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• Live Nation's Replacement for Sasquatch Looks Terrible

  13-02-2019 23:50 via thestranger.com
  
  The replacement for Sasquatch! music festival is depressingly boring.by Lester BlackDavid Byrne will not be playing this festival. Lester Black
  Live Nation has been telling us for weeks to keep our calendars clear for Memorial Day Weekend. Sasquatch! music festival died but, the events promoter assured us, they would bring something good in its place. After rumors last week got me worried about the replacement festival, I can now irrefutably report that this shit sucks.End of the Rainbow's targe
  
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• Bill to keep wolf control board operating clears House panel

  13-02-2019 23:33
  BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Legislation to keep operating an Idaho board that pays a federal agency to kill wolves that attack livestock and elk is going to the full House. The House Resources and Conservation Committee voted along party lines on Wednesday to move ahead with legislation to repeal a section of Idaho law that […]
  
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• Cleaning routine shows promise in curbing superbug infection

  13-02-2019 23:01
  Think of it as decontaminating yourself. Hospitalized patients who harbor certain superbugs can cut their risk of developing full-blown infections if they swab medicated goo in their nose and use special soap and mouthwash for six months after going home, a study found. It’s a low-tech approach to a big problem: About 5 percent of […]
  
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• Bagshaw Advisor Dan Strauss Is Running for City Council

  13-02-2019 22:53
  
  by Katie HerzogDan Strauss City of SeattleJust minutes after Seattle City Councilmember Mike O'Brien announced that he will not be seeking a third term in office, Daniel Strauss announced that he'll be running for O'Brien's seat.O'Brien's announcement came as a surprise to the SECB, which was—oddly—not invited to his press conference on Wednesday despite multiple emails to his campaign (doesn't O'Brien know who runs this town???) but Strauss isn't exactly a candidate out of left-fiel
  
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• Just Announced: The Lineup for the End of the Rainbow Festival

  13-02-2019 22:18
  
  by Stranger Things To Do Staff
  As Lester Black wrote about last week, there's a new music festival coming to the Gorge Amphitheatre this Memorial Day weekend in place of now-defunct Sasquatch: the End of the Rainbow Festival. And, as of this afternoon, the lineup has officially been announced.
  Bassnectar will play two sets throughout the weekend, and will be joined by other big names like Lil Uzi Vert, Young Thug, Griz, Trippie Redd, Santigold, STS9, Gogol Bordello, Flosstramadus, Tom Morello, V
  
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• Alita: Battle Angel Has Bodies, Battles, and Anime Eyes

  13-02-2019 22:10
  I can’t stop dreaming about Alita: Battle Angel.by Suzette SmithI have never recommended seeing a movie in 3-D, let alone IMAX 3-D, because films should either succeed in 2-D or they aren’t worth seeing. But for Alita: Battle Angel, I will—for the first time—tell you to splurge on the IMAX. I can’t stop dreaming about the glimmering city in the clouds that hovers above the film’s sci-fi setting.Alita is as much about what’s in the distance as it is about
  
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• Councilmember Mike O'Brien Will Not Seek Reelection

  13-02-2019 22:00
  
  Councilmember Mike O'Brien is out!by Lester BlackHe's not running City of Seattle
  Councilmember Mike O'Brien announced today that he will not seek reelection, according to Crosscut. O'Brien had filed initial paperwork to run for his third term on the council but said publicly he was still considering whether or not he would run.
  O'Brien is the fourth sitting councilmember to announce that he would not seek reelection, following the lead of Sally Bagshaw, Bruce Harrell, and Rob Johnson. All seven
  
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• In Praise of Jeff Bezos's Balls

  13-02-2019 21:45
  
  by The StrangerEpisode 185 considers an immodest proposal from Dan Savage related to Jeff Bezos and his nude selfies. Alex Wong / Getty ImagesSubscribe to the podcast FOR FREE by clicking right here!
  After taking a quick look at President Trump’s latest border wall bullshit, Eli Sanders, Katie Herzog, and Rich Smith talk about the “Insect Apocalypse” and a plan from certain Democrats to prevent insect die-off, food chain collapse, and other dire effects of climate change.It&rsq
  
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• Mike O’Brien is fourth Seattle City Council incumbent who won’t run for re-election

  13-02-2019 21:40
  Mike O'Brien was elected to the Seattle City Council in 2009 and represents District 6, which includes Fremont, Ballard and Phinney Ridge.
  
