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Bands I Pretended to Like for Boys. Part Six: Collective Soul
by Kathleen Tarrant NOT. CHRISTIAN. Even though everything in their music is a Bible reference.This is a tough one.When I was a freshman in college, I had a huge, goofy crush on a seminarian. I know....
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Ask a Feminist: Help! What is "Vagina-Centric Feminism" and Why is it Bad?!
by Megan Burbank Though I admire the glamor here, it's important to remember that secondary sex characteristics don't dictate gender.Doug BrownSince the Women's March on Saturday, we've been hearing...
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Savage Love Letter of the Day: The Only Lesbian in the Village
by Dan Savage I pretty much fell out of the closet after Trump got elected. I had a kid to raise in a small conservative town and I've always figured she was my top priority. For years now I've...
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La La Land Is Beautiful and Good
by Megan Burbank La La Land is up for 14 Oscars nominations this year—a record-tying accomplishment. Read our review of the film below.IN ANY GIVEN YEAR of reviewing movies, I spend a lot of time...
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State: County Deputy Violated Law By Chanting "Trump" At Voters
by Dirk VanderHart When an on-duty Multnomah County deputy shouted "Trump, Trump" at voters from his vehicle on election day, he violated Oregon elections law, a state investigation has concluded....
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The Young Pope Is, Well, Pretty Divine
by Ned Lannamann HBO/Gianni FioritoThe night after the first episode aired, a co-worker asked me what I thought of The Young Pope. “I’m… not totally sure,” I said. “Uh, it’s gorgeous. But weird....
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by Anonymous So you don’t like the new President, huh ladies? You’re a little scared maybe? You should be. By the end of his presidency abortion will be illegal, what little health coverage you have...
View ArticleATTENTION Portlanders from the Following States:
by Anonymous ATTENTION Portlanders hailing from the following states: Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Missouri,...
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This week: Carrie Fisher, Nerdua, and waterboarded puppies. by Mercury Staff A Dog’s Purpose Before last week, this was just a blatant tearjerker about a dog who learns the meaning of life through...
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With Julieta, Pedro Almodóvar riffs on Alice Munro. by Suzette Smith SPANISH DIRECTOR Pedro Almodóvar has given Adriana Ugarte, the central actress of his new film Julieta, his current hairstyle—puffy...
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Of zombies, doomed elevators, and spilled coffee. by Erik Henriksen THE FINEST FILM ever made in which Milla Jovovich kicks a zombie Doberman in the face, Paul W.S. Anderson’s 2002 horror blockbuster...
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View ArticlePolice Blasted and Tear Gassed an Inauguration Day Protest
Now demonstrators are crying foul. by Doug Brown THE PROTESTER was standing motionless on SW Yamhill and Broadway last Friday when he was bombarded with “pepper ball” shots from gas mask-clad riot...
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Portland Finally Hired a Liaison to Local Tribes Late Last Year
Now the position sits empty. by Dirk VanderHart LAST SEPTEMBER, the Portland City Council stood with Standing Rock.As voices around the country called for a halt to the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL)...
View ArticleHall Monitor: Amanda Fritz’s Next Big Thing
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In This Is How It Always Is, the Northwest Author Combines Domestic Drama and Trans Kid Fairy Tale by Rich Smith We learn a lot about the Walsh-Adams family before they arrive in Seattle.Rosie and...
View ArticleShocked, I Am Shocked!
New Order bassist Peter Hook reveals rock band did lots of drugs and sex. by Suzette Smith Peter Hook opens his 700-page New Order tell-all autobiography Substance with a story about the first time he...
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View ArticleHow I’d Wine and Dine President Trump
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Carnivora’s jump scares and abject sorrow. by Megan Burbank THEATRE VERTIGO’S FERTILE GROUND offering, Carnivora, opens with a lady climbing out of a burlap sack and screaming bloody murder, and the...
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