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Columns & Opinion
,
Savage Love
Jan 3, 2019
'Please tell me where I can find my porn!'
How Tumblr's ban on NSFW content harms queer and kinky people. Plus: you shouldn't need a "spotter" at a swinger party.
By Dan Savage
Tags:
Savage Love
,
bisexual
,
bisexuality
,
edging
,
Tumblr
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Alexander Cheves
,
Porn
,
LGBTQ
,
swinger
,
GGG
Columns & Opinion
,
Savage Love
Dec 13, 2018
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.
By Dan Savage
Tags:
Savage Love
,
Dan Savage
,
Savage Love
,
tumblr
,
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,
slut-shaming
,
straight-shaming
,
age-gap
,
porn
,
internet
,
family
,
holidays
Arts & Culture
,
Book Review
Jun 19, 2015
The Ghost Network
gives you three mysteries for the price of one
Also included: anarchy, architectural theory, investigative journalism, and pop music
By Janet Potter
Tags:
Book Review
,
The Ghost Network
,
Catie Disabato
,
Book Cellar
,
Cyrus Archer
,
the Situationists
,
Tumblr
Arts & Culture
,
Book Review
May 20, 2015
Recommended
A long-overdue collection of Jessica Hopper's music writing plants a flag for female rock critics
It also shows the evolution of a distinctive voice into a well-known byline.
By Kevin Warwick
Tags:
Book Review
,
The First Collection of Criticism by a Living Female Rock Critic
,
Jessica Hopper
,
Pitchfork
,
Tumblr
,
EMP Pop Conference
,
Sufjan Stevens
,
the Smell
,
Jim DeRogatis
,
R. Kelly
,
Pedro the Lion
,
David Bazan
,
Corner Stone
,
Recommended
Columns & Opinion
,
Savage Love
Jan 8, 2015
Advice for the milquetoast missionary man
What to say when she asks you what you want to do. Plus: sexy secrets, a bottom with a problem
By Dan Savage
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Savage Love
,
Dan Savage
,
Savage Love
,
sex
,
bras
,
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,
Tumblr
,
LTR
,
gay man
,
anal sex
,
tops
,
bottom
,
female condoms
,
frottage
Columns & Opinion
,
Savage Love
Dec 11, 2014
Brave new (genderfluid) world
A few tips for those baffled by the host of new gender identities. Plus: what to do when your college-age child comes out as asexual.
By Dan Savage
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transgender
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gender neutral
,
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,
Washington Post
,
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,
Wikipedia
,
Jezebel
,
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,
lesbianism
,
Asexuality Visibility and Education Network
,
threesomes
Music
,
Gossip Wolf
May 28, 2014
Gossip Wolf: Brooklyn band Go Deep want their stolen gear back
Plus: Savage Sister drop more dreamy jams, and the Whistler gives away the last of 1,000 free LPs.
By J.R. Nelson and Leor Galil
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Gossip Wolf
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Brooklyn
,
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Go Deep
,
Wicker Park
,
Tumblr
,
Danny Rico
,
Mason Avery
,
Savage Sister
,
Wild Sleep
,
Huge Moves
,
M83
,
Cocteau Twins
,
BLVD Records
,
Oshwa
,
My Gold Mask
,
Whistler Records
,
Milwaukee Avenue Arts Festival
,
Billy Helmkamp
,
Mazes
,
Bird Names
,
Mass Shivers
,
Matt Ulery
,
Loom
,
Jim Becker
,
Logan Square
Food & Drink
,
Food & Drink Feature
Dec 23, 2013
Our favorite restaurants of 2013
From suburban ramen to west-side barbecue to tiki time in River North
By Mike Sula
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Food & Drink Feature
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Tumblr
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Characteristically Unimpressed Mike Sula
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new restaurants
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criticism
,
Mike Sula
,
Sam Worley
,
Mara Shalhoup
,
Chicago Reader
,
Matthias Merges
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A10
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Paul Kahan
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Nico Osteria
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The Radler
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Lincoln Square
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Rainbow Cuisine
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Wanpen Phosawang
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Pramote Rukprueksachart
,
Spoon Thai
,
Ramen Misoya
,
Gene Kato
,
Mount Prospect
,
Sumi Robata Bar
,
River North
,
Japonais
,
GastĂ³n Acurio
,
Tanta
,
Three Dots and a Dash
,
Paul McGee
,
Lettuce Entertain You
,
bars
,
restaurants
,
Dillman's
,
Brendan Sodikoff
,
The Berkshire Room
,
Benjamin Schiller
,
cocktails
,
Reno
,
Katie Wyer
,
Rickshaw Republic
,
Homestyle Taste
,
Chinatown
,
Bridgeport
,
Sze Chuan Cuisine
,
Ben's Bar-Be-Cue
,
Smalls Smoke Shack
,
Takito Kitchen
,
Carnivale
,
David Dworshak
,
Ajoomah's Apron
,
Billy Sunday
,
Blackwood BBQ
,
Chop Shop
,
Dusek's
,
Gogi
,
Johnny Casserole
,
The Little Goat
,
Milt's Barbecue for the Perplexed
,
Oon
,
Parson's Chicken & Fish
,
Sofi
,
Ward Eight
,
Yan Bang Cai
,
Ahjoomah's Apron
,
The Chop Shop
,
Dusek's Board & Beer
,
Little Goat Diner
,
Sofi Restaurant
,
Berkshire Room
,
dining in 2013
Blogs
,
Bleader
Aug 15, 2013
Stream Earl Sweatshirt's
Doris
now. Do it.
