Summer’s warm weather brings with it festival season—twilight evenings in grassy fields with a light breeze (one can only hope), sounds of music drifting through the air, an ice cold…
You don’t have to take Valentine’s Day so seriously
Valentine’s Day is a day that is celebrated worldwide as a day of love, affection and romance. It is a time when people express their love and appreciation for one…
Are sex shops the new sex-ed classrooms?
The United States is progressively shifting in the way individuals view sex and pleasure. Whether it be through the sexual revolution or the development of sex shops, there is an…
Triangle Productions presents Me & Tammy
On April 6, 1998, country icon Tammy Wynette passed away in her sleep at the young age of 55. Wynette lived a complex life, with four divorces and four children….
Satire:
“Unlike real life, no one is ugly in porn,” an anonymous Portland sex shop worker—who we’ll refer to as Johnny—told Portland State Vanguard. Everyone who has had firsthand experience in…
Cook adventurously this Valentine’s Day
Each Valentine’s Day, besides considerations about cute cards, flower arrangements and date scheduling, stands the supreme ruler of the language of love: food. If “the way you make an omelet…
Study confirms Halloween is an inferior holiday
A new study published by a team of researchers at Halloween Town State University found that Halloween is “wildly overrated.” The report, published in the journal Holiday Science Quarterly…
Twix and treat
Many people had their favorite candy when going trick or treating as a kid on Halloween, but the best was always Twix. This is because when mixed in with the…
Halloween Comics
Comic Illustration by Kelsey Zuberbuehler Comic Illustration by Casey Litchfield Comic Illustrated by Zahira Zuvuya
Little Shop of Horrors theater production returns to PDX
Let’s set the scene. It begins with a small flower shop on Skid Row and a seemingly small and innocent plant. However, do not prick your finger too close to…
The art of bespoke Halloween costumes
Imagine a Halloween costume that you’ve always wanted. But not just any costume that can easily be bought with disposable fabric, or is merely a one-time use—a costume that is…