Stream of Reading (Prepare to be Forwarded) – An Archive of What I'm Reading
Aaron Cox-Leow stands on her family’s farm in Centreville, Va., near the sign that has caused a furor on social media. (Jahi Chikwendiu/The Washington Post) It had been a week since the road sign had gone up near the entrance of their 116-acre farm in Northern Virginia, and the furious emails, calls and Facebook messages…
People who tweet a lot and/or went to college are always talking about “the discourse.” “The discourse is so bad now.” “The discourse was mean to me.” “The discourse won’t let me be racist in public without consequence.” Most of those who prominently complain about “the discourse” are right-leaning writers with bad ideas who have…
When 16-year-old Harshita Arora posted on Reddit about the crypto price tracking app she created the most she hoped for was a few downloads and perhaps some useful user feedback. Instead, she was met with rape threats, days of online abuse, a deluge of hateful emails, tweets, and messages claiming that she had “plagiarized” the…
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Angelica Alzona / GMG Every time Jill Lewis goes back to the Alamo Drafthouse movie theater where she worked for a decade, she sees the face of a man she learned to fear because of his sexually aggressive behavior. It’s right there on the wall: one of the faces on a mural, painted to celebrate…
I’ve told a lot of stories about why I stopped hiking the Pacific Crest Trail at the 454 mile mark last summer, though I intended to hike the whole thing, all 2,650 miles from Mexico to Canada. They’re all versions of the truth. I missed my girlfriend, it’s true. I hurt my knee, yes,…
The timeline for alt-right killers began on May 23, 2014. On that day, college sophomore Elliot Rodger stabbed his three roommates to death before driving to a sorority house at the University of California, Santa Barbara, and shooting several women. He then killed or injured several pedestrians with both gunfire and his vehicle before exchanging…
Arthur Jones, a Republican congressional candidate described as a “neo-Nazi,” was interviewed by CNN’s Alisyn Camerota on Thursday morning. The Internet was set ablaze on Thursday by an interview on CNN’s New Day morning show. Over six and a half uncomfortable minutes, co-anchor Alisyn Camerota grilled Arthur Jones, an avowed Holocaust denier and racist who will likely be…
PepsiCo’s CEO suggested in a podcast, that the company may be manufacturing a new line of Doritos designed for women. Here are some other “female” products that seemed ridiculous to many. (The Washington Post) The American woman, if you go by commercials, is a bizarre creature. To write, she wants pink pens; to choose a…
Updated | In the aftermath of the chaos that erupted in Philadelphia as Eagles fans tore through the streets celebrating their Super Bowl victory, many could not help but notice the difference in how the public and officials reacted to riots by fans compared to those prompted by civil unrest. “Somehow, it seems there’s a line drawn in…