BY: CHARLOTTE LEFAVE Born in 1837, the Countess was bold from day one. She capitalized on her natural golden blonde hair and stunning green eyes that were rumored to change into violet, eventually using them to capture the eye of…
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This matchmaking service will impersonate you online and find you love
BY: BROOKLYN PINHEIRO Behind the purple frames of her glasses, Anne Marshall is scanning her seventeenth page of dating profiles. “Are you fucking kidding me?” she asks herself. “You don’t have to say you don’t like rap music, you’re fifty-two…
This tattoo removal company is offering affordable tattoo removal for former inmates
BY: ELIJAH BASSETT If you’ve ever been turned down for a job because of a tattoo, you know how frustrating it can be. But if you were a released convict trying to get back into society, it would be even…
This artist uses foraged natural materials to make magical mandala altars (Photos)
BY: TIM O’NEAL Each morning for the past five years, Day Schildkret has walked his dog through Wildcat Canyon in Richmond, California, carrying a basket. As they walk, he forages for “local objects that the wild world has discarded to…
New media course is giving students the skills they need to distinguish fake news from real news
BY: ELIJAH BASSETT At The Plaid Zebra, we try to tell you the truth about what’s going on in the world. But, as you’ve probably heard, not everybody is so scrupulous. In the past year or so especially, the mass…
This Palestinian artist is using fierce makeup to address pressing global issues (photos)
Rand Jarallah is a Palestinian activist who’s using art and makeup to raise awareness about different issues that she is passionate about. Her work is thematizing gender-based violence, global warming, psychological disorders and other different issues related to activist work. As…
For 3 years, these guys travelled to dozens of countries to eat bugs – and documented it all on film
BY: JESSICA BEUKER By the year 2050, the human population is expected to reach 9.7 billion. This means that the demand for food will rise substantially over the next few decades. At a time where climate issues are pressing, the…
This Toronto photographer captures the tortured routine of a loveless marriage (photos)
BY: QUENTIN STUCKEY All photos from Insipid, courtesy of Tessla Stuckey Photography When we hear the word “marriage” nowadays, we tend to bypass that idealistic, perfect image of a husband and wife being totally immersed in each other like something out…
These magical photos will make you wish you were a part of the 1970s disco culture in New York
BY: SAMANTHA TAPP All photos via Bill Bernstein If you’re like me and you never got to experience the magic of the ’70s, you have to vicariously live through music, movies and photography taken during that period. Without experiencing the…
Beer yoga is a thing now and it’s the only meditation you’ll ever need
BY: SAMANTHA TAPP Photos via BIERYOGA/FACEBOOK What better way to relax and reminisce on the hard week that has passed than with a cold beer in hand. Maybe your first beer of the night is after you’ve indulged your mind and…
Five places in the UK made iconic by the movies
The UK has been an odd place to be this last year. All this talk of Brexit and the like, has made my home country seem like a small, disinterested island with the outside world, and only concerned about its…
These portraits reveal a vulnerable side of masculinity that’s rarely seen (NSFW)
BY: SAMANTHA TAPP All photos via © Tyler Udall / The Little Black Gallery Last year, CoverGirl named James Charles the brand’s first-ever male model. This was quickly followed by an announcement this year by Maybelline that they had chosen their…
The story of Gay Bob, the controversial 1970s doll that would be just plain offensive today
BY: SAMANTHA TAPP Photos via Christy Havranek/Huffington Post. 1977: what a year, one which many of you will remember clearly. Apple Computer, Inc. was incorporated; palaeontologist Elso Barghoorn annouced he found a 3.4 billion year old one-celled fossil, which was the…
Why we should all be practicing Friluftsliv – Norway’s philosophy of getting back to nature
BY: KIRSTEN POWLEY By now we all know that Scandinavia has it down when it comes to happiness and society values. Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ll know that Danes, notably the happiest people in the world according…
This guy will show you which drugs not to use while driving
Germany is a wonderful country. It has a lot to offer: beer and Octoberfest, great outdoors, castles, sausages, cars and – Kesslers Knigge. Kesslers Knigge is German for Kessler’s Etiquette, a comedy show. The show was starring Michael Kessler, an…
Your Keurig just got an upgrade and will now get you high
BY: SAMANTHA TAPP How do you like your coffee in the morning? A splash of cream, maybe a dash of sugar. How about a dose of THC in your cup. Two very popular vices, coffee and weed, are joining forces…
New program brings 7 different strangers to your dinner table who you would normally never talk to
BY: SAMANTHA TAPP In our world of technology, it’s seemingly harder and harder to make friends in an organic way without the use of an app or needing a wifi connection. Most likely, if a stranger walked up to you…
Sexual aggression isn’t hot
BY: NADIA ZAIDI I don’t know many women who enjoy being manhandled. Yet somehow female characters on television and in movies find this turns them on. Don’t get me wrong. E.L. James’ Fifty Shades of Grey sold over 100 million…
A look inside the brilliant new feminist magazine that’s empowering girls ages 5 to 10
BY: KRUPA JOSEPH “The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams,” Eleanor Roosevelt once rightly said. The meaning is quite apparent – success is for those who dream of it. But the world that we…
These death masks of historical figures will satiate your daily dose of morbid curiosity (photos)
The idea of creating a death mask harks back to the time of ancient Egyptians. It was believed during this period that by taking an impression of a deceased person’s face using wax or plaster, the spirit would be able to find…