Illustrations by Yasiman Ahsani.
By the time we’d left the party, the tool belt on my hips was no longer weighed down by White Claws. I’d chosen to put my costume’s accessory to good use: getting as drunk as possible...
When I consider the most iconic fashion moments in music, I think of Lil’ Kim’s purple pasty ensemble (and other monochromatic looks), Missy Elliott’s inflatable trash bag suit, Salt-N-Pepa’s matching kufis paired with spandex bodysuits, and TLC’s fishnet tops...
Fall is upon us. Come drizzly skies, come death, come a Saturday Halloween where people in this corporate snoozetown will actually go out. Gas prices are still high, and Iran is still exploding! Trump banned the press from the...
After giving years of my life to this paper and reaching the point of my career where people have to listen to me, I’m returning to the marsh I crawled out of, Chicago. Have I lost my mind?
I’m writing...
Dear extremely lanky man napping with his shins stretched out in the aisle on my 6 a.m. bendy bus to work:
Mondays suck, mornings suck. So I get it, you wanted a nap. But couldn’t you do it in...
Take a break from planning your Halloween costume to check out these newly announced shows! “Messy” singer Lola Young brings her Everything Begins Tour to Seattle next spring. Irish rockers Fontaines D.C. plan to support their soon-to-be-released fifth album,...
ARIES (March 21-April 19): “Dear Oracle: My secret terror is being ordinary. I need to be special, and lately I’m worried I’m just average and unremarkable. That thought is repugnant to me! Can you offer any advice? —Afraid of...
Despite months of collaboration, the King County Department of Public Defense (DPD) has distanced itself from Seattle City Attorney Erika Evans’ new therapeutic court and her additional strategy to punish repeat offenders with harsher sentences. The public defenders think...
It’s happening again: We’ve rolled out our temporary walls to mount a one-night exhibition at the office! We want to keep the love train going for our 2026 Genius Award winners, so this month, we’re showcasing artists from Actualize...
Vance gleefully announced that the Trump administration is banning Microsoft from a green card program to recruit immigrant workers. Vance said, “If you do the math, for every worker that Microsoft laid off, they replaced that worker with one...
