Welcome to Brain-Throbs & Blow Jobs, a new column that highlights the great minds and perspectives of Bay Area sex workers through interviews and photo portraits. Come support your local sex workers this Saturday at the Sex Worker Justice Now rally in downtown Oakland. June 2  is International Sex Worker’s Day,

This week harnesses all the uncertainty of negotiations with North Korea and a stock market tanking over the threat of new sanctions, but we’re pretty clear on a few things: racists, basketball, Puerto Rico and righteous love for Tower of Power. Racists and the “in” crowd Far be it for

Oh Reno, how I love you. I want to pet your seedy underbelly. Let your vintage neon signs light up my face. Eat your $10 prime rib at midnight. Wonder about the sordid history of the carpet in your casinos. Watch your river flow by and let my mind wander.

When you’re young, broke and beautiful AND living in one of the most expensive cities in the world it can be hard finding entertainment for free. Lucky for you here’s a list of events going on around the city this weekend that cost no dinero. FRIDAY JUNE 1st 7th ANNUAL

Eric Barry Writes is a new podcast featuring pieces of writing, from poetry to short stories and all the bizarre-in-between, all presented in audio form. Think of it like short-form audiobooks with some flare. In this week’s episode, a woman struggling with life inside and outside the bedroom finds the answers

Kyle Dunnigan has earned an Emmy nomination for his work, he’s also contributed on-air comedic pieces for The Howard Stern Show. He recently sat in the “Artie Lange Chair” for several shows which nobody else has done for years. Kyle continues to grow his online following with his weekly podcast Professor Blastoff

San Francisco is a thieving-ass city. It steals hearts. It takes away breath. It captures people’s imaginations after just a single visit. But it’s also larcenous in more concrete ways. Shattered car windows cover sidewalks all over town, sparkling like ill-begotten street diamonds.

Broke-Ass Stuart is a proud sponsor of the SF Docfest!  A wonderful festival full of great independent films and really fun events all over the SF! It’s festival season in the Bay Area.  And no, I’m not talking about some massive, $300 a ticket, porta-pottied, music festival.  Fuck no.  We’re