The V-Spot: What do I do with this dick pic?
A dick pic is not just a picture of a body part. It’s a larger culture of sexual domination, entitlement, and violation all wrapped up into one, easily-photographable object.
V-Spot: How Do I Raise a Sex-Positive Kid?
My kid would end up very confused if we only called his nose his “nah-nah” or his mouth his “lil chompie chomper.”
Free Will Astrology: Be pure as peanut butter, Virgo
ARIES (March 21-April 19): We’re in the equinoctial season. During this pregnant pause, the sun seems to hover directly over the equator; the lengths of night and day are equal. For all of us, but especially for you, it’s a favorable phase to conjure and cultivate...
Ona Canoa on the Valley Advocate Sessions Stage
Ona Canoa combines three-part folk harmonies with baritone uke, flute, and guitar.
Letters to the editor: A lifetime of suffering for a moment’s diversion?
“Times have changed since the early days of this festival.”
Bizarro Briefs: Praying with Robot Priests
A robot named Mindar is operating at a 400-year-old Buddhist temple in Kyoto, Japan, and is programmed to give sermons.
Valley Advocate Sessions Podcast: OroborO
OroborO combines experimenatal rock with punk, metal, and mathy riffs.
The Beerhunter: Caleb Hiliadis Takes the Lead at Amherst Brewing
When Amherst Brewing Company opened it doors in 1997, Caleb Hiliadis was just five years old. Now, at 27, he’s running the joint.
Staff Picks: Irish Fest, Northampton Arts Night Out, Chillifest, and Mead Art Museum
This Saturday marks the return of Easthampton’s Irish Fest to close out this season of Millpond.Live.
‘I Was Told What He Did To Me Was Legal’: Woman testifies about teen relationship with Granby teacher to change state consent laws
When Gina Rose Napolitano was a freshman in college, she received an unexpected call from the Granby police. An officer asked if a teacher at her high school had sexual contact with her. She said no. That was in early 2017, and she was still communicating with the man...
Stagestruck: On the Border, and Beyond
Two shows coming to this area have Mexican echoes. One is a children's-story allegory of the current border crisis, the other a Mexican dramedy with an international range. Ropes, by Bárbara Colio, has been performed extensively in Spanish-speaking countries, but the...
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Pick of the Day 5/26: The Soul Rebels at Mass MoCA
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Spit or Swallow?
Back in the 18th century, famed doctor and apparent blow job enthusiast Samuel-Auguste Tisot claimed that semen was a hyper-concentrated version of a man’s blood. He spread the sticky-icky rumor that losing one ounce of sperm was more debilitating than losing 40...
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Stagestruck: Shakespearean Double Act
Think of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead as fan fiction – Tom Stoppard’s contribution to the “greatest-play-ever-written” phenomenon. That is, Hamlet. In fact, though they were written centuries apart (around 1599 and 1966, respectively), the two make a...
