Friday, September 26, 2014

Week in review



What you may have missed this week: women speaking out against campus sexual assault, how LeBron coming back to Cleveland has jacked up Cavs ticket prices, and John Malkovich like you've never seen him before.

Have a wonderful weekend!

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Photographer Sandro Miller recreates famous portraits with John Malkovich as his model. (Bored Panda)

In her new role as Goodwill Ambassador for UN Women, Emma Watson delivers a powerful speech to launch the HeForShe Campaign to end gender inequality around the world. (Vanity Fair)

Sounding off on growing up in LGBT families. (The Sound of Ideas)

Lunacy is the going price of Cavs tickets. $7,500 for a Cavs vs. Knicks game, anyone?

This is what happens when a naturally introverted New Yorker attempts to strike up conversations with random strangers. (A Cup of Jo)

Be still my heart. Radiohead's Thom Yorke has released a new album. (Laughing Squid)

La Carnada tells the story of a 13-year-old Tijuana boy as he embarks on his first drug smuggle across a notoriously fatal stretch of desert on the Arizona-Mexico border.  

Photojournalist Byran Denton, "Thousands of Syrian Kurds have broken down the border fence and are streaming into Turkey." (Instagram)

Meet the college women who are starting a revolution against campus sexual assault. (The Cut)

This fantastic interview with Cosmo editor-in-chief Joanna Coles ran last week, but it deserves a mention. (Refinery29)