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Redefining B*tch: Bitch Media’s Andi Zeisler on the new media literacy and the challenges of modern feminism
Andi Zeisler is a co-founder and the creative/editorial director of the Bitch Media group and the magazine Bitch: Feminist Response to Pop Culture. She is the quintessential “bitch” of pop culture. I mean that as a compliment, which can be confusing in today’s convoluted climate of misogynistic social and cultural messages about women, men and…
Timbers’ midfielder, Diego Chara on growing up in a soccer family in Colombia and his new family in Portland
Diego Chara grew up in Cali, Colombia, where from the time he could walk he was kicking a soccer ball. He had good company nearby. His father Jesús played soccer, and he knocked the ball around with his two brothers — Luis Felipe and Yimmy — both of whom are also professional soccer players today.…
For the record July 18-31, 2014
-Number of lakes in Oregon: 6,000 (estimated) -Estimated number of miles of rivers and streams in Oregon: 112,000 -Number of registered campsites in Oregon: 5,900 -Number of state parks in Oregon: 230 -Number of acres that are forested in Oregon: 30 million -Number of hot springs in Oregon: 16 -Number of brewing companies in Oregon:…
Hunter S. Thompson’s illustrator, Ralph Steadman, reflects on a life of bad craziness
Ralph Steadman was born in Merseyside in 1936 and grew up in North Wales. He found his calling in a tiny advert for a Percy V Bradshaw illustration course: “You too can learn to draw and earn £££s”. In the 1960s his work appeared in Punch and Private Eye, but it was meeting writer Hunter…
Musician offers up music and support for Street Roots
When I was growing up, in a suburb of Columbus, Ohio, my days were metered by a crossstitch piece that my mother had made that was hanging in the hall. It read, “Thank God I’m a Buckeye and not just some nut.” I always – always – think of that saying when I meet someone…
Opinion
A homeless “czar” one option to ending homelessness
The Fourth of July has come and gone, and its passing has ushered in the start of summer in Portland. With summer comes the bounty of fresh local produce, the endless summer nights and evening dinners out on the patio. Summer also brings with it an increase in people experiencing homelessness as people come to…
Short-term rental tax must help offset need for housing
The City of Portland is in the process of regulating short-term rentals. We know that by allowing short-term rentals to thrive in Portland, many Portlanders could have access to an additional income. It will also have a negative impact on the affordable housing market, a market that’s already short 20,000 units. Properly taxed, in the…
