Saturday, December 20, 2014

Justine Sacco Says She "Really Suffered" After Tweeting AIDS Joke

In an upcoming book — So You’ve Been Publicly Shamed — the disgraced public relations executive gives her first interview since #HasJustineLandedYet. Via buzzfeed.com Other than a brief public apology last year, Justine Sacco has never publicly spoken about the tweet that took over the internet, lost her a job, and turned her into a punch line — one deployed even today, 365...

6 Reasons To Fall In Love With Maggie Stiefvater’s “Raven Cycle”

Welcome to Stiefvater’s world, where sleeping kings, a family of psychics, and best friends find their home in Virginia. Scholastic Depending on when you ask her, Maggie Stiefvater might describe her four-part Raven Cycle as a series about Welsh kings and fast cars, or she might describe it as a series about what makes a hero a hero. Because at its core, The Raven Cycle is...