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• Two suspects arrested in 1995 White Center homicide

  13-02-2019 21:36
  Detectives in the sheriff's Major Crimes Unit spent the past year re-examining evidence and tracking down witnesses in the killing of 26-year-old Kenneth Ruffer.
  
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• Funeral Saturday for mom of man freed from Venezuela jail

  13-02-2019 21:36
  SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A public funeral is scheduled Saturday to remember the life of a Utah woman who spent nearly two years pushing to get her son freed from a Venezuelan jail. Anderson and Goff Mortuary owner Chad Anderson said Wednesday Laurie Holt’s funeral is Saturday at 12 p.m. at a Mormon church […]
  
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• Governor says every Alaskan will feel impact of budget cuts

  13-02-2019 21:11
  JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Gov. Mike Dunleavy unveiled a pared down budget Wednesday that he says will impact every Alaskan. Dunleavy is proposing a budget to cover a projected $1.6 billion deficit. Areas of impact include the University of Alaska system, K-12 public education and health and social services. Dunleavy spoke in generalities during a […]
  
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• Legislation to exempt some geothermal wells goes to Senate

  13-02-2019 20:51
  BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Legislation that would allow a well driller who hits geothermal water to use that water for uses other than its heat value in some cases has cleared the House. The 68-0 vote on Wednesday sends the legislation to the Senate. Republican Terry Gestrin of Donnelly told lawmakers that if a well […]
  
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• Bill to compensate farmers for wildlife damage clears House

  13-02-2019 20:43
  BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Legislation to compensate Idaho farmers and ranchers for damage caused by elk, deer, antelope and moose to irrigation equipment and ground planted with seeds has cleared the House. Representatives voted 68-0 on Wednesday to send the legislation to the Senate. The proposed law would cost the Idaho Department of Fish and […]
  
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• Wife of Trump Administration Official Claims Measles Can Cure Cancer

  13-02-2019 20:34
  
  by Katie HerzogDo not let Darla Shine babysit your child.SOUTH_AGENCY/GETTY
  Darla Shine, the wife of a Trump administration official, spent Wednesday morning going on a little Twitter tear about measles, an highly infectious disease she seems to think more people should get.This rant, which was first reported by the Daily Beast, was apparently inspired by a CNN report on the measles outbreak currently hitting Washington and Oregon. The outbreak has infected at least 52 people and has prompted th
  
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• The Umbrella Academy Is a School Worth Attending

  13-02-2019 20:19
  by Erik HenriksenThe Streaming Wars rage on, with old-school movie and TV distributors twitching on the battlefield as Netflix, Amazon, and Hulu march on. There’s already one upside: Movies and shows that wouldn’t have been made just a few years ago—because their audiences would be too small, because their budgets would be too big, because their stories would be too weird—are getting cranked out faster than anyone can watch them. As streaming services burn money to build
  
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• Enjoy an Evening with Cerebral, Skronky Jazz-Rockers the Nels Cline 4—Assuming It's Not Snowed Out

  13-02-2019 20:16
  
  by Dave SegalNels Cline Nathan West
  A dexterous guitarist who excels in many rock and jazz contexts, Nels Cline is most famous for his 15-year stint with avant-Americana group Wilco. His versatility is such that he might be the only musician who’s played with Julius Hemphill and Mike Watt. Now in his 60s, Cline is still thrusting into interesting sonic territory with his newish quartet, as their 2018 album Currents, Constellations (on the still relevant Blue Note label) proves. Here, Cline
  
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• NASA rover finally bites the dust on Mars after 15 years

  13-02-2019 20:06
  The six-wheeled vehicle that helped gather critical evidence that ancient Mars might have been hospitable to life was remarkably spry up until eight months ago, when it was finally doomed by a ferocious dust storm.
  
