Stream of Reading (Prepare to be Forwarded) – An Archive of What I'm Reading
Readers responded passionately, and in large numbers, to my post last week about The Times’s decision not to publish the now-famous Charlie Hebdo cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad. (In fact, I’ve never had more comments on a post or column.) A vast majority of readers were critical of The Times’s decision, feeling strongly that both…
Fewer than 1 in 5 members of corporate boards at major companies are women, according to a new census of board members by Catalyst, a non-profit organization that promotes women in business leadership. The further up the corporate ladder, you look, the scarcer and scarcer women become — while women make up 45 percent of the…
Many of the arrests are believed to stem from comments made on Facebook, Twitter and social media as the world reacted to the atrocities. They are part of a broader French crackdown on perceived hate speech, extremism and anti-Semitism amid a government push for tougher anti-terrorism measures. Anti-semitic French comedian Dieudonné was among those detained…
Forty-eight hours after hosting a massive march under the banner of free expression, France opened a criminal investigation of a controversial French comedian for a Facebook post he wrote about the Charlie Hebdo attack, and then this morning, arrested him for that post on charges of “defending terrorism.” The comedian, Dieudonné (above), previously sought elective office in…
<![endif] Viral 01.13.15 Unreleased Beastie Boys/Nas Video Surfaces “Too Many Rappers” featuring Nas circulating on the web. A never-before-seen Beastie Boys video from 2011 leaked online this week. “Too Many Rappers,” featuring Nas, was part of the Beasties’ Hot Sauce Committee Part Two , an album that became their swan song after the 2012 death of…
Why 2014 Was Our Favorite Year Yet 13:52:52, 1/13/2015 Why 2014 Was Our Favorite Year Yet.
by Tara Culp-Ressler Posted on January 11, 2015 at 10:41 am Updated: January 12, 2015 at 2:31 pm “1 In 3 College Men In Survey Say They Would Rape A Woman If They Could Get Away With It” CREDIT: Joseph Kaczmarek/AP Images Nearly one in three college men admit they might rape a woman if they…
A dizzying number of brands, from Taco Bell to Stouffer’s to Seamless, are attempting to sound less like Fortune 500 companies and more like your 14-year-old nephew, at least on social media. According to data crunched by Brandwatch, there have been nearly 17,000 mentions by brands and consumers of the word “bae” or “fleek” online. Among the culprits…
The only thing worse than all the junk mail stuffed in your mailbox is finding a card that’s actually addressed to you, but is covered in mounds of glitter. The shiny stuff ends up all over your hands, your face, and your home, and it’s all but impossible to clean up. So that’s why a…