Odd Future's most mysterious member returns with a casually brilliant second album.
By Miles Raymer
Tags:
Do This
,
Music
,
Earl Sweatshirt
,
Odd Future
,
hip-hop
,
Tumblr
Music
,
In Rotation
Aug 9, 2013
In Rotation: Jeanine O'Toole of Bare Mutants on how to commemorate Jerry Garcia's deathiversary
Plus: Eternals front man Damon Locks on Shirley Bassey, the
Reader
's Miles Raymer on the Outsidaz, and more
By Miles Raymer
Tags:
In Rotation
,
Friendzone
,
James Laurence
,
Dylan Reznick
,
A$AP Rocky
,
Main Attrakionz
,
rap
,
rap instrumentals
,
The Outsidaz
,
Noz
,
Andrew "Noz" Nosnitsky
,
Andrew Nosnitsky
,
Tumblr
,
Ras G
,
Miles Raymer
,
Jeanine O'Toole
,
Jean Ritchie
,
folk music
,
lap dulcimer
,
The Grateful Dead
,
movies
,
documentaries
,
film
,
David Grisman
,
mandolin
,
Jerry Garcia
,
records
,
demos
,
albums
,
Girls Rock! Chicago
,
Damon Locks
,
Bare Mutants
,
Eternals
,
Exploding Star Orchestra
,
Pat Thomas
,
Black Power
,
pop culture
,
LP art
,
Shirley Bassey
,
The Chico Hamilton Quintet
,
jazz
,
Elmer Bernstein
Columns & Opinion
,
Savage Love
Jul 18, 2013
Does sex cause STIs?
And other uncomplicated questions. Plus: An easier anal experience.
By Dan Savage
Tags:
Savage Love
,
gay
,
STI
,
trans boy
,
hormone therapy
,
condom
,
unprotected sex
,
pregnancy
,
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,
HIV
,
bi
,
virgin
,
role-play
,
online sex
,
bachelor's degree
,
graduate school
,
online relationship
,
Internet
,
kinks
,
Skype
,
anal sex
,
lubrication
,
top
,
bottom
,
butt plugs
,
vibrating eggs
,
London
,
dungeon
,
Tumblr
Blogs
,
Bleader
May 24, 2013
Video
The uncanny choreography of World Order
Following Grimes's Tumblr pays off yet again.
By Miles Raymer
Tags:
Whoa
,
Arts
,
Music
,
Dance
,
Grimes
,
Tumblr
,
World Order
,
Genki Sudo
,
David Byrne
,
Video
Music
,
In Rotation
May 23, 2013
In Rotation: Ned Hepburn of
Death and Taxes
on the awesomeness of the new Daft Punk album
Plus:
RedEye
columnist Ernest Wilkins on the latest from the "Hot Cheetos & Takis" kids, the
Reader
's Miles Raymer on finally liking Vampire Weekend, and more
By Miles Raymer
Tags:
In Rotation
,
Miles Raymer
,
Chicago Reader
,
Vampire Weekend
,
headphones
,
Sony MDR-ZR100 headphones
,
Sony Studio Monitors
,
Ned Hepburn
,
Daft Punk
,
Radiohead
,
She & Him
,
Zooey Deschanel
,
GG Allin
,
The Ramones
,
The Saints
,
punk
,
Glue Sniffin' Teen Trash!
,
compilations
,
The Avengers
,
Crime
,
The Milkshakes
,
Beats by Dre
,
Grimes
,
Tumblr
,
RedEye
,
Y.N. Rich Kids
,
hip-hop
,
FIDLAR
,
Double Door
,
Hennessy Youngman
,
Puala Cole
,
Ernest Wilkins
Blogs
,
Bleader
Apr 18, 2013
We asked, you showed us #wherechieats
We're going public with the food porn you leaked on Instagram.
By Gwynedd Stuart
Tags:
The Internet
,
Food & Drink
,
food issue
,
food porn
,
instagram
,
reader pics
,
tumblr
,
gallery
,
#wherechieats
,
han 202
,
great sea chinese
,
the peasantry
,
kumas too
Columns & Opinion
,
Savage Love
Feb 28, 2013
"Stop cock-in-frock-blocking your friend"
Plus: It’s never too early to start thinking about birth control.
By Dan Savage
Tags:
Savage Love
,
transvestite
,
Las Vegas
,
Kevin Garnett
,
Europe
,
gay
,
bisexual
,
beer goggles
,
transgender
,
Tumblr
,
sex-reassignment surgery
,
cross-dresser
,
drag queens
,
gynandromorphophiles
,
high school
,
virgin
,
college
,
birth control
,
IUD
,
nonhormonal copper IUD
,
progesterone-releasing IUD
,
sexually transmitted infections
,
condoms
Music
,
Music Feature
Feb 27, 2013
Video
Who's really doing the Harlem Shake?
