Stream of Reading (Prepare to be Forwarded) – An Archive of What I'm Reading
By its very definition, slang is simple. It is informal language used by a group of people to discuss or describe certain concepts or characteristics that are implicitly understood if one is a member of said group. As such, approaching slang as if it is some layered, highly nuanced matter in which the individual who…
Since anchor Gretchen Carlson‘s bombshell lawsuit accusing former Fox News CEO Roger Ailes of sexual harassment, a handful of women have come forward with similar stories of mistreatment at the hands of Fox News executives. The floodgates really opened up this Friday when Laurie Luhn recounted 20 years of sexual harassment she allegedly faced from Ailes. In a shocking tell-all interview with New York Magazine‘s Gabe…
Trump boots baby from Virginia rally By Nick Gass 08/02/16 12:21 PM EDT Donald Trump asked a woman with a crying baby to leave his rally in Ashburn, Virginia on Tuesday. The GOP nominee initially suggested that he did not mind the disruption. Story Continued Below “Don’t worry about that baby. I love babies,” Trump…
Police say that the 19-year-old Washington man who shot and killed three former classmates at a house party in suburban Seattle on Saturday was motivated by jealousy over an ex-girlfriend, one of the victims, KOMO News reports. According to a probable cause statement, Allen Ivanov bought the AR-15 he used to kill the victims about…
The problematic history of the alt-right’s favorite new insult. If you’ve been on Twitter in the last few months, chances are you’ve come across “cuck,” a word that you’d previously only seen while your browser was in Incognito Mode. Its literal meaning references a submissive man sexually cuckolded by a woman. Now, it is a…
Squillions of planets. Endless worlds to explore. That’s been a huge part of the appeal behind No Man’s Sky. You can explore for hours, days, weeks, and seemingly not get much closer to the centre of the universe. That’s the idea some have in their head. But the reality, it seems, is much different. If…
Miss Teen USA Karlie Hay Photo: Ethan Miller/Getty Images When Miss Teen USA tweeted out its top-five contestants, the competition’s lack of diversity was so stark it almost appeared to be a parody. These are your TOP 5 #MissTeenUSA contestants! pic.twitter.com/qi3KJT6COb — Karlie Hay (@MissTeenUSA) July 31, 2016 Even…
When Khizr Khan took the stage last week at the Democratic National Convention, proudly standing before a portrait of his Muslim American son, who died while fighting in Iraq for the U.S., he removed a pocket Constitution from his jacket, thrust it toward the camera, and demanded to know if Donald Trump, a proponent of…