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Columns & Opinion
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Savage Love
Feb 7, 2018
‘How does one get into the gay BDSM bottoming scene?’
Amp from Watts the Safeword and two other experts advise. Plus: "I'm straight. Can I still be a bear?" and more
By Dan Savage
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Amp
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Recon.com
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MetalbondnNYC.com
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IML
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MAL
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CLAW
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New York Bondage Club
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Ruff's Stuff
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nonmonogamy
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open relationships
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fuck buddies
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bi-curious
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nonmonogamous relationships
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spanking
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fetishes
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bears
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Brendan Mack
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XL Bears
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Matt Bee
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Bearracuda Worldwide
Blogs
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Bleader
Nov 23, 2016
A Thanksgiving conversation that isn’t about Donald Trump
A guide to surviving the holiday
By Aimee Levitt
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Donald Trump
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politics
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Bears
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Mexico
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Oaxaca
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turkeys
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pie
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mince pie
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energy
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Bleader
Mar 21, 2015
The food at the Lizzadro Museum of Lapidary Art really rocks
"The Rock Cafe" at the Lizzadro Museum of Lapidary Art serves up stones that look good enough to eat.
By Jake Malooley
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You Are Here
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Show Us Your...
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Bleader
Dec 12, 2014
Governor Quinn gives Mayor Rahm the finger one last time
With the appointment of Lou Bertuca to the ISFA, Governor Quinn gets one last chance to wave his middle finger in Mayor Rahm's face.
By Ben Joravsky
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Green Bay Packers
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Bruce Rauner
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ISFA
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Kurt Summers
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Marriott hotel
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DePaul
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Bleader
Nov 12, 2014
Chicago's voters deserve the Bears
Let's face it, Chicago voters—when it comes to politics, you're as wimpy as the Bears.
By Ben Joravsky
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Marriot Hotel
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Mike McCarthy
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Pat O'Connor
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Rahm Emanuel
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Richard Daley
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Richard M. Daley
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Richard Mell
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Bleader
Jan 15, 2014
Audio
Cubs mascots: A dark and tragic history
Clark the Cub joins a tradition rife with humiliation, betrayal, and murder. Also losing and futility.
By Aimee Levitt
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Bleader
Mar 30, 2013
Reader's
Agenda Sat 3/30: Another 90s Party, Golden Horse Ranch Band, and Sky Ferreira.
What's on the
Reader's
Agenda for Saturday, March 30, 2013
By Drew Hunt
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Beauty Bar
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Oak Park Public Library
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Everything Is Embarrassing
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Terry Richardson
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Katy Perry
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Schubas
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How to Dress Well
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Bleader
Feb 2, 2013
Reader
's Agenda Sat 2/2: Dave Eggers, ice-skating at Solider Field, and F This Movie
What's on the
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's Agenda for Saturday, February 2, 2013
By Drew Hunt
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A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius
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A Hologram for the King
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The Chicago Park District turns Soldier Field
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Bears
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F This Movie
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F This Movie Fest
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Bleader
Aug 17, 2012
Baseball bereft, or the horror of the Air & Water Show
Both the Cubs and the White Sox are out of Chicago this weekend
By Ted Cox
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Chicago
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Cubs
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White Sox
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Air & Water Show
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Bears
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Mark Grace
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Bleader
Jun 1, 2012
There's always an alternative in Chicago sports, except . . .
There's always an alternative in Chicago sports—except to the overall dominance of the Bears
By Ted Cox
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No Alternative Week
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Bill Veeck
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Bleader
Oct 24, 2011
Sex and the city edition
Take our news quiz today and get lucky tonight.
By Steve Bogira
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Newspaper Association of America
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President Obama
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CTA
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Libya
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Transitional National Council
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women's rights
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World Series
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one percenters
Columns & Opinion
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Savage Love
Sep 15, 2011
Should I let my boyfriend "probe" me down there?
Plus: Should I stop my boyfriend getting me off in front of my parents? Also: Is it bad for girls to masturbate with porn?
By Dan Savage
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Savage Love
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blow job instruction
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pre-come
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humiliation
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parent boundaries
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bears
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female porn
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girl porn
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girl postive porn
Blogs
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Bleader
Feb 13, 2009
The real Albini is still funnier
Lucid TV drafts Steve Albini for a strip.
By Miles Raymer
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Music
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Crickets
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Steve Albini
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Joy Division
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Lucid TV
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Bears
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visual art
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The Internet
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Bleader
Apr 28, 2008
He was who they thought he was
Rex Grossman's character is his fate.
By Whet Moser
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Rex Grossman
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Bears
Film
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Movie Review
Nov 9, 1989
Bear Essentials
By Jonathan Rosenbaum
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Movie Review
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Jean-Jacques Annaud
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Gerard Brach
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bears
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Jack Wallace
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Tcheky Karyo
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Andre Lacombe
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