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Stop Crying! The Thorns are Back!
by Erin O'Regan Look! Someone who is not debilitated by the insane winter we have experienced in Portland. So glad Tobin Heath is back!Photo courtesy Portland Thorns FCThis inordinate amount of rain...
View ArticleLake O Conservative "Kevin the Geek" Driven Out of Town by First Amendment
by Wm.™ Steven Humphrey As the old saying goes, "If you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen." And according to the Oregonian, Lake Oswego business owner and vocal Trump supporter Kevin "the...
View ArticleFrom Slacktivism to Activism
Resistance events for the week of March 22–28. by Emilly Prado In addition to the weekly resistance events you’ve come to love, each installment of From Slacktivism to Activism will now conclude with...
View ArticleMarilyn Rondón at 1000 Percent
The multimedia artist’s images stick with you. by Kathleen Marie I first learned about Marilyn Rondón after she lost a fight in the ring. Along with a selfie, she shared her honest feelings about loss...
View ArticleThis Week in Vaginas
That thing where you’re a dick and don’t realize it. by Courtenay Hameister Last week when I posted this column to my Facebook page (yes, I still have one and no, I’m not your Aunt Sylvia who watches...
View ArticleSneaker Wave
The latest in Portland hip-hop. by Jenni Moore Whew! Now that I’ve gotten some feminist concerns off my chest [Sneaker Wave, “We’ve Got to Talk Misogyny in Hip-Hop,” March 8], received overwhelmingly...
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Blazers Recap: Fear the Deer
by Arthur Bradford The Blazers arrived back in Portland riding high on an impressive 4-1 road trip. This season had nearly been written off, but with the arrival of "Nurkic Fever" things changed and...
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Portland Brown Berets to Lead Candlelight Vigil for Victims of Guatemalan...
by Emilly Prado Courtesy YouTubeEarlier this month, 40 teenage girls died in a fire set ablaze at Guatemalan shelter, Hogar Seguro Virgen de la Asución, following a riot in response to the institute’s...
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A Private-Sector Group Wants to Pay to Move Right 2 Dream Too Into the Pearl
by Dirk VanderHart Centennial Mills, the drab white property on the right, is being floated by some as a temporary home for Right 2 Dream Too.As a deadline for the removal of homeless rest area Right...
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Quanice Hayes' Mom Criticizes Police, Prosecutors After Officer Who Killed...
by Doug Brown Venus Hayes talks to reportersDoug BrownA grand jury declined yesterday to indict Portland Police Officer Andrew Hearst, who shot and killed 17-year-old Quanice Hayes last month. The...
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HUMP! 2017 Call For Submissions!
by Dan Savage HUMP! 2017 CALL FOR SUBMISSIONSAmateur filmmakers, actual filmmakers, sex-positive singles/couples/throuples/quads, wannabe porn stars, kinksters and other creative types are hereby...
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A Complaint About a "Police Official" Spurred Amanda Fritz's Opposition to...
by Dirk VanderHart Portland's lone remaining multi-stall, gender-neutral bathroom is on the second floor of the Portland BuildingEarlier this month, City Commissioner Amanda Fritz caught hell for her...
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Disjecta Has a New Executive Director, the Art Gym's Blake Shell
by Megan Burbank Blake ShellCourtesy of DisjectaTake a break from panicking at your Twitter timeline, I've got art news: Disjecta has a new executive director, Blake Shell, most recently of Marylhurst...
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Good Morning, News: the Oregon Freedom Rally, Capitalistic Teens, and the...
by Doug Brown Good morning, Portland. It's game day, and if you see someone wearing a Michigan basketball jersey around town today, that may be me. Sorry. Jahn TeetsovOut in print as of yesterday (you...
View ArticleCheck Out the First Full-Length Trailer for the New Season of Fargo
by Wm.™ Steven Humphrey Have you caught up on your Fargo binging yet? YOU HAVEN'T? Then by all means spend your near future checking out seasons one and two (on Hulu, Amazon, or the FX app) of this...
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Detroiters Is the Funniest Show in TV Right Now
by Ned Lannamann On Monday, it was announced that Detroiters has been renewed for a second season. This is fantastic news, because the series, not yet through its terrific first season on Comedy...
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Dems Are Going To Filibuster Gorsuch But We're All Going to Die Anyway...
by Tricia Romano No to GorsuchGetty ImagesNew York Senator Chuck Schumer announced that the Democrats will (sort of) filibuster the Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch, who, though dashing and...
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Allison Crutchfield's Solo Debut Plays Like a Dark and Weary Travelogue
by Nathan Tucker ALLISON CRUTCHFIELD AND THE FIZZ Fruit smoothies for all!Jesse RigginsAllison Crutchfield’s debut solo LP Tourist in This Town plays like a dark and weary travelogue. The new record...
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After Outbursts and Insults, Nick Fish Won't Let his Employees Attend City...
by Dirk VanderHart Demonstrators at Wednesday's City Council meeting. This was in the morning, before things devolved in the afternoon session. Dirk VanderHartThis post has been updated with remarks...
View ArticleAsking Vs. Doing
by Anonymous There is a difference. Especially for the person on the receiving end. For example, someone wants to fart, and gives a little warning. It's nice to prepare. Versus the person that just...
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