nito100 / Getty Daphne Merkin, a writer who, frankly, I expect better of, has written a very bad take on the #MeToo movement for the New York Times under the header “Publicly, We Say #MeToo. Privately, We Have Misgivings.” It does not improve from there! Let’s dive in. But privately, I suspect, many of us, […]
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Vice Has Always Had a Woman Problem
So hip. So edgy. So sexist! PeopleImages / Getty By now, you’ve heard the news: America’s newfound reckoning with sexual abuse and assault (both are wrong! AND EVERYWHERE!) has hit every industry, it seems, including journalism. Case in point: recent departures at Vice following news of widespread mistreatment of women employees. The New York Times‘ […]
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This Week in Gossip: A Royal Wedding, a Feminist Uprising, and a Severed Foot
(Or, Kim and Kanye Ruin Christmas… AGAIN)
MONDAY, DECEMBER 25 Welcome back to One Day at a Time, dears, and Merry Christmas! We don’t even believe in Jesus, and yet? Who can argue with Christmas? It’s a truly magical time of year that reflects the best humanity has to offer—like putting others’ happiness before our own, and ignoring stupid things like “work” […]
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Resolution: Eat More Taco Bell Near Healthy People
It’s January 3, and by now, you’ve probably thrown in the towel on your New Year’s resolutions. And by “towel,” I mean the literal towel you were supposed to take to the gym every day but are now using as a dish towel because you have so many dishes to do because of the constant […]
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Remembering 2017: When Witches Cast a Spell on He Who Must Not Be Named
GETTY / VERAPETRUK [Yeah, go ahead and tell me 2017 sucked. Much of it did, but it was also an exciting year for activism and major progress at the state level on reproductive rights. Please join in me in a retrospective look at all the shit that got done this year thanks to scrappy activists, […]
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Remembering 2017: The Week We Published a Newspaper With No Men in It
MARLOWE DOBBE [Do you remember this? It was a real thing we did. It still fills me with pride whenever I remember it. —MB] It’s the shameful open secret of our industry: Journalism is kind of a boys’ club. Since 2009, VIDA: Women in Literary Arts has tracked the gender breakdown of bylines in major […]
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Remembering 2017: The Issue of the Mercury That Was Written Entirely By Women
[Hey! Here’s another thing that happened in 2017!—eds.] MARLOWE DOBBE If you haven’t picked up the print edition of the Portland Mercury this week—DO IT! To celebrate International Women’s Day and Women’s History Month, every byline, every comic strip, every piece of art, and every photograph was produced by women or nonbinary people. It’s a […]
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Remembering 2017: When Sexual Assault and Harassment Finally Started Having Consequences
FRANCKREPORTER / GETTY IMAGES [Yeah, go ahead and tell me 2017 sucked. Much of it did, but it was also an exciting year for activism and major progress at the state level on reproductive rights. Please join in me in a retrospective look at all the shit that got done this year thanks to scrappy […]
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The Best of 2017 (Part Two)
The Best “Sort Of Okay Things” That Happened This Year!
Dears and darlings! Last week we brought you a bevy of not-so-terrible stories from 2017 (just to prove there were some). And this week, we’ve dug up even more juicy dollops of goodness from the latter part of the absolute worst year ever! So stir up a martini, dears, and get ready to feel almost […]
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Remembering 2017: Photos from Portland’s MASSIVE Women’s March
[Remember 2017? Yeah, a lot of it was gross. But a lot was AH-MAY-ZING! Like the subject of this post from last January.—eds.] Hey! I think I saw you today at Portland’s Women’s March… all 100,000 of you! It was super fun, inspiring, and if you saw Trump’s press secretary’s terrified speech, you KNOW it […]
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Remembering 2017: That Time Oregon Passed Its Most Comprehensive Reproductive Rights Law Yet
SEBASTIAN KACZOROWSKI / GETTY [Yeah, go ahead and tell me 2017 sucked. Much of it did, but it was also an exciting year for activism and major progress at the state level on reproductive rights. Please join in me in a retrospective look at all the shit that got done this year thanks to scrappy […]
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Remembering 2017: Under Armour Supports Trump, So Stop Buying Their Shit
[Remember back in 2017? When I hated Under Armour? Well, I still hate Under Armour. Anyway, here’s a post I wrote back in February 2017.—Steve] Kevin Plank, supporter of Trump, maker of garbage clothes. Getty / Allison Joyce People who know me know I despise Under Armour—mostly because it’s the workout gear for bro-dudes who […]