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Celebrating the graduates of 2020 By Logan Burtch-Buus, Jeff Gardner and Tom Danehy CHOW: Regurgitating Regulations

CANNABIS 520: The Real Beneﬁciaries of the Weed Initiative

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CONTENTS FEATURE

Celebrating this year’s graduating seniors in the age of social distancing

CHOW

Pima County supervisors revise emergency regulations for restaurants and bars, again

CANNABIS 520

Cannabis advocates should recognize that even if they don’t think the proposed ballot prop is perfect, it will let people avoid jail time for smoking weed

EDITOR’S NOTE

Pomp and Troubled Circumstance AS YEARS GO, 2020 HAS BEEN pretty lousy for most of us. We’ve got a virus that has killed nearly 100,000 Americans and counting. More than 600,000 Arizonans have lost their jobs. Business owners are hanging on by their fingernails. We can’t go to a ballgame, a concert, a summer festival or even a cool, dark movie theater. Our schools closed down after spring break, turning all of Arizona’s students into home schoolers whether parents were prepared for it or not. (For the record, that was “not” in most cases.) It’s been tough for kids who are used to spending their time with their friends, and instead found themselves cooped up with their families, trying to navigate Zoom for their lessons. It’s been especially hard on graduating seniors, who didn’t get the chance to experience their final weeks in school to see their classmates and teachers. They didn’t get to go to prom or play their final sport competitions or walk in graduation in front of a cheering crowd. It’s a heartbreaking end for the Class of 2020. Managing editor Logan Burtch-Buus, associate editor Jeff Gardner and longtime

columnist Tom Danehy highlight the accomplishments of four outstanding seniors who graduated last week: Leilani Serbousek of Mountain View, Natalia Padilla of Sunnyside High, Kaitlyn Hsu of Canyon del Oro and Janay Ladriere of Pueblo High. All of them have worked their butts off for the past four years to graduate at the top of their class and they’ll be shaping the world of tomorrow. They—and so many other hard-working kids— are an inspiration to all of us here at Tucson Weekly as we navigate our way through the pandemic. They remind us that even though these are rough times, the future remains bright. Congrats to them and all the other members of the Class of 2020. — Jim Nintzel Executive Editor

Hear Nintz talk about the latest on the pandemic at 9:30 a.m. Wednesday mornings on The Frank Show on KLPX, 96.1 FM. He’ll also join Bill Buckmaster for a roundtable discussion of the news of the week at 12:30 p.m. this Friday, May 29, at KVOI, 1030 AM.

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Celebrating this year’s graduating seniors THIS YEAR’S SENIORS AREN’T getting the usual pomp and circumstance. The COVID-19 outbreak meant that after spring break, they finished high-school via Zoom. Online classes. No prom. No walking across the stage to get a diploma in front of a packed stadium. And big questions about what the world is going to look like as they head out to learn more about it. This week, managing editor Logan Burtch-Buus, associate editor Jeff Gardner and longtime columnist Tom Danehy introduce you to four outstanding seniors. Leilani Serbousek of Mountain View went from a shy freshman to lobbying lawmakers and fighting against climate change. Sunnyside High’s Natalia Padilla is headed to UC Berkeley “because it is a school known for political activism, which is something that I’m passionate about.” Kaitlyn Hsu learned the importance of family when her mom got a frightening medical diagnosis, but she persevered through her studies to become Canyon del Oro’s valedictorian; and Pueblo High’s Janay Ladriere is off on the premed track at Smith College. You’ll find more profiles of outstanding seniors online at TucsonWeekly.com. Congrats to all graduates on their four years of hard work. Now go kick some ass.

The old rules are crumbling and nobody knows what the new rules are. So make up your own rules. —Neil Gaiman was ranked No. 2 in her class. Some of her friends doubted she could earn the top spot. “They teased me about it, thinking I couldn’t do it,” the 17-year-old senior said. “That just ended up fueling me more because I like proving people wrong. I told myself I would get more serious about this.” Leilani was extremely shy her freshman year. She credits Academic Decathlon for breaking her out of her shell and awakening a love for public speaking. She made close friends who were there for her when she needed honest advice.

