Everything as Fuck
It’s late summer for me, too. I’m not immune. by Ian Karmel Listen, this is one of those weeks where I straight up don’t have any one big thing to write about. It happens every now and then, and I...
View ArticleOut of Pocket: Portland’s Last Pay Phones
Pay phones aren’t easy to find in Portland anymore—but they can still be necessary. by Ned Lannamann DOOM TOWN? More like Boom Town.The old, gloomy nickname for Portland seems positively antiquated in...
View ArticleLush Life: Wines from Up North
Look! I found some nice things to say about Washington wines! by MJ Skegg I TRY TO BE NICE about Washington wines. But they’re so big, bold, and clumsy, giving off boozy heat like a barfly’s breath....
View ArticleBlack-Owned Restaurants Matter
Get out, eat, and support black-owned restaurants over the weekend. by Andrea Damewood LAST SUMMER, Southeast Portlander Bertha Pearl saw an article about a day celebrating black-owned restaurants in...
View ArticleHall Monitor: Putting Out Fires At Terminal 1
Recent conflicts over the contentious property are smaller than they appear. by Dirk VanderHart IT WAS a minor skirmish in the battle arena Terminal 1 has become.On Wednesday, August 17, a week after a...
View ArticleI, Anonymous
“Your suntanned arms were flaking skin chunkers off!” I ALMOST ordered from your food cart—the menu looked good, and I was hungry. It looked clean and appealing from a few feet away. As I got closer,...
View ArticlePortland’s Speed Limits Ignore Cyclists and Pedestrians
But as road deaths spike, that’s about to change. by Dirk VanderHart EVEN BEFORE a 15-year-old girl was run down on Southeast Hawthorne last Friday, it had been an exceptionally bloody month on...
View ArticleFlora’s Analog Perfection
Land Gallery’s all-women, lo-tech art show is everything. by Megan Burbank WHEN SUSIE GHAHREMANI reached out to artists for Land Gallery’s latest show, Flora, she made two choices: She focused solely...
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Good Morning, News: Police Oversight Recess, Horrors, and Here's What Donald...
by Megan Burbank AIRPLANES: Donald Trump is wrong about airplanes.BigTop via Wikimedia CommonsICYMI: The volunteer board that oversees changes to the Portland Police Bureau (PPB) is going on a 60-day...
View ArticleBreeding a Future of Entitlement?
by Anonymous Dear I, Anonymous, get over yourself. There is nothing in this world that is more entitled than an upper-middle class (usually white) American mother of a toddler. I don't mean to ruin...
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Say It with Me—Weed Isn’t Heroin
by Josh Jardine Not long ago, I wrote about the slight, slim chance that the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) would reschedule cannabis from Schedule I to Schedule II [Cannabuzz, July 6]. You...
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This Week's Style Events: Fade to Light, Urban Air Market, and More!
by Elizabeth Mollo Wendy OhlendorfBrent BarnettFade to Light: A Multidimensional Fashion Event, a biannual fashion show that encourages designers to think outside the box regarding their runway...
View ArticleSavage Love Letter of the Day: Asexuality-It's a Thing
by Dan Savage Originally posted on December 10, 2014.My intelligent, lovely, in-all-ways-phenomenal 18-year-old daughter just came out to me: as asexual! I am struggling with my reaction to this. If...
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Cannabis Wasn't Rescheduled, But There's Been Plenty of Other Activity
by Vince Sliwoski Dear Pot Lawyer,What's with all the federal weed law action? My head is spinning!MINE, TOO. Last week, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) announced it would not change its...
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Pack Your Bags, There's a New Planet For Us to Ruin!
by Jennifer Campbell I'm going to put my couch over by that rock, okay? ESO/M. KornmesserEveryone: We may have an out. A group of scientists have confirmed to the journal Naturethe existence of a...
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Hey Bernie Bros, "Revolution" Is Not the Best Way to Structure a Political...
by Christopher Frizzelle "My bros. C'mon. Why are you fighting?"Crush Rush / Shutterstock.comIf you go to Bernie Sanders's website right now, it says, in huge letters: "The political revolution...
View ArticleIn Don't Breathe, the Fact That Stephen Lang Cannot See You Does Not In Any...
Watch out, idiots, he is going to fuck you up by Andrew Wright FOR A GENRE known for headbanging excess, it’s often the subtler things—rhythm, geography, use of negative space—that can put a horror...
View ArticleSnifflelifflegus
by Anonymous So you been sick huh? Sniff sniff. So you're sorry you've taken so long to get back to them, eh? Sniff sniff. As you go down your line of missed calls. Mr. Popular too, huh? You get a...
View ArticleTransplant Hate Coming from Who?
by Anonymous it seems to me the only people who hate an out-of-stater are the very people who base their personal cultural-fortitude on their travels, and get this, the places they've lived. I do it....
View ArticleCheater's Curse
by Anonymous I was a good girlfriend. I listened to you talk about yourself and talk about yourself and talk about yourself. I was the blow job queen, and overlooked your belching hobby and the phlegm...
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