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Famous Portland Feminist Bookstore In Other Words to Permanently Close

In an announcement posted on its website Monday, owners pointed to a “lack of funds, volunteers, and board members,” as well as a prevalence of “white, cis” leadership as the reasons for the closure.

Carrie Brownstein Was Hurt “As an Ally and a Feminist” By Feminist Bookstore’s “Fuck Portlandia” Sign

In an interview posted this afternoon, Carrie Brownstein was asked to respond to Portland’s backlash against Portlandia—specifically about the reaction by feminist bookstore and community center In Other Words, long a shooting location for Portlandia’s popular Toni and Candace sketches at fictional bookstore Women and Women First.

How Perceptions of Portlandia Have Changed Over the Years

Seven years later, Portlandia is finally ending. The sentiment around town, at least among anyone who lived here prior to its premiere, is “good riddance.”

If ‘Put A Bird On It’ Makes You Cringe, This Portlandia-Themed Hotel Package Probably Isn’t For You

Still, for its part, the Hi-Lo Hotel in downtown Portland thinks the places the show highlighted and made popular deserve to be celebrated. It’s decided to piece together a Portlandia-themed guest package in time for the show’s 10th and final season, which airs on January 18.

If ‘Put A Bird On It’ Makes You Cringe, This Portlandia-Themed Hotel Package Probably Isn’t For You

Still, for its part, the Hi-Lo Hotel in downtown Portland thinks the places the show highlighted and made popular deserve to be celebrated. It’s decided to piece together a Portlandia-themed guest package in time for the show’s 10th and final season, which airs on January 18.

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Famous Portland Feminist Bookstore In Other Words to Permanently Close

Carrie Brownstein Was Hurt “As an Ally and a Feminist” By Feminist Bookstore’s “Fuck Portlandia” Sign

How Perceptions of Portlandia Have Changed Over the Years

If ‘Put A Bird On It’ Makes You Cringe, This Portlandia-Themed Hotel Package Probably Isn’t For You

If ‘Put A Bird On It’ Makes You Cringe, This Portlandia-Themed Hotel Package Probably Isn’t For You

Carrie Brownstein’s Memoir Is Being Adapted Into a Show for Hulu

Stumptown Coffee’s Catchy “Shabazz Is the Man” Jingle Came From an Unlikely Place

Short Film From Carrie Brownstein Shortlisted for Award at Tribeca Film Festival

Sleater-Kinney, Colin Meloy and Others Lead a Star-Studded Night of Protest At Crystal Ballroom

Matt McCormick's Grandfather Narrowly Avoided Nuclear Holocaust. Now Matt's Making a Movie About It.

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