Stream of Reading (Prepare to be Forwarded) – An Archive of What I'm Reading
I am on the record as liking Uber. I like its service, which has revolutionized urban mobility by improving convenience, taking cars off the road, and (most likely) reducing incidents of impaired driving. I’m partial to its swashbuckling style, particularly when confronting taxi interests and municipal regulators who are more concerned with self-preservation than the…
In “The Wearing and Shedding of Enchanted Shoes,” Isabel Cardigos, Director of the Research Centre at the Centro de Estudos Ataíde Oliveira in Portugal, wrote, “Shoes are paradoxical objects in that they constrict feet and yet free them to cover greater distances in space.” Indeed, fictional shoes enable “positive” transformation in women’s lives, but the…
What if Annie Wilkes had the internet? Annie, of course, is the antagonist of Stephen King’s Misery, a pre-web story about the dark side of the relationship between fan and creator. When Annie finds novelist Paul Sheldon – the author of her favorite romance series, about a woman named Misery Chastain – in a car…
Photo Siesta Key public beach in Sarasota, Fla. Credit Chris O’Meara/Associated Press You’re alone at the beach, or maybe in a pair or a small group. It’s pretty hot out there, so it’s time to cool down in the water. How do you make sure your phone, money and keys aren’t stolen? It’s a simple…
I am terrible at sharing the bed. When my boyfriend travels out of town, my first thought is how much space I will take up in the bed while he’s gone. I know people who claim to sleep on their same side when their partners are gone, the place reserved for the body of their…
Billionaire Peter Thiel and Hulk Hogan make for an unlikely couple. This Silicon Valley Billionaire Has Been Secretly Funding Hulk Hogan’s Lawsuits Against Gawker – Forbes. Source: This Silicon Valley Billionaire Has Been Secretly Funding Hulk Hogan’s Lawsuits Against Gawker – Forbes
On Playing Games, Productivity, and Right Livelihood end article header One week last spring I said it out loud for the first time: “Sometimes I play so long, my fingers go numb.” I said it while straddling the man I loved. We were fully clothed, on my bed, in my newly cleaned and de-cluttered room….
GIF Illustration by Sam Woolley. Angel-winged Mercy having sex with the devilish Reaper. Spunky mech pilot D.Va pleasuring herself in front of a webcam. Blindingly speedy Tracer caught in Widowmaker’s web. Overwatch porn has been all over the Internet for months, though the game’s creators at Blizzard don’t seem to eye it too favorably. (Warning:…
/end .figure THE ANIMATOR: …So we were thinking, why not center it on the Warner brothers and their sister, Dot? EXEC #1: Who’s we? EXEC #2: The Warner Brothers had a sister? THE ANIMATOR: My fellow toonsmiths and I. And not like, the historical Warner Brothers. We’re talking about cartoon characters created by the…
A new investigative piece by British tabloid The Sun reveals that the workers manufacturing Beyonce’s new athletic line Ivy Park work up to 60 hours a week and earn $6.17 per day. The Sun—which is currently releasing a series of articles about British fashion mogul Sir Philip Green (who previously owned British Home Stores and…