Amy Schumer has made feminism part of her public persona. So why is she blocking feminists on Twitter? Ms. magazine via Wikimedia Commons Nothing reveals the jerks among us like high-profile allegations of gendered violence. This is what happened over the weekend following news that comedian Aaron Glaser had been banned from New York’s Upright […]
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Oh Cool, Donald Trump’s Reported Running Mate is the Original “Defund Planned Parenthood!” Guy
UPDATE, 4:40 pm: Donald Trump has postponed his VP announcement, initially slated for tomorrow, following an apparent terrorist attack in Nice, France. Multiple news outlets have already confirmed Pence as his selected running mate. Oh great, it’s Mike “Legislate Your Uterus” Pence. Gage Skidmore via Wikimedia Commons Fuck. Not this guy again: Donald J. Trump’s […]
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Donald Trump Has Been Accused of Rape in a Federal Lawsuit
I really didn’t want to use a portrait. This seemed like the best alternative. Neelix via Wikimedia Commons Here’s Gothamist: A federal lawsuit filed Monday in New York accuses Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump of repeatedly raping a 13-year-old girl more than 20 years ago, at several Upper East Side parties hosted by convicted sex […]
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I’m Sick of Watching Horrible Things Happen to Women Just So People Know Horrible Things Happen to Women
Simulating shitty behavior towards women doesn’t strike me as a great way to solve misogynist internet trolling. MatiasEnElMundo This video, of sports reporters Sarah Spain and Julie DiCaro having the verbal abuse they encounter on Twitter read back to them by some random dudes, has been making the rounds this week. It did make me […]
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According to Advocates, Oregon Women Lose More Than $4 Billion Annually to Pay Inequality
One American dollar. Or, if you’re a woman, 79 cents. Paulprescott72 According to a report released today by the National Partnership for Women & Families: On average, Oregon women employed full time, year round are paid just 82 cents for every dollar paid to men – a yearly pay gap of $8,393. That means, in […]
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The Washington Post Reminds Us That We’ll Never Be Able to Afford a Home in Portland. Shut up, Washington Post!
Just a little mid-week reminder that we’re past the tipping point where Portlanders with average-or-below incomes could tangibly be able to afford a house here. That is, unless you have more than fifty percent of your income to spend on housing. (THAT IS ILL ADVISED!) <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/03/22/why-it-seems-impossible-to-buy-your-first-home/“>From the Washington Post: But across the country, the […]
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Donald Trump’s Butler Gave a Tour of the Candidate’s Florida Mansion and UGH.
According to Trump’s butler, Anthony Senecal, red caps mean “don’t fucking talk to me.” Joseph Sohm / Shutterstock.com I don’t know what I was hoping to find when I saw The New York Times received a butler-guided tour of Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Fla. A MTV Cribs-style visit that revealed the racist […]
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Today in Portland: Watch Your Heads Out There
It’s an exciting day for Portlanders to rain down destruction from above. pic.twitter.com/JfXoNf2Out— Steve Lieber (@steve_lieber) February 25, 2016
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For Your Nightmares: Cryptomaster behemoth
A monster is lurking deep in the forests of Southwestern Oregon. No, it’s not a rogue chupacabra visiting form Latin America. No, it’s not Bigfoot. It’s a daddy longlegs. The Cryptomaster behemoth, with a body 4 millimeters wide, dwarfs other members of its suborder—called Laniatores. James Starrett, an entomologist at the University of California, Riverside […]
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Broadly is Tracking All 44 Assault Allegations Against NFL Players
Broadly A LAMP? Really? UGHHHHHHHHHHHHHH forever. It’s called “The Rapey Roster,” which certainly gets the point across (and, you know, reminds you you’re reading a blog owned by Vice). But what’s particularly smart about this critique of the league is that it straight-up lists facts ‘n’ numbers, which, taken together, provide names, faces, and concrete […]
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Can We Talk About That Former State Prosecutor in Making a Murderer?
Netflix Like everyone else in the world (everyone else a week ago?), I finished Netflix’s Making a Murderer this weekend, and entered a state of stupor-grade bummed-out. It was a dark cloud that did not abate until I had to go review a crazy experimental play last night and I could transfer my attention from […]
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At the Pony Club Gallery, You Better Watch Out for Krampus the Christmas Demon!
Sylvia Mann KRAMPUS! Is coming! To town! Everywhere you go in December, there are Christmas decorations, pop-up shops, and gift guides, but walk into the Pony Club Gallery and you’re greeted by walls decked with evil. This is what a Krampus-themed art show looks like: a life-size faux fireplace shaped like the holiday demon’s face […]