Mountain View’s Leilani Serbousek

“I am so proud of everyone no matter where they ranked, because school doesn’t define someone.” WHEN LEILANI SERBOUSEK WAS told she would be this year’s valedictorian at Mountain View High School, it was a tremendous weight lifted from her shoulders. Graduating first in her class was a goal Leilani set for herself after receiving her first transcript freshman year and saw she

Leilani Serbousek “It connected me with a lot of amazing people,” she said. Leilani’s four years with Academic Decathlon included two terms as vice president as well as the presidency her

senior year. She won honors at regionals for her performance in the interview and speech category. “You’ve got to put yourself out there and do things you think you might not be able to do and surprise yourself,” she said. “That was the one class or club that impacted me the most. It taught me a lot of life skills like public speaking and interviewing.” Mountain View 2019 valedictorian Shania Wachenschwanz introduced Leilani to Model United Nations, which let her explore politics. She was fascinated as she learned about geopolitical situations and played out a mock Bretton Woods Conference, walking through the steps of founding a country and writing resolutions. She got a taste of real-life politics by registering voters and signing them up to receive ballots as part of an internship with the Pima County Democratic Party during the 2018 midterm election. Leilani also spent two years as a member of Tucson Teen Congress with the Metropolitan Education Commission. In addition to working with other high school students to better understand their interests and concerns, the teen group went to the state capitol in order to speak with legislators and share ideas, which left her disappointed with some state lawmakers. “One of the biggest things I learned is that some people just aren’t open, especially legislators, to new ideas and aren’t open to anything that isn’t completely set with how they want it to be,” she said. “If they aren’t getting their way, they aren’t willing to compromise, and that really showed me the reality of politics and how much harder I’m going to have to work in my future political career.” Environmental protection is at the top of her list. She first learned about climate

change in middle school, but decided to dismiss the idea because “it was scary.” But as she learned more in high school, she changed her opinion and ended up founding the Green Initiative to teach her fellow Lions about sustainability. “You can’t deny the fact that pollution exists, at least plastic pollution,” Leilani said. “If you just take a second to look along the highway as you’re driving, you’re going to see trash. So our whole focus was just educating people on the different ways they can help the environment in a local setting. One person can make a difference.” All this, and she even found time to volunteer at the Pima Animal Care Center. Despite her numerous efforts Leilani was still connected to Mountain View, a school she said provided an environment for her to succeed as a student. “It wasn’t perfect, but at the same time I wouldn’t have any complaints,” she said. “There’s the opportunity to challenge yourself and get a more difficult course load, but there’s also regular classes and extracurriculars that are more fun.” While she excelled at school, Leilani was quick to admit she struggled during the COVID-19 pandemic to stay on top of her assignments. She found solace in video chats with her friends and stayed motivated with their help. When school closures were first announced, Leilani said she was upset about missing senior prom, graduation and other traditions, though she has since found other things to focus on—including writing a speech for the school’s virtual graduation. Leilani said her graduation speech includes the COVID-19 pandemic and not seeing her friends and classmates, though she also wanted to send her fellow graduates off with a positive message. “I am so proud of everyone no matter where they ranked, because school doesn’t define someone,” she said. “Our school system today doesn’t actually highlight everyone’s personal, unique abilities and

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I’m thankful that somehow I fit the school mold, but I know that not everyone does and that’s not fair. You don’t have to excel in high school to be great.” Leilani will attend Northern Arizona University in the fall, and hopes to double major in civil and environmental engineering. Leilani’s father, Lamont, beams with pride over what his daugher has done, whether it’s hitting the books, walking dogs or registering voters. “She’s a very compassionate person,” he said. “Very caring, thinks about others. She’s also very driven and has a strong work ethic. She’s a really wonderful young woman and I’m very proud of her.”

she said. The final step in the scholarship process involved in-person interviews. The airfare to Berkeley proved prohibitive for Padilla’s family, so she made the trip by bus. “When I got to Berkeley, it was amazing,” she said. “I got to meet people and see the campus. I was nervous about the interviews, but I guess it went OK, because they offered me the scholarship. It just instantly felt like home and I felt as though I belonged in that community of students.”

al Honor Society, Chemistry Club and cheerleading. However, much of that was cut short when the COVID-19 pandemic abruptly shifted her senior year to online classes.

—Tom Danehy

Pueblo High School’s Janay Ladriere

—Logan Burtch-Buus

“It really hurt that I didn’t get to walk through the hallways one last time to take in all the little details of how it felt to be with everybody.”

