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• I, Anonymous: Wife Beater

  07-09-2015 23:09 via thestranger.com
  
  STEVEN WEISSMAN
  You walked out of the bar on a warm summer evening and expressed delight at the sight of someone smoking on the sidewalk. As I lit your cigarette, you looked me straight in the eye and asked me, "Why do I stay with him? Why do I stay with him when he beats me?" You almost started to cry and then implored me to touch your scalp…
  
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• Our Top Picks for The Final Day of Bumbershoot

  07-09-2015 20:30 via thestranger.com
  
  Peaches will perform today at 7:15.
  Bumbershoot has almost come to an end, but there's still a whole day of music, comedy, arts, and general debauchery to enjoy. If you haven't already, make sure to bookmark our Bumbershoot calendar on your phone so you can pull up showtimes, read reviews, and make the most of the final day.Here are a few of our recommended shows for today, but there are plenty more over on that Bumbershoot calendar we keep mentioning.
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  Peaches
  "She's a riot grrrl's wet dre
  
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• The Morning News: It's Labor Day! Go Back to Bed!

  07-09-2015 16:01 via thestranger.com
  
  There's no morning news today.Labor Day Flag / Shutterstock
  But If You Want Something to Remind You of How Lucky You Are: Look at this amazing mix of reporting and photography, "Desperate Crossing."
  And If You Want to Get Out of the House: Here's who's playing at Bumbershoot.[ Comment on this story ][ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
  
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• Q&A With the Person Behind the Brilliant @KimDavis917 Account on Twitter

  07-09-2015 01:19 via thestranger.com
  
  I was one of many people who fell for the Twitter account @KimDavis917.
  @KimDavis917 was supposedly Kim Davis's own Twitter account. The account, according to its bio, was being manned by Davis's fourth husband because Kim, as you may have heard, is sitting in prison for contempt of court. The account had been up for a week and all of the Tweets sounded perfectly sincere: actual arguments being made by Davis and her supporters, RTs of the vile shit Mike Huckabee and Rick Santorum have been tweet
  
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