There are better things to talk about than whether or not Taylor Swift or Beyoncé are “really” feminists. Photo by Jeff Walls Long before the current boom in online spaces focused on feminist-informed pop culture criticism, Portland’s Andi Zeisler co-founded Bitch Media, setting the tone for future blogs like Jezebel and the Hairpin. (Full disclosure: […]
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The Meddler Will Annoy You. Then You’ll Love It.
Especially if You Love Unlikeable Women!
Especially if you love unlikeable women!
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Andi Zeisler Goes Beyond “Is it Feminist?”
We Were Feminists Once Asks Better Questions
We Were Feminists Once asks better questions.
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P.J. O’Rourke Grudgingly Endorses Hillary Clinton
Yes, that’s the Cato Institute. Pjq1973 via Wikimedia Commons And he did it on Wait Wait… Don’t Tell Me!, the oddly punctuated thing that comes on when you try to listen to the news and forget that the weekend has arrived. Quoth Politico: For libertarian humorist and writer P.J. O’Rourke, Hillary Clinton is only the […]
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Do What You Love: Portland’s New Workplace Comedy Showcase
Do What You Love is Portland’s newest comedy showcase—and its earliest, with doors at 5:30 pm and a very office team-building-exercise vibe at yesterday’s debut show. I don’t mean that as a knock, because, well, that’s kind of what it is? It’s hosted at Wework, a coworking space near a bunch of galleries between Old […]
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James Urbaniak, Known for Playing Crime Show Red Herrings, Added to Bridgetown Lineup
You probably don’t think you know who James Urbaniak is, and you are wrong! The comedian, who was just added to the Bridgetown Comedy Festival lineup, currently appears on Hulu’s Difficult People and The Venture Bros. on Adult Swim, but has a very special skill: Per an email from Bridgetown’s Andy Wood, Urbaniak has played […]
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Kids in Love: Photographer Olivia Bee’s Interior Universe
Bee’s images are beautiful, evocative of everything from David Lynch to Francesca Woodman, in shades of pink, purple, and red. Polaroid by Lou Bedlam Olivia Bee is 22. But all of the photos collected in her first book, Kids in Love, were taken when she was a teenager, mostly between the ages of 15 and […]
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The Youth Culture of Kids in Love
Photographer Olivia Bee’s Interior Universe
Photographer Olivia Bee’s interior universe.
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Colorado PAC to White Guys Running for Office: “Can You Not?”
These success stories are made up. But Can You Not PAC, which urges white men not to run for office, is real. Can You Not PAC It’s my trademark response for street-harassing dudes who don’t know better—and now the name of a Colorado political action committee. The just-launched Can You Not PAC, run by two […]
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Brooks Wheelan and Laura Kightlinger Added to Bridgetown Comedy Fest Lineup
Important comedy news! We’ve gotten word from Bridgetown Comedy Fest director Andy Wood that Brooks Wheelan and Laura Kightlinger—both formerly of SNL—have been added to this year’s lineup! Here’s Kightlinger on that awkward moment every childless adult has experienced when you’re taken by surprise by an offer to hold a human infant, and are like, […]
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If You’re Sick of Self-Deprecating Lonely Cat Lady Jokes, Jen Kirkman Has the Solution!
“When we talk about being single, even if it is in the past, people flip out and want to fix it.” Robyn von Swank “If I wrote a joke about having had a broken leg one time and I performed it,” writes comedian Jen Kirkman via email, “would people look at me up there without […]
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Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale Will Be a Miniseries Starring Peggy Olson!
Margaret Atwood’s feminist dystopian classic is getting the high-brow TV series treatment. Tell every unwoman you know! Dominick D via Wikimedia Commons It’s an announcement that arrives just in time as we stare down a probable upcoming November battle between Brienne of Tarth and Joffrey Baratheon: Margaret Atwood’s feminist dystopian novel The Handmaid’s Tale AKA […]