, starring three of Welfare…