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THE TRASH REPORT: Monday Morning Quarterbacking (Gossip Edition)

Your weekly waste receptacle for the latest smelly gossip.

Hello, everyone! Happy Super Bowl hangover day to whomever celebrates; I don’t, so I’m normal today, just dumb for the same ol’ reasons. Can you believe it’s almost Valentine’s Day? Or maybe it actually is Valentine’s Day, depending on when you read this! Personally, I like that candy has shattered the limitations placed on it […]

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THE TRASH REPORT: Trump’s Art, Nicki Minaj on Twitter, and How Gen Z Will Always be a Young 30

Let’s dig through this week’s garbage can of trashy gossip!

Hello, and welcome to the Trash Report! I’m Elinor Jones and I will be serving as your guide to some random crap I found online to momentarily distract you from actual news, which is very sad, but also very importantโ€”please go back to that after you read this! These few minutes that we have together […]

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THE TRASH REPORT: Who Could Fill DeSantis’ Shoes? Plus, Red Carpet Woes and Ice Storm Recovery

Let’s dig into the week’s most gossip-y garbage!

How do you do, fellow Trash Pandas?ย  I am Elinor Jones, and this is…THE TRASH REPORT. Like many of you, I spent much of the past week iced into my home with my beloved family, anxiously refreshing the weather app on my phone to see when these people whom I love so dearly would get […]

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THE TRASH REPORT: Weather, Water, and What Did She Say??

Warm up with this blazing can of flaming, gossip-y trash.

Hello, darling Trash Pandas, and welcome to THE TRASH REPORT! I’m Elinor Jones, coming to you live from as much chapstick and leave-in conditioner as I can get my hands on, because my Oregonian ass cannot handle this cold dryness. The power was out at my house for about six hours on Saturday, serving as […]

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THE TRASH REPORT: Airplanes Aren’t Cute but Your Boyfriend Could Be

New year, new trash—let’s dig in to the week’s hottest gossip.

Happy new year, darling baby Trash Pandas! Welcome to the first Trash Report of 2024. The changing of the year is always a great time on social media, when the worst people you’ve ever known profess exactly the wrong goals for the coming year. The meanest and messiest people are planning to rise above toxicity […]

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THE TRASH REPORT: The Best Trash of 2023!

Let’s dig into 2023’s trash can to find the best gossip-y garbage of the year!

To celebrate 2023 being over, let’s revisit some of my favorite bits of trash from this series of months that we have miraculously survived! January M&Ms just released a new package that only has the girl candies on it. This is confusing and enraging to a certain category of people whose beef with it seems […]

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THE TRASH REPORT: Royal Fingers, Chalamet’s Charm, and Dakota Johnson vs. Penguins

Toot-Toot! All aboard the gossip train for a tour of this week’s hottest garbage.

Listen up, sluts: it’s me, Elinor Jones, bringing you another Trash Report despite the fact that Al Gore’s internet is full of SALES, SALES, SALES, and all I want to do is SPENDDDDDD MONEYYYYYYY! Every time I fire up my laptop I accidentally do zero work but buy four sweaters; science can’t actually explain it; […]

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THE TRASH REPORT: Bad and Better Billionaires, Connor Roy v. Pizza, and Relationship-a-palooza!

Let’s go, trash pandas! It’s time for the week’s stinkiest gossip!

Good morning, Trash Pandas! Welcome to another Trash Report. I’m Elinor Jones, still dazzled by yesterday’s matinee of the Portland Gay Men’s Chorus holiday show, “Make the Yuletide Gay.” I’m feeling all sorts of festive and honestly? I’m a little bummed that Twitter is an unusable incel circle jerk, because I used to like thinking […]

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THE TRASH REPORT: Spotify Thinks I’m Basic but Gay, Paris Isn’t Just a DJ, and George Santos is Laughing All the Way to Unlimited OnlyFans

Let’s go, Trash Pandas! It’s time to root around in this week’s hottest gossip.

Hello, Trash Pandas! I’m Elinor Jones, and this is…THE TRASH REPORT. Did anything cool happen to you last week? Please do not hesitate to let me know! Until I can report on your newsworthy events or victories, I’ll have to write about the broader dumpster fire that is contemporary American life. I promise, I won’t […]

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THE TRASH REPORT: School is Back, Beyonce’s Here, Cher Came to Party, and Hall Still Loves Oates

Rubber gloves on—it’s time to dig through this week’s most garbage-y gossip.

Good morning, sweet angels of garbage! Welcome to another round of silliness in this Trash Report. I’m the blob of leftover mashed potatoes formerly known as Elinor Jones. Thanksgiving is over and now it is Christmas for a month. Hey, why is it everyone is quick to make fun of people who celebrate “birthday month,” […]

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THE TRASH REPORT: Old Politicians, Old Influencers, Old Beefs, and Me!

Put on your elastic waist pants—we’re gobbling down the week’s most delicious trash.

What’s up, Trash Pilgrims, and Happy Thanksgiving week! I’m Elinor Jones, AKA Pie Slut #1. Now, today is technically Monday in that it’s the first day of the work week, but spiritually it’s Wednesday because there are only two more days left in the work week. Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday in practice. but one […]

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