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How the imaginary worlds of media help us shape our real-world identities

From video games and D&D to fandoms and cosplay, RadioActive's Indigo Mays, Dash Pinck and Carter Ortiz share the stories of people who create and consume media that changes lives.
- Indigo Mays
Trimming the tree

Christmas is right around the corner, and too get us all in the mood, we’re bringing you some special Christmas stories courtesy of our colleagues here at KUOW. In Today’s first story comes from Seattle Now’s supervising producer, Caroline Chamberlain Gomez.
- Patricia Murphy
These Seattle queens are home for the holidays

They're probably two of the most famous members of Seattle drag royalty after being catapulted to stardom by the wildly popular franchise "RuPaul's Drag Race." And they're back for another installation of The Jinkx and DeLa Holiday Show.
- Angela King
Feeling the Christmas feelings

It has been a big year, and we could all use a few days (or maybe a few months) away from the news. Seattle Now is celebrating the holidays this week with special holiday episodes. On this episode: stories from KUOW arts and culture reporter Mike Davis and food reporter Ruby de Luna, who reflect on their holiday family traditions.
- Mike Davis
Arts organizations object to proposed Seattle Center light rail location

A concerned coalition of artists and arts organizations recently presented an open letter to the Sound Transit Board, requesting that the upcoming Seattle Center light rail station be located on Mercer Street.
- Mike Davis
Feeling seasonal blues? Get weird

There’s a lot of mental health advice out there about how to deal with seasonal depression. If this is something you deal with, you also may have an offbeat way or two of coping that can get you out of the rut. John Moe hosts the podcast Depresh Mode, and he talks about why seeking out unique and wei
- Patricia Murphy
Things I lost this year: A passport, a pregnancy, a marriage

I stayed in an Airbnb while my husband lived in our house, hoping he would change his mind and see me, want me. I waited until he said no, no chance, the end.
- Anna Scott
'Waiting to dance again.' How Seattle's literary community weathered the pandemic

The role of Seattle’s civic poet is to be an ambassador for the literary arts, fostering dialogue between communities, and connecting people with art. For the last three years, that role has also been to memorialize various unprecedented challenges we’ve collectively faced.
- Libby Denkmann
James Cameron aims to finally put that 'Titanic' door debate to rest, 25 years later

The blockbuster hit theaters on Dec. 19, 1997. Since then, fans have debated whether Jack could have survived on the makeshift raft. Now Cameron says a forensic analysis rules that out definitively.
- Rachel Treisman
Abortion stories on TV get closer to reality, says new report

The annual Abortion Onscreen report says more TV shows had abortion plotlines than previous years and that writers are doing slightly better job reflecting reality.
- Elizabeth Blair

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