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Quickies

1. I’m a woman living with a supportive, caring man. We’ve been together — on and off — for twenty years. The sex is always hot when we get back together. Then, after a year, the sex fades to nothingness. I believe the problem is that hot “reunited” sex only turns me on for a while and […] The post Quickies appeared first on The Stranger.

Slog AM: Washington Green-Lights Menopause Workplace Accommodations, Bird Masturbation Is Normal, Trump to Dismantle Pivotal Ocean Monitoring System

Mazel to the Menopausers: Gov. Bob Ferguson signed an executive order to create workplace accommodations for the nearly 600,000 working women experiencing perimenopause, menopause, or postmenopause. Symptoms include hot flashes, mood swings, and insomnia, and they can be the reasons women leave their jobs. The executive order doesn’t list the specific workplace accommodations, but the […] The post Slog AM: Washington Green-Lights Menopause Workplace Accommodations, Bird Masturbation Is Normal, Trump to Dismantle Pivotal Ocean Monitoring System appeared first on The Stranger.

The Top Seattle Athletes That Didn't Make the Cut

They're good, but they didn't make our list of the greatest—for one reason or another.

Things to Do in June: This & That

Want more? Here’s everything we recommend this month: Music, Visual Art, Literature, Performance, Film, Food, and This & That. DubSea Fish Sticks Home OpenerJune 6This summer, you should go to a DubSea Fish Sticks game. Get your ass out to White Center to Mel Olson Stadium inside King County’s Steve Cox Memorial Park and watch […] The post Things to Do in June: This & That appeared first on The Stranger.

Things to Do in June: Performance

Want more? Here’s everything we recommend this month: Music, Visual Art, Literature, Performance, Film, Food, and This & That. Disappearance at the Rocky Mountain Leatherdyke SnowpicnicJune 5–20I’ve been saying it for years: Pride month needs more ski slope murder mysteries. Thankfully, the good people at the Annex Theatre have listened. Writer Monty Rozema and director […] The post Things to Do in June: Performance appeared first on The Stranger.

Things to Do in June: Music

Want more? Here’s everything we recommend this month: Music, Visual Art, Literature, Performance, Film, Food, and This & That. Tarteeth, Fleamale, Toxic Tears, Alista Shay, Atrocity GirlJune 4Self-proclaimed as “Seattle’s Seraphic Rapper” and “Egyptian Enigma,” Central District’s own Tarteeth has been busy forming a charitable community organization called New World Orchard, the entity behind this […] The post Things to Do in June: Music appeared first on The Stranger.

Things to Do in June: Visual Art

Want more? Here’s everything we recommend this month: Music, Visual Art, Literature, Performance, Film, Food, and This & That. Lars Bergquist: Recognize Me in EverythingJune 4Lars Bergquist grew up here, and his relationship to the city is informed by how he’s moved through both its seen and unseen underbelly as a street artist. For years, […] The post Things to Do in June: Visual Art appeared first on The Stranger.

Things to Do in June: Literature

Want more? Here’s everything we recommend this month: Music, Visual Art, Literature, Performance, Film, Food, and This & That. One Book, One Coast: Zine-Making Workshop with DenshoJune 6Founded in 1996, the Densho project was designed to ensure the World War II incarceration of Japanese Americans didn’t get forgotten—but it’s branched out to other elements of […] The post Things to Do in June: Literature appeared first on The Stranger.

Things to Do in June: Film

Want more? Here’s everything we recommend this month: Music, Visual Art, Literature, Performance, Film, Food, and This & That. Bleak WeekJune 5–11At the heart of Bleak Week, a weeklong film fest that, the Beacon says, “spotlights some of the greatest films from around the world that explore the darkest sides of humanity, as well as […] The post Things to Do in June: Film appeared first on The Stranger.

All! The! Pride! Parties!

Hyper: The Return of the EndJune 5With DJs Hyperpoppers, Rowan Ruthless, Viper Fengz, and Aquarium Drink, and performances by Pupusa, Miss Mimi Gina, Uh Oh, and Hoochie Papa. (Cherry, 10 pm, 21+) Space Age: A Futuristic Drag CabaretJune 5Hosted by Indie Scent and Kitty Vixen, this drag show includes performances by Vima Venom, Claude Ville, […] The post All! The! Pride! Parties! appeared first on The Stranger.

Last Month This Month

It’s almost America’s birthday, but before that, it’s gay people’s birthday, for a whole month. The President will not be normal about this. Things are not going well for him, you see, and a national game of smear the queer hits the spot when your approval rating is taking a nose dive over an unpopular […] The post Last Month This Month appeared first on The Stranger.