tbf she has advanced at espn because she is both good and attractive, and i'm sure she's aware of the tokenism that's been involved all along
can only assume she has had to fight for roles again and again, as many other media figures do, but this time it's tokenism vs tokenism -- or perhaps the absolute opposite and they are both great and merely fighting for a job? idk
let doris run espn imo
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 6 July 2021 02:54 (two years ago) link
I think the story is pretty mild as far as rachel nichols specifically goes — I agree with CAD — but ESPN’s handling of it was telling. and I really just wanted to lol at scab deadspin
― k3vin k., Tuesday, 6 July 2021 14:10 (two years ago) link
Go check Twitter, it’s still trending. People have a lot to say. Some of it is really good conversation
lol
― mh, Tuesday, 6 July 2021 15:40 (two years ago) link
yeah, that line stood out to me too. evergreen!
― burly crafty woodsman (James Harden) vs tall ethereal phantom (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 6 July 2021 19:54 (two years ago) link
https://defector.com/the-current-version-of-deadspin-cant-even-eat-shit-correctly/
― burly crafty woodsman (James Harden) vs tall ethereal phantom (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 7 July 2021 20:41 (two years ago) link
airing out the editors is past baggage but 100% the right move
I’ve noticed that a lot of writing fails to determine or frame1. is there a story here?2. What is the story?3. How do we frame this competently given what we have?
the deadspin new hires are either given no editorial guidance or really shitty vague crap imo
when does that nu-gawker launch?
― mh, Thursday, 8 July 2021 03:46 (two years ago) link
wtf sorry
the nu-gawker has launched, a while back?
https://defector.com
― mookieproof, Thursday, 8 July 2021 03:50 (two years ago) link
lol but fair
― mh, Thursday, 8 July 2021 03:56 (two years ago) link
I really, really hate that usage of "myself"
― an eco-conscious Music Box (DJP), Thursday, 8 July 2021 16:23 (two years ago) link
mice elf
― not up to Aerosmith standards (Neanderthal), Thursday, 8 July 2021 16:32 (two years ago) link
is steam
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Thursday, 8 July 2021 16:34 (two years ago) link
― an eco-conscious Music Box (DJP), Thursday, July 8, 2021 12:23 PM (eight hours ago) bookmarkflaglink
by about the fourth time he used it I was like physically cringing. not the sort of writing that backs up his claim to competence tbh
― k3vin k., Friday, 9 July 2021 01:19 (two years ago) link
it's officially back but i can't read anything on the site bc it's butt-ugly and i don't usually even kvetch about (re)designs like everyone else online bc who cares usually but this time wow it's butt-ugly
― bon ivermectin (Murgatroid), Wednesday, 28 July 2021 18:00 (two years ago) link
holy shit that's bad
― Joe Bombin (milo z), Wednesday, 28 July 2021 18:02 (two years ago) link
dear lord, the floating rippling gifs
― Judi Dench's Human Hand (methanietanner), Wednesday, 28 July 2021 18:14 (two years ago) link
the header/logo is like the underboob of headers
― Z_TBD (Karl Malone), Wednesday, 28 July 2021 18:31 (two years ago) link
no kinja, no credibility
― you are like a scampicane, there's calm in your fries (bizarro gazzara), Wednesday, 28 July 2021 18:32 (two years ago) link
wow they must've hired the guy who did the outline
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Wednesday, 28 July 2021 18:43 (two years ago) link
Outline was not this bad to look at
― bon ivermectin (Murgatroid), Wednesday, 28 July 2021 18:51 (two years ago) link
lol fair, this is much harder to digest with the eyes
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Wednesday, 28 July 2021 18:52 (two years ago) link
but it could well be the same person as it's the same parents company?
it does look bad.
― 《Myst1kOblivi0n》 (jim in vancouver), Wednesday, 28 July 2021 18:52 (two years ago) link
Some of the typefaces remind me of the New Republic's recent redesign, and may be reflective of a trend away from the clean sans-serifs of the 2010s, but the overall look is more aggressive.
― jaymc, Wednesday, 28 July 2021 18:58 (two years ago) link
jesus, this is impossible on the eyes
― Yours in Sorrow, A Schoolboy: (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 28 July 2021 19:02 (two years ago) link
It really is the worst looking website I've seen in quite a while.
― but also fuck you (unperson), Wednesday, 28 July 2021 19:14 (two years ago) link
Getting Time Cube vibes from this.