Sunnyside High’s Natalia Padilla

Headed to UC Berkeley “because it is a school known for political activism, which is something that I’m passionate about.” DESPITE EARNING A KILLER scholarship to the University of California-Berkeley, Natalia Padilla wasn’t exactly sure what going to college would look like in the age of COVID-19. Would campus open? Would she start her classes online? How would student housing work? “There was so much that was unknown,” she recalls. “I didn’t know when college would start, whether we would be on campus or what.” Right about the time Padilla was participating in Sunnyside High School’s May 20 Farewell to the Seniors, she received good news from former Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano. Napolitano, the president of the 10-campus University of California announced that “every campus will be open and offering instruction this fall.” Most everyone knows of the two main campuses—the main one at Berkeley and UCLA in Westwood—but there are also campuses in Riverside, Santa Cruz (where the school’s mascot is the Banana Slug), and there’s UC Merced (which even Ken Jennings doesn’t know about). Padilla was accepted to Berkeley, UCLA, Santa Cruz, Riverside and UC Davis. “I was excited, but I knew I wouldn’t be able to attend without (scholarship help),”

team, but we worked hard and made it to state.” This coming summer, before heading off to Berkeley, Padilla will take part in a six-week program at the UA with the alltime great name of the Summer Institute on Medical Ignorance. She is truly blessed, as since those final years in the 19th century when doctors were still using leeches to bleed people, 2020 is definitely the most important year to be looking into widespread medical ignorance.

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Natalia Padilla The scholarship is the Regents and Chancellor’s. According to the school’s website, it is “the most prestigious scholarship offered by UC Berkeley to incoming undergraduate students.” Of the several UC campuses from which to choose, Padilla said that she chose Berkeley “because it is a school known for political activism, which is something that I’m passionate about.” In the summer of 2019, Padilla took part in the Med-Start Health Careers Program at the University of Arizona. She got to live in a dorm and take college-level courses. She was so impressed with her experience that when she got back to school, she started her own Medical Research club, which brought in a variety of medical professionals to speak to the students. It was a lot of work, balancing a full class load, National Honor Society, being involved in politics in her community and being the captain of the Academic Decathlon team. That last part was “really cool.” “We had lost a lot of seniors from the year before, so I was the one with the most experience,” she said. “We had a young

PUEBLO HIGH SCHOOL’S Janay Ladriere was sitting in her living room surrounded by her family when she found out she got accepted to Smith College, one of the highest-rated liberal arts colleges in the nation. Ladriere immediately started crying, as did her older sister, who already attends Smith College. Moving across the country to Massachusetts to attend college might normally be nerve wracking for a high school senior, but Ladriere says she isn’t anxious because her sister, as well as her classmate Janice Salazar, will join her on campus. In fact, she already received a tour of the private women’s school when her sister moved in. “I had never even heard of Smith College,” Ladriere said. “But when she got in, she’d call me all the time and tell me how much she loved the culture and the feel of all these girls helping each other. It was a very good place to be accepted.” Ladriere is graduating with a 3.88 GPA, and landing in the top 10 percent of her class of 327. While her major is still undecided, she plans to enter the pre-med track, and is thinking of becoming an anesthesiologist. However, she acknowledges that students often change their majors, and the same may happen to her. The pre-med track reflects her favorite high school subjects; she found science courses easier to grasp in high school. Ladriere stayed busy during her time at Pueblo High, participating in the Nation-

Janay Ladriere She recalls being in class and hearing the teacher talking about how bad the pandemic was becoming in other countries, and how they might not return to school. “None of us really listened, but then next thing you know, our spring break is two weeks longer and then we weren’t even going back to school,” Ladriere said. “It really hurt that I didn’t get to walk through the hallways one last time to take in all the little details of how it felt to be with everybody… I was devastated, honestly.” She remembered hearing about how the final quarter of senior year was to be the best, with celebrations like Prom, senior sunrise, Pueblo High School’s specialty Fiesta de los Guerreros. “I didn’t get to go to lunch one last time or be in the courtyard with my friends after school one last time—I didn’t even know that would be something I thought about,” Ladriere said. “Most of the lasts were taken away, and there was nothing I could do about it. That’s what hit me the most.” Nevertheless, she’s looking forward to moving across the country to work and learn with other inspiring women. “The application process is done,” Ladriere said. “I got accepted, and it feels amazing to be done with the anxious waiting part of it.” —Jeff Gardner CONTINUED ON PAGE 6

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Canyon del Oro’s Kaitlyn Hsu

“In life there will be times that things are trying to get you down, and we’re a generation that is totally equipped to fight that and really seek to overcome.” WHILE SHE MAY BE Canyon del Oro High School’s valedictorian, Kaitlyn Hsu likes to shine a light on her fellow Dorados, who she says are passionate individuals and ready to do what they feel is right. “Yes, I am No. 1 in my class, but I’ve come to know this year that there are so many people that I see that are working so hard and studying and trying their best,” she said. “It’s hard for me to just say I’m No. 1 when I see so many other people that work hard, too... I think for me to be able to have this title is a representation for all the other hard work that I see around me. I’m so excited about it, and really honored and humbled.” Her humility aside, it’s Hsu’s own hard work that put her at the top of her class. She said it was never a goal she had in mind; she always wanted to have high grades and do her best in school, and that just meant getting all As. Over the course of her four years at CDO, Hsu participated in a variety of extracurricular activities and programs, including the Be Kind and chemistry clubs, golf and the school’s Asian American Cultural Society, which she co-founded. The society met twice a month and hosted presentations about different cultures, played games tied to various traditions and sampled traditional foods from different countries.

