Stream of Reading (Prepare to be Forwarded) – An Archive of What I'm Reading
Dear Mr. Kushner, My name is Dana Schwartz and I’m an entertainment writer at The Observer, the paper owned by your publishing company. On July 2, as I’m sure you’re aware (and have probably been wringing your hands about for the last three days), your father-in-law Donald Trump tweeted out an image of Hillary Clinton…
For the black community in Chicago and elsewhere, Johnson Publishing Company represented a certain kind of hope. The company’s magazines, most notably Ebony and Jet, gained prominence during the struggle for civil rights — Jet published graphic photos of the murdered black teenager Emmett Till that helped intensify the movement — and made it their…
Surveillance footage provided exclusively to BuzzFeed News ID: 9120137 Two teenage Muslims boys were viciously beaten outside a Brooklyn mosque early Sunday morning as their attacker called them terrorists, according to Mohamed Bahe, the director of the mosque. The incident allegedly happened around 1:18 a.m. at the Muslim Community Center of Brooklyn in Sunset Park,…
A Nigel Farage resignation is for Christmas, but not for life. Even before the Ukip leader finished the event announcing he was stepping down, Nigel was already softening his stance so much it feels more prudent to cast this as a sabbatical. Think of it as Glenn Close going under the bathwater in Fatal Attraction….
As American society has become more diverse and inclusive, there have been efforts to make language reflect that inclusivity. For decades, women, LGBTQIA people, disability advocates, and people of color have demanded a more inclusive language. In key respects, their effort has been successful. Powerful men (and women) increasingly face scrutiny for using racial slurs…
Photo by Sgt. Tony Drzewiecki/courtesy Leon County Sheriff’s Office It seems like almost every day there’s another impossibly bizarre news story set in a certain Gulf coast state. The man who claimed he was seduced by a dolphin? Florida. The guy who vaped his buddy’s semen? Yep, Florida. The patriot who landed a gyrocopter on…
Over the weekend, gold-tipped mucus plug Donald Trump tweeted a meme of Hillary Clinton that originally appeared on a racist, anti-Semitic message board. This is, to our knowledge, the first offensive tweet Trump has deleted and that his campaign has semi-apologized for. It’s a bold new strategy, acknowledging a fuck-up, and it’s not going all…
Things have gone from bad to extremely worse for Chris Evans, who announced his resignation from Top Gear earlier today. That resignation came mere hours after London police confirmed Evans is being investigated for a reported sexual assault dating back to the 1990s. http://jalopnik.com/chris-evans-is… The UK’s Telegraph says London Metropolitan Police confirmed a woman made…
A petition to get Jesse Williams fired from Grey’s Anatomy is circulating and is just over 4,500 signatures right now. The comments from its supporters are mostly about reverse racism. Williams speech at the BET Awards was incendiary, calling out cultural appropriation and the nationwide epidemic of racially motivated police violence. Heavy stuff for an…
Two major players in YouTube’s Counter-Strike: Global Offensive community, Trevor “Tmartn” Martin and Tom “Syndicate” Cassel, have been caught in a firestorm of controversy following the revelation that they had not been forthright about owning a CS:GO gambling website in their promotional videos. Now, Valve is warning Steam users before they attempt to log in to the…