Gone are the days when you needed to pass around a joint in your cousin’s dark and damp basement to get some kind of high. Today, you can get that same sweet feeling a number of different ways &…
Expression & Culture
The Guerrilla Girls are still fighting art sexism in the most badass way possible
BY: SYDNEY KEEFE Featured Illustration by: Xulin Wang One fateful morning on the island of Manhattan, New Yorkers woke up to their borough being wallpapered with Guerrilla art. The Guerilla Girls were…
Casa Vicens, Gaudi’s first architectural masterpiece is opening to the public
When visiting Barcelona, after eating paella and window shopping, what’s likely on your to-do list is visiting the architectural artworks designed by Antoni Gaudi. Well, you can now add another …
Open Doors Toronto sees a collaboration between government and local businesses
Toronto – a city of roughly 6 million people (metro). It’s one of the largest cities in North America and an internationally acclaimed one at that. Naturally, due to its size and diverse amount …
In defence of the word cunt
BY: SYDNEY KEEFE Illustration by: Xulin Wang Cunt. Merriam-webster defines cunt as a “disparaging way to refer to a woman.” And while this is definitely an agreed upon definition, the ques…
Over 30 years, photographer captured the freaks and non-conformists that rule the underbelly of Berlin (photos)
BY: JESSICA BEUKER Miron Zownir has spent most of his life looking at others. His stunning collection of black and white photography tells the stories that would otherwise go untold, of those living …
Girls are repurposing their mother’s prom dresses in an effort to fight fast fashion
With prom season approaching an interesting new trend has arisen. This year, girls attending their prom have started repurposing and wearing their mother’s prom dresses. Often high school studen…
Photographer captures a Bengali Tribe’s Dance With The Dead (photos)
Chaitra/Choitro is the last month of the Bengali calendar and it falls from mid-March to mid-April. Every year, in several parts deep within West Bengal, a Hindu festival called Gajan is celebrated. T…
How to host your own full moon party
Despite many recently-founded parties growing in popularity, the concept of a full moon party is nothing new. In fact, people have been worshiping the moon for millennia. Celebration and worship of th…
Alana Massey explores feminine identity through iconic female celebrities
“Telling people not to do as Sylvia Plath did is universally understood as a good-natured suggestion that a writer not put too much of herself into her creation- lest she accidentally write abou…
Farhan Hussain captures children of the grave in this evocative series (photos)
The Kalpalli cemetery, also known as St. John’s Cemetery, in Bengaluru is the largest burial ground in Karnataka, India. It is also home to 15 dalit families, who make a living out of these graves. Th…
Toronto transit: 5 people you run into on the TTC
Ahhh, public transit. In any city, public transportation is both a blessing and a curse. Yes, it gets you from point A to point B, is relatively cheap and cuts down on the number of cars on the road, …
We need to change the language of news
BY: NADIA ZAIDI Islamic terrorism and Islamic extremist are words that should be eliminated from the vernacular of news and global dialogue. It ruptures any semblance of objectivity, and our ability t…
Iranian-German artist creates one of a kind continuous line tattoos
One line can speak a thousand words. Mo Ganji’s mission is to create simple images with strong impact by creating single line image tattoos. Ganji blends seamlessly with the minimalist and mini tattoo…
Build your own capsule wardrobe and give a middle finger to excessive consumerism
BY: SYDNEY KEEFE In recent years the minimalist trend has really taken off. Monochromatic and simplistic clothes and furniture have become the go to of the young and fashionable. But some have taken t…
Rooftopping photographer captures incredible unseen views of Toronto’s cityscape (photos)
BY: JAEDYIN BARNES All photos by Sxifty. Rooftopping – a worldwide phenomenon that has recently attracted thousands of thrillseekers and adventurers around the world. Their goal is scaling the …
Puppies Behind Bars lets prison inmates raise service dogs
BY: SYDNEY KEEFE Puppies Behind Bars began in New York in 1997 and its mission is to have prisoners raise and train service dogs for wounded war veterans. After 9/11 Puppies Behind Bars branched out …
UK festivals will let you test your drugs before tripping out this summer
BY: JESSICA BEUKER Last July, the summer music festival, Secret Garden Party, became the first ever UK festival to offer its attendees a somewhat controversial service – drug testing. Festival …
Haunting images of a deserted Central Park at night are both beautiful and eerie
BY: SYDNEY KEEFE Michael Massaia is a New Jersey based photographer who from 2008 to 2014 suffered from insomnia and spent his waking hours wandering around New York City. Eventually he stumbled into …
What does Capitalism do to our sense of Nudity?
BY: IVA CELEBIC I have spent many of my summers on the coast of Croatia, home to some of the most beautiful beaches in the world. I grew up in a secular communist Yugoslavian home, but was the first C…