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Good Morning, News: 2017's First Bike Death, Landlords Fight Renter...
by Dirk VanderHart The Landlords Strike Back—or try to at least. As expected, two Portland landlords filed suit against the City of Portland yesterday hoping to forestall new renter protections city...
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Only Rich White Homos Care About Marriage Equality—Still With This Shit?
by Dan Savage I open this week's Savage Lovecast by heaping praise on the big queer demonstration outside the Stonewall Inn in New York this weekend. The New Yorker also wrote it up. On the Lovecast I...
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Today at 3 PM: Livestream the Oral Arguments in State of Washington vs. Trump
by Sydney Brownstone Federal Judge James Robart's decision to block Trump's travel ban is now being examined by the San Francisco-based Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. AGOWABetsy DeVos is the...
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Senate Confirms Betsy DeVos, Biggest Threat to Public Schools Since the Flu...
by Rich Smith Betsy DeVos, perhaps plotting the demise of public education, perhaps thinking of Jesus nude on the beach, perhaps resting in the comfort of a vacant mind, perhaps about to puke.Courtesy...
View ArticleBlatant Tattoo Disrespect and Discrimination
by Anonymous I frequent this page often. I'm aware of the topics that trend. If I bore you with yet another tattoo gripe, feel free to move on to the posts still complaining about snow preparedness...
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Two Moons Merge Alienation with Connection
by Cameron Crowell TWO MOONS And a third guy.Claire Gunville“I LIKE TO THINK of albums as photographs, because visual representation and recording goes hand in hand with audio,” says Two Moons’ Aaron...
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Savage Love Letter of the Day: Maybe Sex Just Isn't His Thing
by Dan Savage I am a 26-year-old male, with ten years of sexual history. Since I was 16, I have always identified as a gay man. However, I don't think I'm gay. I've only had sexual relations with...
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Under Armour Supports Trump, So Stop Buying Their Shit
by Wm.™ Steven Humphrey Kevin Plank, supporter of Trump, maker of garbage clothes.Getty / Allison JoycePeople who know me know I despise Under Armour—mostly because it's the workout gear for bro-dudes...
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Photos: Run the Jewels at the Crystal Ballroom, Mon Feb 6
by Ciara Dolan Christopher Garcia ValleChristopher Garcia ValleRun the Jewels packed the Crystal Ballroom last night for a sold-out show and lots of smiles. They're currently touring in support of...
View ArticleSneaker Wave
The Last Artful, Dodgr and Neill Von Tally’s Bone Music centers on the realities of working class life. by Jenni Moore PORTLAND HIP-HOP TWITTER (yes, it’s a thing) was ablaze last week as the online...
View ArticleThings to Do Music: February 8-14
Noteworthy shows for the week of Feb 8-14. SUPER PICKCHERRY GLAZERR, SLOW HOLLOWS (Doug Fir, 830 E Burnside) When they released Haxel Princess in 2014, two-thirds of Cherry Glazerr’s members were...
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Things to Do Film: February 10-16
This Week: A sopping wet Ryan Gosling, the Wachowskis'Bound, and more. by Mercury Staff Fences Last night, while leaving a screening of the solid and engaging adaptation of August Wilson’s play...
View ArticlePam Grier—and a Whole Lot More—at the Portland Black Film Festival
We talk to curator David F. Walker about the fest’s must-sees. by Jenni Moore ONCE WORD spread that legendary actress Pam Grier—the star of films such as Foxy Brown and Jackie Brown—was coming to the...
View ArticleLife Lessons and Lego Batman
Everything is still awesome (mostly). by Ned Lannamann LET’S START with the good: There’s finally a Batman movie you can take the kids to! The Lego Batman Movie follows up 2014’s surprisingly...
View ArticlePIFF Notes
A guide to the Portland International Film Festival’s 40th year. by Andrew Wright OKAY, quick show of hands: Has sitting in the dark and temporarily saying goodbye to reality ever seemed like a better...
View ArticleSanta Clarita Diet: Netflix’s Cannibal Sitcom Needs More Bite
Family first. by Ned Lannamann THE DOMESTIC SITCOM has gotten a shakeup in recent years by circumventing its white-bread tendencies with solid network shows like Black-ish and Fresh Off the Boat. But...
View ArticleIntimidation is Running Rampant in Trump-Era Portland
A proposed new program would help communities push back. by Doug Brown IT'S A SCARY TIME to be an immigrant or refugee in this country, with President Donald Trump’s rise to power leaving...
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Lead Has Been Spouting from Drinking Fountains in Some City Parks
Officials can’t say for how long, or why. by Dirk VanderHart IN OCTOBER of last year, city officials discovered drinking fountains in Northgate Park were discharging lead.According to test results...
View ArticleHall Monitor: A Fight We’ve Been Waiting For
Portland’s finally ready to fight for renter protections in court. Good. by Dirk VanderHart TO HEAR Portland’s landlords tell it, the city’s housing market will soon be circling the drain.Why? How? As...
View ArticleI, Anonymous
tktk by Anonymous LAST NIGHT I broke the dry spell of five years, two months, and 15 days without penetrative sex. It was lackluster, and not only because the guy’s cock was tiny and nothing compared...
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