Stream of Reading (Prepare to be Forwarded) – An Archive of What I'm Reading
“There is a special place in hell for women who don’t help other women.” When was the first time you heard this platitude? Maybe it was in 2013, when Taylor Swift used it to respond to an extremely innocuous joke Tina Fey and Amy Poehler made about her when hosting the Golden Globes. “Katie Couric is one…
What is the worth of a woman? What is the worth of her body, her safety, her heart, her career? And once you determine it, how does it hold up to the worth of a man, a business, a conglomeration? Or does it not hold up at all? On February 19, a New York Supreme…
The singer Kesha’s request to be released from recording contract with Dr Luke, who she claims physically and sexually assaulted her, was denied by a New York judge on Friday. Kesha filed a lawsuit against Luke, whose real name is Lukasz Sebastian Gottwald, in 2014, claiming that the physical and sexual abuse began soon after…
We have been hearing a lot lately about special places in hell for women who are insufficiently supportive of other women. I was wondering what else Feminist Hell contains, when, at the midpoint of my life, I found myself lost in a wood so dark that the path ahead was blotted out. I felt a terrible fear,…
To Men I Love, About Men Who Scare Me I got a promotion a few days ago, so I decided to stop for a drink on my way home- just me and my sense of accomplishment. I ended up alone in bar, running defense against a bouncer who held my ID hostage while he commented…
Continue reading the main story Video Pope On Donald Trump’s Christianity Pope Francis, while flying back to the Vatican from Mexico, said that anyone who wants to build a wall along the Mexican border is not a Christian. By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS on Publish Date February 18, 2016. Photo by Alessandro Di Meo/Agenzia Nazionale Stampa…
Our country is changing. We’re used to conversations about race in Black and White, but a new America is emerging – one that is more multiethnic, more immigrant, more colorful than ever before. In the next 50 years, immigrants and their descendants, largely Latinos and Asians, will make up 88 percent of U.S. population growth….
“Is it more sexist not to hit you?”- The Women of Deadpool By Valerie Estelle Frankel Poster for Deadpool So the famous R-rated Deadpool came out, offering a far different kind of Marvel. And with it, some unusual twists. Deadpool, out fighting a world of bad guys, finds himself confronting one who’s female — a bit of…
Actress Aubrey Plaza attends the 20th Annual Art Directors Guild Excellence In Production Design Awards held at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on Sunday, Jan. 31, 2016, in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP) For all the talk about immigrants refusing to embrace American ways — a defining controversy of this GOP presidential race — the evidence has…
After years of apparently dwindling away into the annals of history, the Ku Klux Klan saw something of a resurgence in activity last year, according to a report published by a hate group watchdog. The number of Klan-affiliated groups in America grew to 190 last year, up from 72 in 2014, according to the Southern…