― pomenitul, Wednesday, 28 July 2021 19:26 (two years ago) link
i like it. it looks like hipster runoff -- a riot of fonts and sizes, really an anti-aesthetic
― treeship., Wednesday, 28 July 2021 19:28 (two years ago) link
When was Gawker bought out by Dr. Bronner's tech-savvy nephew
― Marty J. Bilge (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 28 July 2021 19:30 (two years ago) link
Nu-Gawker = the new Sarah Brand. 'No no no, you don't get it, this is a conscious aesthetic choice by someone who totally knows what they're doing.'
― Marty J. Bilge (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 28 July 2021 19:36 (two years ago) link
treeship gets it
― k3vin k., Wednesday, 28 July 2021 20:28 (two years ago) link
Genius.
…not to be that guy, did you relaunch with no black people on the editorial team? https://t.co/Jg2mV5pM61— Lil Uzi Hurt 🥺 (@lostblackboy) July 28, 2021
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 28 July 2021 20:47 (two years ago) link
tweet already down, disproved or just retracted?
― think “Gypsy-Pixie” and misspelled. (We are a white family.) (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 28 July 2021 20:55 (two years ago) link
Deleted this tweet because I was wrong apparently—lesson learned, don’t judge ppl by their Twitter photos, my apologies to new @Gawker pic.twitter.com/kXuQIKlU1x— Lil Uzi Hurt 🥺 (@lostblackboy) July 28, 2021
― Judi Dench's Human Hand (methanietanner), Wednesday, 28 July 2021 20:57 (two years ago) link
― treeship., Wednesday, July 28, 2021 12:28 PM (one hour ago) bookmarkflaglink
my kingdom for a readable website with good writing on it that isn't some fucking thing
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Wednesday, 28 July 2021 21:02 (two years ago) link
it looks fine?
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Wednesday, 28 July 2021 21:12 (two years ago) link
there are enough boring ass minimal websites. this is neat
― micah, Wednesday, 28 July 2021 21:24 (two years ago) link
The design is fine, could be a lot worse. Scrolling down and seeing the first three (non self-congratulatory) stories being a creepy pap shot, Bieber's relationship status and Chrissy Tiegen's real estate deals proves that this is going to be a thing that is very much not for me. But, hey, I'm sure the need for clicks is real.
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 28 July 2021 21:31 (two years ago) link
Not that the gossip rag stuff is new at all, but it seemed a little less prominent before? Or maybe I'm just misremembering.
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 28 July 2021 21:35 (two years ago) link
it is ugly as hell and there was nothing i wanted to click on, but i did not get a pop-up asking me to subscribe to a newsletter, so that's a W
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 28 July 2021 21:40 (two years ago) link
Navigation bar looks good on my phone
https://i.imgur.com/fLnbukt.png
― Chuck_Tatum, Wednesday, 28 July 2021 22:34 (two years ago) link
The color fonts are a no from me, dawg
― Legalize Suburban Benches (Raymond Cummings), Wednesday, 28 July 2021 22:40 (two years ago) link
It’s the kind of thing that would look better in a 1990s issue of SPY than as part of gossip website design
― Legalize Suburban Benches (Raymond Cummings), Wednesday, 28 July 2021 22:41 (two years ago) link
In any event it’s hard to gin up the interest to read my-Gawker
(Though I trust that frequenters of this thread will cry out if it’s worthwhile)
― Legalize Suburban Benches (Raymond Cummings), Wednesday, 28 July 2021 22:42 (two years ago) link
-NASA-ASKA
― think “Gypsy-Pixie” and misspelled. (We are a white family.) (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 29 July 2021 03:49 (two years ago) link
*nu-Gawker
― Legalize Suburban Benches (Raymond Cummings), Thursday, 29 July 2021 07:05 (two years ago) link
I kind of like the trashy mismatched design on desktop. Shame the headline writers are bad
― Chuck_Tatum, Thursday, 29 July 2021 12:35 (two years ago) link
very "alternative student newspaper, can you believe the university gave us a budget for this" vibes so far
― Chuck_Tatum, Thursday, 29 July 2021 12:36 (two years ago) link
Lol
― Legalize Suburban Benches (Raymond Cummings), Thursday, 29 July 2021 14:54 (two years ago) link
Got some serious Clickhole vibes from that nu site.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 29 July 2021 15:03 (two years ago) link