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2011
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May. 11
Print Edition for the week of
May. 11 - 17, 2011
Vol. 20, No. 36
Savage Love
It Got Better
by Dan Savage
New Column!
One Thor's Opinion
by Thor
I, Anonymous
Your "Generosity" Will Land You In a Bargain-Basement Retirement Home
by Anonymous
Film/TV
Hesher
: Only Joseph Gordon-Levitt Can Save Us from Grief
by Paul Constant
Bridesmaids
: Death to the Chick Flick
by Lindy West
A Serious Man
Will Ferrell Gets All Drama-y in
Everything Must Go
by Ned Lannamann
Music
The Melvins Don't Give a Fuck About Chickens
Buzz Osborne Talks Hair Care, Vegetarians, Abortion, and Earthquakes
by Trent Moorman
Throw Away the (Francis Scott) Key
Why We Need a New Anthem
by Dave Segal
The Seven Songs I Will Miss the Most
(Now That I'm No Longer a Brokenhearted and Depressed Mess of a Human)
by Megan Seling
Up & Coming
Lose your hypnotic dronecraft every night this week!
by Stranger Staff
Granted
Zola Jesus at Crocodile, Prog! at the Living Room, and JEFF the Brotherhood
by Grant Brissey
Poster of the Week
Poster by Corianton Hale
by Aaron Huffman
My Philosophy
Feel Like Celebrating?
by Larry Mizell Jr.
Data Breaker
Mock & Toof, Wolf + Lamb, Soul Clap, Starkey
by Dave Segal
The Homosexual Agenda
Trouble at Fred Wildlife Refuge and Hussler at Pony
by Adrian Ryan
Underage
The Weekend in Outsider Music
by Jason Baxter
Theater
The Hardest Working Man in 'Mo Business
Jinkx Monsoon Is the Best Performer in Seattle
by Adrian Ryan
Free Will Astrology
For the Week of May 11
by Rob Brezsny
Visual Art
Exposures
An Exhibition About Exhibitionism
by Jen Graves
Books
The Future Is Fluid
Red Lemonade Might Be Where Books Are Going
by Paul Constant
Nightstand
Judge Janet
by Christopher Frizzelle
Food & Drink
Delicious Medicine
The Innovations of Seattle's Chocolate Scientist
by Charles Mudede
Chow Bio
Brian Brooks and Jaime Mullins-Brooks, Owners of Hunger
by Sarah Galvin
Happiest Hour
Kaname Izakaya
by Marti Jonjak
Features
Cash Cows
Is the Woodland Park Zoo Mistreating Its Elephants?
by Cienna Madrid
What Is Iran Going to Do with Dorothy Parvaz?
by Eli Sanders
HUMP! 7
Call for Submissions!
by Dan Savage
News
Let Your Fingers Say "Fuck You"
How to Opt Out of Phone Books, Telemarketing Calls, Junk Mail, and More
by Megan Burbank
The Mayor on Trans Rights
City Should Cover Surgeries and Other Treatments for Transgender Employees
by Dominic Holden
Jailed for Being a Journalist
Former
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Reporter Dorothy Parvaz Held Incommunicado in Syria
by Eli Sanders
City Budget Worse Than Expected
Even Police and Fire Departments Must Give Up Funding
by Goldy
Railroaded
A Republican's Rule Cuts Off Poor Cities from Light Rail
by Goldy
Mr. Kucinich Goes to (This) Washington?
Why Ohio's Most Famous Congressman May Carpetbag His Way to Our State in 2012
by Eli Sanders
Last Days
The Week in Review
by David Schmader
Underworld
by Kaz
Maakies
by Tony Millionaire
Dear Science
Is My Tupperware Killing Me?
by Jonathan Golob
Suggests
'Party Down' TV Party
by David Schmader
Master Musicians of Bukkake
by Dave Segal
Patton Oswalt
by Lindy West
The Ponies
by Paul Constant
'Bridesmaids'
by Lindy West
'Rock Show'
by Jen Graves
Spanish Writers with David Guterson
by Paul Constant
'The Corner: 23rd & Union'
by Jen Graves
Public Editor
A Critical Overview of
The Stranger
by A. Birch Steen, Stranger Public Editor and OSHA Board of Governors Member (Retired)
I Love Television
Nipples No More
by Wm. Steven Humphrey
Podcasts
Savage Love Episode 239
by Dan Savage
Sports Blotter
A Fondling Charge, an Aggravated Assault Charge, and an Embezzler
by Goldy