Stream of Reading (Prepare to be Forwarded) – An Archive of What I'm Reading
For women, the Internet can be an unsettling place. Trolls — unkind (to say the least) people who hide behind their computer screens — use the anonymity of the ‘net to insult, demean, and even threaten others, particularly women who voice their opinions on, well, just about anything. I get my fair share of…
George Zimmerman, the killer of Trayvon Martin who was last seen hawking paintings of the Confederate battle flag that praised the Second Amendment, took to Twitter in the wake of yesterday’s shootings of Alison Parker and Adam Ward to condemn the “Black [piece of shit]” who murdered them and the “Ignorant Baboon” in the White…
When hacker group Impact Team released the Ashley Madison data, they asserted that “thousands” of the women’s profiles were fake. Later, this number got blown up in news stories that asserted “90-95%” of them were fake, though nobody put forth any evidence for such an enormous number. So I downloaded the data and analyzed it…
Plumbing Trump’s psyche is as productive as asking American Pharoah why he runs. The point is what happens when he does. Credit Illustration by Christoph Niemann Barrier Status: ‘none’ On July 23rd, Donald Trump’s red-white-and-navy-blue Boeing 757 touched down in Laredo, Texas, where the temperature was climbing to a hundred and four degrees. In…
One day Vader and Fett will recruit for the the dark side, disguised as an electronic music duo… they will be arresting ears and administering intergalactic rhythm and beats. The Rebels won’t stand a chance. This is their music video, featuring ‘Dj Gonk’. Like it, Share it and Subscribe to help us make more videos!…
Hating on millennial snowflakes and conservative Christian whiners at the same time? SIGN US UP! So here is a story from the 8th-ranked-in-the-nation Duke University, where, IN THEORY, idiots aren’t allowed to study. Every year, Duke picks a book for all the new kiddies to read, as part of the Duke Common Experience Program, which…
The Whitney Plantation near Wallace, Louisiana, is the first and only U.S. museum and memorial to slavery. While other museums may include slavery in their exhibits, the Whitney Plantation is the first of its kind to focus primarily on the institution. John Cummings, a 78-year-old white southerner, has spent 16 years and more than $8 million of his own…
INFOLINKS_ON Last week Marvel announced “Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur,” starring a Black, teen female On August 13, Entertainment Weekly and various other media outlets announced a new monthly series from Marvel Comics titled “Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur.” Written by Any Reeder and Brandon Montclare, the main creators of the critically-acclaimed Image Comics series…
There’s this man in the Book of John who storms into a church, and flies into a rage when he sees the salesmen and moneychangers in this house of worship. He begins violently breaking down the tables where these people are seated. In the book, he is so angry he literally takes the time to…
Kate Mara playing reporter Zoe Barnes in Netflix original series “House of Cards” (Melinda Sue Gordon/Netflix) I have made well-known my dislike for the (once) critically-acclaimed Netflix show”House of Cards.” When I first published my take on the corrosive effects of how the show portrayed politics — and especially journalism and, double especially, female reporters…