We talked about The Stranger and Savage love in class today. I can't deny that I love Dan Savage. I've met Dan and he is the best advice giver and I wish I could hang out with him every day. Dan is a voice of a generation of people who have a different idea of being gay and who have a different idea of sex. Dan doesn't get disgusted by much, with in reason, and I think his open ear and ability to give sound and respected advice with out mincing words is respectable. He's also a fantastic public speaker and has given a lot back to the community in the way of his It Gets Better Project.
My other favorite project of his is Spreading Santorum. The site was created after Rick Santorum was quoted saying that homosexuality was equal to bestiality. If you google Santorum's name (do it yourself, I will not subject my professor to it unless he wants to see it) it comes up with a less than flattering definition for the word. Dan Savage has in fact, destroyed Santorum's credibility on the web. He's slowly breaking down Santorum's reputation.
More so, I love The Stranger. The Stranger gives voices to those stories who are widely ignored. Like Savage Love, because an explicate sex column isn't going to be shown in The Washington Post. The stories of Occupy Seattle and the headlines in a "Call 'em Like we see 'em" style is refreshing. Reading The Stranger is like reading a news paper your friend wrote commentary on. I guess that's why I appreciate it, not totally for the news value but because I get enjoyment from it.
I guess that's what I like best about Indy Media. I like that stories that would otherwise get ignored get published in works like The Stranger. I like that The Stranger actually has a porn competition, because Indy media is for those who have "out there" ideas and will go out there and do what they want to so they can get their story out.
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