Hsu said she’s driven to be so involved around the high school because of her yearning for a strong sense of community. One of her biggest satisfactions in life is bringing dissimilar groups of people together, and sees that happening in her different academic and social pursuits.

Kaitlyn Hsu “People like to stick to what they like and keep to themselves and their own groups, and I think that a lot of people don’t realize that even though somebody isn’t exactly like you, there’s a lot you can either learn from them or just bond with them over,” she said. “I have so many different friends that are all from these different groups and these different backgrounds but I find different ways to bond with them. I want to share that and help other people realize that fact.” While that may seem a heavy workload for any student, Hsu was also an International Baccalaureate scholar for two years, and a member of the school’s Odyssey of the Mind team for three years. International Baccalaureate is a globally minded program that focuses on incorporating all traditional classes together into one cohesive learning experience. She said IB taught her to be a more critical think-

er and to better reflect on her personal experiences. “You may be learning about the Vietnam War in history, but you may be also reading a literature piece from someone fighting during the war,” Hsu said. “I’ve always noticed that collective, inclusive learning helps some of those concepts stick into my head a little better. It takes an approach that’s not always about memorizing and it’s more about understanding multiple perspectives of a certain event or any certain topic.” Hsu said the program forms a unique and unbreakable bond among its members—something closely resembling a family. She said some of her fondest high school memories come from working with her IB cohort, stressing over exams, staying up late to work on important papers or projects and persevering through academic adversity. Art has been a passion of Hsu’s since she could hold a pencil. She started off drawing and painting as a hobby, though she recently began experimenting with digital mediums and finding new ways to make her art more accessible (and profitable). Since moving to a computer, Hsu designed shirts and pins for the Odyssey team, and designs cards. She imagines art will always be a useful tool no matter where her career takes her. Hsu’s high school journey included more than academic challenges. Her mother was diagnosed with Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma at the end of freshman year, leaving Hsu to assist in caring for her younger sisters while her mother stayed in the Mayo Clinic in Phoenix. The experience taught her what it means to be a good student, daughter and provider. “When I look back on it, and my mom is doing much better now, I think that experience taught me a whole lot more than what it means to be a good student, but how to balance life and having things that

are obviously important for you and your education but also remembering to dedicate time to family and the people that are most important and close to you.” Hsu’s mother, Kay Blackburn, said her daughter is the kind of person who dedicates 110 percent of herself to any and everything she does. “As her mom, I am biased, but we think the world of her,” Blackburn said. “She’s accomplished so many things and maintained a humility that’s very impressive. She’s overcome a lot of adversity in her high school years, so we know that regardless of her situation or what she’s faced with, she’s going to be successful. We’re extremely proud of her for the person that she is in addition to the accomplishments she’s achieved at such a young age.” With a diploma in hand, Hsu heads off to the University of Arizona in the fall where she will enroll in the Eller College of Management’s undergraduate program. She plans on studying business, with an eye on marketing and a master’s degree. Even though the end of her high school success story may be darkened by the COVID-19 pandemic, Hsu is still excited to participate in the school’s modified graduation activities. Small groups of students are graduating together in front of limited attendees. The procession will be filmed and aired on television. Although she won’t address her classmates like her valedictorian predecessors, Hsu still wants to deliver a supportive message to the rest of the class of 2020. “In life, we all face adversity and adversity means different things for different people, but ultimately, struggling through all that adversity and all the challenges is what makes us more resilient,” she said. “In life there will be times that things are trying to get you down, and we’re a generation that is totally equipped to fight that and really seek to overcome.” —Logan Burtch-Buus

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CHOW

COURTESY BIGSTOCK

HARD TO SWALLOW

Pima County supervisors revise emergency regulations for restaurants and bars, again. By Austin Counts austin@tucsonlocalmedia.com

