David Shankbone via Wikimedia Commons MILLIONAIRES! They’re just like us! I’m almost starting to feel bad for Jonathan Franzen: It seems like every time he’s interviewed, he says something so deeply tone-deaf, I want someone to crowdfund a new publicist for him. Then I remember that the dude is loaded, like not novelist-doing-pretty-good-loaded (aka “financially […]
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So You Want to Counter-Protest Abortion Clinic Protesters. Here’s How to Do it Without Making Things Worse.
Another week, another attempt by grim-faced politicos to defund Planned Parenthood. Or investigate Planned Parenthood. Or to sit Planned Parenthood down for a stern talking-to*. Or just generally act like women are silly Taylor Swift-loving subhumans who don’t deserve healthcare, and sex a joyless chore. If you’re not personally a frothing anti-choice dickbag, you may […]
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Freeheld: Maybe Just See the Documentary It’s Based On?
FREEHELD Contrary to the above image, Freehold is NOT about getting high and looking at windchimes. Oh dear. I was set to love Freeheld, Peter Sollett’s adaptation of the Oscar-winning documentary about New Jersey cop Laurel Hester (Julianne Moore), and her fight in the face of terminal illness and bigoted policies towards gay couples to […]
Posted inArtsy
Behold Dorothea Lange’s Depression-Era Photos of Oregon’s Migrant Farmworker Families
From 1935-1944, the US government did something unthinkable today: It funded art. To curry support for the Farm Security Administration’s programs to benefit farmworker families displaced by the Great Depression, photojournalists were dispatched to document the programs’ necessity. The result was 170,000 photographs, and through the miracle of the internet, the entire collection‘s now been […]
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In Art News: A Gender-Swapped Twilight, Protesting Renoir, Remembering Chantal Akerman
Pierre-Auguste Renoir [Public domain or Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons What do you think? Does this guy suck at painting? REJOICE! Kill Rock Stars is releasing albums from both Ian Karmel and Emily Heller next month. One of them was even recorded in Portland. CAN YOU GUESS WHICH ONE Hey, here’s the gender-swapped version of […]
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Bad Swimmers in Sara Jaffe’s Dryland
Resisting the Traditional Coming-Out Narrative
How she resisted the traditional coming-out narrative.
Posted inMovies & TV
Freeheld: Maybe Just See the Documentary It’s Based On?
Ellen Page Deserves Better!
Ellen Page deserves better!
Posted inTheater & Performance
Not Even Portland Center Stage Can Make Me Want to See Our Town
Grover’s Corners Hasn’t Aged Well
Grover’s Corners hasn’t aged well.
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Here’s Your 2015 Siren Nation Music and Arts Fest Lineup
Siren Nation Fall in Portland is prime time for lady-centric festivals. You already know what’s on the docket for the newly-rebranded All Jane Comedy Fest, and now Siren Nation’s released the lineup for their ninth annual music and arts fest. Behold the wonder that awaits us November 4, including a delightful-sounding comedy night featuring Karinda […]
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The Week in Art: Elena Ferrante, Corrib Theatre’s Little Gem, and Lauren Groff’s Duplicitous Novel About Marriage
Europa Editions Don’t be fooled by the bad stock-art cover: Elena Ferrante is a literary beast. ELENA FERRANTE—My predecessor, Alison Hallett, and Perfect Day Publishing’s Michael Heald tried to explain why Elena Ferrante is such a literary sensation on the occasion of her new book, the final Neapolitan Novel, The Story of the Lost Child. […]
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Little Gem Gets the Staging It Deserves
Corrib’s Production Gets Out of the Pub and Onto the Boards
Corrib’s production gets out of the pub and onto the boards.
Posted inComedy
The Deal With All Jane Comedy Fest’s Name Change: It Just Got Even More Trans-Inclusive
All Jane Comedy When I posted the lineup for this year’s All Jane Comedy Fest earlier this week, I speculated as to why the festival’s name had been changed from All Jane No Dick to its newer, politer iteration. Commenters wondered if the change was a response to the lone male protester who accused the […]