For nearly a century, “gay nightlife” has provided a crucial landscape for all kinds of gay mayhem and magic to ensue, for survival technologies to brew, and for queer world building and culture-making to flourish outside the constraints of heteronormative...
“Trust your instincts. To all people, and across all civilizations, you know what ‘normal’ is. You know what ‘beautiful’ is. You know what ‘good’ is. You know that families are right. You know that children are precious and beautiful and must be protected. You know...
With the help of research collaborators combined with his tireless curiosity on the topic, recent University of Oregon alum and community organizer Valentine Bentz has published the university’s very own People’s Guide to the University of Oregon. A People’s Guide to...
When we struggle personally and collectively with conflict and injustice, where do we turn? When liberatory projects, campaigns, and larger movements burn and fizzle out, how can we build resilience across individuals and communities to keep up the work? How do we...
1) Oregon Country Fair is located on an Indigenous burial ground and a traditional village site; 2) Archeology is rooted in racism; 3) Colonial nostalgia doesn’t rinse out in the sauna shower. A brief history of Oregon Country Fair playing Indian, disrespecting...
Seventeen planters, placed by the city over a year ago to deter people from relaxing in front of an unoccupied downtown building, yet never filled with life. Nine, approximately 22’x25’ austere, concrete boxes lining the front of the federal courthouse, each occupied...
