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Dan Savage 'Miffed' That Pa. Candidate Returned His Checknew
Earlier this year, Dan Savage (pictured), editor of The Stranger, threw his support behind Pennsylvania Democrat Bob Casey Jr.'s run for the Senate. Savage sent Casey's campaign a $2,100 check, and encouraged the Seattle alt-weekly's readers to donate also -- not because he agrees with all of Casey's views, but because of his dislike for Casey's opponent, the incumbent Rick Santorum. In fact, after Santorum compared gay sex to incest and bestiality in 2003, Savage asked readers of his syndicated advice column to create a new sex-related definition for "santorum," with a memorable result. Casey's campaign learned of Savage's Santorum-related activities and returned his check, the editor announced Tuesday on Slog, The Stranger's blog. Savage is donating the money to the group Philadelphians Against Santorum instead.
The Stranger |
07-28-2006 2:07 pm |
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Politician Rejects Dan Savage's Donation Over 'Vulgar' Commentsnew
Philadelphia Inquirer |
07-28-2006 2:36 pm |
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Savage Stirs Up Gay Marriage Controversy in Wash. House Race
On May 21, Dan Savage wrote a post on Slog, the Stranger's blog, drawing attention to what he believed were misleading tactics used by volunteers for Jamie Pedersen, a candidate for state representative in Seattle's 43rd District. According to Savage, Pedersen's volunteers at a local street fair were "making it sound like Jamie was the only candidate running in the 43rd who supports marriage equality"; Pedersen is the only gay candidate, but all six Democratic candidates support marriage for same-sex couples."You got my attention, Jamie -- and lost my vote. Way to be a weasel, Pedersen," Savage wrote. A subsequent story in the Post-Intelligencer said the rant created a "teapot tempest" that is "a window into the complex world of gay politics in Seattle and reflects the power wielded by a man known as much for his explicit sex advice as for his iconoclastic punditry and journalism." Pedersen denied being deceptive and told the daily that he still hoped to get the Stranger's endorsement. Expressing surprise at the hoopla, Savage said, "If I really wanted to put a knife in Jamie Pedersen, I would have put all this crap in the paper," adding that he wrote the blog post while drunk.
05-26-2006 11:59 am |
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Dan Savage Claims Patty Calhoun Slipped Him a 'Roofie'
Or perhaps "speculates" would be the proper way to describe Savage's remark, which was made at the beginning of a presentation promoting his most recent book, "The Commitment," at the Tattered Cover book store in Denver.
Apparently Mr. Savage Love and the editor of Westword went out for a couple
of drinks prior to the speech. Unfortunately, Savage's other slanderous
allegations cannot be published on this family-friendly Web site. For the
20-second MP3 version, click here. And if the kids are out of the room, you can
listen to the entire speech here.
03-17-2006 11:43 am |
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The Stranger's Office Picketed -- By Four Catholic Abstinence Advocates
The Stranger's staff was ready for a protest after running the controversial Muhammad cartoons last week, Editor Dan Savage writes on Slog, The Stranger's blog. Instead, they were targeted by four members of Catholic Youth Abstaining (C-YA) who were upset by the paper's humorous coverage of their efforts to put the "Saint" back in "St. Valentine's Day." The blog also contains a photo of the four "humor-challenged, orgasm-deprived kids" holding a sign with a picture of Jesus and the words "be mine." Savage reports that the protest ended abruptly after 10 minutes and speculates,"Maybe they were afraid we were going to come down and fuck them?"
02-15-2006 1:14 pm |
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The Stranger's Valentine's Day Bash Offers Revenge for Brokenheartednew
Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
02-15-2006 10:14 am |
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Dan Savage: The Muslim Community in Seattle 'Gets It'new
AP via Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
02-10-2006 2:24 pm |
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The Stranger Publishes Muhammad Cartoonsnew
The Seattle Times |
02-09-2006 11:28 am |
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Grocery Chain Bans Ottawa XPress Due to Savage Lovenew
CBC Ottawa |
11-04-2005 3:41 pm |
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Dan Savage on His Attraction to Wonkette and Other Topics
The editor of The Stranger publicizes his latest book, "The Commitment," in
a new interview with Boulder, Colorado's Dirt. Among other topics, Savage also discusses the process behind his weekly sex column, the kind of people he likes to hire at the Stranger, and why he thinks "newspapers are a graveyard for people who have lost their ambitions and passions."
10-19-2005 10:08 am |
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Dan Savage's New Book "About Creating and Appreciating Family"
So says Brangien Davis in this lengthy feature previewing "The Commitment," due to be released later this month by Dutton. Among other topics, Davis talks to the sex columnist and editor of The Stranger about his family -- both old and new -- and gay marriage. Explaining why he doesn't feel that the family focus of "The Commitment" is philosophically at odds with his weekly sex column, Savage says, "If people are reading my column closely, I think they can see I'm conservatively pro-family. Most people have sex with their spouses, and being pro-sexual-pleasure is the way to keep that love alive."
09-13-2005 3:35 pm |
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Dan Savage's New Book Slated for Late September Release
"The Commitment: Love, Sex, Marriage, and My Family" is a look at marriage and, as the publisher's promotional copy puts it, "the culture of couple-hood," illustrated by the dynamics of Savage's own family -- his partner, their adopted son, his conservative Republican dad and his Catholic mom. Dutton will publish the book on September 22.
09-08-2005 10:00 am |
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Julia Goldberg on the Medill Conference
On her blog this morning, the Santa Fe Reporter editor summarizes the AAN/Medill Writers Workshop, as well as the Editorial Committee meeting that preceded it. She says the programming "was all quite good," with the high point for her being the discussion between Westword editor Patricia Calhoun and former Westword writer, Julie Jargon, about their story that broke the Air Force rape scandal. She also says Dan Savage was funny and provocative, and although she thinks his philosophy is "pretty reductive," he had everyone "talking about what he had to say well into the night."
08-15-2005 10:38 pm |
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Dan Savage, Steve Bogira to Present at AAN/Medill Writers Workshop
Savage is editor of The Stranger and author of the ubiquitous Savage Love, and Bogira is a staff writer for the Chicago Reader and author of the recently released and highly-praised "Courtroom 302: A Year Behind the Scenes in an American Criminal Courthouse." Also on tap: Mike Sager ("Scary Monsters and Super Freaks: Stories of Sex, Drugs, Rock 'n Roll and Murder"), an award-winning writer for Esquire magazine who started his journalism career at Creative Loafing. The workshop will be held at the Medill School of Journalism on the Northwestern Univ. campus on Aug. 12-13; registration materials will be issued next week.
06-30-2005 5:03 pm |
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Post-Election Stranger Cover Becomes a Collector's Itemnew
Requests for the Nov. 11 edition of The Stranger are pouring into the Seattle alt-weekly's offices, largely from readers who found a degree of post-election solace in the issue's unorthodox cover, according to the Seattle Post-Intelligencer. The cover features text in a series of colored bars that reads "Do not despair," before reassuring readers that they're part of a "diverse, dynamic, and progressive … urban archipelago" that voted overwhelmingly for Kerry. "People really responded to it," says editor Dan Savage, who wrote the cover text. Incoming requests for the issue number around 500, and that's just the beginning. "People want T-shirts, people want posters," says Savage.
Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
11-30-2004 12:37 pm |
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