BY: CAROLINE ROLF I love books – printed books. I have been visiting my local library since I was old enough to read. I love how they smell and the rough texture of the dated pages. I make notes in…
Expression & Culture
Grandma Graffiti Gangs are tearing up the streets of Portugal (Photos)
BY: EDITORS Forget hard candy or plastic covered furniture, these grandmas are far from your typical Bingo Bitches. LATA 65 is an urban art project that takes senior citizens to the back alleys of Lisbon, Portugal and puts spray paint…
Take a peek inside Titanic II – the replica ship setting sail in 2018
BY: JESSICA BEUKER It’s been over a century since the RMS Titanic began its voyage to New York – a voyage that ended suddenly and tragically when the “unsinkable” ship struck an iceberg in the North Atlantic Ocean and sank…
This adventurous chef has turned dining into an interactive experience
When I think about fine dining beyond the elegance of silver spoons and the accuracy of flavour, I start to wonder about the integrity of the ritual, and how after our many millennia of celebrating food, most of us are…
George Saunders explains how storytelling at its best is a stand in for day-to-day life
BY: ADRIAN SMITH I’ve always lacked inventiveness in my short stories despite faithfully creating characters and narratives that mirror major events and expectations in my life. After explaining that to a friend who also writes, he recommended a video with…
Japan is abstaining from doing the dirty, and it’s threatening the nation’s future
BY: CAROLINE ROLF Japan is rejecting a custom that comes as human nature to most. It is undeniable that Western advertising and much of the media is oversaturated with sexual content. Sex-obsessed content is perhaps the most prominent in…
Stunning colourized photos show the face of resilience amidst heartless assimilation
BY: DANIEL WATERBORNE The roots of American exceptionalism stretch as deep as the caskets of the cultures it has buried, but the curriculum of American history class will show that history is decided by the winners. And while, this “divine…
This peaceful village overlooks the world’s most spectacular mountainside marijuana grow-op
BY: CAROLINE ROLF Nine thousand feet up the Indian Himalayas, small villages thrive on what little is able to grow there. What is able to grow in the wild has police searching the cliffs with saws to stop its illegal…
New research on breastfeeding might make it reasonable to one-punch breastfeeding shamers
BY: ALEX BROWN Let me first say this: if somebody told my wife that her breastfeeding in public was “disgusting,” I would one-punch that motherfucker so fast. I’ll admit, I neither have a wife, baby, nor am I sure whether…
Hippies, artists and pirates- a peek inside to the oceanside tribe of Sausalito
BY: JESSICA BEUKER For more than half a century Richardson Bay, just north of Sausalito, California, has been inhabited by hippies, artists and self-proclaimed pirates. This unique group of characters lives off-grid in a collection of houseboats – the last…
Looks like Amsterdam is cracking down on your trip itinerary
BY: CAROLINE ROLF There is little that parallels the feeling of starting a new adventure in a foreign place. You’ve just landed, picked up your luggage in record time, now all that’s left to do is grab a map and…
Senator Mitch Holmes apologizes after receiving a ton of backlash over dress code
BY: STEFANIE AWRONSKI “For crying out loud, what century is this?” Republican state Senator Mitch Holmes, who leads the Kansas Senate Ethics and Elections Committee, is under fire for an 11-point guideline he wrote for the committee. The guideline contained…
This institute of higher learning guarantees employment, or you get your tuition refunded
By: JACK M. As a technology, the Internet is about half a century old, but the World Wide Web, which is sometimes inaccurately assumed to be synonymous with the Internet, has only been around for a generation or so.…
Here’s everything you need to know about fulfilling your childhood dream and becoming an astronaut
BY: NATHANIEL ASTUDILLO The excitement of exploration is unparalleled; sailing into the stars is a possibility too poetic to overlook. If you’ve ever dreamed of rocket ships, aliens and space ice cream, you’re in luck. NASA is currently accepting applications…
Stunning photos show a clash between beauty and destruction using electricity and flowers
BY: DANIKA MOIR Photos by Ori Gersht Ori Gersht is a fine art photographer from Tel Aviv, Israel. His style of film and photography explore the themes of life, death, violence and beauty, as well as destiny and chance. Now…
Is a luxury resort on a concentration camp site in bad taste?
BY: CAROLINE ROLF Picture yourself relaxing on an island in the Adriatic Sea, with your finest Hawaiian shirt on and a mojito in hand. You’ll be sure to send a letter to your family from the luxury resort. Picking a…
20 pieces of great advice that prove your elders know about more than just Werther’s Originals
BY: CAROLINE ROLF Perhaps the advice we receive from our grandparents resonates with us is because it’s coming from someone with much more life experience. Sometimes, their advice doesn’t apply to present day at all and it becomes clear that…
How package designers are masters of manipulation
BY: NATHANIEL ASTUDILLO What if, as an artist, you got to have your work displayed around the world, only to have it all end up in a trash can? How much value can something disposable have? And why are Apple…
Having multiple sex partners has made this married couple happier than ever
BY: EMILY PLEASANCE Busy with his newborn baby, Luke Patrick arrives late to our interview. He and his wife of 12 years, Megan, are a Canadian couple who moved in 2012 from Canada to the French Riviera, where they live…
Why Seventh-day Adventists live longer than any other group in America
By: JACK M. The Seventh-day Adventist Church was founded about 150 years ago in America by Joseph Bates. And other than observing the Sabbath on Saturday (it actually begins at sunset on Friday), its theology and practices are not…