Hello, everyone! Happy Super Bowl hangover day to whomever celebrates; I don’t, so I’m normal today, just dumb for the same ol’ reasons. Can you believe it’s almost Valentine’s Day? Or maybe it actually is Valentine’s Day, depending on when you read this! Personally, I like that candy has shattered the limitations placed on it […]
Elinor Jones
Elinor Jones writes the gossip column, THE TRASH REPORT, as well as movie reviews, and dinosaur stuff. She likes your lipstick.
Good Morning, News: Senate Republicans Drop the Border Ball, Killer Whales Escape Ice, and all the Valentine’s News you can Valen-Use
Theย Mercuryย provides news and fun every single dayโbut your help is essential. If you believe Portland benefits from smart, local journalism and arts coverage, please consider makingย a small monthly contribution, because without you, there is no us. Thanks for your support! GOOD MORNING PORTLAND! Some Mercury staff are out of town this week which means some […]
My Top Six Rejected Valentineโs Day Issue Ideas
Dear Editor, Iโm excited for the opportunity to contribute to the Portland Mercuryโs Valentineโs Day issue! I have a ton of incredible article ideas, and you can totally trust what I have to say, as I am something of an โexpertโ on love. You remember those rock trolls from Frozen? Yeah, those mossy fuckers have […]
The Trash Report: Let’s Get Loud with Scams, Feuds, Arrests, and Beavers!
Hello, Trash Pandas! Another week is beginning, which means that another scoop of garbage and gossip (garsip?) shall be presented to you here in the Trash Report. Wow, January is finally over! Can you believe it? And we even got our first taste of fake Springโ I spent several hours outside yesterday and my cheeks […]
THE TRASH REPORT: Trump’s Art, Nicki Minaj on Twitter, and How Gen Z Will Always be a Young 30
Hello, and welcome to the Trash Report! I’m Elinor Jones and I will be serving as your guide to some random crap I found online to momentarily distract you from actual news, which is very sad, but also very importantโplease go back to that after you read this! These few minutes that we have together […]
THE TRASH REPORT: Who Could Fill DeSantis’ Shoes? Plus, Red Carpet Woes and Ice Storm Recovery
How do you do, fellow Trash Pandas?ย I am Elinor Jones, and this is…THE TRASH REPORT. Like many of you, I spent much of the past week iced into my home with my beloved family, anxiously refreshing the weather app on my phone to see when these people whom I love so dearly would get […]
THE TRASH REPORT: Weather, Water, and What Did She Say??
Hello, darling Trash Pandas, and welcome to THE TRASH REPORT! I’m Elinor Jones, coming to you live from as much chapstick and leave-in conditioner as I can get my hands on, because my Oregonian ass cannot handle this cold dryness. The power was out at my house for about six hours on Saturday, serving as […]
THE TRASH REPORT: Airplanes Aren’t Cute but Your Boyfriend Could Be
Happy new year, darling baby Trash Pandas! Welcome to the first Trash Report of 2024. The changing of the year is always a great time on social media, when the worst people you’ve ever known profess exactly the wrong goals for the coming year. The meanest and messiest people are planning to rise above toxicity […]
THE TRASH REPORT: The Best Trash of 2023!
To celebrate 2023 being over, let’s revisit some of my favorite bits of trash from this series of months that we have miraculously survived! January M&Ms just released a new package that only has the girl candies on it. This is confusing and enraging to a certain category of people whose beef with it seems […]
THE TRASH REPORT: Royal Fingers, Chalamet’s Charm, and Dakota Johnson vs. Penguins
Listen up, sluts: it’s me, Elinor Jones, bringing you another Trash Report despite the fact that Al Gore’s internet is full of SALES, SALES, SALES, and all I want to do is SPENDDDDDD MONEYYYYYYY! Every time I fire up my laptop I accidentally do zero work but buy four sweaters; science can’t actually explain it; […]
THE TRASH REPORT: Bad and Better Billionaires, Connor Roy v. Pizza, and Relationship-a-palooza!
Good morning, Trash Pandas! Welcome to another Trash Report. I’m Elinor Jones, still dazzled by yesterday’s matinee of the Portland Gay Men’s Chorus holiday show, “Make the Yuletide Gay.” I’m feeling all sorts of festive and honestly? I’m a little bummed that Twitter is an unusable incel circle jerk, because I used to like thinking […]
THE TRASH REPORT: Spotify Thinks I’m Basic but Gay, Paris Isn’t Just a DJ, and George Santos is Laughing All the Way to Unlimited OnlyFans
Hello, Trash Pandas! I’m Elinor Jones, and this is…THE TRASH REPORT. Did anything cool happen to you last week? Please do not hesitate to let me know! Until I can report on your newsworthy events or victories, I’ll have to write about the broader dumpster fire that is contemporary American life. I promise, I won’t […]
