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…
Expression & Culture
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…
This documentary has been trolling film festivals around the world with an alternative history of the space race
BY: MIROSLAV TOMOSKI Wandering around a now-abandoned government complex carved into the side of a mountain, Slovenian film maker, Žiga Virc, had come to investigate a myth. The bunkered complex, known as Object 505, is a Yugoslav version of Area…
Germany wants their disabled citizens to get laid and they’ll cover the cost
BY: SAMANTHA TAPP What do you consider human necessities? Eating, drinking water and sleeping, probably. If that was your list, you’re forgetting about something else: sex. No, you don’t need it to survive (well, some might argue otherwise), but…
The futuristic beauty of the Balkans’ WWII monuments (photos)
The Balkan peninsula is the melting pot of cultures and nations. It’s on the verge of Europe. The Balkans have been the spot for the most profound political games in the continent’s history. The most viewable legacy of the political…
These companies encourage their employees to get high at the office
BY: SAMANTHA TAPP It looks like 2017 may be the year that the term “gateway drug” is finally gone forever when talking about weed. Good riddance. Farewell. See ya. As more and more people who have turned their noses away…
The artists who bought Trump’s bus want you to decide if they should throw it into the ocean
BY: MIROSLAV TOMOSKI Chased down by screaming mobs through a two-year spectrum of adoration and rage, it only seems fitting that artists Mary Mihelic and David Gleeson would take one last trip on the T.RUMP bus to drive it into…
Artists are exploring humans’ potential roles in the future’s automated economy
BY: ELIJAH BASSETT As the replacement of manufacturing and other jobs by machines threatens to change the labour market beyond recognition, anxieties about the future of the economy in an age of automation are only growing. But some artists are trying…
These Indian graphic novels feature inspirational, badass female leads
BY: KRUPA JOSEPH For years, in India, comics were cast aside as entertainment for the less educated. Then, in 1967, Amar Chitra Katha breathed life into Indian myths, legends, and history and transformed them into series of comics and changed…
This photographer is obsessed with redheads and it’s the most magical thing you’ll see today (photos)
BY: SAMANTHA TAPP Alexandra Bochkareva has a thing for redheads and freckles. The St. Petersburg-based photographer’s fascination with gingers started when she began dabbling in photography four years ago. Usually working with redheads, her photographs feel like stepping into a fairy…
Finally this city has opened Canada’s first vegan fast food restaurant
Healthy eating is becoming more and more of a commodity in these troubling times. Variety and abundance of food is awash in our Western culture, but that doesn’t mean that everyone’s dietary needs are being fully met. Eating meat is…
If your life feels stale, these 7 powerful poems will ignite a fire in your soul
BY: SAMANTHA TAPP National Poetry Day came and went in October, but as the days get shorter and colder, we could all use some extra inspiration. Whether your holiday shopping is getting you down as you watch your bank account…
The evolution of van-life from the VW Transporter to the electric vans of the future
In the last decade or so, we’ve seen an increase of people turning towards the van-life. Things have shifted and, for millennials especially, the value of experiences has taken precedence over the value of material things. For this reason, many…
These breathtaking nature photos prove that beauty exists right in your own backyard
Eric L. Chan is a photographer, filmmaker and teacher based out of Mississauga, Ontario. What started out as a hobby, turned into a job and he has dipped his foot in just about every type of photography. A few years…
These sea nomads live like fish in the ocean
BY: JESSICA BEUKER Over one-third of the Earth’s human population – nearly 2.4 billion people – lives within 100km of an oceanic coast. The ocean is vast and deep, and harbours nearly half of all species on Earth. We know…
Stephen King wrote the top 20 rules for writers and many of them can be applied to your everyday life
BY: SAMANTHA TAPP Even if you’re not an adamant reader, you know who Stephen King is. How could you not know about someone who has written over 54 novels, 6 non-fiction books, over 200 short stories, and has sold over…
The tale of Iceland’s 13 Santas, their cave-dwelling parents, and a child-eating devil cat
BY: ADAM THRUSH Christmas time has many positive connotations attached it; quality time spent with family, good food, and receiving a pile of new things that you’ll probably resell on Craigslist in April. These traditions are generally shared throughout other communities…
Giraffes are headed for extinction and why no one saw it coming
BY: PHILIPPE DE JOCAS What kinds of animals might you see on a safari on the Serengeti? Wildebeest, elephants, antelopes, lions… giraffes? Not for long, say scientists, who have recently moved the unmistakable long-necked mammal to “vulnerable” status. This sudden…