A CRITICAL OVERVIEW
MAY 30, 2002 · VOL. 11, NO. 37
by Jennifer Beckwith
Stranger Ombudsman & Mercer Island High School Sophmore

The Stranger is awesome! I read it every week! They have this box outside of the AM-PM down the street and I pick it up EVERY Thursday, like, religiously. I am so DOWN WITH THE STRANGER! Their writers are very funny and very smart. I tried to read this week's feature on the monorail but I couldn't finish it but I'm sure it's great. I like Savage Love and Last Days (they're my favorite), but that I Love TV guy kind of creeps me out. He's like gay, isn't he? Wasn't Sean Nelson in that band Harvey Danger? How come he's The Stranger's film editor now? I remember dancing around with my girlfriends all the time to that song when it was on the radio when I was, like, totally in junior high. It was so queer! My only beef with your paper is that sometimes The Stranger is a little too mean. Like with that whole curse article a little while ago about Left Eye and Aaliyah. And my mom really liked this guy Layne Staley, so you should've said something nicer about him when he OD'd. And sometimes your paper is disgusting (especially Dan Savage). But it's still the best newspaper in Seattle! Even though I live in Mercer Island, I read The Stranger! The Stranger rocks!