AltWeeklies Wire
Let's Talk About Deathnew
Saying goodbye isn't easy, but it's an important part of life. We explore the Bay Area's evolving relationship with the end of life, from Boomer care and Death with Dignity to the "death midwives" movement.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Steve Jones |
11-01-2013 |
Culture
Burners in Fluxnew
Why would anyone spend four months and $180,000 building something that will only last a week? The answer says a lot about Burning Man culture.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Steven T. Jones |
09-08-2010 |
Culture
Tags: Burning Man
The Bay Area's Wonderful Women of BDSM Aren't Bound by Conventionnew
In San Francisco, the old Rousseauian adage "Man is born free, but everywhere he is in chains," could easily be rephrased as: "Woman is born free, and everywhere she uses chains to get off."
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Juliette Tang |
09-23-2009 |
Culture
Burning Man Seeks a Higher Profile as Black Rock City Cultivates the Metropolitan Idealnew
Maybe Burning Man can't save the world, but its leaders and participants are increasingly focused on using the models and principles involved with building and dismantling Black Rock City in the Nevada desert every year to help renew and restore urbanism in the 21st century.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Steven T. Jones |
09-16-2009 |
Culture
The Rise and Fall of a Polk Street Hustlernew
Corey Longseeker is a telling remnant of this gentrifying San Francisco neighborhood's colorful past.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Joey Plaster |
03-18-2009 |
Culture
Hipsters and the Emergence of Altpornnew
Altporn is, on a basic level, porn that features models who are representatives of real-life subcultures like goth, punk, rave, emo, rockabilly, and hipster.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Juliette Tang |
02-04-2009 |
Culture
Tags: pornography, altporn
Will 2012 Bring the End of the World as We Know It?new
The presidential candidates talked a lot about change, but they didn't mention a huge one that has been bearing down for nearly 5,200 years: the colossal transformation of solar system and our collective psyche that the ancient Mayans and their modern day supporters believe will take place Dec. 21, 2012, the day the Mayan calendar comes to an abrupt end.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Meghan McCloskey |
11-06-2008 |
Culture
San Francisco's Gen X Parent Boomers Need to Get a Gripnew
Thanks to a surge in results-oriented fucking among the white, heterosexual ruling class, this city has become overrun with decaf-latte-sipping, thousand-dollar-stroller-pushing, overly together supermoms who will tear you multiple assholes if you even think about stepping near their two-legged petri dish specimens.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Amanda Nowinski |
11-21-2007 |
Culture
Scavenging's New Spiritnew
Life, liberty, and the pursuit of freebies in San Francisco.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Justin Juul |
10-10-2007 |
Culture
SF Bay Guardian's Best of the Bay 2007new
In 1974, Esquire magazine asked the Guardian for ideas for its Best of the USA issue - thirty-three years later, our Best of the Bay is still going strong.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Staff |
07-30-2007 |
Culture
How Slow Can We Go?new
Free wireless could make sluggish internet even slower.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Sarah Acker |
07-05-2007 |
Culture
A Hole in the Streetnew
How one homeless man's death impacted the various San Francisco communities he looked after.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Lisa Katayama |
05-30-2007 |
Culture
Confessions of a Porn Directornew
A gay adult movie insider reflects on the bang biz.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Ben Leon |
02-07-2007 |
Culture
Tags: lifestyles
Burning Brandnew
A lawsuit by a Burning Man cofounder could expose the event and its icons to commercial exploitation.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Steven T. Jones |
01-17-2007 |
Culture
Tags: lifestyles
Hard on the Jobnew
Getting ahead in the Bay Area's burgeoning adult-content industry.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Deborah Giattina |
01-10-2007 |
Culture
Tags: lifestyles
