Savage Love
Three Peters by Dan Savage I’m sorry if my English is wrong. I'm writing from Germany, where I am being heartbroken and not knowing how to go on. I've been seeing a guy for a couple of months and...
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Hey, good things could come from a Trump presidency! Right? by Ian Karmel There’s something extra terrifying about this Donald Trump presidential campaign. It's on a different level than previous...
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Local Man First in Nation to be "Annoyed as Shit" by Pokémon Go by Donald Henderson, Associated PressPORTLAND, OR—A Portland man has been identified as possibly the first person in the nation to be...
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Love and Gasoline WELL, AS I CAME AROUND to assist you with filling your work van, I had to look up as you opened the door and climbed out to pump your own gas. What a sight you were, climbing out of...
View ArticleGood Morning, News: ANOTHER Google Fiber Delay, Cops Against Gun Control, and...
by Wm.™ Steven Humphrey GOOD MORNING, BLOGTOWN! Hey Mr. D.J. (You can get this started.) Everybody's ready to party. (All night, all night.) LET'S GO TO PRESS. Remember the right-wing blogger who...
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SuperBite Gives Downtown the Restaurant It Desperately Needs
by Andrea Damewood Aaron LeeRECEIPTS FROM SUPERBITE look like those monumental tree-killers you get at Safeway: a veritable scroll, chronicling the last few hours’ worth of serendipitous bites and...
View ArticleSavage Love Letter of the Day: The Boyfriend Experience
by Dan Savage I'm a 24-year-old bi woman confused about how to proceed in my relationship. My partner and I have been together for four years, and we have one child. I love him dearly, and we have a...
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We're on the Ground—and Surrounded by Trump Supporters—in Cleveland!
The First Day of the Republican National Convention Was a Hot Mess by Sydney Brownstone Hello Cleveland! We’ve already had a lifetime’s worth of sunburns, sweat, and sexist drivel. THE STRANGERInside...
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Tonight: Your Chance to See America's Forgotten Industrial Musicals!
by Ben Coleman Steve Young spent two decades writing jokes for David Letterman, so it follows that his sense of humor skews somewhere between "dry understatement" and "bizarre Americana." He’s in town...
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Black and Brown in Portland
by Emilly Prado Y.G.B. “This is more than just a party. Music is how we connect."—Natalie FigueroaRenée LopezBEING BLACK AND BROWN, especially in this town, can be exhausting. Instead of feeling...
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Star Trek Offers Us a Reminder: We Can Do Better
by Erik Henriksen "Your father was captain of a starship for 12 minutes,” says Captain Christopher Pike. He’s in a roadside bar in rural Iowa, the kind of old-school dive that still serves Budweiser...
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History in the Making! Republican-Led Senate Breaks 100-Year Record for...
by Bobby Roberts During his speech at the Republican National Convention last night, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R) peeked out from behind the tissue-paper facade obscuring his refusal to...
View ArticleLights Out Offers a Steady Array of Oh-Shit Moments
TURN THE LIGHTS BACK ON! TURN THE LIGHTS BACK ONNNN! by Andrew Wright YOUTUBE IS BURSTING at the seams with horror shorts, the vast majority of which traffic in the same old jump scares and...
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Wine Cocktails That Go Beyond the Spritzer
by MJ Skegg Chris RyanTHINK “WINE COCKTAIL.” At best it evokes brunch-time bottomless mimosas, or at worst, sickly spritzers served at family functions in a weak attempt at sophistication and taming...
View ArticleLiving The Dream
by Anonymous Why do people say this shit when you ask how they're doing? What the fuck does it even mean? Did you really grow up dreaming of working in some corporate cube-farm or selling cell phones...
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Six Candidates Who Are More Exciting Than the Old White Dudes on Hillary's VP...
by Matt Baume What a wild duet.Evan El-Amin / Shutterstock.comAccording to "reports," which are never inaccurate, Hillary Clinton's spending two days cloistered at home to make her VP choice, and it's...
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Theater Has a Well-Documented Diversity Problem. One Local Company Is Doing...
by Megan Burbank Playwright Quiara Alegria Hudes.Ande Whyland“For our first 17 seasons we really focused on the mid-20th-century masters... people who are in the theater textbooks,” says Profile...
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Boris Johnson Shaping up to be England's Donald Trump
by Matt Baume Boris Johnson: somehow always looks as though he's just been blasted in the back by a fire extinguisherJacek Wojnarowski / Shutterstock.comDespite all outward appearances, Boris Johnson...
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Good Morning, News: Police Reform, Diversity at a Portland Theater, and Ted...
by Doug Brown Good morning, Portland. Please enjoy these high-quality links. Doug BrownIn print this week is our fantastic annual Bike Issue. You're not going to want to miss this:•Meet Your New Bike...
View ArticleThe "Homeless"
by Anonymous When homeowners complain about the homeless, three things always come up: syringes, sex and drug dealing. Then the children and the out-of-town seniors. But my story is as good as...
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