Peter-Astrid Kane, Author at 48 hills

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Finnish your drinks

November 27, 2019

“Hyvää joulua” might not roll off the tongue as mellifluously as “Mele Kalikimaka,” but it is indeed the thing to say on a dark...

News + Politics

Gay Chadian immigrant detained by ICE caught in asylum limbo

November 12, 2019

In its ongoing quest to bring virtually all immigration to a halt (and monetize global strife), the Trump administration proposed last week raising the citizenship...

Culture

Marina Times editor freaks out about diversity

November 6, 2019

Everyone knew this was coming. When the San Francisco Chronicle hired restaurant critic Soleil Ho to replace 30-year veteran Michael Bauer, the question wasn’t so...

At Dirtybird Campout, chasing summer’s waggling tail-feather

November 4, 2019

I never heard so much disco at a music festival as I did at Dirtybird West Coast Campout 2019 earlier this month. One of my...

Movies

Transgender visions in urgent times

October 31, 2019

Visibility has always been a guiding principle of queer liberation. From Harvey Milk’s “Come out, come out, wherever you are” to the debates over...

Culture

The San Francisco Mint is haunted!

October 23, 2019

It’s hard to be a jaded adult and walk through a haunted attraction without failing to suspend your disbelief at least a little. “Ooh, that...

Memories of the Ulcer Department

October 18, 2019

People who’ve watched a couple seasons of Orange Is the New Black sometimes think they have a savvy understanding of what it’s really like...

Onstage

Navigating gender’s fluidity in a sea of apps with ‘#femMASCULINE’

October 8, 2019

When San Francisco artist Kevin Seaman walked into the Lone Star or other similar LGBTQ spaces dressed as his outspoken and cartoonishly hyperfeminine drag...

Lit

At Litquake, the infamous Literary Death Match hits 500

October 7, 2019

The field of literature is often criticized for its focus on dead writers, but you can’t blame Literary Death Match for adding to the...

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