The Intersection of Faith and Culture
Jian Ghomeshi’s survivors are creating space for other accounts of sexual violence to be heard Since October 26, news that CBC fired Jian Ghomeshi, a well-known (and loved) radio host has saturated headlines and conversations across Canada. Ghomeshi himself broke the story, speaking out on Facebook to try and clear his name, […]
It was only a matter of time until Ello made its next move since declaring themselves a public benefit corporation. Now it seems that move has been made. As of yesterday, Ello will be partnering with e-commerce site Threadless to sell t-shirts featuring reformulations of Ello’s monochromatic smiley face logo, […]
Breaking more than the Internet I have seen Kim Kardashian’s rear side more than I care to think about. And I’ve brought up her name in conversation in the last couple of days more than I ever will again. Last week, Kim attempted to “break the Internet” with nude photos […]
The new social media platform has everyone buzzing. But can we trust it to be different? Ello. It’s the new social media network that’s been dubbed the anti-Facebook. It has no ads, no third parties purchasing your personal information, and some interesting features you’d only see coming from a social […]
She set the tray of freshly frosted Santa Claus cookies on the granite countertop and eyed me with solemn concern. “Funny hats make me suspicious of idolatry,” she said. This was the bluntest of my friends when I came home that Christmas with a sobering admission: I’d been attending an […]
But is that really fair? It was 1955. The beat poet Allen Ginsberg riffed aloud part of Howl, his profane and profound poem to an audience of artists and jazz heads in San Francisco’s Six Gallery. The word hipster was formally and artistically spoken for the first time. Howl was […]