Arts & Life
Core lessons

Core lessons

There is a book that I have read over the last year that I have taken to heart. Its title explains it all – Furiously Happy. Written by Jenny Lawson, a comedian and blogger, she takes awkward moments in her life and puts them to paper. She writes about her experiences...

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Around, around we go

Around, around we go

Robbie Davidson says he was on his first date with his future wife when she admitted she didn’t believe human beings have landed on the moon. Davidson was surprised. “You don’t believe we landed on the moon?” He didn’t believe in the moon landings either. It was the...

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What do women really want?

What do women really want?

Note: This article is intended as satire and should not be taken seriously on any account. Women are confusing. How are men supposed to know what we really want when we’re constantly having mood swings and never say what we really mean? Here’s a quick list to help you...

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Winnie the Pooh revisited

Winnie the Pooh revisited

With the recent release of the teaser trailer for the Christopher Robin movie, out Aug. 3, we’re dedicating this throwback to one of the first stories our favourite bear got involved in – Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree. But for this retrospective, we’ll be...

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Giant love letter to fans

Giant love letter to fans

From the minds of the BlazBlue and Guilty Gear fighting game franchises, comes this brand new title, based off the famous manga and anime series, Dragon Ball. Dragon Ball FighterZ (pronounced “Fighters”) is a three-on-three fighting game, much like Marvel vs. Capcom...

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Help – coffee is taking over

Help – coffee is taking over

Coffee is becoming my lifeblood. When I was a young warthog, I told myself I would never drink coffee. I saw so many adults, everyone from teachers, my dad, random people I’d see around town, basically addicted to the stuff. They always had it sewed to their hand,...

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Real freedom is no labels

Real freedom is no labels

I don’t know a lot about the struggles of LGBTQ2+ individuals. I just know that Pride week is fun and drag is amazing. But I live with a bisexual woman who had issues with not just society but even the LGBTQ2+ community. After discussing it with other friends who have...

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BDSM – safe, consensual

BDSM – safe, consensual

Let’s have safe, consensual BDSM.  That means bondage/discipline, dominance/  submission and sadism/masochism.  By now, everyone has at least heard about  it, thanks to the notorious Twilight fanfiction,  Fifty Shades of Gray, which is a great  example of an unhealthy...

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The truth about mentalism

The truth about mentalism

Men•tal•ism: the theory that physical and psychological phenomena are ultimately explicable only in terms of a creative and interpretative mind. “When it comes to mentalism, one of the biggest misconceptions is how real people think it is. There are three theories as...

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Pop culture meets tech

Pop culture meets tech

Right now you can see POPnology at the Telus World of Science until May. This feature exhibit is all about the interaction between pop culture and technology. It’s a matter of life imitating art and vice versa. From Jules Verne, to H.G. Wells, to Ray Bradbury and...

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