Weekend reads on fashion, popular culture, technology, meritocracy and more.

Barbie goes Gaga. (Refinery29)
The value of tardiness: good news for the perpetually late. (Futility Closet)
A Nice Guy (TM) ponders why he can’t get a girlfriend. Cary Tennis answers. (Salon.com, via Nubby Twiglet)
Is Mad Men the new Sex and the City? (Jezebel)
The flipside of meritocracy: homogeny in the name of diversity? (Andrew Sullivan)
Congolese dandies make fashion a religion. (Flavorwire, via Something Changed)
Feministing founder Jessica Valenti is pregnant. And she doesn’t want you to comment on her belly. (Jessica Valenti)
Lena Chen wonders is rape by deceit is really rape. What’s your view? (The Ch!cktionary)
Hey publishers - the slushpile is not the enemy. (HTML Giant)
Intimacy with strangers: why it’s time to diversify your Twitter list. (The Frontal Cortex, via Something Changed)
Why do Australians like to shorten words? (Neatorama)