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• Immigrant, Feminist, Artist: Sophia Shalmiyev's Debut Memoir Mother Winter

  13-02-2019 20:01
  
  by Kelsey GrayThe release of Portland author Sophia Shalmiyev’s debut memoir, Mother Winter, comes at a time when anti-immigrant sentiment is teetering on the edge of hysteria, funding for birth control and access to abortion is precariously positioned, and eyes are looking to Russia, a looming question mark in our current political saga. Distinctly feminist and speaking to the experience of an Azerbaijani-Russian immigrant, Mother Winter could not come at a better time.Shalmiyev weaves an
  
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• With Big Pharma Under the Legal Microscope, Cannabis Stigma Needs to End

  13-02-2019 19:54
  
  by Josh Jardine Portland Mercury
  They sell drugs in the hoodBut the man, he move the medicineHe’ll prescribe you all meds for everythin'.—The Roots, “Rising Down”With recreational programs rapidly expanding in the United States and abroad, it should be a shock that cannabis professionals are still equated with “drug pushers.”
  Of course, the people who draw these comparisons are often the same people who oppose the expanded access of lab-tested cannabis product
  
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• In a world drowning in trash, some cities have slashed waste by 80 percent

  13-02-2019 19:50
  Today, places from rural Japan to metropolitan Sweden send very little of their trash to the landfill. Some cities the world over are at the precipice of what once seemed fantastical: the elimination of waste. Here's a roundup.
  
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• Steven Soderbergh's iPhone-Shot Basketball Movie High Flying Bird Is Like a Smarter, Better Ballers

  13-02-2019 19:28
  
  by Erik Henriksen Netflix
  Okay, wait, already, a correction: High Flying Bird isn't exactly a basketball movie. There's some basketball in it! But mostly, Steven Soderbergh's latest is about what one character calls the "game on top of a game"—the intense, complex, and rarely glimpsed machinations that determine how the multi-billion dollar sports industry rewards and exploits both its players and its fans.
  It's some of the same territory that the Rock messes with on HBO's Ballers, but ins
  
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• Vatican, Microsoft team up on artificial intelligence ethics

  13-02-2019 19:26
  Pope Francis met privately on Wednesday with Microsoft President Brad Smith and talked about an academic prize to promote ethics in artificial intelligence.
  
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• Diocese finds Kentucky students didn’t start confrontation

  13-02-2019 19:15
  COVINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Investigators hired by a Kentucky diocese have found that Catholic school boys didn’t instigate a confrontation at the Lincoln Memorial that went viral on social media. Covington Bishop Roger Foys initially condemned the students’ behavior after a video showed a teenage boy face-to-face with a Native American man. Days later, Foys […]
  
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• Murder trial for man charged in landlady’s death begins

  13-02-2019 18:52
  MOUNTAIN HOME, Idaho (AP) — The murder trial for a southwestern Idaho man charged in connection with the stabbing death of his landlady began in Mountain Home this week. Scott Riggs, 41, has pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder in connection with the death of 71-year-old Paula Febrache. Jury selection began Tuesday; the trial is […]
  
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• Man arrested on attempted murder charge following stabbing

  13-02-2019 18:52
  SALEM, Ore. (AP) — A Salem, Oregon, man was arrested on attempted murder charges eight months after he was identified as a suspect in a stabbing at an apartment complex. The Statesman Journal reports that 30-year-old Gleen Nedelic is being held without bail at Marion County Jail on charges of attempted murder, first-degree assault and […]
  
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• No more snow for Seattle, and a dry weekend ahead — but the cold could still complicate things

  13-02-2019 18:06
  "We're not quite out of it yet," the National Weather Service warns. The next few days could bring icy roads, landslides and urban flooding. But the weekend looks dry, and temperatures could climb into the 40s.
  
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• No more snow for Seattle, and a dry weekend ahead — but rain could complicate things

  13-02-2019 18:06
  "We're not quite out of it yet," the National Weather Service warns. Rain and cold in the next few days could make for icy roads, landslides and urban flooding. But the weekend looks dry, and temperatures could climb into the 40s.
  
