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Expression & Culture
This Brazilian tattoo artist is making a career out of her bad art (photos)
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BY BROOKLYN PINHEIRO While Helena Fernandes was growing up drawing her ‘funny/cute/not realistic/not-following-the-rules” pictures, she never imagined they would become the source of her c…

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Life without Borders
Cat lovers rejoice, there’s a feline city in Malaysia (photos)
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BY BROOKLYN PINHEIRO Long before internet culture claimed cats as its official mascot there was born a town dedicated to the little hair balls. In Kuching, Malaysia there are cats everywhere, in front…

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Expression & Culture
Best places to see graffiti in Toronto
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BY: NADIA ZAIDI  Growing up in Toronto, I’ve never thought much about graffiti. It was always something within the backdrop of my visual experience. Bold, intricate — sometimes simplistic  — art…

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Expression & Culture
Afghanistan’s first female street artist risks her life to empower women (photos)
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Afghanistan-based feminist graffiti artist risks her life to show her perspective of hope for the world she lives in. Her name is Shamsia Hassani, and she is the first female 3-D street artist and fem…

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Expression & Culture
The Guerrilla Girls are still fighting art sexism in the most badass way possible
The Plaid Zebra June 28, 2017

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…

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Expression & Culture
Farhan Hussain captures children of the grave in this evocative series (photos)
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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…

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Expression & Culture
Iranian-German artist creates one of a kind continuous line tattoos
The Plaid Zebra May 30, 2017

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…

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Expression & Culture
Ai Weiwei’s new art piece challenges the immigration policy
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BY: SHAWNTAE HARRIS  Millions of New Yorkers are scared for their fate as they wait for the verdict of the new immigration policy. As the new president and federal government go head to head, a divisi…

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Body Vs Mind
This feminist photographer is redefining beauty standards (NSFW)
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We live in a society that puts women’s bodies in the middle of repression. Women are faced with certain aesthetic standards and continuously fed ideas that we are simply not good enough. Nor wil…

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Body Vs Mind
Mental health stigma: stop romanticizing harmful conditions for art
The Plaid Zebra March 17, 2017

BY: QUENTIN STUCKEY Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, Tumblr and essentially all forms of social media are loaded with content. Content that is so diverse and unique, one can find different perspectives o…

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Expression & Culture
This artist created a stunning view of Toronto’s future and we can’t look away
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BY: MIROSLAV TOMOSKI There are few words that can truly capture the beauty of Mathew Borrett’s vivid imagination and perhaps that’s why it’s best depicted by the hyper-detailed images he brings to lif…

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Expression & Culture
This company lets you find and host creative events in everyday spaces
The Plaid Zebra March 7, 2017

BY: QUENTIN STUCKEY It’s odd to contemplate the idea that an artist as renowned as Vincent Van Gogh ever had to convince people to showcase his paintings. Or even a band so ingrained in popular …

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Expression & Culture
Euopean Bellringers are using magic and noise to scare the winter away (photos)
The Plaid Zebra February 28, 2017

Slavic culture is known for its ethnographic narratives; the mixture of profane, magic rituals and legends. Croatian culture is no different. In the end of the winter, when the trees are preparing to …

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homeless exploitation
Expression & Culture
Taking photos of homeless people without their consent is not art – it’s exploitation
The Plaid Zebra February 24, 2017

BY: QUENTIN STUCKEY Recently a friend of mine asked if I would be willing to help her on a university paper she had to write. In post secondary education there always seems to be strength in numbers; …

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Expression & Culture
The True/False Film Fest shows us the world through documentaries, and it’s actually fun
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BY: TIM O’NEAL It’s that time of year again, where film makers and watchers get together to celebrate the art form they love. No, not the Academy Awards. I’m talking about the 15th annual True/F…

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Expression & Culture
This Canadian woman uses visual art and storytelling forms together to create a more holistic narrative
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BY: DUSTIN BATTY Andrea Fredeen, a painter from Prince George, British Columbia, completed an innovative project last year that challenged her skill and stretched her creative boundaries. During an in…

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true love
Body Vs Mind
Constantly searching for love and trying to find your soulmate is actually bad news
The Plaid Zebra February 11, 2017

BY: CHARLOTTE LEFAVE The idea of True Love is infused into everything girls are exposed to growing up. It’s a fantasy we’re born into. As soon as you hit puberty, love becomes a realistic goal you sho…

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Expression & Culture
To combat post-election frustrations, artist turns letter-writing into a form of female empowerment
The Plaid Zebra February 5, 2017

BY: KIRSTEN POWLEY We’ve all heard someone call letter-writing a lost art form and when you think about it, when was the last time you picked up a pen to write a personalized note to someone you…

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Expression & Culture
This innovative website is giving unknown female artists a voice
The Plaid Zebra February 2, 2017

BY: QUENTIN STUCKEY  Attitudes are improving in today’s society. Attitudes towards sexuality, race and gender are being challenged as a means to make the world as good a place as it possibly can…

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Expression & Culture
This artist is using T-shirts to confront racism (photos)
The Plaid Zebra February 1, 2017

BY: ELIJAH BASSETT It may be easy for some to think that their words just disappear once they’ve said them. But the ongoing photography project by Berlin-based American artist Isaiah Lopaz reminds us …

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