What this month's biggest meme says about cultural property and appropriation on the Internet.
By Miles Raymer
Tags:
Music Feature
,
The Harlem Shake
,
Plastic Little
,
viral videos
,
attribution
,
Tumblr
,
cultural appropriation
,
Le1f
,
Time.com
,
Burton W. Peretti
,
cultural property
,
Philadelphyinz
,
Mad Decent
,
popular culture
,
sampling
,
internet memes
,
Filthy Frank
,
Baauer
,
Harlem
,
EDM
,
hip-hop
,
Puff Daddy
,
YouTube
,
Billboard
,
manifest destiny
,
Video
Blogs
,
Bleader
Jan 11, 2013
Video
Tumblr comes alive in new Deathface video
Juggalos, fake blood, and more
By Miles Raymer
Tags:
On Video
,
The Internet
,
Music
,
Deathface
,
Johnny Love
,
Marilyn Manson
,
juggalos
,
Lil Internet
,
seapunk
,
Tumblr
,
Twitter
,
Video
Blogs
,
Bleader
Dec 29, 2012
Video
Frank Ocean and pop music's online identity in 2012
Frank Ocean leads the charge in making the Internet and pop music safer for sincerity
By Leor Galil
Tags:
Year in Review
,
Music
,
Frank Ocean
,
Channel Orange
,
Tumblr
,
Grantland
,
Steven Hyden
,
Emily White
,
Lana del Rey
,
Riff Raff
,
Damon Krukowski
,
Pitchfork
,
Kendrick Lamar
,
Chief Keef
,
Reddit
,
Violentacrez
,
Gawker
,
Michael Brutsch
,
TextEdit
,
Video
Blogs
,
Bleader
Nov 30, 2012
Video
More Saturday night music options: Dancing machines, Internet rappers, and more
Lungfish, Kreayshawn, and Kid Koala all play Saturday night
By Miles Raymer
Tags:
Do This
,
Music
,
Daniel Higgs
,
Michael Zerang
,
Kid Koala
,
Adventure Time
,
Kreayshawn
,
Rye Rye
,
Honey Cocaine
,
Chippy Nonstop
,
Tumblr
,
Video
Music
,
Music Feature
Nov 20, 2012
Who owns trap?
Does music born of Dirty South drug wars have any place in squeaky-clean dance clubs?
By Miles Raymer
Tags:
Music Feature
,
trap rap
,
trap music
,
Roland 808
,
Lex Luger
,
Rick Ross
,
EDM
,
David Drake
,
So Many Shrimp
,
Complex Magazine
,
acid trap
,
trap-ah-ton
,
trapstep
,
Flosstradamus
,
SoundCloud
,
Diplo
,
Jeffree's
,
Mad Decent
,
Trap Shit 6/9
,
UZ
,
Million Dollar Mano
,
Tumblr
,
Rihanna
,
Calvin Harris
Blogs
,
Bleader
Nov 10, 2012
How social media might be hurting presidential elections
My problems with social media, exacerbated during the presidential election
By Tal Rosenberg
Tags:
Broken
,
Election 2012
,
Media
,
News
,
Barack Obama
,
Mitt Romney
,
election 2012
,
social media
,
Twitter
,
Facebook
,
Tumblr
Blogs
,
Bleader
Oct 23, 2012
12 O'Clock Track: DSTVV, "Molly Soda"
Your introduction to the catchy world of "industrial grungegaze"
By Miles Raymer
Tags:
12 O'Clock Track
,
Music
,
12 O'Clock Track
,
DSTVV
,
Molly Soda
,
Noise Addict
,
Kathleen Hannah
,
Zain Curtis
,
Teen Witch
,
Tumblr
Best of Chicago
,
City Life
Jun 20, 2012
Critics' Picks
Best Local Writer who Excels at Social Media
Britt Julious
By Tal Rosenberg
Tags:
City Life
,
Britt Julious
,
Britticisms
,
Groupon
,
This Recording
,
Gapers Block
,
Rhizome
,
Design Bureau
,
Twitter
,
Tumblr
,
social media
,
Critics' Picks
Blogs
,
Bleader
Jun 19, 2012
A photo of Morrissey with a cat on his head
Morrissey let someone put a cat on his head for a promo photo
By Kevin Warwick
Tags:
Broken
,
Paranormal
,
Narcissism
,
Music
,
Morrissey
,
cat
,
Best of Chicago
,
Tumblr
,
meme
,
Chicago Theatre
Blogs
,
Bleader
May 11, 2012
Japanese Lady Gaga fans rule, unsurprisingly
Photographer Terry Richardson documents Lady Gaga's Asian tour and fans
By Miles Raymer
Tags:
Music
,
Visual Art
,
Lady Gaga
,
Terry Richardson
,
Asia
,
Japan
,
tour
,
photography
,
Tumblr
,
fashion
,
amazingness
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