Dan Savage

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October 07, 1964 in Chicago, Illinois, The United States

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http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/SavageLove

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Nonfiction, Gay & Lesbian

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Daniel Keenan Savage (born October 7, 1964 near Chicago, Illinois, United States) is an openly gay American sex advice columnist, author, media pundit, journalist, and newspaper editor. His strong opinions pointedly clash with both traditional conservative moral values and those put forth by what Savage has been known to call the "gay establishment." Savage has also worked as a theater director, both under his real name and under the name Keenan Hollahan, using his middle name and his grandmother's maiden name.

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Savage Love

Too Fast

by Dan Savage

I'm a 17-year-old girl and, in most aspects, I'm confident with myself, my identity, and my body. Earlier this year, I met a girl. She had some serious drama at home and needed to get out of her house, so I let her stay at mine. Things went a LOT further than I was ready for. I had just had my first kiss the month before and I didn't feel like our relationship was ready fo...

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Books by Dan Savage

Average rating: 3.96 · 10,052 ratings · 1,563 reviews · 14 distinct works

	The Kid: What Happened After My Boyfriend and I Decided to Go Get Pregnant 4.02 avg rating — 2,951 ratings — published 1999 — 8 editions	My rating:
	The Commitment: Love, Sex, Marriage, and My Family 3.98 avg rating — 2,258 ratings — published 2005 — 10 editions	My rating:
	Skipping Towards Gomorrah 3.74 avg rating — 1,460 ratings — published 2002 — 5 editions	My rating:
	It Gets Better: Coming Out, Overcoming Bullying, and Creating a Life Worth Living by Dan Savage, Terry Miller (Editor) 4.20 avg rating — 491 ratings — published 2011 — 9 editions	My rating:
	Savage Love: Straight Answers from America's Most Popular Sex Columnist 3.83 avg rating — 448 ratings — published 1998 — 6 editions	My rating:
	I Am a Gay Man by Dan Savage, Ben Karlin (Editor) 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2008	My rating:
	How to Be a Person: The Stranger's Guide to College, Sex, Intoxicants, Tacos, and Life Itself by Dan Savage, Christopher Frizzelle, Bethany Jean Clement 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — expected publication 2012	My rating:
	How to Be a Person: The Stranger's Guide to College, Sex, Intoxicants, Tacos, and Life Itself by Dan Savage, Christopher Frizzelle, Bethany Jean Clement 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — expected publication 2012	My rating:
	The New Kings of Nonfiction by Ira Glass (Editor), Mark Bowden, Bill Buford 4.02 avg rating — 2,247 ratings — published 2007 — 5 editions	My rating:
	Breeder: Real-Life Stories from the New Generation of Mothers by Ariel Gore (Editor), Dan Savage, Bee Lavender (Goodreads Author) 3.84 avg rating — 263 ratings — published 2001	My rating:

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“The truly revolutionary promise of our nation's founding document is the freedom to pursue happiness-with-a-capital-H. ”
― Dan Savage, Skipping Towards Gomorrah

tags: first-sentence , happiness , politics

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“every relationship you are in will fail, until one doesn't ”
― Dan Savage

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“Kids are like heroin, a little heroin addiction. When it’s bad, you’ve never been so miserable, but when it’s good you’ve never been so high.”
― Dan Savage

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