Stream of Reading (Prepare to be Forwarded) – An Archive of What I'm Reading
Where have America’s young men gone? According to Erik Hurst, an economist from the University of Chicago, they haven’t gone anywhere—they’re just plugged in. In a recent interview, Hurst says that his research indicates that young men with less than a four-year degree (according to virtually all data, that’s an increasing number) are spending their…
On Wednesday night in Manhattan, it was cold. The pavement was wet from the day’s long rain, and men were congregating in a penthouse on 23rd Street to learn, together, how to become elite. For half an hour they filed in, one after another. The group could have easily been pulled from any average…
1. When you spend so much time working you see science everywhere. Follow mudda @mjosizzle Beyonce look like the rough endoplasmic reticulum with ribosomes attached to it 9:13 PM – 2 May 2016 41,16441,164 Retweets 37,51737,517 likes 2. When someone implies women are too emotional to do science. View image on Twitter Follow Amy Remeikis ✔@AmyRemeikis I’m really…
1. When you spend so much time working you see science everywhere. Follow mudda @mjosizzle Beyonce look like the rough endoplasmic reticulum with ribosomes attached to it 9:13 PM – 2 May 2016 41,17941,179 Retweets 37,51537,515 likes 2. When someone implies women are too emotional to do science. View image on Twitter Follow Amy Remeikis ✔@AmyRemeikis I’m really…
By its very definition, slang is simple. It is informal language used by a group of people to discuss or describe certain concepts or characteristics that are implicitly understood if one is a member of said group. As such, approaching slang as if it is some layered, highly nuanced matter in which the individual who…
Since anchor Gretchen Carlson‘s bombshell lawsuit accusing former Fox News CEO Roger Ailes of sexual harassment, a handful of women have come forward with similar stories of mistreatment at the hands of Fox News executives. The floodgates really opened up this Friday when Laurie Luhn recounted 20 years of sexual harassment she allegedly faced from Ailes. In a shocking tell-all interview with New York Magazine‘s Gabe…
Police say that the 19-year-old Washington man who shot and killed three former classmates at a house party in suburban Seattle on Saturday was motivated by jealousy over an ex-girlfriend, one of the victims, KOMO News reports. According to a probable cause statement, Allen Ivanov bought the AR-15 he used to kill the victims about…
Miss Teen USA Karlie Hay Photo: Ethan Miller/Getty Images When Miss Teen USA tweeted out its top-five contestants, the competition’s lack of diversity was so stark it almost appeared to be a parody. These are your TOP 5 #MissTeenUSA contestants! pic.twitter.com/qi3KJT6COb — Karlie Hay (@MissTeenUSA) July 31, 2016 Even…
Kesha on Monday filed to dismiss her sexual assault lawsuit against producer Dr. Luke in California as she focuses on restarting her music career. The “Tik Tok” singer has been locked in a legal battle with Dr. Luke in New York as she tries to get out of an exclusive multi-record deal, arguing she can…
Most of my friends who grew up in the South have a story about the time their mothers sent them out to the yard to pick their own switch for a whipping. I do not. My mom summoned me for a spanking once and declared that I had to go outside and pick a switch,…