When Tuck Malloy transitioned into their nonbinary/transmasculine identity, they wanted to use their position as a sales lead and in-house educator at She Bop to help other people experiencing their own gender transitions and explorations. “There were a lot of things I wanted more insight and community around,” says Malloy, “particularly in relation to the […]
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Another Journal Comic
{{image:1}} See more of Marcy’s comics at marcykingultra.tumblr.com.
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How to Be a Better Ally
Think you’re a perfect example of a straight male ally? Think again.
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POW Film Fest’s The Directors Catalogs 92 Portland-Based Women and Nonbinary Directors
POW Film Festival’s Managing Director Nora Colie calls The Directors a zine, but it sits in the hand like a book. The elegant volume is functionally a directory of 92 Portland-based women and nonbinary directors—both a celebration of their works and an answer to anyone who would claim any inability in finding a woman or […]
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Did YOU Get a Mercury Readers’ Valentine This Year? CHECK AND SEE!
Erika Rier As you know, the Mercury loves LOVE! And every year we prove it by publishing YOUR most romantic, smoogey-woogey valentines for FREE. Did you get one this year? Oh, it’s very possible! Check out the valentines in the current print edition of the Mercury, and if your sweetie missed the deadline for the […]
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War Stories from the Wild World of Online Dating
If love is a battlefield, the war is being waged online. Since online dating brings a fair share of complications to the search for love, we asked Mercury readers to submit their weirdest, wildest true stories of their experiences looking for romance on the internet. And we promised the best story would receive a $300 […]
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War Stories from the Wild World of Online Dating
Mike Merg [If love is a battlefield, the war is being waged online. Since online dating brings a fair share of complications to the search for love, we asked Mercury readers to submit their weirdest, wildest true stories of their experiences looking for romance on the internet. And we promised the best story would receive […]
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Barlow’s Public House Has a Riverfront View and Pour-Your-Own Taps
Don’t spill any!
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Beer Alternatives That Are Zero-Proof, Not Zero-Fun
I won’t be drinking a drop of alcohol in 2020. I’m doing a dry year; a way to try on sobriety for size and hopefully reset my relationship with drinking. Some drinks have been easy to give up—the bar’s acrid well whiskey, the Bloody Mary at brunch that renders me useless for the rest of […]
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Beer Events Calendar: Don’t Miss Oregon’s Best Upcoming Beer Events!
Don’t miss Oregon’s best upcoming beer events!
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The Weirdest Hazy IPAs We Could Find, Reviewed
These hazy IPAs have a lot of stuff in them. Are any of them any good?