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Print Edition for the week of
Feb. 27 - Mar. 11, 2020

Vol. 20, No. 21
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Paige Mehrer

News

Can State Legislation Fix Portland’s Police Accountability Problem?

by Alex Zielinski

Hall Monitor: How to Interrupt Hate

by Blair Stenvick

Music

Brooklyn Rapper Young M.A Is Unintentionally Changing What’s Acceptable in Rap

by Jenni Moore

Record Review: Stephen Malkmus, Traditional Techniques

by Robert Ham

The 23 Best Concerts in Portland: Feb 27-March 11

Raphael Saadiq! Rapsody! Refused! Thundercat!

by The Mercury Music Experts Dream Team™

Movies & TV

An “Unbound” Portland International Film Festival Features More Northwest Filmmakers Than Ever Before

by Ned Lannamann

Emma Review: Emma Is Wonderful, but the Real Star Is Sassy Bill Nighy

by Suzette Smith

The Best Movies and TV Shows to Watch: Fri Feb 28-Wed March 11

by Erik Henriksen and Mercury EverOut Staff

Mercury Movie Madness: March Madness Edition!

by Bobby Roberts

Food and Drink

Tad’s Chicken ’N Dumplings: A Classic “Must-Stop” When Visiting the Gorge

by Andrea Damewood

Comedy

New Column! “I Passed My Hep C Test!” by Ryan Seacrest

by Ryan Seacrest

Books

John Sayles Interview: His New Novel Yellow Earth, the Boom and Bust of the Oil Industry, and How His Research Approach Has Changed

by Robert Ham

I, Anonymous

I, Anonymous: Nice Sneakers

by Anonymous

Cannabuzz

The Case for the “Black Market”

by Josh Jardine

I, Anonymous Blog

Thanks, Boomer

by Anonymous

Man Belch

by Anonymous

Stop Hoarding!

by Anonymous

The Talk of The Line

by Anonymous

Breastfeeding

by Anonymous

Lonely Rape Victims

by Anonymous

Just One Look

by Anonymous

Breastfeeding in the coffee shop

by Anonymous

No bad dogs, just bad owners

by Anonymous

I Stalked You for Years

by Anonymous

All tied up

by Anonymous

Porch Neighbors

by Anonymous

Ma'am, I need you to be...

by Anonymous

The real Portland is I, Anonymous

by Anonymous

Mask wearers on Alberta

by Anonymous

Cologne rhymes with Alone for a reason

by Anonymous

My Prince

by Anonymous

How an Dummy Rides

by Anonymous

Honking asshole!

by Anonymous

Dear Hit and Run Driver...

by Anonymous

Hello Portland

by Anonymous

Too much hostility

by Anonymous

Dick to the Max

by Anonymous

Ok, boomer

by Anonymous

a thought

by Anonymous

Hey Newbs

by Anonymous

Street Hogs

by Anonymous

To the friend you used to be

by Anonymous

I'm afraid but I have no memory

by Anonymous

This Virus

by Anonymous

I'm Saving This Seat

by Anonymous

Fuck the Purell, hand me the Jameson!

by Anonymous

Street Parked Lambos

by Anonymous

Being Prepared is not the same as Being Panicked

by Anonymous

Savage Love

Spit and Polish

by Dan Savage

Sneaker Wave

The Latest in Portland Hip-Hop: Two Live Shows at Kelly’s Olympian, and Three New Local Releases

by Jenni Moore

Crossword Solution

“All in All”: Behold, the Answers to This Issue’s Crossword!

Editor’s Note

Wm. Steven Humphrey’s Adventures in Newspapering: I’m in the Market!

by Wm. Steven Humphrey

The Gender Empowerment Issue

THE MERCURY GENDER EMPOWERMENT ISSUE

by Mercury Staff

Gender? Fuck. (Or, The Future’s On Its Way... Are You Ready?)

by D Martin Austin

Sit Down and Listen: Four Podcasts About Gender

by Suzette Smith

Boys to Men: Stopping Male Toxicity Before It Blooms

by Wm. Steven Humphrey

She Bop’s Experts Talk Gender, Sexuality, and Being a Sex Shop for Every Body

by Blair Stenvick

Another Journal Comic

by Marcy King

How to Be a Better Ally

by Robert Ham

POW Film Fest’s The Directors Catalogs 92 Portland-Based Women and Nonbinary Directors

by Suzette Smith