Commentary!

Here are some of my best things that I think you should read:

From The Oregonian: 

• I took an electric scooter on a 12.5-mile journey through Portland — here’s what happened
• Devonte Hart was a crying kid. We made him a symbol (commentary)
• Boy Scouts is allowing girls now, but what we really need is Girl Scouts for boys (commentary)
• You need to see totality before you die (commentary)
• 13 reasons it’s time to leave Portland and go back to where you came from

From Willamette Week:

• Lady Things: Kylie Jenner-Approved SkinnyMint Detox Tea
• Lady Things: 11 Facts You Need to Know About Menstrual Cups
• My Week of Impractical and/or Socially Scorned Footwear
• Frozen: Adventures in Cryotherapy
• Are Thinx “Period Panties for the Modern Woman” Really Going to Change Your Life? Lady Things Investigates
• Is Hypnosis Magic or Medicine?
• Nine Compliments for Foster the People
• Harper Lee’s Racist New Book Shouldn’t Destroy Your Love for Scout Finch
• The Talk: How to Explain Mermaid Sex to Your Kids
• First Taste: Renata, The Oregonian’s restaurant of the year

From The Tusk:

• Here’s Why We Started The Tusk
• How to Be Friends Like a Grown-Up
• Unpopular Counterpoint: Stop Making Kids Declare a Gender
• A Feminist Guide to the Patriarchy and Your Body Hair
• The Mystical Portal of Premenstrual Sadness

From PolicyMic:

• Being Single Prepares You To Die Alone and That’s a Good Thing
• The Scary Science-Fiction of Google Glass is About to be Unleashed Upon Us All

From KQED Pop:

• “Dave Eggers, The Circle and Why I’m Leaving San Francisco“
• “Being 14 and then Being 31“
• “The Smiley Face Dilemma: Using (and Abusing) the World’s Most Popular Emoticon“
• “Let Miley Dance: Jezebel and Their Cultural Appropriation Problem“
• “Macklemore is a Feminist Who Proves Conclusively that Irony Should be Dead“

From KQED Arts:

• 5 Reasons Why Weddings Are Performance Art Pieces
• I Had So Much Fun At Burning Man
• 11 Steps to Getting a Tattoo You Won’t Regret for the Rest of Your Life
• ‘The Bachelor’ Addiction and Why It Must Stop (After Tonight)
• Uhh Yeah Dude — The Podcast That Saved My Life
• We Had So Much Fun While You Were At Burning Man