The 2016 Pulitzer Prize Winners, with links to many of the written pieces!
John Green: Here’s to civil discourse and David Kalish: Comparing Facebook to a pee-soaked lamp post.
Whose Heritage? Public Symbols of the Confederacy.
Mississippi Interracial Couple Evicted For Being In An Interracial Marriage. In 2016.
Michigan mechanic refuses to serve people from the ‘ghetto’ — but insists he’s not racist – he was a bit coarser than that. “But Jim S. insists he’s not racist — which is exactly what racists usually say. ‘Race has nothing to do with this, let me clarify,’ Jim S. told Mic. ‘What we’re trying to avoid is people who number one can’t afford service.'” In 2016.
Michael Rivest: Thoughts on White Privilege and Colorblindness.
Why You Should Care about Felon Voting Rights.
Jeff Sharlet: Airbnb’s Paris “Open”, during the Paris attacks.
This is what happens when you bury a mass murderer in a small town.
John Oliver: Credit reports and Lead poisoning and Hollywood Whitewashing.
1939 news clipping re: Jack Benny’s “valet”, Rochester.
New York Times: How to Explain Mansplaining.
“Leftover women”, those unmarried by 25, in China.
Dustbury: The years take their toll on a body.
Neuroscientists Can Identify You by Your ‘Brainprint’ with 100% Accuracy, and related story.
Albany, New York: Smartest place on earth? Probably.
16 Things I Would Want If I Got Dementia.
Jaquandor has been posting poetry all month, of many varieties.
How to Insult Like Shakespeare.
Now I Know: How Brazil Got to the 1932 Olympics (Mostly) and “We Won’t Give Up Until You Bleed” and A Weighty Issue (about clipboards!)
There’s a Scientific Reason Why Indian Food Is So Delicious.
Funnies
TWC Question Time #33: Part Two– Killing the King.
BBC have broadcast TWICE as many obituaries in 2016 compared to last year at this point.
The Prince section
“Am I black or white, am I straight or gay?
“Do I believe in god, do I believe in me?”
“Controversy” – Prince
Arthur addresses how the Internet Age didn’t create social mourning.
Prince on Arsenio Hall’s show.
Prince & Tamar Davis（Good Morning America 2006）/a>, which I watched in real time.
Former Warner Bros. CEO Mo Ostin Recalls His Long Relationship: ‘He Was a Fearless Artist’.
Prince refused to be a commodity and took a protective stance on music copyrights.
Paul Westerberg: ‘I Can’t Think of Anyone Better’.
Is the water warm enough? Cartoonist Hazel Newlevant discusses Wendy & Lisa’s contribution to Prince’s legacy.
Times When He Showed Us His Great Sense of Humor.
Do It All Night: The Story of Prince ‘s Dirty Mind. An in-depth look back on the 1982 album that allowed Prince to cross over as a rock’n’roll star.
From Bat Dance to his Alter Ego comic.
A guy on Facebook noted: “Prince was a huge fan of Bonnie Raitt and when he covered I Can’t Make You Love Me for his Emancipation album (1996), in the liner notes, he wrote: bonnieisanamericantreasure. When Bonnie was between labels, before signing to Capitol, Prince wanted her to sign with Paisley Park. They worked together a bit to see where it would go, but then he had to go to Europe to film Under The Cherry Moon. In the meantime, the stars aligned with Bonnie, Don Was and Capitol Records. What followed was Bonnie’s breakthrough success with ‘Nick Of Time’. Whatever they did together remains in Prince’s vaults.”
More music!
Amy Biancolli: Music to vote by.
Coverville 1122: Cover Stories for Roy Orbison and Paul Carrack. Roy would have been 80.
Harry Hipster Gibson – Who Put The Benzedrine In Mrs. Murphy’s Ovaltine (1944).
You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown (1967 Broadway Soundtrack).
Lawrence Welk Meets Velvet Underground.
I wonder if there’s a market for a Harry “The Hipster” Gibson compilation.
Holy 1952, Batman! What’s up with all the crazy racism stories? Are they more prevalent or are they being reported more?
Also: disagree with the “mansplaining” definition, perhaps because I pontificate. Mansplaining to me is elaborate, uninvited advice on topics that have traditionally been considered men’s bailiwick, particularly when it’s either ridiculously rudimentary or shold obviously be my forte and not theirs, e.g. a guy who works at a gas station who tries to explain what RAM is to me.
I think we think we’ve evolved so much that this “throwback” racism is even weirder than it would have been in 1952.