THE PIMA COUNTY BOARD OF Supervisors voted 3-2 Thursday, May 21, to revise emergency amendments to the county’s health code for restaurants and bars after restaurant owners complained the new rules were too burdensome and Attorney General Mark Brnovich launched an investigation into the rules at the request of local GOP state lawmakers. Thursday’s vote was along party lines, with Democratic Supervisors Ramon Valadez, Sharon Bronson and Betty Villegas voting for the changes and GOP Supervisors Ally Miller and Steve Christy voting against them. Some of the most significant revisions include removal of the $500 civil penalty, allowing bartop seating as long as sixfoot distancing requirements are met and nixing 50 percent occupancy guidelines if physical distancing allows for higher occupancy. “I think we have adequately captured all of the information that has been

provided. I think our revision that we had Tuesday afternoon was based on a large part from the comments we’ve received here,” Pima County Administrator Huckelberry said before reading the revisions. The board also clarified that parties— not individuals—must be spaced 6 feet apart to be in compliance with the proclamation. The county is limiting dining parties to 10 or fewer people. Servers are not required to wear gloves and only have to follow current health code handwashing policies, instead of documenting each hand sanitization or glove change. “The specificity of number (to a party) has been left out on purpose,” Huckelberry said. “Typically it’s two, but it could be if we follow the same language in the policy, it’s up to 10 per party.” Josh Jacobsen, owner of three southside Lucky Wishbone restaurants and a board member of the Arizona Restaurant Association, worked with supervisors before Thursday’s vote. He said his intention was to communicate restaurant owners’ concerns while trying to find solutions all parties could live with. “You can always get stuff done when you’re willing to be respectful and try to work together since we all have differing views,” Jacobsen said. While Jacobsen said he’s pleased supervisors revised their original proclamation which added 15 new guidelines to the county’s current health code, he wishes the county would revert the temporary regulations back to best practices originally agreed upon by the Back to Business Bars and Restaurants Task Force last month. “Overall we are happy but also we would like to see the consequences taken away and go back to where this all started in the beginning, where we thought these were just going to be guidelines,” Jacobsen said. “The restaurant industry was entrusted to keep the public safe long before the pandemic began and I think we’ve earned that trust working alongside the Pima County Health Department. We would like the restaurant industry to continue to have that trust even though the pandemic is here.” Supervisor Steve Christy has been opposed to new rules from the start. Christy said he thinks the board has been “ignoring the 500-pound elephant in the room”: Brnovich’s investigation. Should the Attorney General’s Office decide Pima County’s proclamation is in violation of the governor’s orders and rescind it, Christy argues all that time

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for the disease. In addition, Flagg also contends Gov. Ducey’s executive order limiting counties from taking further emergency action exceeds its authority by citing the Arizona Constitution, which states that only the Legislature and the people themselves have lawmaking power. “Gov. Ducey has no authority to, with the stroke of a pen, prohibit additional, consistent emergency actions by a county or swipe away public-health authority granted by the Legislature,” Flagg wrote in his response. “To the extent Governor Ducey, in paragraph 7 of Executive Order 2020-36, purported to prohibit emergency actions by counties other than those inconsistent with his order, or to take away counties’ broad public-health authority, he plainly overreached.” During Thursday’s Supervisors meeting Christy called out Valadez for sending a copy of the proclamation to Gov. Ducey with a letter stating the board had endorsed the regulations, without letting the board see the letter first. The regulations were passed the following day. “I noticed you copied this letter to a number of elected officials throughout the region,” Christy said. “My question is why was not any of this letter of yours copied to the members of the Board of Supervisors?” Valadez apologized to Christy, stating it was “an oversight” on the chairman’s part. ■

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Medical Marijuana

CLOUDY COMPLAINTS

Cannabis advocates should recognize that even if they don’t think the proposed ballot prop is perfect, it will let people avoid jail time for smoking weed By Nick Meyers tucsonweekly@tucsonlocalmedia.com THE SAFE AND SMART ARIZONA adult-use cannabis initiative hasn’t even made the ballot yet, but whispers of discontent are spreading through the ranks of die-hard cannabis users. Well, they’ve always been there. They’re the same whispers that had a hand in the narrow failure of Prop 206 in 2016 because they were dissatisfied with the oligarchical structures of the proposed legal market. Last time, concerns brewed mostly over the idea of a “marijuana commission” and the Department of Marijuana Licenses

and Control, and an unclear fate for the medical program. While those regulatory structures are thankfully absent from this proposition, power seems concentrated in different hands. Somewhat quietly, just before Arizona went into lockdown, Harvest Health and Recreation bought Arizona Natural Selections, netting them four new dispensaries for a total of 15 in Arizona. Other national brands like Curaleaf and MedMen have also been snatching up licenses, not just in Arizona, but around the country. Harvest holds the most by far with 142 licenses in 17 states, according to Motley Fool. Green Thumb Industries is second with 89, and MedMen and Curaleaf have 86 and 70, respectively. This likely isn’t what Arizonans had in mind when they decided to pass the Arizona Medical Marijuana Act in 2010 with non-profit dispensaries. But to paraphrase Ian Malcom: Capitalism finds a way. Even though the law technically limits the number of licenses held by a single entity, the big players have formed management companies to operate (and profit from the success of) dispensaries while cutting various deals with license holders,

