photograph by Martin Schoeller for Time Magazine

The day really belongs to Gabby Douglas. *squeals and claps* But if you haven’t gotten a chance to see Martin Schoeller’s beautiful photographs, run take a peak now.

Also, today is James Baldwin’s birthday. You know what he’d doing learning the news of Gabby Douglas’ historic win:

photo by Steve Schapiro

This bit of awesome on the interwebs features new writing and book reviews from some my favorite peeps.

The mainstream has caught on to the problem of sexual harassment in the video gaming world.

The Guardian headline writers are hilars.

This Chick-fil-a-gate-a-freude-mcspectacle is just doing too much. Cord Jefferson’s rather smart take on the ‘oppression’ of American Christianity.