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Dan Savage

  • Blogs

    May 4, 2012

    Bradlee Dean attacks Dan Savage for calling parts of the Bible "bullshit"

    Bradlee Dean is on the offensive again, launching a vicious and inane attack on Dan Savage for being critical of the Bible. Savage spoke to high school students recently and talked about how it's possible to "ignore the bullshit" in the Bible about gay people "the same way we have learned to ignore ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 7, 2012

    Twins to unveil "It Gets Better" video in May

    ​Last summer, the Twins said they were "looking into" making their own "It Gets Better" video. According to Kevin Smith, Twins director of public affairs, that video will finally be unveiled early this season.In an e-mail to City Pages, Smith said the video will be shot in April and will begin run ... More >>

  • Calendar

    December 7, 2011

    Art Sex: An Annual Local Art Fair Party

    ​Last summer, the Twins said they were "looking into" making their own "It Gets Better" video. According to Kevin Smith, Twins director of public affairs, that video will finally be unveiled early this season.In an e-mail to City Pages, Smith said the video will be shot in April and will begin run ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 9, 2011

    5 most ridiculous lines on 'Watch the Throne'

    ​Kanye West and Jay-Z's collaborative effort Watch the Throne sees two of rap's hugest artists team up to become even more hugest-er. Prior to listening, I had mixed feelings about the whole concept: Both rappers are so gigantic and rich and bored that I figured the album would be like an episode ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 29, 2011

    Al Franken joins "It Gets Better" video campaign

    Franken and 12 other senators joined Dan Savage's "It Gets Better" campaign.​ Al Franken has a solid record as a supporter of gay rights, from his vocal support of gay marriage to voting for and sometimes authoring GLBT-friendly legislation. Now Franken has joined 12 other U.S. Senators in re ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 15, 2011

    Minnesota Twins plan "It Gets Better" video shoot

    ​What might the Twins have in common with the San Francisco Giants, Chicago Cubs, and Boston Red Sox? Obviously not their win-loss records (though with the Cubs, they're damn close.) No, these are the teams who have made, or are in the midst of making, an "It Gets Better" video. The It Gets B ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 20, 2011

    TPAW: What does it mean?

    Matt VisionQuestEven his own nickname has turned against him!​Hijacking politicians' names has become an honored political pastime. Alt weekly sex columnist Dan Savage successfully re-branded Santorum as a substance too disgusting to describe.So it was perhaps inevitable that T-Paw's sobriquet wou ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 7, 2011

    Pawlenty's Obama diaper joke stinks on Fox & Friends [VIDEO]

    Tim Pawlenty steps in some diaper poop.​You know you've gone too far criticizing President Barack Obama when even Fox News trashes your rhetoric as "bad for the country." But Tim Pawlenty will try anything to get noticed as he edges toward a run for the White House, while trying to shuck the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 6, 2011

    Pawlenty campaign staff loves light rail that Pawlenty fought

    Team T-Paw loves light rail.​Something caught our eye below the headline yesterday that Tim Pawlenty's soon-to-be campaign staff had leased 5,000 square feet of office space in a swank downtown Minneapolis office building. They liked the site because of the Hiawatha Line light rail link to Mi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 4, 2011

    Tim Pawlenty channels Charlie Sheen: "Winning!" (without tiger blood)

    Winning!​Tim Pawlenty has found another way to try and convince voters that he's really not the boring guy from Minnesota that everyone says he is. He's hitched his wagon to Charlie Sheen's "tiger blood" star. Sort of. He doesn't really want to have consumed every drug known to human kind, bl ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 25, 2011

    Tim Pawlenty can't make friends on Facebook

    facebookYou don't get to 100,000 friends without being more interesting than Tim Pawlenty​Tim Pawlenty just loves the "wave of the future" that is Facebook. It's just not clear that Facebook loves him back. When the former Minnesota governor announced the formation of a presidential explorat ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 23, 2011

    Tim Pawlenty: nobody knows his name

    ​What's it gonna take for Tim Pawlenty to become a household name? Over-the-top movie trailers? A bomb of an autobiography? Speaking in a Jimmy Swaggart drawl? Evidently, these recent strategies aren't enough to do it. Only 41 percent of Republicans and Republican leaners recognize our forme ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 21, 2011

    Dan Savage invites Tim Pawlenty to film "It Gets Better" video

    ​In the latest issue of Time magazine, sex columnist Dan Savage calls on former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty to record a video for the "It Gets Better" campaign.When the alt weekly sex columnist is asked who should record a public service spot against gay suicide, he named Pawlenty along with longt ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 21, 2011

    Tim Pawlenty to make presidential announcement today

    Pawlenty will officially be thinking about running.​After years of inching toward a 2012 presidential bid, former-Gov. Tim Pawlenty is expected to actually make a formal step toward the nomination. This afternoon, Pawlenty will announce plans to launch a presidential exploratory committee, ac ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 21, 2011

    Tim Pawlenty announces committee to explore presidential bid [VIDEO]

    He's now officially looking into it.​It's official: Tim Pawlenty is formally considering running for president. In just the type of bombastic, over-the-top video we've come to expect from T-Paw -- complete with a patriotic score, quick shots of American flags blowing in the wind, and jets fly ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 18, 2011

    Lance Lundsten, gay Minnesota teen, may have died from congenital heart defect, not suicide [UPDATE]

