Stream of Reading (Prepare to be Forwarded) – An Archive of What I'm Reading
With the rise of AI personalities like Lil Miquela, who can be anyplace at any time, the future landscape of fame is here. So where do humans fit into it? Lil Miquela herself weighs in. Michael Jackson and Lil Miquela. Miquela wears hat and vest by PRADA. Photograph from Getty Images from the Getty Images Entertainment collection,…
Soon after Christine Blasey Ford was revealed as the author of a letter alleging that Supreme Court nominee Brett M. Kavanaugh had sexually assaulted her decades ago, the responses ran along predictable lines. While some argued that she should be heard, others questioned how much of her memory can be trusted. Amid a spate of…
In a tell-all memoir, the pornographic actor Stormy Daniels details salacious descriptions of her time with Donald Trump, wonders if he is fit to be president and claims he offered to cheat for her in his reality TV show. Stormy Daniels: ‘little girl from Baton Rouge’ posing big problem for Trump A copy of…
Business Time Magazine sold to tech billionaire Marc Benioff Marc Benioff (David Paul Morris/Bloomberg) By Thomas Heath September 16 Time Magazine, the storied publication whose cover images for decades helped shape the national conversation, has been sold to a Silicon Valley billionaire. Salesforce.com owner Marc Benioff and his wife, Lynne, are buying the magazine from Meredith Corp….
“You can’t say anything anymore! You can’t even make jokes!” There’s a constant complaint from people in positions of power, mostly men, who keep making the ridiculous assertion that they’re not able to speak in public. What they actually mean is they no longer understand the basis of the criticisms they face. And it’s a…
Woman with Red Zinnia 1891, by Mary Cassatt (Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington) When the Jian Ghomeshi story first broke back in 2014, I knew with unwavering certainty exactly how the story would play out. “Just wait,” I would tell friends. “He’ll disappear for a few years, and then he’ll come back with some…
Yesterday, Dr. Christine Blasey Ford, a research psychologist in Northern California, came forward to say that she was the woman accusing Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. She came forward, although she never intended to, because she wanted to make sure everyone got the story straight. The story is this — that when she was 15…
Marvel just canceled its new Vision comic months before its release date, provoking outcry from fans. This may also mark the end of Marvel‘s relationship with writer Chelsea Cain, after she tweeted that the publisher told her to stay “clean and quiet” about her book’s untimely cancellation. Why comics get canceled before release Pre-release cancellations…
For many middle– and high-school students, giving an in-class presentation was a rite of passage. Teachers would call up students, one by one, to present their work in front of the class and, though it was often nerve-racking, many people claim it helped turn them into more confident public speakers. “Coming from somebody with severe anxiety,…
On Thursday, Senate Democrats disclosed that they had referred a complaint regarding President Trump’s Supreme Court nominee, Judge Brett Kavanaugh, to the F.B.I. for investigation. The complaint came from a woman who accused Kavanaugh of sexual misconduct when they were both in high school, more than thirty years ago. The woman, who has asked not…