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07 Mar 2017

Art, Feminism, & Wikipedia

Art+Feminism is an international campaign to improve content on women and the arts on Wikipedia and encourage female editorship and participation in the online encyclopedia. San Francisco Art Institute is hosting a special satellite edit-a-thon in the Walter and McBean Galleries, currently home to A Living Thing, an installation by the artist Mel Ziegler. Throughout its run, A Living Thing offers a sanctuary for conversations, performances, debate, and acts of solidarity and resistance—through an open mic during all gallery hours, and an open call to anyone in the local community who wishes to contribute to the life represented by the flag.

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07 Mar 2017

The Pros & Cons of Not Drinking (in The Marina)

I’ve decided to give up drunk texting booze for a month. I am on day 15 which is an accomplishment in and of itself. What prompted my temporary abstinence from the sauce?  A myriad of things, but to name a particular instance: last weekend I went to a party.  ‘Twas

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06 Mar 2017

You Can’t Spell San Francisco Without a Few Exes

You can’t spell San Francisco without a few exes. From the person you had a one-night stand with six years ago, to the one who suddenly stopped texting you after dating for a couple months, to the person you loved so completely that it nearly broke you: Running into people you’ve been involved with is an inevitability.

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03 Mar 2017

The Democratic Party is Dead to Me

This originally appeared in my Broke-Ass City column in the SF Examiner. I wrote it the morning after the election. I still feel that the Democratic party is sabotaging itself by not taking hard left populist turn.   As I write this, it is a beautiful day in San Francisco. It’s in the

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03 Mar 2017

Best Safe and Legal Abortion Options in NYC

So. You’re in New York City. You’re pregnant. And you’d like to stop being pregnant. There are a number of ways you could have gotten here, and a number of ways you could feel about it. You could be single or partnered, younger or older, someone who already has kids

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03 Mar 2017

Doc Pop on How to Live a Fun, Fulfilling & Creative Life

Doctor Popular (aka Doc Pop) is a modern day renaissance man. He’s a photographer, a musician, a writer, an artist, a designer, a seamster, a prankster, and at one point, the 3rd best yo-yoer in the world. Yes really, he yo-yoed for a living. The crazy thing is that Doc

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01 Mar 2017

Impeach President Bannon Shirts Support the ACLU

Grab one of these Impeach President Bannon shirts (we have lots of colors) and 1/3 of my profits will be donated to the ACLU. Men’s crew neck here.  Women’s crew neck here. Often times when people are dying from a terminal illness, they get a two or three day reprieve right before they

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01 Mar 2017

We wanna send you to see a boy named Youngr!

Youngr is the son of musician August Darnell (Kid Creole & The Coconuts). He is also a rising talent from London taking influence from the likes of Justin Timberlake, Bruno Mars, Calvin Harris, Miike Snow and NERD. He is quickly becoming known for hi one-take live bootleg videos. His most

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