True stories of dental-related horror.
Megan Burbank
Posted inArts
Nous, On Va Danser Breaks Through the Boys’ Club of Dance
Portland Choreographer Nancy Ellis Takes on Aging and Gender
Portland Choreographer Nancy Ellis Takes on Aging and Gender
Posted inMovies & TV
The Snowman Review: Michael Fassbender and the No Good, Very Bad Murder Investigation Day
Tomas Alfredson’s Scandinavian crime thriller The Snowman, based on a novel by Jo Nesbø, starts off good ‘n’ creepy, portraying the exact conditions that mark the early lives of many a serial killer. Alas, it slowly unravels into a collection of loose ends, despite the best efforts of Michael Fassbender and Rebecca Ferguson as a […]
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Eileen Myles’ New Book is All About Her Dog (Unfortunately)
On Afterglow (A Dog Memoir) and the Complacency of Literary Success
On Afterglow (A Dog Memoir) and the complacency of literary success.
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Meet Portland’s Wine Shop For Standard-Issue Nerds, Not Cork Dorks
Pairings Portland Seeks To Demystify Wine Knowledge for People Who Aren’t Studying for a Sommelier Test
Meet Portland’s wine shop for standard-issue nerds, not cork dorks.
Posted inNational Politics
If You’re Surprised By the Reach of #MeToo, You’re Not Paying Attention
No one should feel obligated to make their own pain public just so that others understand it’s real. ircy / Getty The internet is bad today, because it’s publicly acknowledging that sexual assault and harassment are everyday experiences for women/trans/nonbinary people, which apparently is something some people didn’t know. If you didn’t, welcome to the […]
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Having Trouble Sleeping? Just Watch Ex Libris!
I love libraries more than most people (the self-checkout! the Dewey Decimal System! the summer reading challenges! the support for freedom of speech and the right to privacy! THE TRUE CRIME SECTION!), but even I couldn’t get into Frederick Wiseman’s library documentary, Ex Libris: The New York Public Library. As much as I love libraries, […]
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The Trump Administration Is Reversing Birth Control Protections
That Means Oregon’s New Health Equity Law Is More Important Than Ever
That means Oregon’s new health equity law is more important than ever.
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Ex Libris Will Put You To Sleep
I Love the New York Public Library. I Did Not Love Three Hours of It.
I love the New York Public Library. I did not love three hours of it.
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At Shaking the Tree, Anti-Fascist Theater Is Relevant Again
It’s Alive and Well in Brecht’s The Caucasian Chalk Circle
It’s alive and well in Brecht’s The Caucasian Chalk Circle
Posted inNational Politics
The Trump Administration Is Reversing the Affordable Care Act’s Birth Control Protections
This will likely do real and lasting harm. GETTY / ITAKDALEE The New York Times reported yesterday that the Trump administration is doing exactly what you’d expect: reversing the protections for birth control coverage that made it available to patients without a copay. With new rules written by a lawyer with ties to anti-abortion groups […]
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Congressional Republicans Are Pushing a Disingenuous 20-Week Abortion Ban, Still Doing Nothing About Guns
Why legislate women’s health when you could legislate this? Martin Barraud / Getty If you were still reeling from this week’s news out of Las Vegas, you may have missed the House’s passage of a 20-week abortion ban on Tuesday. Now it heads to the Senate with 45 fucking co-sponsors, because I guess the GOP […]