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How to Stay Safe When No one is on the Streets
With so much information being shared on how to keep ourselves, and one another, healthy during COVID-19, it can feel overwhelming – believe me, I am inundated. With many of us existing in a world of seclusion, and rarely leaving our houses, physical safety seems like an afterthought. However, it
Under The Red Umbrella Examines Sex Work in the Face of FOSTA-SESTA
Sex work is the world’s oldest profession, and it’s not going anywhere anytime soon. Often shrouded in a haze of stigma, judgement, and misunderstanding, it’s history and present is often sensationalized, marginalized, or completely silent. However, in the age of FOSTA-SESTA, silence is no longer an option we can accept.
Oakland’s Punks with Lunch Turns Three
In a climate where words such as ‘displacement’, ‘gentrification’, ‘homelessness’, and ‘addiction’ are populating our daily vocabularies with greater frequency, Punks with Lunch is a bright light in the dark night of Oakland’s current housing epidemic. In its third year, Punks with Lunch continues to operate on the simple mission
Good Bye Tom Petty
You’d think that writing this piece on Tom Petty would be easy. An homage to a man who created so many years of fantastic music. An impossible dreamer who refused to subscribe himself to the conventional narratives of giving up on what he wanted to do. A voice conveyed
How to Protest Safely and Responsibly
Right now, in this very moment, we are standing on a precipice. It’s absolutely critical that folks understand that our current coordinates place us directly in the center of a terrifying moment of history. One which screams for action. For participation. For all of us to take a long hard
The SF ‘Beatnik Bash’ Walking Tour
This post was made possible by the fine people at Gloql. We’ll be making dope Bay Area experiences with them all summer. You come to BrokeAssStuart.com because you love and appreciate our take on the city. You know that we know San Francisco better than anyone else and we’ve got insider knowledge
Keepin’ It Cool In Oakland – For Cheap
August is here, and across America it is the deepest, hottest part of the summer. The part of summer where you are sweatin’ in your skivvies and praying for winter. The Bay Area isn’t that part of the country. Instead, we shiver in the chilly fog and turn our eyes