NEWS: US Supreme Court Legalizes Gay Marriage

Photo via The Big Picture.

This past Friday US Supreme Court in a 5-4 ruling established same-sex marriage across all 50 states, ending two decades of litigation and making the United States the 23rd country where same-sex marriage is legal nationwide Here you can have a look at the celebrations across America via Boston Globe's Big Picture. E.T.P. 5'

Illustration via The New York Times.

The evolution of gay marriage, from a few states to a whole nation, a series of interesting infographics via The New York Times. E.T.P. 3'

Quartz makes an interest account of the countries where gay marriage is legal: 23 if you count the UK, where it is legal everywhere except Northern Ireland. "The Dutch parliament legalized gay marriage in the Netherlands back in 2000, but most of the other 19 countries have done so only in the last few years. Ireland in 2015 became the first country to legalize gay marriage through a popular vote." Have a look at the full list in Quartz. E.T.P. 2'

A huge rainbow flag makes its way along Oxford Street

Photograph: Rob Stothard/Getty Images

The streets of London were awash with a rainbow of colour as thousands of people gathered for the annual Pride parade – the day after the US supreme court’s decision on gay marriage.
With the sun shining, revellers dressed up for the occasion – with some in dramatic costumes and even a dog was pictured sporting a multi-coloured coat.
The US flag joined Ireland and Mozambique’s at the front of the march, recognising recent gay rights progress in all three countries. Read Guardian article here E.T.P. 2'

The Procrastinator (some) Times Sunday 15th of June Edition

EDITORIAL

Morning everyone!  Hectic past week building up to a crazier one, but in a good way! And this is why: in our To Do List we invite you to Central Saint Martins Degree Shows' week, and specially to our Conference Night: Exploiting Chaos this next Wednesday night (:

In News, like the rest of the world, we share articles about the World Cup. In our Science & Technology section Anita Hamilton writes in Time an article about this (not-so) new behavior: bedtime procrastination. Larry Clark's US$100 photos and Haruki Murakami's short story "Yesterday" in Culture & Entertainment. And In Dog We Trust by La Guía del Perro share tips to take care of your pet during the summer and introduce us to Koda the puggle.

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NEWS

Still of John Oliver's HBO video.

Of course the World Cup is the big news of the week, and if you are having confused feelings about it, because football is fun, but FIFA is the devil and half of Brazil is unhappy about hosting the World Cup, you definitely need to see John Oliver on Fifa, (if miraculously you haven't done so, it's all over the Internet!). "Putting aside its perennial bribery scandals, the way FIFA does business with host countries is appalling. Here, Oliver walks you though the hundreds of millions in tax breaks, the new laws, and the new criminal courts the (nominally) nonprofit organization demands." Have a look in Gawker. E.T.P. 14'

Photo via Vice.

Vice also has been covering the World Cup from an alternative perspective. Have a look at their series of Contra a Copa: the other side of Brazil's World Cup videos here. E.T.P.: 10-12' each.

"The World Cup started in Brazil this week among celebration and protests. The host nation won the game opener in front of 62,100 fans at Corinthians Arena in Sao Paulo, and masses watched in various positions around the country and world. -Some in protest that a huge amount of funds are directed to this prominent event." See these 27 photos in The Boston Globe's Big Picture. E.T.P. 5'

Image via The Atlantic.

In a lighter note, Uri Friedman in The Atlantic explains why the Americans used the word soccer. "In May, Stefan Szymanski, a sports economist at the University of Michigan, published a paper debunking the notion that "soccer" is a semantically bizarre American invention. In fact, it's a British import. And the Brits used it often—until, that is, it became too much of an Americanism for British English to bear. The story begins, like many good stories do, in a pub." Read full article in The Atlantic. E.T.P. 5'

Stephen Collins via The Guardian.

Finally "The not giving a toss about the World Cup World Cup final", a cartoon by Stephen Collins in The Guardian.