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Jun. 22
Print Edition for the week of
Jun. 22 - 28, 2016
Vol. 25, No. 43
Christopher of CHEER Seattle
Kelly O
Savage Love
Pups
by Dan Savage
New Column!
Music Journalist Issues Apology/Clarification for Sexist Profile of Sky Ferreira in
LA Weekly
by Stranger Staff
Film/TV
The
De Palma
Dilemma
A New Documentary About Loving the Director You Love to Hate to Love
by Sean Nelson
Matthew McConaughey Can't Stop Being a Badass White Savior in
Free State of Jones
by Ijeoma Oluo
Touki Bouki
Is a Mind-Blowing Afro-Funk Experiment
by Charles Mudede
The Neon Demon
Has Scenes That Are Horrifyingly Violent, Pornographic, and Too Long
by Julia Raban
Kaili Blues
Makes Magic Out of the Ordinary
by Kathy Fennessy
Oriented
Is a Timely Documentary About Muslim Gays in Tel Aviv
by Kathy Fennessy
Woman Versus Jaws in Pulpy and Artful
The Shallows
by Andrew Wright
I, Anonymous
No Photos, Please
by Anonymous
Music
Musician and Author Ben Watt Forges On Through an Unpredictable Life and Career
by Robert Ham
My Philosophy: Gifted Gab and Spekulation: Two Sides of Seattle Hiphop
by Larry Mizell Jr.
Theater
We Remain Prepared
Spectacularly Transforms Georgetown Steam Plant to Make an Antiquated Labor Critique
by Rich Smith
Free Will Astrology
For the Week of June 22
by Rob Brezsny
For the Week of June 22
by Rob Brezsny
We Saw You
We Saw You Primping Your Undercarriage, Oozing Out of Your Shoes, and Commanding a Dog to Chase an Invisible Squirrel
Stranger Staffers Were There As It Happened
by Stranger Staff
Visual Art
Viewing Photographer Rafael Soldi Through the Lens of Diane Arbus
by Jen Graves
Books
Grief Is the Thing with Feathers
Finds a Language for Grief in the Craw of a Crow
by Rich Smith
Chuck Klosterman Hasn't Seen the Future, But He's Thought About It A LOT
The
Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs
Author on the Disappearance of Everything
by Megan Burbank
Food & Drink
Welcome to Itto's, West Seattle's Friendly Neighborhood Moroccan Tapas Bar
It's Like
Cheers
but with Complex Cocktails and Lots of Chermoula
by Angela Garbes
Features
Queer Issue: The Risks for Gamers Who Don't Fit Neatly into Gendered Boxes
It's Hard Being a Nerd
and
a Woman
and
Queer
by Katie Allison
Queer Issue: How Season Two of
Transparent
Seduces Viewers into Learning Gay History
by Christopher Frizzelle
Queer Issue: My Girlfriend and I Just Visited North Carolina, and We Did Not Get Beat Up
We even got to go to the bathroom. And then we took topless photos outside Governor Pat McCrory's mansion.
by Sarah Galvin
Queer Issue: My Day Job, My Artistic Career, and the Man Who Saved My Life
I Used to Seem Like I Had It Together—Singing and Dancing and Getting Rave Reviews—and Then One Day That All Changed
by Stephen Hando
Queer Issue: My Encounters with '80s Porn Star Al Parker
What I Learned About Him—and Myself—After Painting His Portrait
by William Lunt
Queer Issue: God Made Me Gay, Books Made Me Queer
How Reading Helped Me Find My Pride
by Dave Wheeler
Meet 2016 Stranger Genius Award Nominee Sandy Cioffi
by Charles Mudede
Queer Issue: Coming Out of the Woods
How Queer Spaces Gave Me Superpowers
by Sydney Brownstone
News
Inside the City's Negotiations with the Police Union
Documents Show Seattle's Progress, and Lack Thereof, on Accountability for Cops
by Ansel Herz
Why Seattle Is Failing at Pot Tourism
The City's Regulatory Restrictions Are Partially a Result of Washington's New Law Eliminating the Medical Marijuana Market
by Tobias Coughlin-Bogue
After Being Displaced by the Greenwood Explosion, One Resident Is Now Facing Homelessness
by Ana Sofia Knauf