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• If Only There Were a Hell for Kim Fowley to Be Rotting In… Thoughts About the Jackie Fuchs/Runaways Rape Story

  09-07-2015 23:59 via thestranger.com
  
  Kim Fowley and the Runaways. (Jackie Fuchs/Fox is second from left)
  By now, your social media feed will will have shown you a link from Huffington Post’s new longform site Highline to the story about former Runaways bassist Jackie Fuchs/Fox being discovered, groomed, and ultimately drugged and raped by the band’s producer/Svengali Kim Fowley in front of a motel roomful of onlookers—allegedly including Fuchs’s bandmates Cherie Currie and Joan Jett—on New Year’s
  
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• If Only There Were a Hell for Kim Fowley to Be Rotting In: Thoughts About the Jackie Fuchs/ Runaways Rape Story

  09-07-2015 23:59 via thestranger.com
  
  Kim Fowley and the Runaways. (Jackie Fuchs/Fox is second from right.)
  By now, your social media feed will will have shown you a link from the Huffington Post’s new long-form site Highline to the story about former Runaways bassist Jackie Fuchs/Fox being discovered, groomed, and ultimately drugged and raped by the band’s producer/Svengali Kim Fowley in front of a motel roomful of onlookers—allegedly including Fuchs’s bandmates Cherie Currie and Joan Jett—on New Year&
  
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• As W. Wash. in 'severe drought' Seattle water supply outlook drops

  09-07-2015 23:46
  
  Western Wash. in 'severe drought;' Seattle water supply 'fair'
  
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• One of the True Geniuses of American Poetry, James Tate, Died Yesterday

  09-07-2015 23:33 via thestranger.com
  
  He was a genius of humor and sadness. Take a minute and read his poem"The Lost Pilot."Stanislav Fosenbauer / shutterstock.com
  Despite the quiet and contemplative sadness that permeates some of his most well-known poems, James Tate was one of the few poets who dared to mess with joy and wonder on a regular basis. He unbuttoned the top button of Poetry’s Oxford shirt and kissed it on the mouth.The fact that his book Worshipful Company of Fletchers won the National Book Award and that his Sel
  
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• Savage Love: Disunion

  09-07-2015 23:14 via thestranger.com
  
  Joe NewtonI entered into a civil union with another woman in Vermont in 2000. My ex and I were together until 2003, when we decided to go our separate ways. It is now 2015, and my new partner (who happens to be male) and I are expecting a baby and talking about getting married. We live in Texas. I know that there are ways to dissolve my civil union in Vermont, but I can't get ahold of my ex (ex-wife? Ex-CUer?) to sign any of the forms. Neither do I want to, because frankly it was an abusive rel
  
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• SL Letter of the Day: Aren't My Boobs Enough?

  09-07-2015 22:10 via thestranger.com
  
  Originally posted on June 20, 2012.
  Is it normal for my man to be so attracted to boobs that even though mine are beautiful and perfect, my boyfriend still wants to look at every other woman with a set of big boobs that he can? Aren't mine enough?
  Boyfriend Ogles Other Breasts
  My response after the jump...You sound like a new reader, BOOB, so before we get to the advice, I wanna welcome you to the Savage Love family. With that out of the way...
  Nope, yours aren't enough.
  Yep, it's normal for a s
  
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• Neo-Nazi Dreams of the Pacific Northwest Becoming Rhodesia

  09-07-2015 21:01 via thestranger.com
  
  My parents in the days of Rhodesia, before a brutal war overthrew that racist government and the country became Zimbabwe. An African
  The detail that completely caught me by surprise in Politico's rather unsatisfying post "Want to Meet America’s Worst Racists? Come to the Northwest," was not the Pacific Northwest's ugly "racial legacy," nor that the region is the home to "virulent online racists," the Northwest Front (a group apparently admired by the man accused of killing nine black Ameri
  
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• Sculptor Dan Webb Reduces a Douglas Fir to Sawdust Before Your Very Eyes in His New Performance Piece, Break It Down

  09-07-2015 20:50 via thestranger.com
  
  Break It Down: Dan Webb poses with various stages of tree. Matt Sellars
  The sun is shining, and Dan Webb is talking about Christmas and death. "Doesn't it smell like Christmas?" the Seattle artist asks. It does smell like Christmas, because there's a Douglas fir lying at his feet, cut down not four hours ago.
  We're on the porch of a wood shack in the middle of the grounds of the Olympic Sculpture Park on the waterfront. It's a hot and silly-beautiful Seattle summer afternoon.
  "This tree is reall
  
