A Pushcart Prize nominated poet is suspected of plagiarism
Following mounting allegations of plagiarism that surfaced on Twitter this past weekend, Pushcart Prize-nominated poet Ailey O’Toole’s forthcoming book has been cancelled, and many of the publications that previously published her… Read more »
Reese Witherspoon is adapting Little Fires Everywhere for Hulu
Hulu has outbid other streaming companies and premium cable channels, winning rights to Reese Witherspoon’s adaptation of Celeste Ng’s novel Little Fires Everywhere, reports Lauren Evans for Jezebel. No doubt inspired by the book’s instantly becoming a New York Times… Read more »
I know my calculus: It says Vice + Vogue = $$$
Let’s say you’re really into fashion and luxury, but also really into gritty, hipster exposés and video… where would you turn for your daily news intake? If you fall in… Read more »
Laura Kipnis is getting sued over the publication of her new book on campus sexual misconduct
Media critic and academic Laura Kipnis has a new book out, titled Unwanted Advances: Sexual Paranoia Comes to Campus. It continues an investigation into the bureaucratic and cultural transformation of campus sexual politics… Read more »
In stores today: Sady Doyle’s Trainwreck
Britney Spears. Amy Winehouse. Miley Cyrus. Whitney Houston. Farther back: Sylvia Plath. Mary Wollstonecraft. And so on. As Sady Doyle writes in Trainwreck: The Women We Love to Hate, Mock, and… Read more »
Gawker Media staff balks at new owner’s first moves
Gawker may be dead, but its spirit is still kicking via staffers at the Gawker Media satellite sites preserved in the Univision buyout. The New York Post’s Claire Atkinson reports that Gawker Media… Read more »
Amy Collier wouldn’t read Purity if you paid her…PSYCH!
For the past year, Amy Collier has been exclusively reading books written by women. Inspired by the fruits and frustrations of her investigation into the literary canon, she founded an online… Read more »
The Pool, a new online platform for women, launches in UK
A new online magazine aimed at women is being launched by BBC Radio 6Music presenter Lauren Laverne, and former editor of Cosmopolitan and Red magazines Sam Baker. The new website,… Read more »
The internet in print
The going hasn’t been so easy for print media lately. New York magazine recently announced that it would be cutting back to biweekly issues in March, causing editor-in-chief Adam Moss to… Read more »
The fugly truth
The New York Daily News has reported that retail chain Urban Outfitters has made the decision not to stock a new title, The Book of Jezebel. This wouldn’t normally make news,… Read more »