Sandra Bullock Is Not in Queen of Katwe
A Disney-sponsored reminder that representation matters. by Elinor Jones THERE’S A NOT INSIGNIFICANT legacy of terrible movies about poor brown kids being taught out of poverty by godly white people...
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“Much love to all survivors of rape.” {{image:1, align:right, width:250}} DO BETTERRE: “KGW’s Questionable Interview with Joel Magid Shows Disregard for Survivors of Sexual Assault” [Blogtown, Sept...
View ArticleBest Fake Friends Is... Oh God, It’s So Horrible
Real friends are honest. by Elinor Jones I’D LIKE TO START this review by saying that I commend anyone who has the guts to create something, and put that thing out into the world for consumption and...
View ArticleGood Morning, News: Don't Shoot Portland Meets with Mayor, Russians Tied to...
by Wm.™ Steven Humphrey GOOD MORNING, BLOGTOWN! Hope you know when it's late at night, hold on to my pillow tight, and think of how you promised me forever. LET'S GO TO PRESS.Don't miss this week's...
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August Wilson Speaks in How I Learned What I Learned
by Megan Burbank Brud GilesAt the beginning of Portland Playhouse’s How I Learned What I Learned, Victor Mack, in the role of playwright August Wilson, takes off a long-sleeved shirt to reveal a black...
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Cops Love Their New Union Contract. Police Oversight Advocates? Not So Much
by Dirk VanderHart Portland police officers have never loved a union contract like they love the one Portland CIty Council took up this morning. According to Portland Police Association President...
View ArticleThank You Portland (Follow Up to 2003)
by Anonymous I submitted an I anonymous post back around 2003. I was into my 2nd year of living in Portland at the time. I am originally from Madison. Wi. and spent a few years in the S/W before...
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Looking for Tiger Lily Deconstructs Assimilation with PowerPoint
by Suzette Smith CHELSEA PETRAKISIn June, I profiled a series of short pieces presented for Risk/Reward’s Festival of New Performance. Known onstage as audacious drag clown Carla Rossi, Anthony Hudson...
View ArticleYussing and Celling
by Anonymous The thing about yelling and cussing is people tend to think it shows how angry they are. They think it shows how much business they mean. They tend to think the more swearing is involved,...
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Susan Faludi Applies a Journalistic Lens to Her Father’s Gender Transition
by Katie Pelletier AUTHOR PHOTO BY SIGRID ESTRADAPulitzer Prize-winning feminist writer Susan Faludi had been estranged from her difficult and domineering father for a quarter of a century when he...
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Uroboros Glass Is Closing, Partly Blaming New Environmental Regulations
by Dirk VanderHart Uroboros Glass, one of two Portland factories that found themselves subject to new environmental regulations earlier this year after it became clear they were emitting carcinogens,...
View ArticleThe Following Account Is Based On Actual Events
by Anonymous You went from mild mannered to full-on thug in a two month period. What happened? All I hear are the rumors that you slept with the supervisor's girlfriend, a fellow coworker. Here's the...
View ArticleNot the Three-Way You Had in Mind
by Anonymous Not the three- way you had in mind, is it, Gunslinger? Yeah, I slept with her. She's really wonderful, isn't she? The way she moves, the sounds she makes, where she puts her hands. And...
View ArticleYes, There is Something Wrong with California
by Anonymous But of course at this point there's nothing to be done about it. California is a consumerist utopia, and now that it's been rotting for long enough, it has turned itself northwards. Not...
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Good Morning, News: Uroboros Glass, the Police Union Contract, and Another...
by Doug Brown Good morning, Portland. I'll be bummed out if you don't click the links I've curated for you.Michela ButtingnolOut in print and online yesterday, check out this week's feature on the...
View ArticleShut that dog the F*ck up
by Anonymous Listen, I get it. You love to take a morning stroll through the Belmont District with your adorable dog. What is absolutely unacceptable is leaving your incessantly barking dog tethered...
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California is the Latest State to Strike Down the Statute of Limitations in...
by Megan Burbank Progress.Chris Potter via Wikimedia CommonsCalifornia just became the most recent state to strike down the statute of limitations in rape cases, getting rid of the 10-year time limit...
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Sold Out Blues? W. Kamau Bell Adds Another Show to His Portland Visit!
by Wm.™ Steven Humphrey You love comedian W. Kamau Bell whose painfully smart comedy makes you pee a little with glee. But you were too late to snag tix to his upcoming Oct 21 show at Aladdin. WHAT TO...
View ArticleSame Shit Different Day
by Anonymous Do you ever feel like everyday is the exact same and that every encounter is with the same fucking people all day everyday? I feel this way every time I visit your sorry ass. Same...
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Things To Do Today 9/29
by Mercury Staff Bianca Del Rio If you’re not familiar with the sharp-tongued comedy of drag artist Bianca Del Rio (real name Roy Haylock), let’s get you up to speed! Bianca took home the crown in...
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