Ma'Chell Duma

Ma'Chell Duma (LaVassar) is Publisher and COO of Seattle's STACKEDD Magazine. Her musings on music, sex, food, and pop culture have appeared in New York Magazine, numerous Village Voice publications, the Stranger, Seattle Weekly, & KUOW radio. She frequents speaks on the intersection of female sexuality and pop culture and is working on two books on the subject.

All Articles By Ma'Chell Duma

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  Kast That Ass in Plaster: the Importance of Groupies in the Rock & Roll Narrative

  From the University of South Wales Digital Media Conference -Sex and Sexualities in Pop Culture. November 7, 2015. All Rights Reserved by Author. In researching my book on ...

  On June 15, 2017 / By Ma'Chell Duma
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  Dress for Success: Israeli Designer Anat Berman Takes on a Northwest Icon

  Originally Ran Feb 23, 2015 Though we shot nine rockstars in our Twin Peaks’ pictorial, the biggest diva of the shoot proved to be a dress – an ...

  On May 15, 2017 / By Ma'Chell Duma
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  GIVE BIG 2017

  GIVE BIG TODAY!   In a climate that saw four major feminist-centric publications close in 2016 alone, operating as a paid publication with over 80 freelance contributors became ...

  On May 9, 2017 / By Ma'Chell Duma
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  Five Miles South of the Canadian Border, Twelve Miles West of the State Line: Our Twin Peaks’ Highlights

  Originally Ran Feb 23, 2015 To say the response to our Twin Peaks Pictorial Series has been a positive one would be an understatement. The task of rounding ...

  On May 5, 2017 / By Ma'Chell Duma
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  Sign O’ the Times: Music and Politics-Pop Conference 2017

  Expect a bit of Purple and a bucket of political at Seattle’s favorite annual forum for deep music nerds- The MoPop Pop Conference. Prince will certainly be the ...

  On April 21, 2017 / By Ma'Chell Duma
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  Sexy Noises: A Survey of Orgasmic Modern Music

  Originally Published February 12, 2016 “Don’t forget that I’m a sister with a thing for the sound So make a sexy noise when you’re on your way down ...

  On April 21, 2017 / By Ma'Chell Duma
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  Son of a Bitch: Teaching Consent One Tickle at a Time

  Originally published 1/19/15 Our monthly look at parenting sons. “Mom! Mom! Tickle me! Tickllllllllllllllleeee meeeeeeee!” is a request heard round our house morning, noon and night for the ...

  On March 30, 2017 / By Ma'Chell Duma
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  Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life Screwed Rory Gilmore

  Image Credit: TheWB.com, GIF Lovelace Media Our Editor-in-Chief goes in cahoots with DAME Magazine for this piece on why we don’t see enough non-traditional ending for our favorite ...

  On November 30, 2016 / By Ma'Chell Duma
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  I Went on Hundreds of Dates so You Don’t Have To

    I was happy to chat with our friends at Siren about dating on their fem- friendly app! You can read about it here.   Photo (C) Giphy/Digital ...

  On November 18, 2016 / By Ma'Chell Duma
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  DEBUTEDD! Julia Massey & the Five Finger Discount

  Photo Credit: Bebe Besch Video Director: Jeff Larson After a brief hiatus, Julia Massey & the Five Finger Discount are back with new music.  Though their record release party ...

  On November 3, 2016 / By Ma'Chell Duma