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Savage Love: Sleep Sexing
by Dan Savage JOE NEWTONI’m a 31-year-old gay male. I've been with my fiancé for three years, and we are getting married in the fall. I've got a question about initiating sex in my sleep—I read...
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by Anonymous I am part of the far left. I've spent time in radical communities and believe that the corrosive forces of capitalism and patriarchy must be resisted. There are times when good people...
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Timbers v. FC Dallas Match Preview
by Abe Asher Craig Mitchelldyer/Portland TimbersOn Saturday night in Frisco, the Portland Timbers will face their toughest test yet in 2017: A match against FC Dallas, the defending Supporters' Shield...
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Get Ready! Independent Bookstore Day is Coming!
by Megan Burbank Quick! Get ready to turn off the tiny device you're reading this on and read things in print, because Independent Bookstore Day is coming to Portland this Saturday, and Annie Bloom's,...
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Comics Artist Dash Shaw On My Entire High School Sinking Into the Sea (and...
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 personable humor...
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Ted Wheeler's First Budget Will Include $18.6 Million In Surplus Cash
by Dirk VanderHart It's too soon to say whether Mayor Ted Wheeler's got any tricks in store on Monday, when the new mayor will release his first city budget ever. We've been told not to expect any...
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David Crosby Found Twitter (And We Are All in His Crosshairs)
by Ciara Dolan DAVID CROSBY Letting his freak flag fly.HENRY DILTZDavid Crosby has one of the best voices in rock ’n’ roll. Along with Roger McGuinn’s jangling Rickenbacker 12-string, Crosby’s rich...
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Watch the Dear White People Series on Netflix Tonight! (It's Much Better Than...
by Jenni Moore Justin Simien’s 2014 movie Dear White People was about the politics, activism, and social scene at Winchester, a racially divided Ivy League college. In the movie version of DWP,...
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Stream Queen: Return of the Nerds! Watch Bill Nye Saves the World and Silicon...
by Chase Burns Bill’s back and he’s here to save the world.I didn’t expect to be so giddy. I thought the return of Bill Nye would get an “oh, cool” out of me, like if Zoom came back to TV. But holy...
View ArticleThings to Do Comedy: May 2017
Funny Things to Do All Month Long by Chipp Terwilliger Bridgetown Comedy Festival Every year, I anticipate the Bridgetown Comedy Festival with the hopped-up excitement of a sugar-deprived...
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Essential Songs by Oakland-Raised R&B Singer Kehlani
by Jenni Moore KEHLANI Prepare yourself.Courtesy of the artistIn 2013, Kehlani Ashley Parrish was houseless. It’d been a year since she’d left her post as the lead singer of the girl group Poplyfe,...
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Highlights of the First 100 Days of Jill Stein's Presidency
by Dept. of Presidential History January 20 (Day 1): President-elect Jill Stein draws criticism for refusing to take the oath of office on the Bible, which, in a statement, she referred to as "an old...
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Portland's "Greyball" Investigation Turns Up Little, But More Drama Is Coming
by Dirk VanderHart Mark MarkovichWhen Uber crashed into Portland in December 2014, it immediately began Greyballing. That's the verb that's come to correspond to the controversial tool—Greyball—that...
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Oregon Hearts Gamay
by MJ Skegg Gamay is getting big in Oregon. The grape, best known for its role in Beaujolais, has found a home in our cooler climate amidst the Pinot and Chardonnay more typically grown here. Gamay is...
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Photos & Video: Saturday's Right Wing March, Left Wing Protest in Montavilla
by Doug Brown A pro-Trump march on 82nd AveDoug BrownIt was national news this week when the 82nd Avenue of the Roses Parade was cancelled. The Multnomah County Republican Party planned to march in...
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Tonight on Starz: The Sumptuous (and Slow) American Gods
by Ned Lannamann You are correct to be tingling with excitement for American Gods. The Starz TV series is based on the novel by Neil Gaiman about ancient old-world deities fighting young American...
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Late Goal Denies Timbers Win In Dallas
by Abe Asher Portland TimbersIf not for a moment of magic from Maxi Urruti and a late slip from Alvas Powell, the Portland Timbers might have handed FC Dallas their first defeat of the 2017 MLS...
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by Anonymous So I hurt my right knee over 5 years ago. It's still there. But it has gotten better. Now, it seems like every time I fall, it's on my right knee. Every time I bang into something, it's...
View ArticleStopping To Not Say Thanks
by Anonymous I tell you why you don't get a thanks from me, and probably from others for the same reason. You can try to pretend like you don't see me. But you can't not see me unless you're an idiot...
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Things to Do This Week: May 1-4
by Mercury Staff If you make it to the end of this week, you will be rewarded with the best and brightest of the country's comedy community descending en masse upon us. But first, you have to start...
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