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• A Forced Engagement

  20-03-2024 22:00 via thestranger.com
  
  On International Women's Day!by AnonymousOn International Women's Day, outside QFC on Broadway and Pike, I was blasting my music, hands full of groceries, when you—a pretty person who to me presented as nonbinary—walked up to me and asked me to take my headphones out. When I did, you pointed out a man behind me saying, “Hey, he likes your pants.”Turning around, a man clearly high off his ass was shouting about how much he liked my skintight leggings. I thanked him and put
  
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• Five Laurie Anderson Songs That Aren’t “O Superman”

  20-03-2024 20:50 via thestranger.com
  
  If you’re new to Anderson, or just looking for a refresh, join us on this crash course primer of songs to add to your queue.by Audrey VannLaurie Anderson has made an awe-inspiring mountain of music across her 40-year career as an experimental, trailblazing artist. You can attach multiple creative practices to her name, but her most well-known song—thanks to radio play from famed BBC DJ John Peel and an unexpected gen-z resurgence that landed her on the TikTok Billboard Top 50—i
  
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• Stranger Suggests: Anida Yoeu Ali's The Buddhist Bug, Make Believe Film Festival, CMAT, Sanctuary City, the Cherry Blossom Festival

  20-03-2024 20:30 via thestranger.com
  
  One really great thing to do every day of the week.by Lindsay CostelloWEDNESDAY 3/20  
  Morgan Parker and Jane Wong Discuss You Get What You Pay For
  (BOOKS) Renowned poet Morgan Parker's National Book Critics Circle-winning poetry book Magical Negro pulled its title from the Spike Lee-coined term for Black characters with quasi-magical powers. It's an incredible testament to 21st-century Black femininity, and I read it in one sitting. Pick it up if you haven't, then head to this talk wi
  
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• Saline Infusion Enthusiasts, Rejoice!

  20-03-2024 19:21 via thestranger.com
  
  A new episode of the Savage Lovecastby The StrangerYou guys! We are in crisis! There are just not enough hot young women! DO. THE. MATH.
  A woman is dating a trans woman. Her girlfriend recently got bottom surgery and wants to try being penetrated by an actual penis, as opposed to a toy. Should the caller allow for an open relationship to accommodate this?Strap in, folks, we’re unveiling a new extra spicy segment of the show called “What Are You Doing?” Dan reaches out to folks
  
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• Yes, JK Rowling, the Nazis Did Persecute Trans People

  20-03-2024 18:32 via thestranger.com
  
  This conversation is not really about Nazis any more than constant squabbles over gender-affirming care are about children.by Vivian McCallLast week, children's book author JK Rowling tweeted some more nonsense about transgender people. In this case, she disputed the fact that Nazis destroyed early research on the community:I just… how? How did you type this out and press send without thinking ‘I should maybe check my source for this, because it might’ve been a fever dream&rsq
  
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• Slog AM: Fred Hutch Blood Test Detects Colon Cancer, Texas Immigration Law Blocked Again, Jared Kushner Says Gaza Waterfront Could Be "Valuable"

  20-03-2024 16:36 via thestranger.com
  
  The Stranger's morning news roundup.by Vivian McCallFred Hutchinson researchers develop colorectal cancer blood test: In a study published in the New England Journal of Medicine, researchers compared the results from their new test to the colonoscopy results of 8,000 participants, finding that the test accurately detected cancer 83% of the time. Researchers hope their test could help curb preventable deaths from colorectal cancer, which is the second-leading fatal cancer in the US. It doesn&rsqu
  
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