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…
Expression & Culture
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…
After the drug companies didn’t need them, these lucky chimps spend their days in Chimp Heaven
By: JACK M. The discussion of the use of animals in biomedical research is as contentious and controversial as it is divisive and alienating. The subjects involved range from frogs, mice, cats and dogs, up to and including the…
We need to stop living with expectations and instead learn to live presently
BY: ADRIAN SMITH I’ve already re-written the first few lines of this article more times than I can remember because nothing’s come out the way I imagined it. I thought I’d share a personal example of how living with expectations…
Name a cockroach after your partner (or ex) for Valentine’s Day
BY: ALEXANDRIA LEE Forget buying expensive chocolate and ugly teddy bears or writing cheesy love poems only a mother could love. This Valentine’s Day, show your sweetie how much you adore them by likening them to a cockroach. For $10,…
The dream-like world that inspired The Darjeeling Limited is even more magical in real life
BY: JESSICA BEUKER Even those who have never seen a Wes Anderson film are likely aware of his distinct and unique visual style – he creates dream-like worlds full of colour and life. The Darjeeling Limited tells the story of…
You can get paid $32,000 to cuddle with baby pandas all day
BY: JESSICA BEUKER Beer tasters, roller-coaster testers and the person who gets to come up with the names for ice cream flavours are likely near the top of the list of best—or at least most fun—jobs in the world. What’s…