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Cable News Charnel – The Baffler
The reason we are showing you this,” the grave news anchor says, “is to bring you the reality of Islamic terrorism and to label it as such.” The anchor is Fox News’s murine-faced Bret Baier. “We feel you need to see it, so we will put up one of the images on your screen right…
Former Reddit CEO explains “what the racist-sexist neckbeards don’t understand” – Vox
Reddit, one of the most popular sites on the internet and a social media platform that is almost entirely user-driven, has been in open revolt since June. Last week, that revolt culminated with the dismissal of CEO Ellen Pao. Reddit’s users thought they’d won victory for their values of free speech absolutism and resistance against the…
No One Wants to Admit It, but Reddit Can’t Be Saved
It’s looking more and more like Ellen Pao was, in some sense, set up to fail by her male board of directors. Her predecessor Yishan Wong says it. A top Reddit engineer said it right after quitting. It might sound conspiratorial if it weren’t about this particular site.http://gawker.com/top-reddit-eng… But this is Reddit. To the site’s…
The Shittiest Deals of Amazon Prime Day
All week, Amazon promoted its Prime Day sale as a “bigger than Black Friday” shopping bonanza. But today, a lot of the discounts look like they fell off a truck headed to a poorly regulated flea market for sad people held in a dumpster. Here are some of the turkeys of Prime Day: “Lighter Bro”…
Irish Mobile Company Puts Out Transphobic Ad And Lukewarm Apology | The Mary Sue
@ThreeCare Ad campaign mocks transgender ppl. What are Three’s corporate social responsibility policies? #TakeItDownpic.twitter.com/JxgiptZrZP — socmot (@socmot) July 15, 2015 Mobile company Three Ireland recently put out an campaign to advertise their data plan. When many people pointed out that the line “It turned out he was a she” was incredibly transphobic, Three Ireland tweeted the…
It’s OK to Have Flaws (Except for You): Steven Universe and Fandom | The Mary Sue
Steven Universe’s occasional homages to Revolutionary Girl Utena are starting to feel less like cute nods to a beloved nerd thing and more like an earned, legitimate comparison: both shows feature a patchwork of complicated interpersonal relationships and great care for their very well written characters, deal with complex and emotionally charged thematic issues through…
Reddit Engineering Chief Bethanye Blount Quits | Re/code
Reddit’s chief engineer Bethanye Blount quit just days after interim CEO Ellen Pao left the high-profile online community. In an interview, Blount confirmed her departure after only two months at Reddit, having come there from Facebook. She said her move was not directly linked to Pao’s exit, but noted that she had lost confidence in…
Moving on from Medium — Medium
Moving on from Medium I recently left my job at Medium, where I worked for a year and a half editing The Nib. We published over 2,000 comics, built up a large readership and, I feel comfortable saying, did some work of real impact. Medium gave me a great opportunity to build something huge and…
Marvel, Rap Covers, Fabric of Appropriation
Anonymous asked: Can you explain why Marvel thinks that doing hip hop variants is a good idea, when absolutely no announced writers or artists on the new Marvel titles, as of now, are black? Wouldn’t correcting the latter be a much better idea than the former? brevoortformspring: What does one have to do with the…