Our weekly recap highlighting the best feature stories from around the internet.
Colin Kaepernick. Photo: AFP
Colin Kaepernick is asking for justice, not peace – by Bomani Jones, The Undefeated
“He made no plea to both sides, nor did he make a call for unity. He’s not concerned with whether his team or his league has his back. When he could have smoothed over any pending reaction to his actions, he focused squarely on racism, the most consistent and overpowering impediment to black success in America, and the thread that connects every era of its history.”
Delete Your Account, VMAs Edition: ‘Introducing Teyana Taylor’ – by Ira Madison III, MTV
“And that’s the entire point of headlines like “Who Is Teyana Taylor?” and “You’ve Never Heard Of Her!” It’s to claim ownership of her, to pretend like you’re ahead of the curve. It’s what outlets do when they discover black fashion trends, and it’s also what they do when they discover slang that black people have been using for years.”
Stop. Don’t. Come Back: Why Gene Wilder Stopped Acting – by Sean Fennessey, The Ringer
“Absurdity marked so much of his life — the roles, the relationships, the particular crevasse he occupies in the memories of a lot of grown-up kids. He missed a generation by stepping away when he did. Not that anyone blames him.”
Hood By Air’s Radically Aggressive Streetwear - by Christopher Glazek, The New Yorker
“In blunt terms, a rich white woman can wear a Hood By Air garment and feel modern because it makes her look like a poor black man; a poor black man can wear it and feel modern because it makes him look like a rich white woman. Whereas other labels had merely broken down design, Hood By Air was breaking down identity.”
I Spent a Night Touring Auckland's Worst Rated Nightclubs - by Beatrice Hazlehurst, Vice
“I don't think I've ever felt sorrier for a white guy from the Shore, then I did watching that DJ try to hustle an empty room. The best part was seeing some dude in a duffle coat whisper unprintable nothings into the ear of a girl who not feeling it like AT ALL. Her misery was my misery. In that moment, we were one.”
Inside Glossier, The Beauty Startup That Just Happens To Sell Makeup – by Nitasha Tiku, Buzzfeed
“Buying Glossier products is an entrée into this world, into a fantasy plane where Emily Blunt from The Devil Wears Prada wants to give you the keys to the fashion closet — before she started eating carbs again. But there’s a reason movies don’t center around the cool popular girl who is also nice and helpful: It’s hard to make that believable.”