Dan Weiss’s Morning Coffee
Keeping things short for President’s Day. I’m #TeamRoosevelt. You guys, can we just agree that Amazon is at least a little bit the worst? Maybe the universe is inside a…
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“I Believed Anita Hill”
“Professor Anita Hill lifted my feminism from my soul and inner circle of cohorts and into a public place.” For their Crush of the Week series, Racialicious highlights Anita Hill,…
Want a free ticket to a private Beck Show?
Our friends at The Believer are giving away ten free tickets to “Beck’s Song Reader” at Sonos Studios next Thursday evening in Los Angeles. Check it out: The event isn’t open…
Death of a Gay Porn Star
“Why do gay porn stars kill themselves” offers an intimate account into Conner Habib’s experiences in gay porn, and examines the cultural misunderstandings and attitudes regarding the recent suicide of…
Zine Anthologies from Small Presses
We all love wiling away the workday on our favorite blogs, but don’t you miss the warm, light heft of a freshly photocopied zine? You may never again make those…
Thoughts on Gender from A “Manic Depressive Nightmare Girl”
Girls rule, etcetera. But men are not afraid of girls. Girls never did and don’t now “run the world,” and if we believe Bey when she sings so, it’s only…
“Music and Words Go Together So Nicely”
If writing and rock music go together like peanut butter and jelly, this New York Times essay is the diagonally cut sandwich bread that delivers them to your taste buds. In…
Condolences
It was with great sadness that we heard the news this morning of the passing of Emily Rapp’s son Ronan. Ronan suffered from Tay-Sachs, a genetic disease caused by the…
Books Through Time
Writers might be interested in yesterday’s installment of Dinosaur Comics, about the development of books through history. If talking clip-art dinosaurs can’t figure it out, what hope do the rest of us…
Dan Weiss’s Morning Coffee
Here is everything you need to know about tonight’s asteroid flyby. Update: weaver bird’s nests are pretty neat. The Big Picture takes you inside Sun City, Arizona. Average age: 72.4.…
A 20th Century Pied Piper of sorts
Fade in: small, American Midwest Town. Melton Barker walks into town, film kit in tow. So it went in at least 40 towns across the country, starting in the 1930s…