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Jan. 30
Print Edition for the week of
Jan. 30 - Feb. 5, 2013
Vol. 22, No. 22
Savage Love
Sex-Positive Therapy
by Dan Savage
New Column!
Send Us Your Valentines
Film/TV
Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters
: Brainless, Fun, and Bloody
by Ned Lannamann
In Another Country
: A Handsome Korean Lifeguard and an Imaginary White Lady
by Charles Mudede
Birth Story: Ina May Gaskin and the Farm Midwives
: Birthing Babies
by Jen Graves
Bullet to the Head
: Stiff as a Board
by Paul Constant
I, Anonymous
Get a Room and Kill Yourselves
by Anonymous
Music
Seattle Saves Hiphop, Again
The Connection Between Sir Mix-A-Lot's "Baby Got Back" and Macklemore & Ryan Lewis's "Thrift Shop"
by Charles Mudede
Up & Coming
Lose your skanker man logo every night this week!
by Stranger Staff
I Was a Dead Man
Cody ChesnuTT Saved My Life, Again
by Larry Mizell Jr.
What's Crappening?
Music, News, and Cats
by Destiny's Grandchild
Sound Check
Walking Papers’ Barrett Martin on Pouring the Concrete Right
by Trent Moorman
Never Heard of 'Em: Paul McCartney's
Ram
by Anna Minard
Data Breaker
by Dave Segal
The Homosexual Agenda
Cuckoo fuh Coco Peru
by Adrian Ryan
Poster of the Week
Poster by Kithkin
by Aaron Huffman
Underage
Kid Smpl and Black Hat
by Jackson Hathorn
Theater
Narrow Your Eyes
A Nine-Month Rehearsal Process Pays Off for
The Seagull
by Brendan Kiley
Free Will Astrology
For the Week of Jan 30
by Rob Brezsny
Visual Art
Hue and Cry
Why Does Seattle Have Such a Color Problem?
by Jen Graves
Loose Lips
Theaters That Move and Artists on Fire
by The Ghost of 619 Western
Books
Don't Eat Fried Chicken
Jared Diamond's New Book Is No
Guns, Germs, and Steel
by Charles Mudede
A List of Things People Do
Richard Blanco and the Recycled Inaugural Poem
by Cate McGehee
Features
Sweets for the Sweet
And for the Stoned, the Vegan, 
the Rich, the Poor, the Broken-Jawed…
by the Stranger Candy Control Board
The Rent Hike
What Happened When a New Owner Bought Our Apartment Building
by Marti Jonjak
Sweet New Column!
Almond Roca or Cat Poop?
News
The Messy Reality of Legal Pot
The Mayor Courts Pot Entrepreneurs, the Governor Fends Off the Feds, and There's Still Almost Nowhere to Open a Pot Shop in Seattle
by Dominic Holden
You Pay More for College Than Lawmakers
Comparing What Legislators Paid in Tuition to the Current Tuition Under Their Budget Cuts (Adjusted for Inflation)
by Goldy
Successful Dropouts?
Why Seattle Teachers Are Getting National Attention
by Anna Minard
We Need More Gun Buybacks
Seattle's First Gun Buyback in Two Decades Was Almost Too Successful
by Goldy
Sources Say
I’m the Sexy-Tary of State Now, Bitches
by John Kerry
Public Editor
A Critical Overview of
The Stranger
by Arthur McCavendish
I Love Television
Stop Interrupting Me, Super Bowl!!
by Wm. Steven Humphrey
Last Days
The Week in Review
by David Schmader
Podcasts
Savage Love Episode 328
by Dan Savage
Suggests
‘We Don’t Care About Music Anyway’
by Dave Segal
Think & Drink: The Future of Marijuana Post I-502
by Cienna Madrid
The Ruby Suns
by Emily Nokes
Greg Lundgren
by Jen Graves
Jewel of India
by Dominic Holden
‘Undo’
by Anna Minard
Savage Love Live!
by David Schmader
Daniel Bachman
by Dave Segal
Fiction
Concussive
by Sherman Alexie