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In Jon Ronson’s interview with “Mercedes,” a 4chan activist, for his controversial nonfiction book, So You’ve Been Publicly Shamed, she offhandedly explains why controversial site operates the way it does: “On the Internet, we have power in situations where we would otherwise be powerless.” Ronson’s book and many similar inquiries into the social media hive mind are interested…
Consider this newest and perhaps hairiest of trends in Silicon Valley these days: The hipster lumbersexual has merged with the tech elite, creating the world’s wealthiest cavemen. Jack Dorsey, of Twitter and Square fame, was the first to be spotted sporting heavy chin whiskers, in a picture Kara Swisher tweeted after visiting him. She described…
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by Alex Zalben 4/21/2015There aren’t that many homosexual comic book characters. In fact, the dedicated Wikipedia page only lists 99 superheroes, from any publisher… That’s in comparison to Marvel Comics’ purported 5,000+ characters the publisher touted when they were bought by Disney back in 2009. And when you get to name brand, easily recognizable (read:…
paging_filterOn Thursday afternoon, Gawker senior writer Hamilton Nolan announced that Gawker’s editorial staff had decided to try to form a union. The day before, Nolan wrote, Gawker staffers had met with representatives of the Writers Guild of America. Shortly after Nolan’s post was published, Gawker employees discussed the potential union during their weekly “all-hands” editorial meeting. A…
American Apparel’s former chief financial officer allegedly schemed to oust founder Dov Charney last year as part of a plan to sell the company, a former senior manager claimed in a new lawsuit against the company this week. The complaint, filed in Los Angeles on Monday, accuses former chief financial officer John Luttrell of mismanaging…
Gold’s traditional role as a store of wealth has been usurped by contemporary art and apartments in cities such as New York and London, according to Laurence D. Fink, head of the world’s biggest asset manager. “Historically gold was a great instrument for storing of wealth,” the chairman of BlackRock Inc. said at a conference…
Arne Svenson, “Neighbors #15″ (image courtesy Julie Saul Gallery NYC) Last week, a New York State appeals court upheld a lower court ruling that exonerated photographer Arne Svenson against claims of privacy invasion, Photo District News reported. Svenson was sued by his Tribeca neighbors in 2013 after they discovered he’d photographed them inside their New York…
Users were posting ads seeking the services of thugs, mostly retired soldiers, gangsters, crooks and gym coaches, according to the app’s description. A Kunming reporter apparently placed a fake listing on the app and was soon sent the number of a hired thug in Shanghai. The man promised to be able to put anyone in…
Over the years, there’s been a steady rise of out gay superheroes in both Marvel and DC’s rosters — and now that number has grown a little larger, with the revelation in tomorrow’s All-New X-Men #40 that one of the founding members of the X-Men is gay. Spoilers, of course, for All-New X-Men #40 below!…