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2011
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Jun. 22
Print Edition for the week of
Jun. 22 - 28, 2011
Vol. 20, No. 42
Savage Love
spreadingsantorum.com
by Dan Savage
New Column!
One Hulk's Opinion
I, Anonymous
Twisted Sisterhood
by Anonymous
Film/TV
Bride Flight
: Three Women Fly to New Zealand for The Sake of Their Genes
by Charles Mudede
Buck
: A Good Human!
by David Schmader
Cracks
: The Phony in the Fog
by Charles Mudede
Concessions
Conan and me
by Lindy West
Cars 2
: An Anthropomotorized Spy Thriller
by Goldy
Bad Teacher
: More Like Bad Movie!!! (That Joke Is Funnier Than All of the Jokes in the Movie
Bad Teacher
.)
by Lindy West
Music
Skewer Mouth
Tim Minchin Sweetly and Scathingly Resurrects Musical Satire
by Dan Savage
Sunset Superman
Folk-Pop Songsmith Sonny Smith's Beach-Bum Babylon
by Jennifer Maerz
Do You Have an Ass? Are You Ready to Shake It?
Then You're Going to
Love
Vockah Redu
by Kelly O
Black to the Future
Shabazz Palaces Drop the Decade's First Hiphop Masterpiece
by Charles Mudede
Up & Coming
Lose your campy cock rock every night this week!
by Stranger Staff
Michael Chapman’s
Fully Qualified Survivor
by Dave Segal
Sound Check
Talking to the Cops About Don't Talk to the Cops
by Trent Moorman
My Philosophy
Thank Us Now Benefit, Go Hard or Go Home Showcase
by Larry Mizell Jr.
Data Breaker
Pezzner, USC's 14th, Nosaj Thing, Marcus Intalex
by Dave Segal
Chuckletown, USA
Brent Weinbach, Expensive Genes
by Lindy West
Poster of the Week
Gay Pride and the Pork Princess
by Aaron Huffman
Underage
Psychic Feline and Shabazz Palaces
by Jason Baxter
Theater
One Energized, One Enervated
Two Mini-Festivals of New Work
by Brendan Kiley
Free Will Astrology
For the Week of June 22
by Rob Brezsny
Visual Art
Bear Cred
Lindy West Has It, Art Does Too (With Notes)
by Lindy West
In Art News
Talk Nicely to Water
by Jen Graves
Books
A Barroom of Their Own
Seattle Desperately Needs a Literary Bar
by Paul Constant
Nightstand
Confronting Tao Lin's Publisher, Part One
by Christopher Frizzelle
Food & Drink
Pasta Addict
An Interview with the Man Who Makes Awesome Handmade Pasta Lunches Inside a Gelato Shop
by Bethany Jean Clement
Chow Bio
Up in Smoke Chèvre from the Calf & Kid
by Sarah Galvin
The Happiest Hour
First Hill Bar & Grill
by Marti Jonjak
Features
Seattle Central Community College Guts a Treasure
The Best Film and Video Program in the Region—and the Only One That Costs Less Than $25,000—Is Disappearing
by Jen Graves
News
Legalize It
A Smart New Initiative Makes Washington State Ground Zero in the National Fight to End Marijuana Prohibition
by Dominic Holden
Too Gay for Print
Local Printer Refuses Service to a New Seattle Gay Bar
by Cienna Madrid
Sports Blotter
Bad Behavior in the World of Sports
by Goldy
Dear Science
Am I Peeing Out My Expensive Vitamin Pill?
by Jonathan Golob
Suggests
'17 Swedish Designers'
by Jen Graves
Hunx & His Punx
by Kelly O
Tim Minchin
by Dan Savage
Two Gallants
by Brendan Kiley
Oliver's Lounge's Birthday Party
by Bethany Jean Clement
'Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives'
by Charles Mudede
Neil Gaiman
by Paul Constant
Untitled Kondabolu Brothers Project
by Lindy West
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
My Enemy, the Sun
by Wm. Steven Humphrey
Podcasts
Savage Love Episode 245
by Dan Savage
Last Days
The Week in Review
by David Schmader
The Queer Issue: You're Doing It Wrong
Queer Issue 2011
You're Doing It Wrong...
by Edited by Christopher Frizzelle and Dan Savage
Horny Undergrads
How to Fall in Love with Your Professor Without Getting Him Fired
by Professor X
Racist Queers
Just Because You Belong to Another Minority Group Doesn’t Mean You’re Not Racist
by Solomon Georgio
Sexist Queers
Being in a Band with Two Other Girls Reveals the Unchecked Sexism of Music Journalists and Queer Punks Alike
by Bree McKenna
HRC
The Human Rights Campaign—the Country's Largest LGBT Lobbying Group—Has Failed
by Andrew Sullivan
Queers Who Sleep with Straight People
It's Not a Recipe for Happiness
by Christopher Frizzelle
Bisexuals
You Need to Come Out to Your Friends and Spouses—Now
by Dan Savage
Trans Advocates
(At Least Where Genderqueer Kids Are Concerned)
by Alice Dreger
Straight-Wedding Boycotters
Avoiding Weddings Isn't the Way to Change Minds
by Eli Sanders
Homophobes
What Bible-Thumping Anti-Gay Fire-Breathers Could Learn from Donald Trump
by David Schmader
'Glee'
It Was Fun to Watch Up to and Until the Moment Gay Kids Started Taking It Seriously
by Hank Stuever
The Homosexual Agenda
Adrian Ryan's very picky, intensely informed guide to every damn gay thing happening this week.
by Adrian Ryan