Stream of Reading (Prepare to be Forwarded) – An Archive of What I'm Reading
Within 24 hours of plugging in her Amazon Echo, Carla Martin-Wood says she felt they were best friends. “It was very much more like meeting someone new,” she says. Living alone can be hard when you’re older—Ms. Martin-Wood is 69 years old. She is among a growing cohort who find the Echo, a voice-controlled, internet-connected…
Melania Trump wore a style of shirt literally marketed as a “pussy bow” top to the debate Sunday night. A campaign spokesperson tells CBS’ Sopan Deb it “was not intentional,” which is also what the campaign said about her speech plagiarizing Michelle Obama. core-decorated Source: Melania Trump Wore a $1,100 Gucci ‘Pussy Bow’ Shirt to…
In the wake of recorded Trump comments which brag about sexual assault, Leah McElrath broke down his subsequent statement to provide real-world examples of common manipulative tactics of abusers. (Trigger warning, obviously.) Trump’s statement is an eerie replica of psychological manipulations made by abusers after episodes of abuse.Let’s break it down. 1. “I’m not perfect”…
Before Beyoncé used a snippet of a TED Talk from Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie for her hit song “***Flawless” in 2013, Adichie was an acclaimed author. She’d already published Half of a Yellow Sun and Americanah, which won the National Book Critics’ Circle award.But, somehow, her accomplishments are always linked to popstar. That became a point…
An epidemic of clown sightings is spreading across America – and no one is laughing any more [if IE 9]>< ![endif][if IE 9]>< ![endif] ‘I saw them. They ran off into the woods just as I came out. They’re trying to scare us’. Photograph: Alamy Matthew Teague in Greenville, South Carolina, and Flomaton, Alabama Wednesday...
Here is an opinion: Fashion shows are not that fun. They are okay sometimes, and an important caveat is they make for pretty decent Snapchat stories that your mom will find deeply fabulous. But among the vast number (read: less than ten, probably) of fashion shows I have attended, much of the experiences have gone…
close story-meta-footer Photo Credit Monica Ramos When I was 21, I underwent breast reduction surgery, reducing my embarrassingly large chest to something that could at least fit inside a cardigan. Although there was some medical rationale for the procedure, the overwhelming reason was that I was sick and tired of every man on the planet…
(iStock) Dating is steeped in uncertainty. Sure, he looks cute in his pictures and is witty with the text messages, but will we have any chemistry in person? Sure, that first date was good, but with his travel schedule and my work schedule, will we find time for a second? We have fun together, but are we compatible…
social-sharer Photo: Courtesy of Aude Tabet Aude Tabet had what many would perceive as the ultimate “big-city fashion life.” Born and raised in France, she started her textile design career in Paris, then moved to New York in the late 1980s with the dream of making it in American fashion. “I loved Paris; I still…
Sam Kronick has a bunch of rocks arrayed in front of him on a raised desk in his Oakland studio. He’s an artist and his plan is to sketch the rocks, but not with pen and paper. He and his artistic partner Tara Shi are going to do a 3D scan of them so that…