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Who I’d Cast in the Fire and Fury Movie

(Or, Why Hasn’t Hollywood Hired Me Yet? Are They Stupid?)

Wm. Steven HumphreyJanuary 10, 2018 4:00 amAugust 22, 2022 8:01 pm

America’s going ga-ga over Fire and Fury, Michael Wolff’s literary soap opera about Trump’s first year as president, and everybody’s wondering one thing: who I’d cast in the inevitable film version. So here are my 100 percent on-the-nose suggestions, you’re welcome, and any Hollywood mogul who’d like to hire me as casting director should contact […]

National Politics

Let’s Discuss Daphne Merkin’s Bad Take on #MeToo

Megan BurbankJanuary 5, 2018 11:20 amJuly 12, 2022 9:44 pm

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

Megan BurbankJanuary 4, 2018 10:29 amJuly 12, 2022 9:44 pm

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‘ […]

Comedy

This Week in Gossip: A Royal Wedding, a Feminist Uprising, and a Severed Foot

(Or, Kim and Kanye Ruin Christmas… AGAIN)

Ann RomanoJanuary 3, 2018 4:00 amAugust 22, 2022 8:01 pm

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” […]

Comedy

Resolution: Eat More Taco Bell Near Healthy People

Courtenay HameisterJanuary 3, 2018 4:00 amJuly 12, 2022 3:44 pm

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 […]

News

Remembering 2017: When Witches Cast a Spell on He Who Must Not Be Named

Megan BurbankDecember 29, 2017 4:00 pmJuly 12, 2022 9:44 pm

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

Megan BurbankDecember 28, 2017 12:00 pmJuly 12, 2022 9:44 pm

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

Wm. Steven HumphreyDecember 27, 2017 1:30 pmJuly 12, 2022 9:44 pm

[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 […]

News

Remembering 2017: When Sexual Assault and Harassment Finally Started Having Consequences

Megan BurbankDecember 27, 2017 11:16 amJuly 12, 2022 9:44 pm

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 […]

Gossip

The Best of 2017 (Part Two)

The Best “Sort Of Okay Things” That Happened This Year!

Ann RomanoDecember 27, 2017 4:00 amAugust 22, 2022 8:01 pm

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

Wm. Steven HumphreyDecember 26, 2017 2:30 pmJuly 12, 2022 9:44 pm

[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 […]

News

Remembering 2017: That Time Oregon Passed Its Most Comprehensive Reproductive Rights Law Yet

Megan BurbankDecember 26, 2017 11:12 amJuly 12, 2022 9:44 pm

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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