Wednesday brings a big decision for me (well, not really, I already RSVP’d to the one event, but I’m pretty bummed anyway). While I am heading to the North Shore to a special reception for Squonk Opera, one of my favorite columnists of all time will be at Pitt’s campus: Dan Savage. Basically, if you have ever thought about sex, you should go. Hell, even if you’ve never thought about sex, you really need to go.
Dan Savage is the internationally-syndicated sex-advice columnist from Seattle, you can read “Savage Love” every week in City Paper. He also has a weekly podcast and, along with his husband, founded the It Gets Better Project. I’m a huge fan of his work and activism (google Santorum, or don’t, if you have a weak stomach or are at work), and I usually quote him to my friends, endlessly. However, if you read nothing else by him, please read “The Commitment,” a book where he examines marriage, and every iteration of relationships by looking at his family. It’s such a good book that I pulled quote from it and wrote a toast for a wedding around it.
Anyway, enough of me gushing. Savage will be at Pitt on Wednesday at 8:30 p.m. The event is free and open to the public, but preference is given to Pitt students (fair is fair). Hopefully, we’ll see some of the question and answer session go up to Savage’s youtube channel, if so, I’ll post a few in the future.
Have fun, I’ll be jealous from across town! Click here for the Facebook event and more information.
