Aaron Walker At a communal Friendsgiving party two years ago, I played a prototype of a card game called Pitch, Please! and it was so much fun I interrogated the artist/game creator Carolyn Main afterward about where I could get such a game. At the time, Main was about a third of the way through […]
Suzette Smith
Suzette Smith is the arts & culture editor of the Portland Mercury. Go ahead and tell her about all your food, art, and culture gripes: suzette@portlandmercury.com. Follow her on Twitter, Bluesky, and Letterboxd.
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Pitch, Please!
Carolyn Main Kickstarts Her Hilarious Movie Pitch Card Game
Carolyn Main kickstarts her hilarious movie pitch card game.
Posted inMovies & TV
Wonder Woman Movie Review: Who Identifies with Wonder Woman?
Who identifies with Wonder Woman? Sculpted from clay by Amazonian queen Hippolyta, Diana—here played by the gorgeous and wonderful Gal Gadot—was raised on the women-only island Themyscira, the only child of a matriarchal civilization. She was taught to fight and ride horses, and she was told how the god Ares sowed discord in the hearts […]
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The Body Horror of Illness, Poverty, and Time
I Should Have Listened to Anne Elizabeth Moore
I should have listened to Anne Elizabeth Moore.
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Fear Will Never Conquer Us
Scenes from This Weekend’s Hollywood Transit Vigil for Three Heroes Who Stood Against Hate
Scenes from the Hollywood Transit Memorial for Three Brave Heroes
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Wonder Woman Is a Thrilling Start
Now Bring on the Sequels
Now bring on the sequels.
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Scenes From The Hollywood Transit Memorial
Suzette Smith At 6:15 PM on a 90-degree Saturday afternoon the Hollywood Transit Center already felt full to the brim. The square lawn of grass, facing NE Halsey, overflowed with mourners, filling the bus channels behind it and the tiers of stairs connecting to the MAX train platform. Hundreds sat or stood in a wide […]
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Men Without Women’s Dick Lit
Men’s Insecurities Are Exposed in Murakami’s Latest
Men’s insecurities are exposed in Murakami’s latest.
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Comics Artist, Cyclist, Activist
Eleanor Davis Took a Bike Ride That Awakened Her to Injustice.
Eleanor Davis took a bike ride that awakened her to injustice.
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Comics Artist Dash Shaw On My Entire High School Sinking Into the Sea (and Q-Tips)
I saw Dash Shaw’s animated feature film My Entire High School Sinking into the Sea at last year’s Portland International Film Festival, where I was pleased to see the personable humor and torsion of reality that I always expect from his work. Shaw is a well-respected indie comics artist whose graphic novels, like Bottomless Belly […]
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Talking with Dash Shaw About My Entire High School Sinking Into the Sea
And Q-Tips.
And Q-tips.
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The Book of Joan: Oh, Dear
Lidia Yuknavitch’s Sci-Fi Novel Misses the Mark, and We All Go Flying into the Void
Lidia Yuknavitch’s sci-fi novel misses the mark, and we all go flying into the void.