Stream of Reading (Prepare to be Forwarded) – An Archive of What I'm Reading
Boldly Go Where No Man Has Gone Before *spoiler alert for TNG Season 4 Epsiode 3, “Remember Me”* (I mean, it’s 20 years old, but if you haven’t seen it yet, far be it from me to be the one to ruin it for you.) Star Trek is no stranger to making radical statements — this…
close story-meta Photo Credit Javier Jaén On Nov. 8, Americans may elect our first female president. While many of us are exhilarated at the idea of this feminist victory, the toll we’ve paid for coming so close to that historic barrier has been the most graphically sexist election in living memory. What this campaign has…
New Business Model. Same Racist Cab Drivers. /header Black riders in Seattle and Boston get longer wait times and more canceled rides.Adam Berry/Getty Images If you have a distinctively black-sounding name, you are more than twice as likely to have your Uber trip canceled than if you had a white-sounding name, a new study…
Screenshot via Paramount Pictures. Obviously, you want your daughter to have a fun Halloween. Duh. A huge part of that is picking out the perfect costume. To figure out what that costume should be, first ask yourself: Is your daughter a whore? That’s what “writer” Erick Erickson (who is sorry for some things he’s said,…
The media is fascinated with Trump voters. Who are they? What are their unique rituals and folkways? How can we empathize with their struggles, and appreciate their quaint subcultures? Why are they so angry? These articles attempt to evoke empathy and understanding for these people, but they reek of an anthropological contempt; they portray Trump…
Donald Trump at the Miss USA and Miss Teen USA Pageants Press Conference in 1999. Photo: Ron Galella/WireImage/Getty Images Even before the release of the 2005 Access Hollywood tape, Donald Trump’s candidacy was giving women anxiety. But after it came out — and after at least ten women came forward to accuse the Republican nominee…
Jane Biddick, Nicole Martin, Merchon Andersen Photo: Benedict Evans Last winter, in the weeks leading up to what would be a very long presidential-primary season, New York went to Iowa and New Hampshire to interview Republicans about their outlooks on the election. They opened up about their hopes—but especially about their fears. The biggest theme…
It’s been a year dominated by strong women, whose voices have rung throughout our halls of power, been heard louder than ever in our entertainment, and, of course, echoed madly off the canted walls within the Kafkaesque gauntlet that is our presidential election. Yes, 2016 was a watershed moment for women, who have entered what…
Last Tuesday, The Harvard Crimson exposed a document created by the 2012 Harvard men’s soccer team called a “scouting report,” which assessed and scored the incoming recruits for the women’s soccer team based on their perceived attractiveness. The women who are still playing for the team from that year decided to respond in an open…
Vine Dries Up. Black Humor Loses a Home – NYTimes.com. Source: Vine Dries Up. Black Humor Loses a Home – NYTimes.com