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Credit Illustration by Barry Blitt Barrier Status: ‘none’ “Donald Trump has entered the fray of Republican Presidential candidates with all the grace of a bully doing cannonballs and belly flops at the local swimming pool,” said Barry Blitt about his cover for next week’s issue. “I’ll certainly be watching the first televised debate, just around the…
Many people have experienced harassment or bullying online. However, the victims of such harassment are disproportionately women. Women receive up to 10 times more negative comments than men in online chatrooms and three times the negativity when playing online games. Some have argued this is because women are entering male-dominated spaces that are full of…
… Rich parents. Jessica Rinaldi / Reuters We noticed that you have an AD BLOCKER ENABLED Please consider disabling it for our site, or supporting our work in one of these ways Subscribe Now > Millions of America’s young people are really struggling financially. Around 30 percent are living with their parents,…
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Tokyo Dog 7 ways Americans have defiled the hot dog Tokyo Dog’s Juuni Ban A food truck in Seattle called Tokyo Dog created this thing, which is notable for its distinction as the Guinness Book of World Records’ most expensive hot dog at $169. It is a smoked cheese bratwurst, covered in butter Teriyaki grilled…
Donald Trump gestures while speaking surrounded by people whose families were victims of illegal immigrants on July 10, 2015 while meeting with the press at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills, California, where some shared their stories of the loss of a loved one. The US business magnate Trump, who is running for President…
To steal a tired line from an old dead writer: Gawker in 2013 was a very special time and place to be a part of. I think – hope – that I still have some good years of writing and reporting and editing ahead of me, but whatever future form that future takes, it will…
Yesterday evening, Gawker.com published a story about the CFO of Conde Nast texting an escort. It was an editorial call, a close call around which there were more internal disagreements than usual. And it is a decision I regret. The story involves extortion, illegality and reckless behavior, sufficient justification at least in tabloid news terms….
Yesterday, Gawker published a post about the CFO of Condé Nast attempting to pay a gay porn star for a night in a Chicago hotel. Today the managing partnership of Gawker Media voted, 5-1, to remove the post. Executive editor Tommy Craggs, who helped edit the post, was the sole dissenter. The company’s C.E.O., Nick…
Culture Gawker’s Ethical Misstep In Outing A Condé Nast Executive by Kay Steiger Jul 17, 2015 11:38am The internet exploded Thursday evening in condemnation when Gawker published a piece alleging Condé Nast Chief Financial Officer David Geithner planned to meet a gay “porn star” in Chicago and pay him $2,500 for sex. The exposé used…