On Tuesday, a colossal explosion shook the Lebanese capital of Beirut severely damaging and demolishing the city’s port. For up to six miles away from the blast, parts of the city saw a jarring and overwhelming impact from the blast. By the next morning, more than 100 people were declared […]
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – DECEMBER 12: Alicia Keys attends the 2019 Billboard Women In Music at Hollywood Palladium on December 12, 2019 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Jon Kopaloff/FilmMagic) Alicia Keys’ naturally glowy complexion has always made us wonder what beauty products the singer-songwriter has in rotation, even before […]
Venus, the planet of love, social awareness, and money, is finally exiting its extended four-month stay in Gemini. Its next stop is emotional Cancer on August 7, where it will stay until September 5, says Narayana Montúfar, senior astrologer at Astrology.com. “During the time Venus was retrograde in intellectual Gemini, […]
The first time I was introduced to tea leaf readings was through Harry Potter and The Prisoner of Azkaban at the ripe age of 8. And I’ll be honest — Professor Trelawney’s reaction to finding out that Harry had “the grim” in his teacup (an omen of death) was a […]
There’s something wonderfully satisfying about seeing how some of our most beloved music is made. Even if the process is messy or fraught with drama — as these things often go in the music world — it can be fascinating to see the seed of an idea or a burst […]
There is a dominant narrative about what it means to be queer: a person struggles with their identity, comes out, and eventually finds love. Within that narrative there’s another storyline, one that involves a denial of self via a metaphorical closet, in which a person subsumes their identity, partnering with […]
Low-rise leather pants. Leopard print mini skirts. Ripped USA T-shirts. As a teenager watching Coyote Ugly in the early 00s, I was immediately hypnotised. In fact, few films from then made as big of a fashion impression on me. Part coming-of-age story, part dance film, the comedy-drama (that came out […]
The anti-racism protests in Portland, OR have now surpassed the two-month mark, but rather than have a single narrative arc, multiple storylines have emerged from these specific protests, together creating a cacophony of sound quickly approaching a deafening decibel, making it hard, at times, to decipher what’s really going on. […]
Despite the bans, sales, and acquisitions, TikTok remains a hallowed oasis for today’s overwhelmed youth, however fleeting these spaces tend to be. While Cloud Bread has gone viral before and is by no means a new invention, it’s making a splash on the TikTok right now. Cloud Bread is at […]
Amid already hard times, a massive explosion shook Beirut on Tuesday, causing widespread damage both to the city’s port and elsewhere. The explosion rocked the city, sending a mushroom cloud over the sky, according to the Associated Press, and damaging buildings up to 4 kilometres away, with the rumble reaching […]
