The conflation of sex work and sex trafficking is common. It’s also troubling.
GET WITCH OR DIE TRYIN’: SURVEYING SALEM’S CRASS AND SURREAL TOURISM GAUNTLET
Would any of Salem’s witch tourism be palatable if the trials happened 100 years ago? How about 50? What exactly is the equation for this kind of response’s appropriateness? And is that figure a moving target?
INTERVIEW: THE RETURN OF ROADSTEAMER
What’s Roadsteamer been up to for the past couple of years? ‘Massive orgies at the Cloud Club … dark times … art scene … sucked in … kinda like that Clay Shaw orgy scene in the Oliver Stone Movie JFK … dont’ ask me in person at the clubs about that you fuckers … let me live.’
MEDIA FARM: THE BUTCHER, THE BAKER, THE CANDIDATE MAKER
The Globe endorses Charlie Baker. We rant.
GETTING CHILE: A DELICIOUS REASON TO ENDURE THE GREEN LINE TREK TO NEWTON CENTRE
A delicious reason to endure the Green Line trek to Newton Centre.
THE BOSTON ANTHOLOGY: TEN EVENTS NOT TO MISS AT BOSTON BOOK FEST
And while you’re there, buy a book, goddammit.
DIG THIS: NEWBURY STREET SHUTDOWN + ELECTRIC MASQUERADE + SCENES FROM THE BIG PICTURE
What to do, where to do it.
FOR DIRTY BANGS, PRACTICE HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH IT
“Have you ever sat in on a band practice? It’s a fucking mess. You’re drinking, you’re smoking. You’re trying to say something about a part and someone’s playing guitar over you.”
BIG LEAGUE CHEW: ECO-CONSCIOUS FOOD DEVELOPMENT OUT OF A LAB IN CAMBRIDGE
Chew-Lab sports a large illuminated carrot on its façade, leaving passerbys curious about the space. It’s an homage to their ability to see food as food, and not just a commodity.
MEDIA FARM: IF EBOLA CAME TO SOMERVILLE, THE GLOBE WOULD PRAISE IT AS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR AVANT-GARDE VOMIT ART
If Mayor Joe Curtatone peed himself in public and his pantaloons stuck to his pelvis, the Globe would commend him for sporting the same skin-tight jeans worn by his hip constituents.
