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Strapped Winter Playlist: Nataanii Means, Rachel Bochner, Suzzallo, and Infinite Coles

Strapped Winter Playlist: Nataanii Means, Rachel Bochner, Suzzallo, and Infinite Coles

The winter always feels haunted. It’s cold and dark out, and in the Pacific Northwest, wet. There’s something mournful about it. Bruised. It gets cold here, but not the kind of cold it gets elsewhere in the US. Low 30s, sometimes 20s. You don’t get deadly cold

Anna of the North Shatters Without Breaking on 'Girl in a Bottle'

Anna of the North Shatters Without Breaking on 'Girl in a Bottle'

Listening to Girl in a Bottle feels like reading pages ripped out of your own diary. It’s Anna of the North’s fourth studio album and it’s unnervingly intimate—you feel like you’re being let into someone’s confidence and stripped bare all at once. With each

'Alien: Earth' Is Terrified of its Own Queerness

'Alien: Earth' Is Terrified of its Own Queerness

I wasn’t sure if I wanted to write about Alien: Earth one episode at a time or just wait until the season wraps. But four episodes in—halfway through its eight-episode run—the show feels like it’s finally planted its feet. It’s still a chaotic mess, sure,

Essay: Scent Memory

Essay: Scent Memory

Content warnings: sexually explicit content, dysphoria, dissociation, allusion to sexual trauma and violence, detailed description of smells and tastes. I could still smell her cum on me. Salt-fresh, beachy. I could feel it hitting the back of my throat, coating my tongue. I turned on the shower. I tried to