Tuesday, April 14, 2015

The Dangerous False Equivalencies Of Public Shaming

Author Jon Ronsoninstagram.com We are living in a cultural moment in which people with the normiest of normative identities — those jealously guarding an armful of poker chips in the game of social capital — are, in some quarters, behaving as if they’re under siege. In January, Jonathan Chait took on the scourge of “political correctness” for New York magazine; British writer...

19 Terrifyingly Inappropriate Moments From Kids' Books

Not safe for children. Not safe for life.This lion's nose which totally doesn't look like a penis. imgur.com This face, which totally doesn't look like an anus. imgur.com / Via reddit.com This top quality pop-up book. imgur.com This dinosaur humping a table. imgur.com View Entire List...

HarperCollins And Amazon Reach Multi-Year Agreement

HarperCollins will retain the right to determine its own e-book prices. HarperCollins Amazon If HarperCollins and Amazon don't come to an agreement, no print or digital HarperCollins books will be available on Amazon once its existing contract runs out "very soon," our source says.Via businessinsider.com View Entire List...

27 Ways "Harry Potter" Prepared Us For Our Muggle Lives

Everything you know about life, you probably learned from Harry Potter.Harry Potter taught us that looks can be deceiving. People who look nice can be downright evil. Warner Bros. / Via pixshark.com And people who seem awful at first can turn out to be fundamentally good. Warner Bros. / Via gifhunterress.tumblr.com Bravery might not look like you thought it would, either....

17 People Who Got Unspeakably Horny Due To "Game Of Thrones"

This appears to be a thing. Anonymous confessions via Whisper.View Video › whisper.sh View Video › whisper.sh View Video › whisper.sh View Video › whisper.sh View Entire List...

19 Struggles Only "Game Of Thrones" Fans Understand

I got 99 problems, and Twitter spoilers are one.Being attracted and simultaneously repulsed by certain (unnamed) characters on the show... I... no, I can't, but... OK, you win, you gorgeously terrifying man beast.HBO Deciding whether to eat before or during the show, based on the amount of violence you *think* you'll see in the episode. Oh, Gregor Clegane is in this episode?...
Ronson, author of the new book So You’ve Been Publicly Shamed, was criticized Monday when a line in a galley of his book comparing women’s fear of rape to men’s fear of getting fired circulated online.Through shamees who became accidental case-studies like Justine Sacco and Jonah Lehrer, Ronson digs into what the cycle of experiencing massive shame looks like, and, moreover,...

Mapping Everywhere Arya Stark Has Traveled In "Game Of Thrones"

Because it feels like she’s been going around in circles for four seasons.WARNING: SPOILERS AHEADA very essential map. Claire de Louraille // BuzzFeed In Season 1 she traveled from Winterfell to King's Landing with her family. So many feelings seeing them all together again.HBO View Entire List...