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Posted inArts & Culture
The rise of the viral drag queens
A generation that grew up queer on the Internet finds a home on Chicago’s drag stages.
Posted inColumns & Opinion
How to deal with sex-shaming family members over the holidays
Dan gives advice to a couple on tumblr, a “free sexual woman,” and the younger half of an age-gap couple, all dreading upcoming gatherings.
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In Assassination Nation, as in life, female power can instill fear when it poses a threat to the patriarchy
It’s a lesson in taking back agency in a world that constantly tries to strip young women of it.
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An Internet-free ‘bookbar’ in Lincoln Park has banned laptops in favor of books and conversation
Kibbitznest Books, Brews & Blarney attempts a return to old-fashioned coffeehouse culture.
Posted inColumns & Opinion
Does sex cause STIs?
Dan on STIs, long-distance commitments, and easier anal play.
Posted inBlogs
12 O’Clock Track: “You’ll Cowards Don’t Even Smoke Crack” is outsider-hip-hop brilliance
“You’ll Cowards Don’t Even Smoke Crack” by Viper is an excellent combination of oddball outsider art and Houston hip-hop.
Posted inColumns & Opinion
Porn = incesticide?
Dan on incest fantasies, an overweening mom, and a disability fetish.
Posted inArts & Culture
Collage therapy
Collages by two artists—one Polish, one Indian—are media for the postmodern age.
Posted inColumns & Opinion
Media innovation, down the tubes
Has the flush toilet done more for society than the digital revolution? According to some journalists, yes.
Posted inBlogs
Shoenice put my phone number on YouTube
The Internet’s strangest video star gave my phone number to thousands of his devotees.
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Yom Kippur taught me I don’t read so good no mores
As part of my Yom Kippur fast, I stuck my head in a book instead of a computer. Mensch, it had been a while
Posted inMusic
Tumblr: threat or menace?
Don’t worry, Tumblr isn’t turning creators into mere regurgitators—it’s injecting new blood into an old remix culture
Posted inBlogs
This is how the Internet is supposed to work
The true purpose of the Internet is revealed