Stream of Reading (Prepare to be Forwarded) – An Archive of What I'm Reading
Not much is known about the new Instagram algorithm, but whether you like it or not, it’s here to stay. We’re in a time of flux, where some users have it, some users don’t, and everyone is just trying to figure out how they can make the Instagram algorithm work for them. Here’s what we…
This is Ghostbusters star Leslie Jones. Alberto E. Rodriguez / Getty Images On Monday, she began sharing some of the racist and misogynistic tweets people have lobbed her way in the wake of the movie’s release. View image on Twitter Follow Leslie Jones ✔@Lesdoggg I just don’t understand 7:30 PM – 18 Jul 2016 · Manhattan, NY, United States…
Although live streaming capabilities have been around for more than five years, the ubiquity of the livestream has only really taken flight with the advent of “Facebook Live”. This week at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Ohio, the largest broadcaster by some measures will be Facebook. There will be a Facebook Live facility where…
“Ghostbusters,” a revival of the 1984 original, hits theaters nationwide on Friday. As a reboot of a beloved, male-led science fiction film from the 1980s with a female-led cast, the reboot has proved somewhat controversial in the circles you would expect. But regardless of the quality of the film, it serves as a perfect demonstration…
Supermodel and TV host Chrissy Teigen has made an art out of taking misogynistic trolls to task—including Piers Morgan and Geraldo Rivera. Why be pretty when you can be petty… and pretty! While the rest of us were busy deciding which Katy Perry concert tee to wear to the #TaylorSwiftIsOverParty, Chrissy Teigen has been quietly taking internet…
Dani Mathers was 2015’s Playmate of the Year. She has won an award for being hot, which maybe is what made her feel qualified to decide who deserves privacy in the gym and who should be mocked for having a body unlike hers. Now she’s fired, and otherwise in trouble. Mathers posted the photo below…
Four men in Detroit were arrested over the past week for posts on social media that the police chief called threatening. One tweet that led to an arrest said that Micah Johnson, the man who shot police officers in Dallas last week, was a hero. None of the men have been named, nor have they been…
A blogger and her husband Photo: James Devaney/Getty Images On Tuesday, Jennifer Aniston took to the Huffington Post to write a scathing article that addressed her recent pregnancy rumors, as well as general tabloid treatment of female celebrities. On Wednesday, as the natural order of the universe dictates, her…
When he’s choosing your music for you, Carl Chery, 37, is in Culver City, California, sitting at his desk in an office with no signage, trying to decide whether Drake and Future’s “Jumpman” (jumpman, jumpman, jumpman) has jumped the shark. Or sometimes he’s at home in his one-bedroom apartment on the border of West Hollywood and…
Last week, a corner of the internet went 100 percent gorillashit over a tweet comparing Taylor Swift’s vagina to a messy ham sandwich. And why shouldn’t it? It is gold-standard content, delightfully shocking and utterly insane. Several times that day, I returned to the tweet, pleasantly agog. But other people saw something more sinister in…