whether it be board seats or a monthly check. While the Safe and Smart Arizona Act does distribute 26 additional “social equity” licenses, what’s 26 compared to the 131 already floating around the state? How many of those will end up in the hands of Harvest, Curaleaf or MedMen? The legal cannabis market isn’t the minority-owned-and-operated industry people thought it would be, and it probably never will be. Unfortunately, there’s no perfect answer. This is what happens in capitalist markets. Cannabis is no exception. As fascinating as I’d find the project of constructing a perfect market statutorily (if even possible) that’s not what the Safe and Smart Arizona Act is really about. It’s about saving people from facing jail time because they smoke weed. The initiative makes anything between one and two-and-a-half ounces a misdemeanor (by the third offense). And it offers expungement provisions to wipe cannabis crimes from people’s records. The thing a lot of cannabis users forget is that cannabis possession is automatically a felony. They forget that the smallest amount carries a penalty of four months to two years behind bars, and de-

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ARIES (March 21-April 19): “The best of my nature reveals itself in play, and play is sacred,” wrote the feisty Aries author Karen Blixen, who sometimes used the pen name Isak Dinesen. The attitude described in that statement helps illuminate the meaning of another one of her famous quotations: “I do not think that I could ever really love a woman who had not, at one time or another, been up on a broomstick.” In my interpretation of this humorous remark, Blixen referred to the fact that she had a strong preference for witchy women with rascally magical ways. I bring this to your attention, Aries, because I’m inviting you to cultivate a Blixen-like streak of sacred play and sly magic in the coming days. TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Taurus music legend Willie Nelson has played the same guitar since 1969. He calls it “my horse,” and named it after Trigger, a famous horse in Hollywood films. Although Nelson still loves the tones that come from his instrument, it’s neither sleek nor elegant. It’s bruised with multiple stains and has a jagged gash near its sound hole. Some Tauruses want their useful things to be fine and beautiful, but not Willie. Having said that, I wonder if maybe he will finally change guitars sometime soon. For you Bulls, the coming months will be time to consider trading in an old horse for a new one. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): I’ve got a message for you, courtesy of poet Lisel Mueller. I think her wisdom can help you thrive in the coming weeks. She writes, “The past pushed away, the future left unimagined, for the sake of the glorious, difficult, passionate present.” Of course, it’s always helpful for us to liberate ourselves from the oppressive thoughts of what once was in the past and what might be in the future. But it’ll be especially valuable for you to claim that superpower in the coming weeks. To the degree that you do, the present will be more glorious and

passionate and not so difficult. CANCER (June 21-July 22): When Lewis Carroll’s fictional heroine Alice visits the exotic underground realm known as Wonderland, she encounters two odd men named Tweedledee and Tweedledum. The latter tells her, “You know very well you’re not real.” He’s implying that Alice is merely a character in the dream of a man who’s sleeping nearby. This upsets her. “I am real!” she protests, and breaks into tears. Tweedledum presses on, insisting she’s just a phantom. Alice summons her courageous wisdom and thinks to herself, “I know they’re talking nonsense, and it’s foolish to cry about it.” I suspect you Cancerians may have to deal with people and influences that give you messages akin to those of Tweedledum. If that happens, be like Alice. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): “The less you fear, the more power you will have,” says the rapper known as 50 Cent. I agree with him. If you can dissolve even, say, 25 percent of your fear, your ability to do what you want will rise significantly, as will your influence and clout. But here’s the major riddle: How exactly can you dissolve your fear? My answers to that question would require far more room than I have in this horoscope. But here’s the really good news, Leo: In the coming weeks, you will naturally have an abundance of good insights about to dissolve your own fear. Trust what your intuition tells you. And be receptive to clues that serendipity brings you. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): For his film Parasite, Virgo filmmaker Bong Joon-ho received Academy Awards for Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Original Screenplay. In his natal horoscope, Joonho has Pluto conjunct his sun in Virgo, and during the time Parasite began to score major success, Saturn and Pluto were making a favorable transit to that powerful point in his chart. I’m expecting

