Word up: So, should I believe the Kanye hype?
Posted by Anupa in Favourite Interviews, media, Music, Pop Culture, Rappers, Word up on 24. Nov, 2010 | 4 Comments
Hiiii it’s meeee, the annoying person who has been talking about Kanye West’s new album My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy for the past two weeks since it leaked!!!I promised a lot of skeptical people (fuck you!) I would stop talking about it, though I guess this post means I didn’t (sorry!). I can’t help it! [...]
‘Too White?’: the Maclean’s magazine archives
Posted by Jef in media, Race on 11. Nov, 2010 | 12 Comments
Yesterday’s article from Maclean’s about certain universities being “Too Asian” was a lot of fun, wasn’t it? Even Jezebel got in on it. It seemed like the mag’s website even took the offending article down sometime last night, but don’t worry, it’s back. Because you can’t take fun like that away from us! Comparing today’s [...]
Mary HK Choi tackles dude-ish superchick Lady Deadpool
Posted by Anupa in comics, Interviews, media on 26. Jul, 2010 | 2 Comments
Deadpool, that churlish, craggy-faced Marvel anti-hero will be hitting the big screen some time in 2012—played by dreamboat Ryan Reynolds, no less—so like me, if you didn’t know, you’ll be hearing the name and bandwagoning very soon. His gender bender counterpart, Lady Deadpool—girly-churl, blonde and babely—demanded a writer who knows that this is funny, hyper-meta [...]
Spectacle: Orange you glad for an art education?
Posted by Avril in Art, media, spectacle on 10. Jun, 2010 | 1 Comment
There are very few things in this world that give me the warm fuzzies inside. (Aside, apparently, from the Cajun Popcorn Shrimp at Gabby’s – that sensation, I found out, is just straight-up heartburn). Cute babies. (Note how I do not just say “babies” – a harrowing university job at the Sears Portrait studio has [...]
Toronto Life Heading in New Direction: Down?
Posted by Simon in media, Toronto on 07. May, 2010 | 1 Comment
By now most Toronto foodies have learned that Toronto Life magazine has ended its 23-year relationship with food critic James Chatto. Lucy Waverman, food writer for the Globe & Mail broke the news on Thursday night via her twitter, and The Star has a follow up story today detailing the surprising and sudden end of [...]
