BY: ADRIAN SMITH “There’s no referee for life,” a friend told me as he laughed at the bad luck I was having that week, “there’s no one standing there seeing to it that everything you do, good or bad, balances…
How to achieve inner peace by shutting down the asshole in your mind
BY: CAROLINE ROLF Dealing with that asshole that lives inside your brain seems like a never-ending battle. As hard as you try, as confident as your new jeans are making you feel, there’s always going to be a little voice…
Weed-infused gelato is helping Italy to legalize marijuana one scoop at a time
BY: CAROLINE ROLF You can smoke it, eat it, drink it, rub it in and insert it – and now you can get a nice cold scoop of it. Just ask for “Marley” (do you know Bob?) at Perlecò, a…
This Photographer Captured the Mountains of Whistler After Dark
BY: DANIKA MOIR Tomas Mähring is a freelance photographer, cameraman, kayaker and professional rafting guide, whose travels have taken him from Norway to Zimbabwe to New Zealand. In this photo-essay, Mähring took his adventure to Whistler, where his friend, a…
“Lolitas” are Japan’s newest subculture with the world’s creepiest name
BY: STEFANIE PHILLIPS A group of women out for tea at a restaurant catch your eye. It’s not because they were talking loudly or because you’re creeping. It’s because they’re all dressed in modest-length, tulle-stuffed skirts with lace corsets. Their…
8 fascinating power #vanlife couples: see what happiness on the road looks like
BY: JULIEN ROUSSIN CÔTÉ I’ve interviewed van dwellers and nomads for the last 18 months, and I still get astonished by each of their unique stories and by the creativity of #vanlife enthusiasts. Living small actually allows you to live…
Don’t blame weed for anxiety or depression says new study
A new paper has found no link between marijuana use and a variety of disorders, including depression and bipolar disorder. The study, published in the JAMA Psychiatry journal on Feb. 17, found that “cannabis use was not associated with increased…
Frank O’Hara’s poetry shows us good writing comes from observant living
BY: ADRIAN SMITH My friend showed me a video of Frank O’Hara answering a phone call in the middle of writing new poetry at his desk. He uses parts of his conversation in the writing, even the small, seemingly unimportant…
Vermin Supreme is the weirdest democratic candidate you’ve (probably) never heard of
BY: TREVOR HEWITT Though he isn’t all that well known, Vermin Supreme is nearly impossible to miss. Walking through New Hampshire on an overcast day, a rubber boot stretches onto his forehead; a wispy beard engulfs the bottom half of…
New research shows that e-cigarettes might not actually be a safer alternative to smoking
BY: STEFANIE AWRONSKI In recent years laws against public smoking of traditional nicotine and tobacco cigarettes have become a lot stricter. We have been told time after time how bad cigarettes are for our health and how highly addictive they…
Inside the flourishing medical marijuana business
One Saturday morning my boyfriend Ruben and I meandered the streets of Toronto’s hippie haven, Kensington Market, in search of something delicious to devour. Amidst all of the gluten-free bakeries and health foods shops lining the streets, we noticed that…
To get you to stop drinking liquid sugar, the government is going to tax it.
BY: NATHANIEL ASTUDILLO Next time you reach for a thirst-quenching bottle of Coke or Pepsi, the price may make you think twice. The drinks may be taxed in response to studies linking sugary drinks to obesity. People know that too…
The unsettling photos from Germany’s underground brothel scene
BY: JESSICA BEUKER London-based Jasper White works as both an editorial and commercial photographer. He is well known for his photo collections and keen eye for capturing the exact mood and atmosphere of a scene. The following collection, all of…
While Trump plays the Republican fear card, he spreads a latent fear of democracy
BY: M. TOMOSKI You never really know how big a state can be until you try to make your way from one corner of the map to the other, trapped in the midday traffic, to watch a dying presidential campaign.…
Here are 3 of the most spectacular water bridges on the planet
BY: CAROLINE ROLF Navigable aqueducts, or water bridges, are structures that carry traversable waterway canals over rivers, roads, railways or gorges. Many small ships can use these bridge-type structures. Aqueducts have been used to supply cities with water for centuries,…
Photos give us a look back at the unique performers who characterized circus life in the 1940s
BY: JESSICA BEUKER Seventy years ago, the circus scene looked vastly different from the big industry it is today. While the show’s staples remain, a lot of the original dazzle has been replaced by what can only be described as…
The “Wholesome” Barbie Doll is based on a German call girl
BY: EDITORS Since March 1959, Barbie became the first sexualized toy marketed to the masses as the paragon of American femininity and wholesomeness. But while Mattel would have little girls believe that Barbie’s origins were Harvard-educated parents and that her…
Meet the trans manicurist exchanging awareness for a free shape and polish
BY: CAROLINE ROLF So you’ve seen a few episodes of Transparent and Orange Is The New Black, but what do you really know about trans men and women? Charlie Craggs is a 23-year-old UK-based trans activist who believes the intimacy…
Selling the Circus in Dixie: The South Carolina Primary promised a bloodbath and delivered lies
BY: M. TOMOSKI Jesus! The road weaved downhill for the last twelve miles, transport trucks threatened to flatten us against the sediment, and the sign at the end of the road read, “Jesus Saves!” as we left the Smokey Mountains…
Unethical Canadian mining practices shed a harsh light on Canada’s good-guy image
BY: AIDAN MACNAB Photo by Roger LeMoyne / Macleans Canada is back, or so we’re told. After a decade-long dark age of Harper lunacy we have allegedly re-established ourselves as the global nice guys. We love refugees. We’re sorry about…