Parisian at heart, Cowboys Fan. With a serious #OCD (Obsesive Castle Disorder). 1 day I'll write a book.
Is not available. Regularmente hablamos de la soltería como un tiempo intermedio mientras encontramos a nuestra media naranja, viéndole las ventajas de estar solo y sacar provecho de la exquisita libertad antes de emparejarnos.
El prototipo de soltera ha sido explotado a lo sumo (cine y TV), pero casi siempre gira en torno a la culminación de esa soltería gracias al éxito amoroso, o un fracaso para levantarse e intentarlo de nuevo. Tenemos desde Carrie Bradshaw hasta el viral "35 años y soltera" de Paula Schargorodsky. Desde hace más de una década, el modelo de vida de los solteros tiende a adquirir rasgos cada vez más concretos hasta llegar a una nueva definición: los neosolteros, los que viven solos por convicción y no como “quedados” o que “se les pasó el tren” como se juzgaba antes. Ver la soltería como un estigma ya es cosa del pasado.
BOOK RIOTCritical Linking: January 14th, 2014. BOOK RIOTPages Ain't Nothing But a Number (or, Let's All Stop Judging People by How Much They Read) January is a month for jumping into hopeful new horizons, while still contemplating the year that’s suddenly, surreally, behind us.
And for book nerds, a good chunk of both things involve reading milestones, particularly now with the easy gauge of ye old Goodreads Reading Goal. I actually think there’s a lot of good in setting goals and pushing yourself to read more, and read wider. For instance, along with many other Rioters, I’m going to make a point of reading more writers of color this year, and I can hardly wait to dive in. I find the list of 2014 Reading Challenges fellow Rioter Tasha rounded up the other day exciting and wonderful. These are good things. Beyoncé's essay on gender inequality bridges academia and pop culture. Since the surprise release of Beyoncé in December, we’ve all been mulling over the themes of the album, and the roles she inhabits: artist, mother, wife, sister, sexual being.
But mostly we’ve been debating whether Beyoncé’s a feminist, or whether she's "allowed" to be. Now we have a new text to mull over. The Shriver Report: A Woman’s Nation Pushes Back From the Brink—an annual published study by Maria Shriver and the Center for American Progress—was released on Saturday, and features an essay by Beyoncé Knowles-Carter, as well as pieces by Hillary Rodham Clinton, LeBron James, and Sheryl Sandberg, among others, with an emphasis on gender roles, work, and economic issues. Mrs. Knowles-Carter’s piece, titled “Gender Equality Is a Myth!
We need to stop buying into the myth about gender equality. That Beyoncé’s essay was released as a preview is telling, and smart; the publishers of the report know which name will draw the most clicks and start the most debate. BOOK RIOT2014: The Year of the Reader. It has never been a better time to be a reader!
It’s a brand new year, and already articles declaring the decline of books and reading are popping up on the internet, so several of us here at Book Riot took a moment to explain why we feel 2014 will be the best year for books and reading yet. Because – spoiler alert – we love books! I only see the YA explosion continuing to grow in 2014, which means more diverse offerings in an already diverse field, all of which results in more and more kids finding more and more books that actually speak to them, hooking them into a lifelong reading habit. Anytime I hear people grouching about kids not reading anymore, I wonder when the last time they actually talked to kids was. Ask them about their favorite books. Well, here’s a short-but-sweet story: I had a class visit this morning at my library comprised of about 40 kindergarteners.
The list of amazing books being released this year could reach the moon and back!
Oyster, a Start-Up for E-Reading, Raises $14 Million. Osyter gives customers access to more than 100,000 books for $10 a month.
With Netflix soaring, investors are betting that a start-up based on the same business model — but for e-books — will succeed as well. Oyster, which gives customers access to more than 100,000 books for $10 a month, has raised $14 million in a new round of financing. The new investment was led by Highland Capital Partners and included additional capital from an existing investor, Peter Thiel’s Founders Fund.
That raises the company’s total fund-raising to $17 million. The new cash will help Oyster as it embarks on a significant expansion effort, according to Eric Stromberg, a co-founder and the company’s chief executive. Now the company wants to expand to other platforms in a bid to claim a significant niche in the e-book market. “The thesis is that over the next five to 10 years, more reading will happen on tablets and phones,” Mr. “Our bet is more on the great experience that a tablet or mobile phone provides,” Mr.