Stream of Reading (Prepare to be Forwarded) – An Archive of What I'm Reading
Entry Text Last year when I attempted to pick my daughter up from school, the volunteers in the carpool line tried to put a fourth grader in my car, not the four year old I was attempting to retrieve. Both of us were vehemently shaking our heads, both of us looked totally confused, but the…
JOAN RIVERS, a comedian who died last year, did not let chores get in the way of a career in showbusiness. “I hate housework,” she joked. “You make the beds, you do the dishes, and six months later, you have to start all over again.” An escape from unpaid drudgery into paid work seems a…
Geoff Marcy is a superstar astronomer, by any measure. He is a major figure in the exoplanet revolution, which has transformed our view of the universe so profoundly, that some have compared it to the revolution kicked off by Copernicus. Many of the first thousand planets observed circling other stars were detected by teams Marcy…
Inside Mattel’s headquarters just south of Los Angeles International Airport, Christine Kim grabs a shield and fires a plastic disc from it across a conference room. “I’m going to be playing with all my boys, deflecting their bullets and then be like, ‘I’m going to shoot you,’” says Kim, one of Mattel’s top toy designers and a…
As part of an ongoing investigation into the death of 21-year-old Matthew Ajibade while in custody at the Chatham County Jail in Georgia, a graphic video was shown in court on Friday, which NBC News has obtained, of police officers using a stun gun on Ajibade in the groin while he is restrained to a chair. Ajibade was arrested on a…
On a chilly night in 2013, as the stress of the semester was coming to a peak, I had the most scarring experience of my life. In the moment, I wasn’t aware that it was happening. Yet I will always remember the trauma. Being sexually assaulted—raped—shattered my self-image and confidence in my own voice. My…
Entry Text October 11 marks the International Day of the Girl Child, a day designated by the UN to recognize the rights and specific challenges faced by girls around the world. Each year has a unique theme highlighting a particular area for change, and the theme for 2015 is all about unleashing the power of…
Twitter/@jorgecortell It went like this. At a reverse-demo event in New York last night, Jorge Cortell, the CEO of the healthcare startup Kanteron Systems, noticed a female attendee wearing shoes. He snapped a picture of the shoes. He then tweeted the picture of the shoes. This is what he said: Event supposed to be for entrepreneurs,…
Sarah* was 16 when she was raped by a stranger at a festival. She’d tried MDMA with her friends, but wasn’t feeling the effects and decided to head back to her tent. On the way, she bumped into a guy she’d been talking to in the arena. They flirted and headed to his campsite before…
Gay rights drama Stonewall has failed to make any significant impact at the US box office, amid a sustained boycott. The Roland Emmerich film is based on the 1969 Stonewall riots, which are often considered the birthplace of the gay rights movement. Prior to release, the film came under fire amid claims of whitewashing and trans-erasure,…