BY: MELISSA BOODOO Genuine human connection is getting harder and harder to find these days as we depend more than ever on our phones, laptops and computers as our main source of communication and entertainment. Why bother taking a streetcar…
Expression & Culture
Staggering landscape photos prove that Iceland is a travel photographer’s wet dream
BY: JOHNATHAN MOSS Photos: Jakub Polomski Rolling in a 4×4 SUV through the jagged coastline beside fields of lava, over rushing riverbeds, and beneath cascading waterfalls photographer Jakub Polomski fell in love with Iceland. Travelling over 4,000 km he experienced an…
Cabin Porn will make you lust for Mother Nature and inspire you to build your own getaway
BY: JOHNATHAN MOSS Cabin Porn images courtesy Little, Brown and Company, © 2015 by Zachary Klein In the middle of windswept plains, embedded within a staggering mountain view sits a cabin so beautiful that it could have stained the bed sheets…
5 TED Talks that will restore your faith in humanity
BY: JESSICA BEUKER Everyday our eyes and ears are bombarded with images and stories of tragedy, heartbreak, loss, suffering and injustice. It’s easy to get caught up in the negativity that circulates through the headlines, and plants itself in our…
The longest, closest and most high-definition video of the sun was just released by NASA
BY: LAUREN BRUYNS After five years, with 300 hours of compiling footage and data, NASA has released a 30-minute video of the sun in remarkable 4K detail. Beginning in 2010, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration has been shooting images…
Watch non-creative workers react when they’re asked to work for “exposure” (like creatives)
BY: EDITOR For young creatives, the words “opportunity” and “exposure” have become standard forms of compensation despite the fact that it’s not exactly a currency that will pay your rent or expand your diet from multivitamins and Ramen noodles. So…
This scene from Lost In Translation reminds us life gets easier as we figure out who we are
BY: ADRIAN SMITH When I got home that night I found Kevin sitting out on the balcony, leaning back against the glass door. I didn’t go out there right away. I set my bag down first and watched him finish…
Are we becoming slaves to our smartphones? And are we afraid to admit it?
BY: JACK M. Do you place your smartphone on the night table beside your bed, or worse yet, under your pillow? Or maybe you’ve splurged a couple of paycheques on a waterproof Galaxy S5 just so you don’t feel disconnected…
These photos of abandoned buildings show the beauty in the dark and decaying
BY: DANIKA MOIR Photos by Rebecca Bathory In 2012, Rebecca Bathory found her passion for capturing decaying buildings on film. Travelling to over 20 countries, she went to over 300 abandoned buildings to capture the beauty that is found in…
Tattoo artist who taught himself to draw in isolation is now Instafamous for his slutty tattoos
BY: SYDNEY MCINNIS If you’re planning to get tattooed by Curt Montgomery, you can expect to walk into the shop and find him chewing gum, while designing a tattoo of a girl squirting and getting choked at the same time.…
Dancing with people is now proven to strengthen bonds and increase your pain tolerance
BY: SWIKAR OLI People dance as a form of expression, and have historically used it as a healing ritual and a form of therapy. Now, a study by Oxford University psychologists says that dancing, or even tapping in synchrony, may…
How the dating industry saved me, then fucked me
When it comes to understanding women, most guys don’t even know where to begin. I know we are all Don Juans in our own minds, but when it comes down to it most of us just don’t have a clue.…
Photos of this old abandoned mental institution give us a glimpse into what life was like for the patients
BY: DANIKA MOIR Photos by Will Ellis The Rockland State Hospital for the Insane, now known as the Rockland Psychiatric Centre, in Orangeville, New York once held thousands of patients at a time, reaching a population of almost 9,000 by…
An urban disabled community is fighting transit oppression in the most creative way possible
BY: REGAN MCNEILL For some of us, getting on the subway is a very simple and convenient process. Given the array of blue signs with white wheelchairs plastered on the subway walls, you probably think it would be the same…
Hemingway’s advice on writing in the first person is a valuable lesson for all writers
BY: ADRIAN SMITH I spent last semester struggling through three first-person narratives, trying to speak on recent experiences that shaped my way of thinking to that point. The writing felt stifled and uncomfortable in its execution—a result of my overthinking…
Photo series shows what hides beneath the clothing of tattoo-lovers of every age
BY: JESSICA BEUKER London-based photographer, Alan Powdrill is putting the spotlight on tattoos with his new photo series, “Covered.” The series captures each subject in two very different photos—one where they are fully clothed and one where they are completely…
Only one man has been back to Disney World’s secret abandoned island. This is what he saw.
BY: ALEXANDRIA LEE In the depths of Florida’s Walt Disney World, away from the screaming children and perpetually-grinning mascots, an abandoned section of the theme park shows a darker side of the Happiest Place on Earth. Located in the middle…
An abandoned island in China has been overtaken by a masterpiece of lush greenery
BY: ROB HOFFMAN Far off China’s eastern shore lies the once-thriving and now-abandoned community of Gouqi island, which has received its fair share of attention from the stunning photography of Jane Qing. Gouqi is clustered into a group of about…
There’s an invisible art gallery in radioactive Fukushima to prove a point about catastrophe
BY: MELISSA BOODOO In March 11th, 2011, a 9.0 magnitude earthquake hit Japan, triggering a tsunami that claimed thousands of lives and wiping out entire cities along Japan’s coastline. The tsunami also hit Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, causing the…
This wolf sanctuary lets you watch the northern lights while you cuddle with wolves
BY: ROB HOFFMAN Ah wolves—the poster boys of Mother Nature’s glorious craftsmanship. There is hardly any beast in the animal kingdom that can compare to the shear majestic force of a wolf’s powerful frame, sleek coat and eternal stoic glare.…