Erika Moen is a Portland based illustrator and cartoonist, who also happens to be really fascinated by sex. Moen and her husband of six years, Matt Nolan, began the wildly popular web comic, “ Oh Joy Sex Toy ” (OJST). Essentially the duo provide a comic f ...
18 Sep 2014 - Suzanne Zalokar
Ben Parzybok’s first novel, “ Couch ” rose from the primordial sludge of the slush pile at Small Beer Press in 2008. Next month, Parzybok’s second novel, “ Sherwood Nation ” will be released. He will be reading at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 16 at Powell’ ...
11 Sep 2014 - Suzanne Zalokar
Jackie Kashian makes no bones about where she stands on people and politics. It’s the backbone of her comedic presence. “I’m an Anarchic Socialist,” she says. “I don’t think anyone would be surprised to find out what my politics are. I am clearly a suppor ...
25 Aug 2014 - Suzanne Zalokar
Ursula K. Le Guin started writing when she was five and has been publishing her work since the 1960s. Throughout her career, she has delved into some of the most insightful, political, ecological and socially important topics of our time. She has created ...
14 Aug 2014 - Suzanne Zalokar
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 to ...
26 Jul 2014 - Suzanne Zalokar
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 ...
21 Jul 2014 - Suzanne Zalokar
Jennifer Batten didn’t become one of rock’s most accomplished professional guitar players with a waifish, coy girlie image. She got there by living, breathing and being music — by being a badass woman in an industry dominated by men. She did three world t ...
15 Jul 2014 - Suzanne Zalokar
Chris Hardwick is the quintessential nerd — with benefits. He is also a stand-up comedian, actor, screenwriter, musician, podcaster, television host and voice actor. Though he lives in Los Angeles now, he claims roots in Louisville, Ky. Kids of the ' ...
19 Jun 2014 - Suzanne Zalokar
After graduating from law school, Beth Wooten found herself hundreds of thousands of dollars in debt, in a dismal job market, at the height of the recession. She decided to forgo taking the bar exam and look to other work options. She turned to another ca ...
5 Jun 2014 - Suzanne Zalokar
Bill Bigelow is an educator and activist who taught social studies in the Portland Public Schools for more than 30 years. Though he has left the classroom as a full-time teacher, he is actively involved in the U.S. educational system through his work with ...
21 May 2014 - Suzanne Zalokar