Recent Blog Posts

Anne Grgich

Listen to the interview here! I wish I could write more in this blog but I am crazy busy. Nonetheless you should know that Anne Grgich is a self-taught artist who flaunts it. She filled in books since she was a child. Now her "books" are hugely 3 dimensional, made of mirro... Read more

Fixing Sex: On Intersex

Just finished reading Katrina Karkazis Fixing Sex: Intersex, Medical Authority, and Lived Experience, the indepth investigation into how intersex is currently conceived, treated and experienced. Although I've been somewhat aware of these issues before, some of the materia... Read more

Lifeisaparty- The For Reals Summer!! Edition

, The good people that host the dance party Electric Feel (Saturday night @ the Fez Ballroom) are offering FREE entry to anyone that comes to the door before 11pm and says ‘LifeisaParty.’ Townbombing (Friday Night @ Tube) is offering $1 Hi... Read more

Youth Collective Recieves Sound Mixing Grant

Deonta Dorn wanted to do something for hungry students at Oregon City Service Learning Academy, so he came up with the idea for a community breakfast that would serve two purposes – it would feed students at his school and at the same time help the sophomore class raise mon... Read more

Intersex: Medicalization of Sexual Diversity

"Is it a boy or a girl?" It's the first question asked after the birth of a baby. But sometimes the answer isn't obvious? In about one out of every 1,500 births a child is born so noticeably atypical in terms of genitalia that a specialist is called in. Out of every thous... Read more

Quiet on the Set!

Take Two: Not Enough Women Calling the Shots A couple of months ago, I was contacted by Trista with @Large Films, Inc., a commercial production company here in Portland, Oregon. She wanted me to consider interviewing her boss on an upcoming Bread and Roses show, which airs... Read more

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