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
Lizzy Acker! 