Pullout: The Oppression Issue
Katia Dunn
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Shawna Kenney
Shawna Kenney Powell’s City of Books Monday, July 22 7:30 pm “I have two theories on why a man goes to see a dominatrix,” says now-retired dominatrix Shawna Kenney. “First–and I think this is true for 90 percent of this men who go–most of them are in really powerful positions, and it’s a relief for […]
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Look, But Don’t Touch
Liquor Commission Redefines Lewd
About two weeks ago, Susan, who owns a strip club in Portland, received a letter from the Oregon Liquor Control Commission (OLCC). According to the official letter, chock-full of bureaucratic speak, on August 1, the OLCC will begin enforcing a rule stating that strippers in Oregon will no longer be allowed to touch their own […]
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Got My Mojo Working
Powerpuff Girls Are So Fricken Cute
Powerpuff Girls Movie dir. McCracken Opens Fri July 5 Various Theaters Having seen the “Powerpuff Girls” TV show a few times, I went into the movie thinking 1) I wish I had a blue outfit like the one Bubbles has 2) it’s great that little girls, for once, are the heroes. But after seeing the […]
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Like Father, Like Daughter
Behind the Scenes at the “World’s Best Stripper” Contest
It’s 11:00 pm, and eight strippers are running around the basement of Union Jack’s in various stages of nudity. They’re in deep preparation for a night of work that could potentially be worth more than a week of tips. The World’s Best Stripper contest (held last week) spanned four nights and awarded more than $4000, […]
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My Less Than Secret Life
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Jonathan Ames My Less Than Secret Life (Thunder’s Mouth Press) Jonathan Ames’ latest book, My Less Than Secret Life, is filled with essays (initially published in his column in the New York Press) which are “a public diary,” as he describes it, and detail his life as he engages in a bizarre boxing match, flirts, […]
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Hating Hate Radio
Local Groups Try To Oust Loudmouth From Airwaves
The Coalition Against Hate Radio, a local organization of community anti-hate groups and churches, don’t like what Michael Savage has to say. A talk-radio show host broadcast locally on KXL, Savage has content and format similar to that of Rush Limbaugh, pointedly ranting against every ethnic group under the sun and bashing everything liberal. Lobbying […]
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Don’t Kill the Freshman
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Interview: Zoe Trope Don’t Kill the Freshman (Future Tense/HarperCollins) “I am not a fucking prodigy,” insists 15-year-old Zoe Trope. If she’s not, it’s only fair to say she’s the smartest, most articulate non-prodigy to publish a book in the history of the world. Though she can’t really talk about it due to libel reasons, Trope, […]
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My Loose Thread
Book Review
Dennis Cooper My Loose Thread Mon June 17 Powell’s Books The cover of Dennis Cooper’s most recent book, My Loose Thread, features a blurry picture of the faces of two clowns, blood-like makeup smeared chaotically all over their faces, locked in an intimate pose; they’re either fighting, or kissing. Probably a combination of both. “I […]
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The Worst of All Sins
Christians Debate: Love the Gay, or Love the Gay Sinner?
Catherine Chapman experienced her first homosexual experience when she was eight years old. “I grew up with this other family,” she explains. “And within that family, the stepfather was physically and sexually abusive to the daughter, who was four years older than me and also my best friend. We grew up together. I was eight […]