Sometimes life leads you to cool things. Case in point: the time I got to visit East Fork Cultivars in Takilma, Oregon. Southern Oregon is about four hours (ahem, south) of Portland and since I’ve been reporting on the area …
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Beth Ditto Pops into Portland
You know what’s the best? When a friend spontaneously Facebook messages you and says she just scored a ticket to Beth Ditto that night and she thinks there are still tickets available. So you check. And there are. So you …
Femme Dreamz: Bette Midler Speaks my Gender
I can’t tell you how much this video makes me happy. I mean, everything. The aesthetic, the attitude, the style, the voice, the moves, EVERYTHING. Prepare to be entertained. #hotashell And the audience. Hilarious.
Kudos to the Companies Taking a Stand
Since 17 students were killed murdered and 15 were injured at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland on Valentine’s Day, there has been a lot more talk about gun violence. The gun debate in this country is just absurd. Pretty …
Will You Please Change the Fucking Roll of Toilet Paper? (An Ode to 2016)
Listen, I know you work hard. I know it seems like I sit around all day in my leopard print leggings and various sweaters drinking mugs of coffee and occasionally smoking pot. I am. But I’m also working. Writing and …
Janelle Monae Queers it up
Janelle Monae is a fucking bad ass. You may know her from that unforgettable collab with Erykah Badu on “Q.U.E.E.N” a while back. She just released two videos “Make Me Feel” (below) and “Django Jane” – I highly recommend you …
Black Panther: Why Representation is so Important
It’s awesome to see so many people so pumped about the Black Panther movie. When I saw the preview a month or so ago, it stuck with me. And rightly so, it’s a stunning nearly all-black cast that is Afrocentric …