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I don’t want to become one of those people who write to you complaining about how I married someone I wasn’t sexually compatible with 10 years ago and now my sex life still sucks. I already know I need to break up with my boyfriend and I was about to do it when he got sick with the flu. This was at the beginning of March. I assumed he’d be sick for a week and then we would have an unpleasant conversation. But then the entire country shut down and my boyfriend was officially diagnosed with COVID-19. So I haven’t seen him since the last weekend in February—Monday is Memorial Day, Dan, in case you’ve lost

all concept of time—and I’ve been playing the role the supportive and worried girlfriend from afar. But it’s been hard. Both my parents are in high-risk groups and my mental health has been battered. My boyfriend is finally getting better and I don’t know what to do when I finally have to see him again. I’m not breaking up with him because he’s a bad person and I don’t want to hurt him but that’s exactly what’s going to happen. I feel guilty because I’m choosing my happiness over his. I know I shouldn’t, Dan, but I do. —Feeling Resentful About Uncoupling Dilemma

the next six months to be a time when you can make significant progress toward your own version of a Joon-ho style achievement. In what part of your life is that most likely to happen? Focus on it. Feed it. Love it. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): According to my analysis of the astrological omens, the coming weeks will be a favorable time for you to seek out, seduce, and attract luck. To inspire you in this holy task, I’ll provide a prayer written by Hoodoo conjurer Stephanie Rose Bird: “O sweet luck, I call your name. Luck with force and power to make change, walk with me and talk through me. With your help, all that can and should be will be!” If there are further invocations you’d like to add to hers, Libra, please do. The best way to ensure that good fortune will stream into your life is to have fun as you draw it to you. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Scorpio comedian John Cleese does solo work, but many of his successful films, albums, stage shows, and TV programs have arisen from joining forces with other comedians. “When you collaborate with someone else on something creative,” he testifies, “you get to places that you would never get to on your own.” I propose you make this your temporary motto, Scorpio. Whatever line of work or play you’re in, the coming weeks will offer opportunities to start getting involved in sterling synergies and symbioses. To overcome the potential limitations of social distancing, make creative use of Zoom and other online video conferencing. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): “Wherever I am, let me never forget to distinguish want from need,” vows author Barbara Kingsolver. “Let me be a good animal,” she adds. That would be a stirring prayer to keep simmering at the forefront of your awareness in the next six weeks. According to my understanding of the astrological omens, you’ll be getting clear signals about the differences between your wants and needs. You will also discover effective strategies about how to satisfy them both in the post-pandemic world, and fine intuitions about which one to prioritize at any particular time.

Pandemic or no pandemic, FRAUD, you can’t stay with someone forever—you can’t be miserable for the rest of your life—to spare that person the routine and surmountable pain of getting dumped. Not breaking up with your boyfriend while he was fighting COVID-19 was the right thing to do, of course, and I don’t for a minute question the sincerity of your concern for him. (You want to see the relationship end, FRAUD, not him.) But don’t wait until you see him again to break up with him. It’ll suck for him, of course, but the world is full of people who got dumped and got over it. And the sooner he gets over you, the sooner he’ll meet someone else. For all you know he’s been chatting over his

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Writing some Chinese characters can be quite demanding. To make “biáng,” for example, which is used in the name for a certain kind of noodle, you must draw 58 separate strokes. This is a good metaphor for exactly what you should avoid in the coming weeks: spending too much time and devoting too much thought and getting wrapped up in too much complexity about trivial matters. Your focus should instead be on simple, bold approaches that encourage you to be crisp and decisive. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Singer-songwriter Jill Scott is strongly committed to her creative process. She tells us, “I was once making a burger for myself at my boyfriend’s house and a lyric started pouring out and I had to catch it, so I ran to another room to write it down, but then the kitchen caught fire. His cabinets were charred, and he was furious. But it was worth it for a song.” My perspective: Scott’s level of devotion to the muse is too intense for my tastes. Personally, I would have taken the burger off the stove before fleeing the scene to record my good idea. What about you, Aquarius? According to my analysis, you’re in a phase when creative ideas should flow even better than usual. Pay close attention. Be prepared to capture as much of that potentially life-altering stuff as possible. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): To protect ourselves and others from the pandemic, most of us have been spending more time than usual at home— often engaged in what amounts to enforced relaxation. For some of us, that has been a problem. But I’m going to propose that it will be the opposite of a problem for you in the next three weeks. In my astrological opinion, your words to live by will be this counsel from author and philosopher Mike Dooley: “What if it was your downtime, your lounging-in-bed-too-long time, that made possible your greatest achievements? Would they still make you feel guilty? Or would you allow yourself to enjoy them?” ■ Homework: What’s the story or song that provides you with your greatest consolation? FreeWillAstrology.com.

