Trayvon Martin
President Obama made a statement this morning. Updates from Ta-Nehisi Coates, who was on PBS Newshour last night. “Anyone who’s outside of straight white maleness, you have to deal with…
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Dan Weiss’s Morning Coffee
Let us consider small moments of comfort as one prepares to freeze to death. Here’s some 1960s mod bubblegum stickers for you. In a similar vein: super cheerful early 20th…
Alice Walker Interview
The Atlantic converses with Alice Walker. The Pulitzer-prize winning author reflects on America as a “people in the making,” the importance of poetry, standing up for women, and aging. “…There’s…
Dan Weiss’s Morning Coffee
So, uh, here are a bunch of pictures from a Chinese gangster’s stolen cellphone. On the musical preferences of animals (not you). Vintage European circus posters are pretty great. “40,000…
Trayvon Martin
A Million Hoodies March for Trayvon Martin is taking place in NYC right now. Live streaming video here. There’s a Bay Area Million Hoodies March that begins at the Bradley…
Mass Unfriending
“The idea of ‘cleaning out’ Facebook friends is getting more popular: The percentage of people unfriending other Facebook members rose from 56 percent in 2009 to 63 percent in 2011.…
“Diva Boy”
At The Nervous Breakdown, Rumpus contributor Melissa Chadburn writes about her relationship with her older brother. “By then Ken’s life was no secret. He’d already fought all his battles. His…
Dan Weiss’s Morning Coffee
Sometimes you just need to see flying babies. No, you shouldn’t have to give your potential employer your Facebook password. “List of unexplained sounds” is your wikipedia page for the…
Trayvon Martin
“How did a kid armed with Skittles and an iced tea get gunned down by an overeager neighborhood watch captain? And why didn’t police detain shooter George Zimmerman?” Mother Jones reports.…
Dardenne Brothers Interview
Interview Magazine features Belgian filmmaking brothers, Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne. The conversation revolves around their latest film, The Kid with a Bike. “I don’t think we ever make movies that…
FUNNY WOMEN #77: Penal Codes
Following the trend of female lawmakers submitting bills to regulate men’s health, we decided to do the same. We are three straight, gay, single, married, white, Cuban, non-practicing Jewish women, which…
Fire and Drag
In Padua, Minnesota, firefighters put out a truck fire that broke out before a St. Patrick’s Day parade. And they did it all while dressed in drag. Witness their flame-destroying,…