Stream of Reading (Prepare to be Forwarded) – An Archive of What I'm Reading
(Facebook) A woman stepped through some shrubbery, climbed a ledge, and jumped to her death during a party on the roof of the 230 Fifth restaurant and lounge in the Flatiron District. An NYPD spokesman said the woman, 30, “entered the establishment, went to the ledge of building, and jumped from 20th floor.” It’s…
A white Jacksonville, Fla., woman faces five years in prison after pleading guilty to lying to a federal officer about whether she’d placed an image of a Confederate flag on a black co-worker’s desk. Susan Thompson and the co-worker were federal workers at the Jacksonville office of the Army Corps of Engineers, according to Newsweek….
A British Muslim family heading for Disneyland was barred from boarding a flight to Los Angeles by US authorities at London’s Gatwick airport amid concerns of an American overreaction to the perceived terrorist threat. US Department of Homeland Security officials provided no explanation for why the country refused to allow the family of 11 to…
Content notice: Discussion of domestic abuse, intimate partner violence and abuse dynamics Contains Jessica Jones spoilers Jessica Jones was a passing Netflix click that quickly turned into an obsession. I had no prior knowledge of the series. I didn’t even attempt a wiki. I imagined another anxious white girl with a heart of gold who…
It’s strange to edit a feminist website when almost nothing offends you, because the feminist website is traditionally imagined to run on offense. This is not how we imagine it ourselves while we’re working. I’ve learned it slowly, watching strangers react. The model, I gather, is that of a factory, which ideally functions like this:…
Ellen Pao was at the heart of two of 2015’s biggest feminist news stories: her discrimination lawsuit against former employer Kleiner Perkins; and her resignation from content-sharing site Reddit, after weathering what she later called “one of the largest trolling attacks in history” – death and rape threats, racist abuse, libel, her home address publicised…
by Jamal Igle Star Wars: The Force Awakens is a juggernaut. Critically acclaimed and the current holder of the title of “biggest film opening of all time.” It’s an engaging film that engrosses the viewer and harkens back to the early days of franchise. As it is with all things pop culture, particularly in the…
In Kentucky, county employees will no longer be required to suffer the indignity of their names signifying love and equality. This is the legacy of Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis. Davis, infamously, railed against the Supreme Court’s order legalizing gay marriage this summer by refusing to issue marriage licenses altogether, categorizing her arguably bigoted views…
When an Internet charmer by the name of Trevor sent a young woman an unsolicited dick pic, she responded with the situational equivalent of, “Would you speak to your mother with that mouth?” That is to say: She sent their correspondence to his mom. Then she posted screen captures of their conversation on her blog,…
Haters on Twitter were not happy with the decision of Hermione “turned black.” …of the Harry Potter books, why has Hermione, a described white character, been cast as black? It makes no sense. — Dylan (@RandyGiles_) December 21, 2015 @Hypable this is not a question of racism or whatever, the character of Hermione was white,…