A chat with the internet’s gynecologist
The line no one will cross with the internet’s gynecologist. A look at the District 5 and 6 city council races. An ode to the wild. And the uneven profits of college athletic programs.
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Jennifer Gunter, The Vagina Bible
Of all the intimate questions Dr. Jennifer Gunter receives, almost none of them are about STIs. Which makes no sense, she says; they’re very common and highly relevant to her work. But there’s still stigma about many aspects of reproductive health, which she’s hoping to combat in her new book The Vagina Bible.
Districts 5 and 6 city council debates
This weekend, city council candidates in Districts 5 and 6 faced off in debates. To hear what happened, we asked the Seattle Times David Gutman, who’s been following the races.
Chris Morgan, The Wild
Next week heralds the beginning of the annual Fat Bear Contest in Alaska’s Katmai National Park. There’s something mesmerizing about bears; they’re good ambassadors for National Parks staff, climate change activists, and Chris Morgan, host of KUOW’s podcast The Wild. He told Ross Reynolds how a youthful bear encounter altered the course of his life.
Terry Hollimon, student athlete
When former Husky running back Terry Hollimon was playing for the University of Washington, his likeness was a character in an EA sports video game. But in order to access it, he had to pay to play as himself in the game. And forget about actually seeing any profits. What does he think of a California bill that would change that?