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• Donald Trump's Toxic Comments on Women, Race, and Climate Change

  09-07-2015 20:21 via thestranger.com
  
  "Oh my god, David, how could you say that about my hair?" Albert H. Teich / Shutterstock.com
  David Remnick, the editor of The New Yorker, is not the kind of writer who goes around calling people jackasses, so his commentary yesterday on Donald Trump was something to behold.The personal brand is, depending on your inclinations, a gilded jackass or an up-from-nothing tell-it-like-it-is-type-a-guy (without the up-from-nothing part). But it’s always been more than buffoonish entertainment. The
  
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• How to Experience Southern Europe, Asia, and Miami Beach—Without Ever Leaving Seattle

  09-07-2015 19:01 via thestranger.com
  
  KRIS CHAU
  Much of Seattle is, admittedly, just Seattle: street after street lined with Craftsman bungalow after Craftsman bungalow and boxy condo after boxy condo. Our city only gets interesting when it goes tall or when it is seen from a distance. Once inside the city, many places look exactly the same. This is why trees are so important: Their leaves and trunks help to hide this monotony from us, make it bearable. A street without trees just kills the hope in you. It's not like Barcelona, whe
  
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• The Painters Across the Street Continue Painting Something... But What Is It?

  09-07-2015 18:53 via thestranger.com
  
  You'll recall that my first guess was an American flag.
  Yesterday morning.
  Seriously, it looks like a flag, right?
  From another angle.
  Then, last night, upon leaving the office...
  Okay, maybe it's not a flag.
  And then this morning on the walk to work:
  The plot thickens![ Comment on this story ][ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
  
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• The Morning News: Continued Heat Creates Water Concerns, and the Duwamish Vow to Keep Fighting for Recognition

  09-07-2015 17:42 via thestranger.com
  
  Sunset at a secret public park in West Seattle. This weather is breaking records and creating water concerns. E.S.
  This Heat Is About to Break Another Record: "Need any more documentation of our hot summer?" writes Jack Broom. "Seattle is about to tie the record for the most consecutive days in which its temperature has hit 80 degrees."
  Seattle's Water Supply Outlook Changing for the Worse: "After the hottest June in recorded history, higher-than-usual water consumption, record-low stream flows
  
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• Duwamish Leader: "I Think There Should Be an Uprising from the Citizens of This City"

  09-07-2015 17:10 via thestranger.com
  
  Duwamish chairperson Cecile Hansen has been fighting for Duwamish recognition for 40 years. Alex Garland
  Last week, the federal government denied recognition to the Duwamish, the first people of Seattle (a city named after the Suquamish-Duwamish Chief Sealth). Unlike other tribes that signed treaties with the white settlers of Puget Sound, the denial means that, to this day, the federal government doesn't see the descendants of Chief Sealth as their own legitimate community.Without recognition,
  
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• Western Wash. in 'severe drought;' Seattle water supply 'fair'

  09-07-2015 16:51
  
  Western Wash. in 'severe drought;' Seattle water supply 'fair'
  
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• Democracy for America and Planned Parenthood Release City Council Endorsements

  09-07-2015 16:20 via thestranger.com
  
  Planned Parenthood organizer Halei Watkins, who's running to represent North Seattle on the city council, has been endorsed by Democracy for America and Planned Parenthood Votes Northwest. Kelly O
  Big ol' Howard-Dean-founded progressive group Democracy for America has endorsed five candidates for Seattle City Council, but skipped a couple notable races entirely.
  DFA is endorsing:
  • Tammy Morales (District 2, covering Southeast Seattle, running against incumbent Bruce Harrell)
  • Incum
  
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• Mailboxes in Bellevue blown up with fireworks

  09-07-2015 16:02
  
  Fireworks set off in mailboxes in Bellevue
  
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• At least 1 mailbox in Bellevue blown up with fireworks

  09-07-2015 16:02
  
  Fireworks set off in mailboxes in Bellevue
  
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• Police looking for 3 men in Seattle armed robberies, drive-by shooting

  09-07-2015 15:26
  
  Police looking for 3 men in Seattle armed robberies, drive-by shooting
  
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• Guest Editorial: We Need a Few Common Sense, Public Health Approaches to Gun Violence

