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Table 19 Is Technically More Enjoyable Than Being Forced to Go to an Actual...
by Jenni Moore Table 19 is casually alternative in some small ways, and shamelessly appeals to my single-girl tendency to cringe at all the silly traditions and unrealistic ideas associated with...
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It Happened Here: Mittleman Jewish Community Center Receives Bomb Threat
by Doug Brown Mittleman Jewish Community Centerfacebook.com/mjccpdxIt was only a matter of time, it seemed, before the wave of bomb threats towards Jewish community centers and schools around the...
View ArticleHouse Republicans Unveil Their Obamacare Replacement Plan
by Dan Savage And you'll never guess who gets screwed. NYT with the quick overview...House Republicans unveiled their long-awaited plan to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, scrapping the...
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by Anonymous You look so sad now. The deflated Santa above your doors. The marquee promoting beer and boobs, lonely themed karaoke nights, and cover bands that are covering bands no one listens to....
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New CIA Leak Reveals that Wikileaks Could Be a Department of the KGB
by Charles Mudede Spy verses spy type shit is going on here.harodominguez/gettyimages.comThe best summary of the last seven days of Trump's maddening presidency was posted by Foreign Policy. It's...
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Wary of Lead, the City Might Explore Altering Portland's Water Supply
by Dirk VanderHart The Portland Water Bureau's Lusted Hill facility is the potential site of additional water treatment the bureau is considering. Portland Water BureauTwo decades ago, Portland...
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Nike Helps Make America Great Again by Releasing a Hijab for Muslim Athletes
by Wm.™ Steven Humphrey Great news out of Beaverton today as Nike announced they will be launching their first ever sport hijab for Muslim athletes. The Nike Pro was co-developed by Muslim athletes...
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Every Story in Tomorrow's Issue of the Mercury is By a Woman or Nonbinary Writer
by Megan Burbank MARLOWE DOBBEIn solidarity with those striking on A Day Without a Woman, Wednesday's issue of the Mercury will only include bylines belonging to women and non-binary authors. We're...
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“You asked why I ‘left’ you. Honey, because I could.” by Anonymous You took it harder than I expected when I told you I would no longer be selling you my dirty panties. You asked why I “left” you....
View ArticleFighting for My Womanhood
How transgender women are held to a higher standard. by Sophia Lee As a transgender woman, I’ve spent a lot of time thinking about something that most women take for granted: What does it mean to be a...
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Turmoil in the Women’s March! Oregon’s reproductive resistance! by Megan Burbank The Portland chapter of the Women’s March on Washington has faced organizational challenges since its inception, though...
View ArticleA Note to Our Readers On A Day Without a Woman
Or, why there are no men in this issue. by Megan Burbank Dear Reader:It’s the shameful open secret of our industry: Journalism is kind of a boys’ club. Since 2009, VIDA: Women in Literary Arts has...
View ArticleFrom Slacktivism to Activism
Resistance events for the week of March 8–14. by Emilly Prado WEDNESDAY, MARCH 8International Women's Day—Portland State UniversityKick off a day dedicated to the amazing womxn in your life by...
View ArticleBlack Sun Is About Worth & Beauty
The new play is for our Black sons and daughters. by Jenni Moore Dancer/director Akela Jaffi—who’s known for performing around town with artists such as Chanti Darling—is the organizer for a new...
View ArticleSorry to Disrupt the Peace’s Hero Dysphoria
A Korean adoptee tries to make (and do) good in Patty Cottrell’s fearless, tragicomic debut. by Katie Pelletier At the time of her brother’s death, Helen Moran, the heroine of Patty Yumi Cottrell’s...
View ArticleMorgan Parker Writes About Beyoncé and the World Beyoncé Lives in
There Are More Beautiful Things Than Beyoncé is About More Than the Poetics of Pop Culture by Megan Burbank When I saw some of the early headlines around Morgan Parker’s excellent new book of poems,...
View ArticleMeet Painter Jeremy Okai Davis
His portraits celebrate the messiness of analog work. by Kathleen Marie Up close, Jeremy Okai Davis’ paintings are a bright, colorful mess. Vivid colors form familiar details like teeth and eyes,...
View ArticleThis Week in Vaginas
Kellyanne Conway’s hair is making me a bad person. by Courtenay Hameister It happens every time I see a picture of her. It’s even worse when there’s video. I steel myself to pay attention to the...
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Meet the superheroines of Portland food and drink. by Heather Arndt Anderson Our scene opens on a bustling eatery. People are piling up, a line spilling out the door, growing restless. A coffee cup...
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