    FacebookLance Lundsten died on Saturday.​Another gay Minnesota teen is dead. But did he kill himself? This much is undisputed: Saturday evening near 10 p.m., Lance Lundsten, an 18-year-old from Miltona, was found unresponsive and rushed from his home to Douglas County Hospital, where he died. ... More >>

  • Arts

    October 20, 2010

    Anon at Gremlin Theatre

    Diving into the sexual heart of darkness

  • Blogs

    October 14, 2010

    Lawmakers push anti-bullying legislation

    brainbloggerMaking bullying an issue​DFL lawmakers are trying again to pass a law against homophobic school bullying, and they've found a high-profile platform: When the Legislature meets in a special session to approve emergency flood aid next week. The legislation comes on the heels of a rash o ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 15, 2010

    Dan Savage wants you to make a day-trip to Iowa

    ​Note: the author's sole motivation for posting this is to pay homage his home state trick you into believing Iowa is more awesome than it actually is. Really, though, visit Iowa. And make sure to bring your tourist dollars.Our annual 'Best Of' issue is set to hit newsstands next week, and among t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 8, 2009

    Sexual abuse found in St. Louis Park nursing home

    A nursing assistant at Texas Terrace Care Center stands accused of molesting a dementia patient.

  • Blogs

    September 2, 2009

    Dan Savage: Bachmann trying to get Obama killed

    Savage said "the Michele Bachmanns of the world and the Glenn Becks of the world are actively and consciously, or subconsciously, trying to get... the president killed."

  • Blogs

    May 1, 2009

    The Wet Spot: Celebrating national masturbation month

    The economy is garbage, pigs are coughing on people causing the downfall of society and somehow Vin Diesel is a big star again. It's time for some stress relief.

  • Calendar

    April 22, 2009

    This American Life Live

    The economy is garbage, pigs are coughing on people causing the downfall of society and somehow Vin Diesel is a big star again. It's time for some stress relief.

  • Calendar

    April 22, 2009

    This America Life Live

    The economy is garbage, pigs are coughing on people causing the downfall of society and somehow Vin Diesel is a big star again. It's time for some stress relief.

  • Calendar

    April 22, 2009

    This American Life Live

    The economy is garbage, pigs are coughing on people causing the downfall of society and somehow Vin Diesel is a big star again. It's time for some stress relief.

  • News

    July 2, 2008

    Readers respond to Savage Love snafu

    The economy is garbage, pigs are coughing on people causing the downfall of society and somehow Vin Diesel is a big star again. It's time for some stress relief.

  • Blogs

    June 17, 2008

    Top 10 Google searches we've done in the past six months

    The economy is garbage, pigs are coughing on people causing the downfall of society and somehow Vin Diesel is a big star again. It's time for some stress relief.

  • News

    May 28, 2008

    James Lileks's Ode to Summer

    In his first column for City Pages, the author tackles sex ed, Minnesota winters, and Miley Cyrus

  • Columns

    April 18, 2007

    Savage Love

    In his first column for City Pages, the author tackles sex ed, Minnesota winters, and Miley Cyrus

  • News

    March 21, 2007

    Prairie Homophobic Companion

    Garrison Keillor pulls an Ann Coulter in his latest homespun column

  • Columns

    January 10, 2007

    Savage Love

    Garrison Keillor pulls an Ann Coulter in his latest homespun column

  • Columns

    October 25, 2006

    Savage Love

    Garrison Keillor pulls an Ann Coulter in his latest homespun column

  • Columns

    October 4, 2006

    Savage Love

    Garrison Keillor pulls an Ann Coulter in his latest homespun column

  • Columns

    June 7, 2006

    Savage Love

    Garrison Keillor pulls an Ann Coulter in his latest homespun column

  • Columns

    February 15, 2006

    Savage Love

    Garrison Keillor pulls an Ann Coulter in his latest homespun column

  • Columns

    October 19, 2005

    Savage Love

    Garrison Keillor pulls an Ann Coulter in his latest homespun column

  • Columns

    October 12, 2005

    Savage Love

    Garrison Keillor pulls an Ann Coulter in his latest homespun column

  • Columns

    October 5, 2005

    Savage Love

    Garrison Keillor pulls an Ann Coulter in his latest homespun column

  • Columns

    September 28, 2005

    Savage Love

    Garrison Keillor pulls an Ann Coulter in his latest homespun column

  • Columns

    September 21, 2005

    Savage Love

    Garrison Keillor pulls an Ann Coulter in his latest homespun column

  • Columns

    September 7, 2005

    Savage Love

    Garrison Keillor pulls an Ann Coulter in his latest homespun column

  • Columns

    January 19, 2005

    Savage Love

    Garrison Keillor pulls an Ann Coulter in his latest homespun column

  • Movies

    October 13, 2004

    On The Hook

    Nomadic cineaste Jamie Hook swings over to Minnesota

  • News

    February 12, 2003

    The Sex Issue

    Nomadic cineaste Jamie Hook swings over to Minnesota

  • Arts

    November 27, 2002

    Cynical, Bitter, Jaded as Hell. Also Naked.

    Websites like Suicide Girls provide porn with an indie rock attitude

  • Music

    February 17, 1999

    Turn Off Howard

    Howard Stern's billboard controversy; local rockers censor themselves

  • Feature

    September 1, 1998

    Dancing Temps, Moaning Jetts, and Savage Love

    Howard Stern's billboard controversy; local rockers censor themselves

  • News

    March 18, 1998

    A Dose of Reality

    After years of gathering dust on drugstore shelves, the female condom may finally be on its way to finding acceptance among gay men and Third World women.

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