  09-07-2015 15:18 via thestranger.com
  
  Tim Burgess is president of the Seattle City Council. City of Seattle
  Every year, taxpayers in Seattle pay for millions of dollars of emergency medical care for people who have been shot. It’s time for the gun industry to chip in to help defray these costs.
  Every year, guns are lost or stolen, then used in crimes. It’s time we require mandatory reporting of lost or stolen firearms to help the police track down illegal guns.
  The city council will soon consider two gun safety measures
  
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• Residents question how new light rail lines will change neighborhood density

  09-07-2015 05:03
  
  Residents question how new light rail lines will change neighborhood density
  
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• Police: Man arrested in series of North Sound sexually motivated attacks

  09-07-2015 04:41
  
  Police: Man arrested in series of North Sound sexually motivated attacks
  
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• Free Will Astrology for the Week of July 8

  09-07-2015 02:02 via thestranger.com
  
  FESTA/SHUTTERSTOCKARIES (March 21–April 19): How can you fulfill your potential as an Aries? What strategies will help you become the best Aries you can possibly be? Now is an excellent time to meditate on these riddles. One of my Aries readers, Mickki Langston, has some stellar tips to inspire you: (1) One of your greatest assets is your relentless sense of purpose. Treasure it. Stay connected to it. Draw on it daily. (2) Love what you love with pure conviction, because there is no escap
  
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• The High List: Myth and Magic Faire, Noise Yoga, and Free Slurpee Day

  09-07-2015 01:20 via thestranger.com
  
  Myth & Magic Faire
  Wii Wednesday
  BOOZE/GAMES Wed July 8, Sake Nomi (76 S Washington St)
  Pioneer Square's best (only?) sake bar/shop, Sake Nomi, hosts a weekly Wii battle for those of us who have that kind of skill. Wii games are kind of hard, right? RIGHT? If worse comes to worst, you can just drink and watch...
  
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• Listen Here: Childbirth's New Single "Nasty Grrls" is Fucking Good

  09-07-2015 00:47 via thestranger.com
  
  Dressing on the side, please. Shaine Truscott
  Okay, you've got to know these ladies by now. If you didn't read Trent Moorman's interview with super cool punk group Childbirth, than you've spotted at least one of their bands playing around town; Bree McKenna is part of Tacocat, Stacey Peck also drums in Pony Time, and Julia Shapiro is in (Genius nominated) Chastity Belt. Anyway, start getting acquainted if you haven't already. Their new single, "Nasty Grrls," premiered on NPR this morningand it's
  
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• I Love Televison: Breaking: The Sun Is Hot

  09-07-2015 00:29 via thestranger.com
  
  Mr. Robot is actually pretty damn good.
  Dear sun: I didn't sign up for this. When you said you were gonna be "hot" this summer, I assumed that meant you were going to be as warm as your previous 4.567 billion years of existence. But apparently, that isn't the case! You are waaaaay hotter this year, which made me look you up on the internet to see just exactly how hot you are. And guess what I found out? That, at your core, your temperature is 27 million degrees Fahrenheit.
  WHAAAAAT THAAAA FAAAAA
  
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• City Council President Tim Burgess Proposes a Gun Tax to Fund Hospital Program for Victims of Gun Violence

  09-07-2015 00:03 via thestranger.com
  
  Election year Council President Tim Burgess is proposing a new tax on gun and ammo sales. City of Seattle
  This morning, Seattle City Council President Tim Burgess unveiled a pair of gun-related bills, which he's pitching as a way to make the local gun industry share the public health burden of gun violence."The reality is guns and ammunition cause great harm," Burgess says, "and it’s very reasonable ask that industry to help with that problem."
  Here's what the two bills would do:
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• 10 Frames: A Selection of Shots from Dirtybird BBQ Seattle

  09-07-2015 00:00 via thestranger.com
  
  A King Amongst Men: Claude VonStroke is the owner and fearless leader of Dirtybird Records, a San Francisco-based house and techno label. Seattle was the second stop on Dirtybird Records' BBQ tour, where cities across the US are hosting one day festivals featuring DJs from Dirtybird's roster.Brooklyn Benjestorf
  An impressive 3,000 people turned up to boogie down in SoDo, making the BBQ the largest house music event in Seattle history. The beats could be heard all the way in West Seattle, garneri
  
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