Honestly, this price increase is ridiculous. I know they’re trying to make a switch to live events and want supportive revenue as such, but let’s be real. They’re doing this because they can. And they know that we won’t object. At least that’s what they think they know. Now’s our chance to show them something […]
c3Fundable — No
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Your Tesla Makes You Look, Ummm, Unattractive
Also , PSU doctor of english, or whatever, you suck and get off the internet, you are ruining it!
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Trump’s Federal Government is Blocking Gender Marker Changes
Here’s what you can change right now, and what you can’t.
[This article was originally published in our sister publication, The Stranger.—eds] When Joe Biden was President, trans people in the US could update the gender marker on file with the Social Security Administration, the gender marker on their passport with the State Department, and, if they were not born here, various travel, employment, and residence […]
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Good Morning, News: Nursing Instructors Slap Back at Providence, Trouble for Musk’s DOGE Boy-Toys, and Protesting King Fool in Salem
If you’re reading this, you probably know the value of the Mercury’s news reporting, arts and culture coverage, event calendar, and the bevy of events we host throughout the year. The work we do helps our city shine, but we can’t do it without your support. If you believe Portland benefits from smart, local journalism […]
Posted inQueer
Fucking Political: Lessons From the Early AIDS Activists Who Took Matters Into Their Own Hands
It’s possible one booklet by two AIDS patients and their doctor—and another written by drag queens—saved thousands of lives.
[Originally published in the Mercury‘s sister publication The Stranger, as part of its Love & Sex Issue.] On July 3, 1981, the New York Times announced the coming plague with a short news item tucked into Section A, Page 20: “Rare Cancer Seen in 41 Homosexuals.” Nobody knew the purple Kaposi’s Sarcoma lesions the article […]
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E Pluribus Unum
“Out of many, one.” Or so the phrase goes. You can find it on the Great Seal of the United States. It has been the unofficial motto of this country since the 1780s. Please note that the motto has thirteen letters, emblematic of the thirteen colonies that became one nation. It is symbolic of the […]
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Good Morning, News: New Seasons Strike Continues, Portland Architecture Inspires (For Real!), and A Message to Democrats: Do Something
If you’re reading this, you probably know the value of the Mercury’s news reporting, arts and culture coverage, event calendar, and the bevy of events we host throughout the year. The work we do helps our city shine, but we can’t do it without your support. If you believe Portland benefits from smart, local journalism […]
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Honest
I don’t get it. I don’t get you. I have never been this turned around in my entire life._ You walk into a room, and suddenly my thoughts aren’t where I left them. My words come out twisted, my feet don’t know which way to step, and before I can get my bearings, I’m caught—wrapped […]
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Work is a scam
A week before my vacation and it already feels like it’s over. I’m grateful for what I have, but mostly because it took me so much time and effort to get here. Years of minimum wage, or just over, bullshit jobs. Always telling myself that one day it would get better. It felt like a […]
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Get Well Soon
I’m sorry I can’t be there for you right now. It hurts that I’m unable to fuss over you, making you tea and serving you soups. Putting blankets over you and picking up all the tissues strewn about the apartment. Drawing baths… Maybe things could change. Feel better.
Posted inThe Trash Report
THE TRASH REPORT: Black History Month, Pac-Man, and Anna Wintour’s Lunch
Put on your hazmat suit and let’s dig into this week’s pile of garbage-y gossip!
Hi Trash Pandas! Welcome back to the Trash Report. Or just regular welcome if this is your first time reading. I’m Portland’s best kept secret, Elinor Jones. Can you believe January is over? I can hardly believe it myself. Things have been so shitty lately, I almost feel like it’s a trick. Like we’re destined […]
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Good Morning, News: Providence Strike News, Trump’s Tariffs Sends Stock Market Spiraling, and Local Animal Wizard Predicts More Winter
If you’re reading this, you probably know the value of the Mercury’s news reporting, arts and culture coverage, event calendar, and the bevy of events we host throughout the year. The work we do helps our city shine, but we can’t do it without your support. If you believe Portland benefits from smart, local journalism and […]