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Tag Archives: politics

Ask Alex: Dealing with post-disaster anxiety

Posted on April 18, 2013 by alexsteed
Posted in Portland | Tagged advice, anxiety, bombing, boston, community, flag, guns, half staff, maine, mr rogers, politics, quote, shooting, terror, terrorism, war, westboro baptist church

On online engagement: when I do / don’t

Posted on March 7, 2013 by alexsteed
Posted in Portland | Tagged argument, brian fitzgerald, conversation, engagement, fight, homophobia, joe ricchio, masturbation, online, politics, racism, sexism, social issues, talk

On progress, appreciation, and getting back in the ring

Posted on November 7, 2012 by alexsteed
Posted in Portland | Tagged asher platts, Chris Hannah, citizens united, corruption, Derek Hogue, drone war, drones, drug laws, drugs, gary johnson, gay, gop, grand jury, green is the new red, jholly seeliger, jill stein, maine, marriage, mitt, money, obama, politics, portland, president, reagan, republican, rights, romney, ron paul, somalia, tom macmillan, wells lyons, witch hunt

Jon Courtney on MPBN Maine Calling

Posted on September 19, 2012 by alexsteed
Posted in Politics | Tagged chellie pingree, james joyce, joad cressbeckler, jon courtney, maine, politics, the onion

Princess Riot, or: Everything you always wanted to know about princesses (but were afraid to ask)

Posted on September 9, 2012 by alexsteed
Posted in Politics | Tagged astronaut, barbie, christopher hitchens, disney, feminism, feminist, gender, girl, halloween, parenting, pink, politics, princess, princess and the frog, riot grrrl, science

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Alex Steed has written about and engaged in politics since he was an insufferable teenager. He has run for the Statehouse and produced a successful web series. He now runs a content firm called Knack Factory with two guys who are a lot more talented than himself.
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