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Four women — members of rock band L7 — pose on a park bench wearing sunglasses.
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The Women Who Built Grunge

by Lisa Whittington-Hill June 29, 2022August 21, 2023

Bands like L7 and Heavens to Betsy were instrumental to the birth of the grunge scene, but for decades were treated like novelties and sex objects. Thirty years later, it’s time to reassess their legacy.

Posted inEditor's Pick

The Scientific Methods of J. Kenji López-Alt

by Peter Rubin February 25, 2022January 25, 2023

“At 42, López-Alt now has the actual dad status to justify the doofy jokes he inserts into his recipes. When Alicia was born, he left food writing to be a full-time parent. Last year he left pretty much every social media platform except Instagram, where he currently clocks more than 450,000 followers. His career has […]

Posted inHighlight, Nonfiction, Quote Posts

The Seattle Police Shooting of Native Woodcarver John T. Williams, 10 Years Later

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands August 28, 2020October 19, 2022

“I don’t think you can talk about police accountability in our region without also talking about the murder of John T. Williams.”

Posted inEditor's Pick

The Shooting of John T. Williams, 10 Years Later

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands August 27, 2020October 19, 2022

“A decade ago, Seattle police officer Ian Birk shot and killed a well-known Native woodcarver in the community — because he carried a pocketknife. Today, his older brother Rick Williams reflects on his unjust death.”

Posted inFood, Nonfiction, Quote Posts, Quotes

Bivalves of the Heart

by Aaron Gilbreath July 10, 2019October 19, 2022

Clams, family, and fried fish.

Posted inNonfiction

The Curious Tale of the Salish Sea Feet

by Kea Krause April 8, 2019April 21, 2023

To date, 21 disembodied feet have washed up on the shores of Seattle’s Salish Sea. What at first looked like the work of a serial killer turned out to be something even more unsettling: A message from the ocean about who we are.

Posted inCurrent Events, Nonfiction, Uncategorized

California’s Housing Crisis Is About Jobs, Not Houses

by heymarkarms July 17, 2017October 19, 2022

It’s not the pace of housing construction. It’s that the world’s most successful companies are gathered in a small number of cities.

Posted inUncategorized

‘Let’s Suck This Week Less Than We Did Last Week’: An Oral History of The Stranger

by Longreads October 12, 2016October 19, 2022

Twenty-five years after its debut, here is the story of an independent newspaper in Seattle that spawned Dan Savage and won a Pulitzer Prize.

Posted inStory

‘Let’s Suck This Week Less Than We Did Last Week’: An Oral History of The Stranger

by Longreads October 12, 2016October 19, 2022

Twenty-five years after its debut, here is the story of an independent newspaper in Seattle that spawned Dan Savage and won a Pulitzer Prize.

Posted inNonfiction, Reading List

A Reading List Inspired by Seattle

by Emily Perper May 2, 2016October 19, 2022

Seattle was cool and sunny. The flowers were more vivid than anything I’d ever seen on the East Coast. I touched the Pacific Ocean for the first time. I slept on a goddamn sailboat. Washington, I love you.

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