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Generations of activism: Checking in with Cleve Jones

Joshua Rotter - June 18, 2020

The LGBTQ community has already survived the tragic loss of Harvey Milk, the deaths of hundreds of thousands during the AIDS pandemic, and decades...

Culture

Tom Ammiano’s feisty new memoir tells all, from Milk to mayoral run

Marke B. - May 7, 2020

In 'Kiss My Gay Ass,' the eminent politico, activist, comedian, teacher, and personality spills the tea.

Lit

Tori Amos: ‘Artists will be the second round of responders’

Joshua Rotter - May 6, 2020

Singer-songwriter Tori Amos is quick to applaud the first responders—the doctors, nurses, and EMTs—who are currently risking their lives to save others during the...

Lit

A Drag Queen Story Hour star and activist publishes her own kids’ book

Joshua Rotter - May 5, 2020

For the majority of Americans, drag queens are performers they catch every Friday night on RuPaul’s Drag Race or at their local gay bar...

Lit

The mother who stoned San Francisco

Joshua Rotter - April 20, 2020

Alia Volz, the author of Home Baked: My Mom, Marijuana, and the Stoning of San Francisco, knew she had a good story on her hands. Every...

Lit

So, what do kids say about living in San Francisco?

Emily Wilson - April 12, 2020

Katie Burke grew up in a family of five children in Phoenix, Arizona. She felt, like she thinks many children do, that she was...

Lit

SF’s Juli Delgado Lopera on language, matriarchy, and ‘Fiebre Tropical’

Marke B. - March 11, 2020

UPDATE: The book release party has been postponed, but you can still buy Fiebre Tropical at Booksmith. When I met San Francisco author, artist, and...

Lit

Opinion: Octavia Butler’s mission is yours, too—should you choose to accept it

Anand Jay Kalra - February 13, 2020

Octavia E. Butler (1947-2006) was a visionary artist. Since the publication of her first novel, Patternmaster, in 1976, millions of people have read her...

Arts + Culture

At Zinn Fair, Peter Cole explores SF’s unique history of labor and race

James Tracy - December 3, 2019

In Dockworker Power: Race and Activism in South Africa and the San Francisco Bay Area, labor historian Peter Cole uncovers the undocumented history of waterfront...

Lit

Red-hot but clear-eyed, Flea recounts his youth in ‘Acid for the Children’

Joshua Rotter - November 4, 2019

Michael “Flea” Balzary told 48 Hills that he credits three things with keeping the fiery Red Hot Chili Peppers together for almost four decades. First,...

Lit

Generations of activism: Checking in with Cleve Jones

Tom Ammiano’s feisty new memoir tells all, from Milk to mayoral run

Tori Amos: ‘Artists will be the second round of responders’

A Drag Queen Story Hour star and activist publishes her own kids’ book

The mother who stoned San Francisco

So, what do kids say about living in San Francisco?

SF’s Juli Delgado Lopera on language, matriarchy, and ‘Fiebre Tropical’

Opinion: Octavia Butler’s mission is yours, too—should you choose to accept it

At Zinn Fair, Peter Cole explores SF’s unique history of labor and race

Red-hot but clear-eyed, Flea recounts his youth in ‘Acid for the Children’

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