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• If You’re New to Seattle, Here’s What You Need

  13-02-2019 17:45
  
  by Christopher FrizzelleSeattle is the fastest growing big city in the United States. Tens of thousands of people move here annually. The total population has increased almost 20 percent since 2010, according to the Seattle Times. While we frantically build new buildings for all you people to live in, you may have some questions. For instance: Is there anywhere to go dancing around here? And also: How do people make friends in this town? Plus: Where do locals like to eat?
  First and foremost, tho
  
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• Fairbanks police kill suspect in armed robbery, carjacking

  13-02-2019 17:30
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Fairbanks police say a man suspected of carjacking and armed robbery was shot and killed as he pointed a gun at officers. Police say 28-year-old Garrett Ebenal died Tuesday afternoon as he exited a stolen car and came at officers attempting to arrest him on the Elliott Highway north of Fairbanks. […]
  
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• Slog AM: Howard Schultz is Color-Blind, Snow in Hawaii, Trump Most-Likely Will Sign Border Security Bill

  13-02-2019 17:27 via thestranger.com
  
  by Timothy KenneyAh, the ol' "I Don't See Color" trump card.STEPHEN BRASHEAR / STRINGER / GETTY NEWS
  The Electoral College is super dumb: It may have made sense in 1776 but now we have everything our candidates have ever said and done at our fingertips. I can listen to Beto O’Rourke’s rap album. I can watch reruns of The Apprentice. I’ll make an informed decision. The Electoral College was especially obsolete in 2016 when a total of seven electors voted for someone other than t
  
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• Idaho water legislation signed into law by governor

  13-02-2019 17:21
  BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Gov. Brad Little on Wednesday signed legislation to end years of litigation and help finalize an agreement involving water rights in heavily populated southwestern Idaho. The new law makes sure rights to water that refills reservoirs in the Boise River system following flood control releases are protected should additional large water […]
  
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• Idaho water legislation signed into law by Gov. Little

  13-02-2019 17:21
  BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Gov. Brad Little has signed into law legislation to end years of litigation and help finalize a settlement agreement involving water rights in heavily populated southwestern Idaho. Little on Wednesday signed the bill that made it through the Senate and House with unanimous support. The lawsuits involved canal companies, irrigation districts […]
  
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• What’s closed, canceled or delayed on Wednesday due to the Seattle area’s snow, slush and freezing rain

  13-02-2019 16:00
  Inclement weather has resulted in a slew of closures and cancellations in the area. Here's the latest for Wednesday, Feb. 13, and beyond.
  
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• Where to call if 911 doesn’t work

  13-02-2019 15:41
  If you call 911 and it doesn't go through, here are numbers to try instead.
  
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• Records-sharing program costs mount for Portland police

  13-02-2019 15:25
  PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Seven years after it was touted as an innovative electronic records system to manage police reports from 40 police agencies, the program now has only seven participating agencies, with Portland police stuck paying millions to cover the bill. The Oregonian/OregonLive reports expenses for the system’s software and support have continued to […]
  
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• You may think you banned the sale of assault weapons to teens. But they’re still buying them.

  13-02-2019 15:00
  Classified ads for military-style semi-automatic rifles are still selling to buyers under age 21 — even though a new voter-approved law supposedly banned such sales.
  
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• You may think we banned the sale of assault weapons to teens. But they’re still buying them.

  13-02-2019 15:00
  Classified ads for military-style semi-automatic rifles are selling to buyers under age 21 — even though a new voter-approved law supposedly banned such sales.
  
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• What happened? Tracking the last minutes of the doomed Destination

  13-02-2019 15:00
  At 6:13 a.m., the Destination’s emergency beacon sent out a distress signal. At 6:14, the transponder quit transmitting. The boat was sinking to the bottom of the Bering Sea. Read Chapter 7 of No Return: The final voyage of the Destination.
  
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• Unsung heroes of the Seattle Snowpocalypse: Tell us about acts of kindness you saw during the storm

  13-02-2019 15:00
  Did you perform a random act of kindness during the recent snowstorm? Or did you witness a good Samaritan helping someone else? We want to hear your stories.
  
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• The spy who’s running for Seattle City Council

  13-02-2019 15:00
  Naveed Jamali — a former spy, naval intelligence officer and MSNBC analyst — is one of seven candidates seeking a four-year term representing Seattle City Council District 7, replacing Sally Bagshaw.
  
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• Seattle ethics commission may shine light on political work, City Hall lobbying

  13-02-2019 15:00
  The Seattle Ethics and Elections Commission could tweak disclosure rules for campaign consultants who also lobby city officials.
  
