Enjoy a couple of spots around Portland—and a few miles outside—to find some springtime joy among the flowers. If you find yourself wandering around the east side—over by Laurelhurst Park…
Love at the corner of ability and gender
“I don’t know where to start.” “Why don’t you just tell the story of my wrist dislocating?” That’s a story for later. To start, I want to say…
The history of romance in language
With Valentine’s Day around the corner, you want to be sure you have a variety of ways to woo your valentine. Spanish, French, Italian, Portuguese and Romanian are five major…
Platonic love is deeply undervalued
“When culture is based on a dominator model, not only will it be violent, but it will frame all relationships as power struggles”—bell hooks From our first moments of…
Get down and dirty this Valentine’s weekend at Portland’s annual Mud Run
What do you picture when you read the words, Valentine’s Day date? Do you see a candlelit dinner? The tunnel of love? Wine tasting? An afternoon on a gondola? The…
My Life as a sex shop employee
A question I’m often asked when I say I’ve worked at a sex shop before is “What is it like?”—and it’s often a loaded question. It was an experience full…
The struggles and sorrows of pandemic sexuality
Stereotypically, college is known for partying, trying new things and hookup culture. But with students living the best years of their lives remotely and wandering the ghost town that is…
How to have a very Disney spooky season
Growing up as a Disney kid meant that every year, from October to December, the TV was tuned in as my sister and I awaited themed Disney Channel Original Movie…
5th Avenue Cinema presents the return of Twilight
Unless you were asleep for the better part of the early 2000’s, you probably remember the Twilight series. Maybe you remember it as the sole topic to occupy the high…
Portland’s haunted places
Have you ever wondered why some moments, both ephemeral and temporary, make you feel unsettled, as if some undetected force is present? This intuition doesn’t normally come with conscious reasoning,…
The history of Samhain, the pagan holiday
Pronounced “SAH-win,” or /saʊɪn/ for those who study the International Phonetic Alphabet, Samhain is a Sabbath from Oct. 31–Nov. 1 to honor ancestors, celebrate the harvest of crops and mark…