Stream of Reading (Prepare to be Forwarded) – An Archive of What I'm Reading
The people have spoken, and the people hate my hair. “How could anyone take seriously anything written by an author whose accompanying picture makes her look like a tramp, with greasy, matted, uncombed hair?” a fellow named David wrote me recently. “For heaven sake, comb your hair,” offered a woman named Jacquie. “Your picture instills…
Here’s a timely reminder to be extra careful when entering a taxi—or anything that appears to be a taxi. A Redditor believes he stumbled upon a fake cabbie ripping people’s credit cards off with a skimmer this week. “I got into a normal NYC taxi today, but when it was time to pay, the driver…
Ellen Pao is suing for both punitive and compensatory damages in her gender discrimination trial against the venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins. Today, Judge Harold E. Kahn upheld the punitive damages claim, saying “There is sufficient evidence from which a reasonable juror could conclude that Kleiner Perkins engaged in intentional gender discrimination.” The trial is…
Entry Text Recently, Lindsay Lohan made news for tweeting the n-word. I’ve been told that she was tweeting one of Kanye West’s lyrics. Madonna, whom I adored as my own personal cone bra’d freedom fighter since middle school, also had a similar social media debacle.Kanye using this word in a song doesn’t take away the…
University of North Georgia’s catalogue shows white men beating a black man and a woman in a race. The cover of the University of North Georgia’s course catalogue does not beat around the bush: Featuring a stock photo that shows two white men in suits beating a woman and a black man at a race,…
Depression hurts. So does sexism. Photograph: Adam G Gregor/Alamy Sexism is certainly nauseating – the disgusting leers on the street, the discrimination, the violence. But those everyday expressions of misogyny could be seriously impacting our mental health as well. A study published this month in the journal Sex Roles reveals that some of the sexism…
How Much (Or Little) The Middle Class Makes, In 30 U.S. Cities “My family’s household income is $250,000 a year, but I promise you I am middle class.” That’s from a recent article in a college newspaper by a student who grew up in Silicon Valley. And it’s the kind of thing you hear pretty…
Copp on Copp (Getty Images) David Copperfield, arguably the most successful magician in the world this side of The Gothic Castle, may be dealing with his toughest audience ever right now: furious Manhattan neighbors. According to the Post, Copperfield’s penthouse swimming pool in his East 57th Street apartment spontaneously burst and flooded his apartment, as…
He was commissioned to design an architectural extravagance at ground zero. He succeeded, an accomplishment that threatens to destroy his reputation. Photo: Jacqueline Roberts HTML COMPONENT MARKUP BEGIN Santiago Calatrava was commissioned to design an architectural extravagance at ground zero. He succeeded, an accomplishment that threatens to destroy his reputation. HTML COMPONENT MARKUP END Santiago…
An economist with the Rand Corporation argues that Los Angeles’ fast-food ban failed because it merely blocked new construction or expansion of “stand-alone fast-food” restaurants in neighborhoods where that style of restaurant was uncommon to begin with. David McNew/Getty Images hide caption itoggle caption David McNew/Getty Images An economist with the Rand Corporation argues that…