Zara Stone
Medium
San Francisco, CA, United States
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The Real Moms of TikTok. ‘At 50, you’re just getting started’
One morning in 2015, as 59-year-old Sally Misha Hamana waited for a department store clerk to serve her, a man — “a gentleman,” she says — lined up next to her. “I like your hair,” he told her. His… → Read More
The Weirdest Shit to Come Out of Silicon Valley in March 2021
GTFO Zoom calls, Pick Pasta for influencers, hat-eating CEO’s, and more. → Read More
The Women Who Were Branded for Sex
For two years, Cosmo followed three sex-trafficking survivors on their journey to remove their pimps’ tattooed branding and finally reclaim their own bodies. → Read More
The Weirdest Shit Out of Silicon Valley in February 2021
“The Weirdest Shit Out of Silicon Valley” is a series from The Bold Italic documenting the bizarre news, gadgets, and developments in the tech world. Welcome to March! You made it! Hopefully your… → Read More
Miss Your Favorite Bar? You Can Now Recreate Its Noisy Ambiance.
“The Weirdest Shit Out of Silicon Valley” is a series from The Bold Italic documenting the bizarre news, gadgets, and developments in the tech world. Up next on the list of silly things that are… → Read More
‘Covid Vaccinated’ Is Officially a Flex on Dating Apps
“The Weirdest Shit Out of Silicon Valley” is a series from The Bold Italic documenting the bizarre news, gadgets, and developments in the tech world. I get it—online dating is hard right now (and all… → Read More
A Hedge Fund’s Job Ad to Hire Reddit Traders is Pretty Pathetic
Weirdest Shit Out of Silicon Valley is a series from The Bold Italic documenting the bizarre news, gadgets, and developments in the tech world. The Reddit-GameStop saga was one of the storybooks —… → Read More
It’s True: MIT Researchers Have Taught Spinach to Send Emails
The Weirdest Shit Out of Silicon Valley is a series from The Bold Italic documenting the bizarre news, gadgets, and developments in the tech world. The food space has been increasingly innovative of… → Read More
The Weirdest Shit to Come Out of Silicon Valley in January 2021
Weirdest Shit Out of Silicon Valley is a series from The Bold Italic documenting the bizarre news, gadgets, and developments in the tech world. Welcome to 2021, which started out all hopeful and… → Read More
Whoa, This A Capella Group Makes Absolutely Perfect Windows XP Sounds
Weirdest Shit Out of Silicon Valley is a series from The Bold Italic documenting the bizarre news, gadgets, and developments in the tech world. Did I need an a capella version of the various beeps… → Read More
This A.I.-Powered Dog Collar Tells You If Fido Is Feeling Chill or Anxious
The Weirdest Shit Out of Silicon Valley is a weekly series from The Bold Italic documenting the bizarre news, gadgets, and developments in the tech world. I know, I know, there’s nothing any good… → Read More
New Smart Bath Bombs Your Bathroom With Lights, Scents, and Even Fog
The Weirdest Shit Out of Silicon Valley is a weekly series from The Bold Italic documenting the bizarre news, gadgets, and developments in the tech world. I love baths. Sitting in warm water with my… → Read More
The Weirdest Shit to Come Out of Silicon Valley in December 2020
Weirdest Shit Out of Silicon Valley is a weekly series from The Bold Italic documenting the bizarre news, gadgets, and developments in the tech world. What a fricking year. AMIRITE? Here’s hoping… → Read More
Artificial Intelligence Can Now Help You Find Your ‘Twin Stranger’
Weirdest Shit Out of Silicon Valley is a weekly series from The Bold Italic documenting the bizarre news, gadgets, and developments in the tech world. I’m sure that at some point in your life, you’ve… → Read More
Disney World Awkwardly Photoshopped Masks on Riders’ Faces
Weirdest Shit Out of Silicon Valley is a weekly series from The Bold Italic documenting the bizarre news, gadgets, and developments in the tech world. It’s hard for superspreaders these days. You… → Read More
Apparently, Some People Are Into Living in Boutique Hotels During the Pandemic
Weirdest Shit Out of Silicon Valley is a weekly series from The Bold Italic documenting the bizarre news, gadgets, and developments in the tech world. For the last few years, the digital nomad… → Read More
The Weirdest Shit to Come Out of Silicon Valley in October 2020
This month, we look at startup sneakers, the MmHmm app, and the ultimate cock block → Read More
The Weirdest Shit to Come Out of Silicon Valley in August 2020
This month, we look at lab-grown Texas BBQ, 5G ‘protection’ startups, and talking dogs → Read More
The Weirdest Shit to Come Out of Silicon Valley in July 2020
This month, I’m reeling over Google’s announcement that most of their workforce needn’t return till JUNE 2021! For real. It makes sense since that’s the earliest we can expect a vaccine — but there’s… → Read More
The Weirdest Shit to Come Out of Silicon Valley in June
We’ve officially passed the 100-day mark for shelter in place, and don’t we know it? Globally, people are starting to adapt to this new normal, which has prompted a whole new level of weird shit, so… → Read More