backyard fence—at a safe distance—with a neighbor he would be interested in dating if he were single. For the past few months my GF and I have been in quarantined together. Except time we’ve spent working, we’re constantly in each other’s company and doing things together. It’s been great so far. It’s good to know that we won’t get tired of each other or feel smothered. The main problem is finding something to watch or something to do. Any suggestions? —Quarantined Until

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of Thomas Cromwell, Henry VIII’s most powerful minister—the guy who arranged for the beheading of Anne Boleyn—while listening to whatever classical music my husband puts on. But just so you don’t think it’s all award-winning fiction and high art where we’re quarantining, we’ve also been watching 90 Day Fiancé, which is a complete (and completely engrossing) shit show, and The Simple Life with Paris Hilton and Nicole Richie, which I missed when it first ran. So obviously I would suggest fiction, music, and crap television—and anal, of course. My problem is that I am seriously worried about missing out on life. I’m a man. I find men attractive but I have no idea how to get to know one. For the first time last summer I met someone and we were sexual with each other. He was a hockey player. But he is gone now. And when I try to be friendly with other men, I get called out for flirting. I am gay and don’t know how much hurt I can take. —Making All These Connections Hard

More than 80% of gay relationships got their start online before the pandemic began, MATCH, and that number is surely higher now. So if you got on gay dating/hookup apps instead of flirting with random men, you would be talking to a self-selected group of men who are inviting other men to flirt with them. You’ll still face rejection, of course, and you’ll still get hurt. To live is to suffer, as some philosopher or other once said, but the suffering is easier to bear if you’re getting your dick sucked once in a while. I’m 34, non-binary but presenting female. Due to a series of personal tragedies (death, deportation, illness—it was not a top ten year), I’m sheltering with my parents. Long story short, I’m 100% financially dependent on my parents right now. The upside is, I’ve had a lot of time to become comfortable with the fact that I really, really want to mess around with cross-dressing. I would love to get a binder and a masc getup and haircut and just see how that feels. My parents will want to know “what this means” and they won’t take “fuck if I know” for an answer. It will be a long time (maybe years) before I’m either eligible for disability or ready to work again, and I just can’t wait that long. So much of my life has already passed me by and I’m tired of waiting for a “right time.” But binders and clothes

and haircuts cost money. Keeping masc stuff around the house means people will eventually see it. Again, they’d probably be supportive, but I just want to keep this private. Is there a way to do it? —Hoping For A Third Option

Other than winning the lottery and moving out on your own tomorrow, HFATO, there’s no third option here. You’re going to have to pick your poison: risk having an awkward conversation with parents who are likely to be supportive or continue to wait—possibly for years— before you start exploring your gender presentation. The choice seems obvious to me. Got in an argument recently about pegging and its original definition: “a women fucking a man in the ass with strap-on dildo.” I feel it’s moved beyond that and now means anyone wearing a strap-on fucking anyone else in the ass. My friends insisted that only a man can be pegged, and only by a woman. As the originator of the term, Dan, we turn to you: Can a woman peg another woman? —A New Ass Licker

I will allow it. Are some people just bad at sex? My partner has been overwhelmed with work and our sex life suffered a major decline. He’s working with a psychotherapist who told him some people are just not good at sex and he should just accept that he’s one of those people. It broke my heart to know someone said that to my partner. Am I overreacting? Is there some way to take this as anything but wrong? Or is this therapist a clown? —Completely Undermining Negative Therapy

There are people out there who are “bad at sex” by objective measures. There has to be. But “good sex” is so subjective that I’m not convinced objective measures really matter. For example, I got a letter yesterday from someone complaining their partner is “bad at sex” because they just lie there, silent and inert, while the letter writer “does all the work.” But if the person who just lies there was partnered with a necrophiliac, well, that “silent and inert” stuff would make them great at sex, not bad at sex, at least by a necrophiliac’s standards. As for your boyfriend, CUNT, you’re in a better position to judge whether he’s good at sex—

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by your subjective standards—than his shrink. Presumably. And if you enjoyed the sex you were having before your partner was overwhelmed with work, then he’s good at sex—he’s good sex by your standards— and here’s hoping you get back to having lots of good sex together soon. ■ Join us for the Savage Lovecast Livestream! June 4, 7:00 pm PDT. Send your questions to Livestream@savagelovecast.com and I might answer yours on the show. Tickets are at SavageLovecast.com/events mail@savagelove.net Follow Dan on Twitter @ FakeDanSavage savagelovecast.com

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