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O, Cannabis! Get Weed Now — No Medical Card Required, if you know where to go

O, Cannabis! Get Weed Now — No Medical Card Required, if you know where to go

by Kristin Palpini | Feb 20, 2017 | Articles, Columns, Featured, News, Newsletter, O Cannabis!

Standing outside a strip mall in Springfield, I pull on the handle of the double-deadbolted door of a storefront with dark windows and a paper green arrow that says “Herbs” hanging under the company sign, but it doesn’t budge.I can hear men inside talking and...
Missed Connections: Thank you for saving my life with your cigarette!

Missed Connections: Thank you for saving my life with your cigarette!

by Advocate Staff | Feb 20, 2017 | Articles, Newsletter

If you’ve never checked out Craigslist’s Missed Connections section, you really should. The Western Mass forum is full of wistful near-meets and longing. Below is a compilation of “missed connections” items from craigslist.org. Entries include post date. I miss...
Love Trumps Hate: Transgender women find romance in an insane world

Love Trumps Hate: Transgender women find romance in an insane world

by Kristin Palpini | Feb 6, 2017 | Articles, News, Newsletter

In a warm cottage at the end of a dirt road in Jacksonville, Vermont, Brianna Harris and Amy McNeil discuss the “creepy” side of their relationship.The couple, a ski resort grounds keeper and an engineer who have been together for seven years, exchange knowing...
Love is in the Ear: The Alternative Bangin’ Sex Playlist

Love is in the Ear: The Alternative Bangin’ Sex Playlist

by Advocate Staff | Feb 6, 2017 | Articles, News, Newsletter

Feel like makin’ love? You could bang along to the radio Top 40, Advocate reader, but that’s probably not your style. If you’re not into Selena Gomez, Ed Sheerhan, or Calvin Harris — ugh — we’ve got you covered with alternative love songs. Because metal heads, rude...
Between the Lines: Is Science Under Attack?

Between the Lines: Is Science Under Attack?

by Kristin Palpini | Feb 6, 2017 | Articles, Between the Lines, News, Newsletter

The Trump administration’s order that all presentations and publications by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency be vetted by political appointees before their release to the public sent a shot of pain down my neck.Doug Ericksen, the EPA’s communications director...
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