Brud Giles Given the choice between attending a holiday play and nearly anything else—talking to strangers! oil change! moving!—I would almost ALWAYS choose the latter. It’s not that I have no holiday cheer: I’ve attended many a Nutcracker. David Sedaris and I are cool. There’s a strong chance I’m going to sob through the 1994 […]
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In I, Tonya, Margot Robbie Makes Tonya Harding Human Again
And Her Story Couldn’t Be More Timely
In a moment of heightened awareness around sexual abuse and workplace harassment, Harding’s story couldn’t be more timely.
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Cheer Up! There’s One Good Thing to See During Holiday Theater Season
You Should Go See A Christmas Carol. Yes, That Christmas Carol.
You should go see A Christmas Carol. Yes, that Christmas Carol.
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Portand Podcaster Lillian Karabaic Makes Personal Finance Delightful
LILLIAN KARABAIC With preachy, unrealistic directives about quitting avocado toast to magically solve all your money problems, the personal finance industry has a well-earned reputation for being dry and irrelevant to people living on all but the biggest budgets. Enter Portland’s Lillian Karabaic. You probably know her as the founder of Pedalpalooza’s now-departed Bowie vs. […]
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Balanchine’s Nutcracker Will Never Be The Nutcracker Of My Childhood
Come For the Amazing Choreography! Leave Because Dancing Candy Should Not Be This Racist!
Come for the amazing choreography! Leave because dancing candy should not be this racist!
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“A Dash of Glitter” with Your 401(k)
Portand Podcaster Lillian Karabaic Makes Personal Finance Delightful
Portand’s Lillian Karabaic Makes Personal Finance Delightful
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HRC Is Free
Why You Should Care About Hillary Rodham Clinton’s Second Act
Why you should care about Hillary Rodham Clinton’s second act.
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Six Days at the Pacific Northwest’s Regional Abortion Fund
“I always tell them, ‘You don’t have to justify what you’re doing, to me.’” ILLUSTRATION BY SYLVIA STOLAN On Monday morning, the Northwest Abortion Access Fund’s weekly budget is replenished, and a new hotline shift begins. This week, Jeanie Schauerman is one of two volunteers staffing the hotline, responding to callers throughout the Pacific Northwest […]
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“Can Anybody Help Out This Week?”
Six Days at the Pacific Northwest’s Regional Abortion Fund
Six days at the Pacific Northwest’s regional abortion fund.
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Now Entering Psychic Utopia
Hand2Mouth Has Devised a Generous, Subtly Funny Play About Cults
Hand2Mouth Has Devised a Generous, Subtly Funny Play About Cults
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Senior Editor Megan Burbank’s Wish List
It’s the Mercury staff wish list—and we’re very greedy.
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Good Morning News: Subpoenas for the Trump Campaign, A Creep Update, and Putting Men in Rice
Look at all of these fucking sexual predators. Spiderstock / getty HAPPY SUBPOENA DAY 2 U: Special Counsel Robert Mueller has issued yet another subpoena to the Trump campaign for more documents related to Russian interference in the 2016 election. Today, in government overreach from the party that loves to complain about government overreach: A […]