Stream of Reading (Prepare to be Forwarded) – An Archive of What I'm Reading
We, the undersigned, are in the uncomfortable position of reporting on a problem that we are told does not exist. We ask you to consider a few incidents. In 1968, the leftist Shulamith Firestone gives a speech at a conference. She is giving voice to one side of a debate that has arisen within radical…
A few weeks ago, in a post about Taylor Swift’s breakup with DJ Calvin Harris, the inimitable celebrity-gossip blogger Lainey Lui asked an important question: “Is TMZ now officially the gossip voice for the men’s rights movement?” Based on the notorious online tabloid’s incredibly one-sided, or male-sided, coverage of celeb breakups in the last two…
Actress Holly Hunter and former Sen. Birch Bayh attend a news conference defending Title IX in 2003 on Capitol Hill in Washington.Linda Spillers/Getty Images In a series of jarring tweets Wednesday afternoon, blogger and co-editor of the tech site Boing Boing Xeni Jardin alleged that former Indiana Sen. Birch Bayh, the father of current…
We never know what will become of our ideas when we release them into the world. I learned this in a new way, when one of my tweets about Isis and Islam went viral on “Muslim Twitter”. The volume of response from Muslim men and women around the world (35,000 retweets and counting) isn’t what’s…
In the great saga that is the media’s obsession with Renée Zellweger’s face, there are some things that should just be general knowledge by now. Specifically, if Zellweger got work done to her face, it’s a reflection of an industry and society that makes women feel like monsters for being over the age of 25….
A horrible story from Minnesota, as reported by the Washington Post: A Minnesota traffic stop turned deadly Wednesday evening when a police officer opened fire on a black driver. The victim, 32-year-old Philando Castile, died at a Minneapolis hospital, a family member told The Washington Post. The aftermath of the shooting was filmed by…
1. They would be really keen to point out when heshows off his waist. Chris Ratcliffe / Getty Images / Jasmin Nahar / BuzzFeed / dailymail.co.uk 2. And when he makes some ~adventurous~ wardrobe choices. Oli Scarff / Getty Images / Jasmin Nahar / BuzzFeed / dailymail.co.uk 3. They would applaud him for bringing trousers to theforefront of fashion. dailymail.co.uk / Jasmin…
A couple of days ago Tim Wallace, a cartographer and graphics editor at The New York Times, posted a portion of his academic dissertation on Medium. There’s tons of interesting stuff in there, but unfortunately it’s no longer posted because the part that got the most attention is the little highlighted part way down toward…
They sat calmly on the hot pavement; their black and gold outfits a jarring contrast to the sea of rainbow flags and banners surrounding them. Minutes earlier the parade – the crown jewel of Toronto’s month-long Pride celebrations – had been in full swing, its floats heaving through the city’s main arteries alongside thousands of…
I was immediately triggered. Germany. I was back in the park. A few weeks ago. It was the final day of shooting and I was glad because I’m not a model and only agreed to help out a friend, and while I was grateful to wear cool vintage clothes and feel “pretty”, after three long…