'The Handmaid's Tale' And Coming Out As Transgender NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro talks with Vox culture critic Emily VanDerWerff, who came out publicly as a trans woman in her recent review of the new season of The Handmaid's Tale.
Marcie Sillman's weekend culture picks, June 7-9 June is here, complete with what seems like endless daylight and warmer temperatures. The first week of June is also a time for big cultural happenings; KUOW’s Arts and Culture reporter Marcie Sillman has some tips for our weekend pleasure. Marcie Sillman
Tiny Beautiful Things finds a great big beautiful stage The healing advice, power and art of Dear Sugar John O'Brien
'I Write To Understand What I Think': A Veteran Turns To Words After War Elliot Ackerman served five tours in Iraq and Afghanistan. He sees the ongoing conflicts in the Middle East as "all one war" and explains why that's particularly tough on his generation of veterans. Mary Louise Kelly
Barnes & Noble Set To Be Sold To Elliott Management For About $683 Million That price tag includes all of the book megachain's debt. Elliott's acquisition of the largest retail bookseller in the U.S. comes less than a year after it bought Waterstones, the largest in the U.K. Colin Dwyer
'Dark Phoenix' Channels The Cosmic Power Of The Comics, Avoids Going Down In Flames Thanks to a sure(ish) grip on Marvel's mutants-as-metaphor approach to storytelling, the film brings a classic comics storyline to life. Sure, it's melodramatic — but that's the X-Men for you. Glen Weldon
130 years ago, the Great Seattle Fire changed the city forever Kim Malcolm talks with MOHAI's Leonard Garfield about the Great Seattle Fire of 1889, and how it changed Seattle forever. Kim Malcolm
Actor Christina Applegate On 'Dead To Me' And Making Sure Women 'Are Heard' Applegate stars in the new Netflix series as a woman grieving the sudden death of her husband. She talks about her double mastectomy and her teenage fame on Married with Children. Terry Gross
Coming out as a transgender woman for Curiosity Club Jennifer Hegeman wanted to join KUOW's Curiosity Club. There was only one obstacle: being herself. Jennifer Hegeman
In Seattle and Sammamish, tables are being set to celebrate the end of Ramadan Tuesday night many Muslims will celebrate Eid, a festival to mark the end of Ramadan, the Muslim holy month of fasting. Often there’s a feast, and the foods are as diverse as the community. Ruby de Luna
