Thinkstock Our cat war with Seattle isn’t over. If you thought Portland’s battle to keep our King of Cats crown over Seattle was over, you’re wrong! Last week, my genteel and principled colleague, Rich Smith, esteemed books and national politics writer for our sister paper the Stranger, dealt the latest blow in our long-running feud […]
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Here Are the Worst Parts of the UN’s Report on Discrimination Against Women in the United States
Last week, a United Nations working group released a report on discrimination against women in the US. Much of the coverage since has skimmed off the top, so I decided to read the whole report, taking a highlighter to it, and thinking to myself, “Well, gee, I’ll just highlight the most egregious parts.” Oh, how […]
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Sisters Stars My Pretend Best Friends!
SISTERS “So, we’ve got a pretty good shot of being number one at the box office this weekend, right?” Watching Amy Poehler and Tina Fey make sharp-edged jokes at awards shows is one of my favorite hobbies, so I was pretty bullish on Sisters, the latest movie starring and produced by my two pretend best […]
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The Exploitation Machine
John Seabrook on How Your Top 40 Sausage Gets Made
John Seabrook on how your Top 40 sausage gets made.
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Those Sisters Are Mouthy Broads
Amy Poehler and Tina Fey, That Is
Amy Poehler and Tina Fey, that is.
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Who Wore it Best: Justin Bieber or Brian Cranston?
Thinkstock You used to call me on my cell phone. Everyone is covering Drake’s “Hotline Bling” right now, notably Justin Bieber, and today, Brian Cranston of growly Breaking Bad fame. Here’s video evidence, from an attention-seeking experiment in which W magazine enlisted a bunch of famous people (including THE GREAT STAND-UP AMY SCHUMER) to sing […]
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Today’s Cat News: #YesMenLoveCatsMonday and Bukowski’s On Cats
Ecco Happy #YesMenLoveCatsMonday, everyone! By now, you’ve surely heard that Portland has its own cat rapper*, Moshow. If you haven’t, I wish I were you, because your Monday is about to get so much better. Here’s the KGW video that finally got the other news outlets in town turned onto the hot new trend that […]
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Who Needs Hard Facts? Portland’s Cats Are Clearly the Most Photogenic
Ciara Dolan via Facebook Just one of many glamorous Portland residents. On Tuesday, my insightful and well-read colleague, Rich Smith, books and national politics writer at our sister paper the Stranger, continued our long-running dispute over which Pacific Northwest city can claim the most cat-people. Despite my warranted misgivings, Smith conducted a poll on the […]
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A Farewell to the 3rd Floor
A Sketch Comedy Tradition’s Final Chapter
A sketch comedy tradition’s Final Chapter.
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Get on Board! We’re Still in a Huge Fight with Seattle Over Cats!
Thinkstock #squadgoals. Cat people of Portland! It’s time to make yourselves known! You may recall my recent post about Portland’s proud status as the city with the largest population of cat ladies in the nation, and my concern that Seattle’s cat ownership is following close behind. This prompted much criticism from my honorable colleague, Rich […]
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Senate GOP Votes to Defund Planned Parenthood, Reject Gun Control
Charlotte Cooper via Wikimedia Commons Wow, Senate Republicans really know who the real enemy is: While taking the thoughts ‘n’ prayers approach to preventing domestic terrorism this week, they put on their big-kid pants yesterday in a party-line vote for a budget that would defund Planned Parenthood and repeal the Affordable Care Act, but opted […]
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The Week in Art: Viva’s Holiday, PICA’s Precipice Fund, and Kliph Nesteroff’s History of Comedy
Cult of Orpheus Amid the usual holly-jolly suspects of holiday theater season, Viva’s Holiday, the new Christmas opera about legendary Portland stripper/writer/breast cancer survivor/lady about town Viva Las Vegas, is a welcome departure! It opened last night, with two more performances tonight and tomorrow. Go see it, unless you want to try your luck with […]