Hulu’s All-Too-Relevant Handmaid’s Tale
It isn’t terrifying because it could happen. It’s terrifying because it already did. by Megan Burbank Margaret Atwood once said she based everything in The Handmaid’s Tale on something that really...
View ArticleTalking with Dash Shaw About My Entire High School Sinking Into the Sea
And Q-tips. by Suzette Smith I saw Dash Shaw’s animated feature film My Entire High School Sinking into the Sea at last year’s Portland International Film Festival, where I was pleased to see the...
View ArticleThe Overlook Film Festival Shines
Horror movies in the woods? WHAT COULD GO WRONG by Ben Coleman The Overlook Film Festival is four days of contemporary horror cinema contained entirely in the frosty confines of Mt. Hood’s Timberline...
View ArticleOne Day at a Time
You realize it’s only a matter of time until Vin Diesel punches the Easter Bunny, right? by Ann Romano MONDAY, APRIL 17Happy Easter, everybody—that lovely time when Christians celebrate their favorite...
View ArticleChloe Eudaly Wants to Look into A City-Owned Bank
Here’s what that means. by Dirk VanderHart COMMISSIONER CHLOE EUDALY'S first order of business when taking office was to push the strongest renter protections the city’s ever seen. Her next quest...
View ArticleThe Oregon Supreme Court Just Neutered a Controversial Police Tactic
Defense attorneys and civil liberties advocates are ecstatic. by Doug Brown SEAN McNALLY did not want to leave the Portland Greyhound station that day in November 2011.McNally had argued with a ticket...
View ArticleIt’s Time to Decide the Fate of Our Schools (and Some Other Stuff Too)
Here’s how to vote on Portland’s hottest ballot measures. by the Mercury Endorsement Strike Force IT'S NOT YOUR FAULT if you have a panic attack anytime you get near a ballot these days.Last November,...
View ArticleFrom Slacktivism to Activism
Resistance events for the week of April 26–May 2. by Emilly Prado WEDNESDAY, APRIL 26SMASH the Patriarchy! Burlesque Benefit for NRO As law makers seek to strip women’s access to health care, the...
View ArticleAerating wine
Why you should get some air into your wine. by MJ Skegg You’re not supposed to put wine in a blender. But that’s what I’m doing. Pouring in half a bottle of a good Lagrein and hitting the button to...
View ArticleDialing in Chinese
Danwei Canting is off to a decent (if not amazing) start. by Andrea Damewood You can have far worse Chinese food in Portland than at Danwei Canting, but you can also do far better.Danwei Canting...
View ArticleObamacare Lives to See Another Day, But the GOP Could Still Fuck with Your...
Here’s how it might happen—and why the improbable beauty of Republican incompetence should give you hope. by Megan Burbank I still remember the first time a friend of mine reported back about getting...
View ArticleAndrea Stolowitz’s Journey Will Jolt You Awake
Charting genocide, diaspora, and family histories in Berlin Diary. by Megan Burbank When the AP releases an interview with the “president” that’s so incoherent it makes you feel more confident in a...
View ArticleSpiritrials Reveals the Reach of the War on Drugs
Spiritrials explores racism in a time of mass incarceration. by Katie Pelletier Jeff Sessions wants to bring back the War on Drugs. If you’ve forgotten about the racist legacy of these “get tough”...
View ArticleReviving the Horror and Humanity of Medea
Imago brings the classic play to its famous “floating” stage. by Thomas Ross Imago Theatre’s stage from its production of No Exit is back in action this season, but not for No Exit. Instead, Imago is...
View ArticleThis Week's Featured I, Anonymous!
“A group of fellow veterans are searching for you. If they find you, it will not be pretty.” by Anonymous Well, I hope you feel proud of yourself, asshole. I am a U.S. Navy veteran, which is likely...
View ArticleThe Party Review
We gathered to watch the rich be awarded. by D. Martin Austin “I got water in my phone because I dropped it in a toilet, right after the shrooms kicked in.” These are the words of people who refer to...
View ArticleLetters to the Editor
“In another couple of years we’ll have to tear down all those four-story apartment buildings and replace them with 10-story buildings.” GOATRIFICATIONRE: “Goat Blocks: A Slap in the Face to Goats and...
View ArticleChanging the World with The Reluctant Radical
They tried to make a movie. Then they got arrested. by Emilly Prado Transforming the world’s outlook on climate change is a daunting task, but activist Ken Ward lives to do exactly that. For Ward, no...
View ArticleIf You Want to be Righteous, Actually Do Something
by Anonymous So I read a post on FB by a woman who we'll call Alex who lives in the Pearl. She wrote about a man she saw at a bus stop "in distress""slumped""didn't appear to be breathing" you "wanted...
View ArticleGood Morning, News: Trump's Greedy Tax Plan, 82nd Ave Parade Scrapped, and...
by Wm.™ Steven Humphrey GOOD MORNING, BLOGTOWN! Heaven's holding a half moon, shining just for us. Let's slip off to a sand dune, real soon, and kick up a little dust. LET'S GO TO PRESS.The annual...
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