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Does Your Woman Have Bad PMS? Tell Her to Smoke Some Weed

Let's roll you a joint, madam​Recently, we wrote about a study which claimed that a majority of medical marijuana users in California are probably white men. Not included in the study was how many of those men were acquiring marijuana to placate their wife or girlfriend to cure the myriad of "wome ... More >>

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Let's roll you a joint, madam​Recently, we wrote about a study which claimed that a majority of medical marijuana users in California are probably white men. Not included in the study was how many of those men were acquiring marijuana to placate their wife or girlfriend to cure the myriad of "wome ... More >>

R.I.P. Hazel Dickens, American Legend, Feminist Folk Singer, and Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Fixture

Jay BlakesbergHazel Dickens with Dolly Parton and Warren Hellman​Hazel Dickens, a bluegrass singer who played every Hardly Strictly Bluegrass festival since the free event began in 2001, died today at age 75.Described by the Washington Post as "a living legend of American music," Dickens use ... More >>

Look at the Shoulders on That One!

Jay BlakesbergHazel Dickens with Dolly Parton and Warren Hellman​Hazel Dickens, a bluegrass singer who played every Hardly Strictly Bluegrass festival since the free event began in 2001, died today at age 75.Described by the Washington Post as "a living legend of American music," Dickens use ... More >>

What To Do? Nellie McKay @ Great American Music Hall

​Nellie McKay @ Great American Music Hall Our love of Nellie McKay knows few bounds, because she's the female Rufus Wainwright, she's Lucille Ball plus Janeane Garofalo, and most of all she's a mad, cracked master of lyrics. But why should this feminist be interested in Doris Day, the musician wh ... More >>

Listen Up, Girls, Here's the Plan

​Nellie McKay @ Great American Music Hall Our love of Nellie McKay knows few bounds, because she's the female Rufus Wainwright, she's Lucille Ball plus Janeane Garofalo, and most of all she's a mad, cracked master of lyrics. But why should this feminist be interested in Doris Day, the musician wh ... More >>

Sure Real

​Nellie McKay @ Great American Music Hall Our love of Nellie McKay knows few bounds, because she's the female Rufus Wainwright, she's Lucille Ball plus Janeane Garofalo, and most of all she's a mad, cracked master of lyrics. But why should this feminist be interested in Doris Day, the musician wh ... More >>

Hear Them Roar

​Nellie McKay @ Great American Music Hall Our love of Nellie McKay knows few bounds, because she's the female Rufus Wainwright, she's Lucille Ball plus Janeane Garofalo, and most of all she's a mad, cracked master of lyrics. But why should this feminist be interested in Doris Day, the musician wh ... More >>

The Black Kate Moss

​Nellie McKay @ Great American Music Hall Our love of Nellie McKay knows few bounds, because she's the female Rufus Wainwright, she's Lucille Ball plus Janeane Garofalo, and most of all she's a mad, cracked master of lyrics. But why should this feminist be interested in Doris Day, the musician wh ... More >>

Pow! Blam!

​Nellie McKay @ Great American Music Hall Our love of Nellie McKay knows few bounds, because she's the female Rufus Wainwright, she's Lucille Ball plus Janeane Garofalo, and most of all she's a mad, cracked master of lyrics. But why should this feminist be interested in Doris Day, the musician wh ... More >>

Too Much Nature

Getting wet at the Academy of Sciences.

The Worst Lyrics of 2008

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LoveFest, Castro Street Fair, Yerba Buena Artists Ball and the World Veg Festival: Your Monday Morning Hangover

Getting wet at the Academy of Sciences.

What's the Matter, Beautiful?

Getting wet at the Academy of Sciences.

It's No Wonder

Getting wet at the Academy of Sciences.

Girls Rock! hits nerves of the teen psyche variety

Getting wet at the Academy of Sciences.

Politics didn't play into decision not to prosecute domestic violence case, DA says

Getting wet at the Academy of Sciences.

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