Gender is what suits you
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Sit Down and Listen: Four Podcasts About Gender
How’re you supposed to learn anything if you don’t listen?
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Boys to Men: Stopping Male Toxicity Before It Blooms
It’s not hard to see that male toxicity causes many of the world’s problems. It’s often the centerpiece of wars and religion, as well as leading to bullying, domestic abuse, and sexual assault, while also thriving in less obvious forms such as sports, comedy, and Star Wars subreddits. But women and others along the gender […]
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She Bop’s Experts Talk Gender, Sexuality, and Being a Sex Shop for Every Body
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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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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The Weirdest Hazy IPAs We Could Find, Reviewed
These hazy IPAs have a lot of stuff in them. Are any of them any good?
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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!