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Columns & Opinion, 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
- Tags: Savage Love, gay bdsm bottom scene, Amp, Watts the Safeword, Recon.com, FetLife, MetalbondnNYC.com, IML, MAL, CLAW, New York Bondage Club, Ruff's Stuff, nonmonogamy, open relationships, fuck buddies, bi-curious, nonmonogamous relationships, spanking, fetishes, bears, Brendan Mack, XL Bears, Matt Bee, Bearracuda Worldwide

Blogs, Bleader Nov 23, 2016
A Thanksgiving conversation that isn’t about Donald Trump

A guide to surviving the holiday
- By Aimee Levitt
- Tags: Humor, News, Politics, Donald Trump, politics, football, Bears, Mexico, Oaxaca, turkeys, pie, mince pie, energy

Blogs, 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
- Tags: You Are Here, Show Us Your..., Arts, Food Chain, Visual Art, Food & Drink, The Rock Cafe, Lizzadro Museum of Lapidary Art, Dorothy Asher, Sylvia Josefek, Chicago’s Championship Rings, Bulls, Blackhawks, Bears, White Sox

Blogs, 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
- Tags: Politics, News, Pat Quinn, Rahm Emanuel, Illinois Sports Facilities Authorities, Goldman Sachs, Lou Bertuca, White Sox, Bears, Green Bay Packers, Bruce Rauner, ISFA, Kurt Summers, Marriott hotel, DePaul

Blogs, 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
- Tags: Politics, Sports, News, Aaron Rodgers, Bears, Chicago, city council, Clay Matthews, DePaul basketball arena, Ed Burke, Green Bay Packers, Jay Cutler, Jordy Nelson, Marriot Hotel, Mike McCarthy, parking meter deal, parking meter lease deal, Pat O'Connor, Rahm Emanuel, Richard Daley, Richard M. Daley, Richard Mell

Blogs, Bleader Jan 15, 2014
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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
- Tags: Sports, News, History, Cubs, Clark the Cub, mascot, baseball history, cubs, bears, Lincoln Park Zoo, Joa, Clara Maduro, Charles Dryden, Ring Lardner, furries, J. Ogden Armour, Charley Weeghman, Wrigley Field, Upton Sinclair, Audio

Blogs, 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
- Tags: Do This, Arts, Pretty Woman, Point Break, Another 90s Party, Emilio Estevez, Bears, The Mighty Ducks, Beauty Bar, Oak Park Public Library, Golden Horse Ranch Band, Sky Ferreira, Everything Is Embarrassing, Cass McCombs, Ghost, Terry Richardson, Pitchfor, Katy Perry, Schubas, How to Dress Well, High Highs.

Blogs, 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 Reader's Agenda for Saturday, February 2, 2013
- By Drew Hunt
- Tags: Do This, Arts, Dave Eggers, A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius, A Hologram for the King, The Chicago Park District turns Soldier Field, Bears, F This Movie, F This Movie Fest

Blogs, 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
- Tags: Mudville, Sports, Chicago, Cubs, White Sox, Air & Water Show, Bears, Mark Grace

Blogs, 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
- Tags: Mudville, No Alternative Week, Sports, Chicago Cubs, White Sox, Blackhawks, Bulls, Bears, Comiskey Park, Bill Veeck, Windy City Rollers, Variations on a Theme

Blogs, Bleader Oct 24, 2011
Sex and the city edition

Take our news quiz today and get lucky tonight.
- By Steve Bogira
- Tags: Media, News, Newspapers, sexy, ad campaign, Newspaper Association of America, Iran, New York Times, Prince Nayef bin Abdul Aziz, President Obama, foreclosures, Bears, Tampa Bay, Soldier Field, Wembley Stadium, Roman Colosseum, CTA, Libya, Transitional National Council, women's rights, World Series, one percenters

Columns & Opinion, 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
- Tags: Savage Love, Oral sex, blow job instruction, probing, pregnancy, pre-come, birth control, humiliation, abortion, disagreement, foot fetish, parent boundaries, bears, masturbation, female porn, girl porn, girl postive porn

Blogs, Bleader Feb 13, 2009
The real Albini is still funnier

Lucid TV drafts Steve Albini for a strip.
- By Miles Raymer
- Tags: Music, Crickets, Steve Albini, Joy Division, Lucid TV, Bears, visual art, The Internet

Blogs, Bleader Apr 28, 2008
He was who they thought he was

Rex Grossman's character is his fate.
- By Whet Moser
- Tags: Rex Grossman, Bears

Film, Movie Review Nov 9, 1989
Bear Essentials
- By Jonathan Rosenbaum
- Tags: Movie Review, Jean-Jacques Annaud, Gerard Brach, bears, Jack Wallace, Tcheky Karyo, Andre Lacombe

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