Former Stranger staffer/forever Stranger friend Lindy West has spent the past year or so sparring with comedians and their fans about misogyny in the comedy world. Here’s her account of how this played out locally.

(Thanks for fighting the good fight, Brett Hamill.)

David Schmader—former weed columnist and Stranger associate editor—is the author of the solo plays Straight and Letter to Axl, which he’s performed in Seattle and across the US. His latest...