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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.
Posted inBooks
Comics Roundup!
Comics Reviews in Handy Capsule Form
Reviews of new funnybooks, in handy capsule form.
Posted inQueer
Would You Do that at a Straight Wedding?
Queer Wedding Faux Pas
What NOT to do at a same-sex wedding.
Posted inMovies & TV
Let’s Discuss Masculinity!
Morgan Spurlock and the World of Male Grooming
Mansome: Morgan Spurlock and the world of male grooming.
Posted inBooks
Small Press, Big Changes
The IPRC Gets New Digs
The IPRC moves into a spacious new location.
Posted inBooks
Stumptown’s Comics Crash Course
Paging through the 9th Annual Stumptown Comics Fest
The Stumptown Comics Fest provides an annual crash course in funnybooks.
Posted inMovies & TV
A Tale of Two Masculinities
We Are the Lucky Ones in Zac Efron’s The Lucky One
We are the lucky ones in Zac Efron’s The Lucky One.
Posted inMovies & TV
A Wretched Hive of Scum and Villainy
Morgan Spurlock Goes to Comic-Con
Morgan Spurlock goes to Comic-Con.
Posted inMovies & TV
Latin Lovers
Chico & Rita, Animation, and All That Jazz
Chico & Rita, animation, and all that jazz.