“Etiquette” is not a word you’re likely to encounter around here. Portlanders tend to shun convention and enjoy the spirit of counter-culture that has long characterized our little town. We’re more Courtney Love and less Emily Post, and the concept of table manners is the stuff of old boys’ clubs and sexually repressed debutantes. However, […]
Mamie Stevenson
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Humanity Had a Good Run. Now It’s Time for Us To Go Extinct.
INÉS ESTRADA When I arrived at Cathedral Park to meet Les Knight, I figured I’d be able to pick his face out of the crowd. I had, after all, watched an interview Knight did with Tucker Carlson in 2005, during which he was dressed in a shade of khaki that only a soft-spoken environmentalist would […]
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Thank You for Not Breeding
Sure, the Voluntary Extinction Movement Doesn’t Want You to Have Babies—But There’s Much More to the Story
When I arrived at Cathedral Park to meet Les Knight, I figured I’d be able to pick his face out of the crowd. I had, after all, watched an interview Knight did with Tucker Carlson in 2005, during which he was dressed in a shade of khaki that only a soft-spoken environmentalist would wear on-camera. […]
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Checking in with Portland’s Full-Time Witch
ERIN AQUARIAN “Make Earth Human Again” is just one of Erin Aquarian’s many credos. As Portland’s full-time witch, she aims to heal the community and the world at large in ways not often associated with activism. Using tarot, a variety of mystic exercises, and good old intuition, Aquarian makes her living providing accessible, healing spiritual […]
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Arts and Craft with Erin Aquarian
Portland’s Full-Time Witch Takes on the Patriarchy
Portland’s Full-Time Witch Takes on the Patriarchy
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Writing on the Walls at the Society Hotel
Courtesy of the Society Hotel I often wonder what it would be like to view Portland through fresh eyes again. My first night in town, which was nearly 10 years ago now, my aunt took me for sushi on the top floor of the Big Pink. It was dark out, so I failed to take […]
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A Portland Entrepreneur Curates Online Profiles for the Romantically Frustrated… But Does It Work?
Jade Sturms Soon after meeting Ladan Radafshar for what was a very brief interaction, she began appearing everywhere in my life. It first happened when I mentioned her to my best friend, who remembered meeting her years ago at a party. Within days, her face popped up on the Instagram feed of one of my […]
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Okay, Cupid
A Portland Entrepreneur Curates Online Profiles for the Romantically Frustrated… But Does It Work?
A Portland entrepreneur curates online profiles for the romantically frustrated… but does it work?
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Lost Decade’s Rock and Roll and Children’s T-Shirts
Manu Berelli and Glenn Henrickson’s Homegrown Design Empire
Manu Berelli and Glenn Henrickson’s homegrown design empire.
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Snapchat Doesn’t Load in Here
Night Market Brings Local Artists Offline and Under One Roof
Night Market brings local artists offline and under one roof.
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HYMN Space’s After-Hours Community
In An Ever-Changing City, A New Venture Brings Artists and Freelancers Together Outside the 9 to 5 Grind
In an ever-changing city, a new venture brings artists and freelancers together outside the 9 to 5 grind.