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Motherhood and domestic labor: How the pandemic showed women are 'still in a condition of servitude'

Seattle author Angela Garbes' new book is about domestic labor — and the huge amount of work that motherhood is, and the way society undervalues it. She also touches on its power to drive social change.
- Libby Denkmann
Personal space be damned: A non-hugger rethinks her position

Some time in my 40s, I developed a reputation for “not being a hugger.” It’s not so much that I have suddenly grown uncomfortable with hugs in my middle age; I’ve just become more comfortable saying so.
- Terri Chung
Soundside goes live: 'Modern creators' build connection through medieval music and the metaverse

Live from Town Hall Seattle, it's Soundside.
- Libby Denkmann
40 years ago, the Falkland-Malvinas War transformed Latin rock

When English-language music was banned in 1982, Spanish-language groups found an opportunity.
- Fi O'Reilly
On the arts calendar: Sweat, reSET, and time capsule visions of a future Black archive

Marcie Sillman shares creative options for your arts & culture weekend
- Kim Malcolm
The late Norm Macdonald left fans a surprise stand-up special

The Saturday Night Live star, who died last year after a battle with cancer, shot a one-hour special from his living room. Norm Macdonald: Nothing Special will stream on Netflix starting May 30.
- Dustin Jones
How a father's gift brought sense to an uncertain life, from 'Zelda' to 'Elden Ring'

Contributor Alexander Tuerk revisits departed family and the virtual worlds that sustained him in uncertain times.
- Alexander Tuerk
Netflix alters corporate culture memo to stress the importance of artistic freedom

In a substantive edit to Netflix's public-facing statement on work culture, the company states that employees might have to work on titles they "perceive to be harmful."
- Andrew Limbong
Casual Friday with Eula Scott Bynoe and Lex Vaughn

This week we were battered with another round of fake spring. A nationwide formula shortage is stressing out parents and caregivers, and Sound Transit’s escalators won’t be fixed until 2031 We break it down with Battle Tactics For Your Sexist Workplace’s Eula Scott Bynoe and The Needling’s Lex Vaughn.
- Patricia Murphy
Seattle’s 'Hope Corps' will pay unemployed and underemployed artists to create public art

‘When artists come into any community and work with that community, it's elevated. It gives a community a vision.’
- Kim Malcolm

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