Stream of Reading (Prepare to be Forwarded) – An Archive of What I'm Reading
If you listen to the National Rifle Association, every woman in America should carry a gun so she can protect herself from dangerous strangers, domestic abusers and potential rapists. The message is that firearms make women safer, despite clear research showing that they actually have the exact opposite effect. A new study from the Violence…
A former Colorado college student who was convicted of raping an intoxicated woman he was pretending to take care of was sentenced to 20 years of probation and two years of a jail work-release program. Austin James Wilkerson, a former University of Colorado student, had been facing 4 to 12 years in prison for sexual…
The plus-sized comedian Dawn French would be unlikely to describe herself as a sex symbol, but was she simply born at the wrong time? “If I had been around when Rubens was painting, I would have been revered as a fabulous model,” she once quipped. “Kate Moss? Well, she would have been the paintbrush.” French…
Barrier Status: ‘none’ On a spring day in recent memory, I was strolling up Ninth Avenue alone, after leaving a bistro lunch with a gentleman caller and my soon-to-finish-N.Y.U. son. It was sunny but not yet steaming. Businessmen had their ties tugged loose or suit jackets slung over their shoulders. There were floral frocks and…
Eleven (Stranger Things) and Allison (Breakfast Club) after their makeovers. Netflix / Universal Pictures ID: 9423581 We all know the Classic Makeover Montage well. A beautiful actress we’re supposed to believe is a homely slob because her hair’s a little frizzy is bestowed with a flatiron and some makeup — after a parade of product…
The presidential hopeful has insulted reporter Katy Tur on national TV, called her names during interviews, and made his campaign seemingly impossible to cover. Here, her no-holds-barred account of trailing the most unlikely candidate in GOP history. by KATY TUR, PHOTOGRAPH BY REBECCA GREENFIELD AUG 10, 2016 20.5k In a speech carried live from Mount Pleasant,…
Members of the US Women’s National Soccer Team are pushing for higher pay. It is as traditional as the Olympic flame: For two weeks every two years, media outlets actually care about female athletes. Despite the huge fanbases rooting for women’s soccer, basketball, and tennis, it’s rare to see pro female athletes on TV—in 2014,…
08.11.16How Clinton Enables the Republican Party08.10.16If I were worried that Clinton might lose, here’s what I would—and wouldn’t—do…08.09.16Sam Tanenhaus on William Styron on Nat Turner: Have we moved on from the Sixties? The Nineties?08.09.16My First Seven Jobs07.31.16Trump’s Indecent Proposal07.30.16Why does it matter that Donald Trump is not a novelty?07.29.16Philadelphia Stories: From Reagan to Trump to…
She’s fabulous. Her hair is done. Her makeup is flawless; her coat, luxurious. She’s single. She’s thin or she’s fat or she’s muscular or she’s old or she’s young but she’s never ever cute or soft or scared of you. She’s hungry. She wants money, and she wants more luxurious coats, and she wants power….
Ashley Judd at the 2015 Social Good Summit in September (Image via Getty) PHILADELPHIA — Because of traffic following President Obama’s speech at the Wells Fargo Arena, celebrity guests didn’t arrive at the red carpet of the Creative Coalition Gala featuring Fergie until nearly 1 a.m. The few attending reporters and photographers stared tiredly at…