Stream of Reading (Prepare to be Forwarded) – An Archive of What I'm Reading
I’ve fallen victim to it, and if you’ve had a conversation with someone’s jilted ex, you probably have too. The entirety of 2014 made me all too aware of the phenomenon and how deeply damaging it can be. Admittedly, my case is extreme, but that just means it requires a less powerful microscope. For a…
I often say Im a video game culture writer, but lately I dont know exactly what that means. Game culture as we know it is kind of embarrassing — its not even culture. Its buying things, spackling over memes and in-jokes repeatedly, and its getting mad on the internet.Its young men queuing with plush mushroom…
Rei Kawakubo of COMME des GARCONS The press used to subsist on leaks; it now thrives on plants. The politician is not a liar or a demagogue but a product. It was therefore revealed a month ago that the hacks Marc Ambinder and Mike Allen of respectively the boring Atlantic and vapid Politico sold their souls…
“1) I ‘dated’ a white girl during my freshman year at college who—during sex, hookups, etc.—would almost always use the adjective ‘black’ when describing, uh, my dick. Any and all dirty talk that included the word ‘dick’ would include ‘black’ as a descriptor. At the time, I didn’t really care, though, ’cause she was hot,…
Female bloggers have a long, sordid history of harassment on the Web.IPGGutenbergUKLtd/Thinkstock In 2014, while still recovering from a very public spat with Google over SEO marketing techniques that resulted in a brief suspension from Google’s search results and an 80 percent drop in traffic to the site, the lyrics and annotation site Rap…
Kenneth Harmon—affectionately known on the Internet as Sad Papaw—invited everyone to a giant burger cookout, and unlike his first attempt to cook burgers, everyone showed up this time. As the photo of Harmon staring into his burger spread online earlier this month and grandkids Kelsey and Brock Harmon updated a captive audience, many expressed a…
Citation, Appropriation, and Fair Use: News Genius Picks Up Again Where Failures Left Off As an old man of the Internet, I’ve seen several waves of “scribble on top of other people’s pages” plug-ins and web site. Anyone remember Third Voice? It was a browser plug-in that first appeared in 1999. that let you annotate…
When it comes to marriage, what you don’t know really can hurt you. Whether because of shyness, lack of interest or a desire to preserve romantic mystery, many couples do not ask each other the difficult questions that can help build the foundation for a stable marriage, according to relationship experts. In addition to wanting…
At every wedding I’ve been to this past year, the event space has been decorated with family portraits—black-and-white photos of grandmothers and grandfathers, pictures of parents with giant smiles and ‘70s hairstyles. Meanwhile, the bride and groom wear family relics and heirlooms: jewelry passed from mother to daughter, cufflinks and ties passed from father to…
I understand the allure of the possible revelation that a world class stone thrower also abides in a glass house. But of all the reasons to be outraged about Ted Cruz, of all the nyah nyah nyah reasons to pick the guy apart, Friday’s explosive claims that the Republican presidential candidate has repeatedly cheated on…