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• 8 die of measles in Ukraine this year as outbreak worsens

  13-02-2019 13:13
  KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Eight people have died of measles in Ukraine since the start of the year, already half as many as died in the whole of 2018, authorities said on Wednesday. The Health Ministry said in a statement that two deaths from the extremely contagious viral disease have been recorded since Saturday. Last […]
  
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• You're Pronouncing It Wrong: A Guide for Newcomers to Seattle

  13-02-2019 13:00
  What "Puyallup," "Leschi," and "geoducks" are, and how to say them.by Lester BlackSeattle is full of verbal land mines.Botch the pronunciation of Leschi or Duwamish, and you'll immediately give away the fact that you only recently moved here. With places like Tukwila, Puyallup, and Sequim, this area can feel like a foreign land for us English speakers.The reality—of course—is exactly the opposite: English speakers are the foreigners in this part of the world. In a twisted turn of his
  
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• You Make Me Swoon, Whole Foods Checkout Guy

  13-02-2019 13:00
  by AnonymousTo the beautiful Whole Foods checkout guy: I love you, my tall, handsome prince. Thank you for flirting with me yesterday. Someone as gorgeous and personable as you would never do that where I'm from (New York City). When you complimented my sushi-rrito and I offered to split it with you, you said no—but maybe you meant yes? I hope so. If you were mine, I would take such good care of you. As I was leaving, I made a joke about Rastafarianism. I'm sorry. That was dumb. I should h
  
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• Wow, There Are a Lot of Drugs in This Book

  13-02-2019 13:00
  Sketchtasy revisits the gay club scene of 1990s Boston without glamorizing anything—except for good hair and great dancing.by Rich SmithMattilda Bernstein Sycamore's third novel—Sketchtasy—locks us in the head of Alexa, a self-described "queen" in early her 20s who's trying to survive life in mid-1990s Boston.Random Bostonians subject her and her queer friends, along with the black and brown people in her neighborhood, to daily acts of violence. Alexa can't even walk to the lau
  
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• What's the Worst Thing About Seattle?

  13-02-2019 13:00
  We asked a bunch of people in Seattle: What do you hate about Seattle?by Nathalie GrahamEveryone knows Seattle is great. The mountains, the water, the Space Needle, the Pike Place Market, the way people gripe like it's a pastime. Seriously, if you're ever stuck for a conversation topic, gripe about something—and in no time, someone else will join you. There are a million and one gripes Seattleites have. Here are a few I collected last week when I asked around (all the redundant ones about
  
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• Want to Use Pot Medicinally? This Seattle Clinic Can Help

  13-02-2019 13:00
  Sunil Aggarwal's clinic in Eastlake is staffed with professionals who know cannabis.by Lester BlackA few months ago, a woman with chronic facial pain walked into Dr. Sunil Aggarwal's clinic off Eastlake Avenue in Seattle. The woman was in her mid-50s and had spent the last decade unable to do simple things (like brush her teeth or go to work) without feeling debilitating pain, despite heavy amounts of a prescription drug called gabapentin. After a consultation with Aggarwal, she left with a cann
  
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• The Souls of Hiphop

  13-02-2019 13:00
  The local chapter of Zulu Nation, 206 Zulu, celebrates 15 years with one of hiphop's all-time greats, Souls of Mischief.by Charles MudedeThe Universal Zulu Nation had its start in the 1970s. It was, so the story goes, an organization that attempted to steer the youth of New York City away from gang violence and into artistic production. In the 1980s, these artistic activities evolved into what is now called hiphop. There were four basic elements to this movement: rapping, DJing, graffiti, and br
  
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• Nude to Town: Where to Wear Your Birthday Suit in Public

  13-02-2019 13:00
  Places in Seattle where it's totally cool to take it all off.by Eli SandersWhere does one even begin with Seattle and nakedness? How about in 1970 (or so), with a man named Faygele ben Miriam, a prominent gay rights warrior, Radical Faerie, and strident "effeminist" who would show up at queer community meetings wearing "dresses that were not as long as his dong," as one person recalled it to me a few years back."That's asking a lot of your audience," this person said.True. And yet, as RuPaul poi
  
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