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Groupies Deserve More Credit

October 19, 2022October 19, 2022 - by Lisa Levy

Superfans contribute just as much to culture as the male musicians they love. Why haven’t they had the shine they deserve?

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Arts & Culture

The Rings of Power Has a Troll Problem

October 14, 2022January 26, 2023 - by Sakeina Syed

Racist fans of The Lord of the Rings are organizing online to try and sink the new series. But are they losing their power?

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Book Cover Confidential: A Roundtable with Designers

October 7, 2022October 7, 2022 - by KC Hoard

Three insiders reveal where industry trends are headed

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July/August 2022

Editor’s Letter: Why We Illustrate Our Stories

August 16, 2022 - by Jessica Johnson

A picture is supposedly worth a thousand words. What’s an illustration worth?

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Arts & Culture / July/August 2022

Breaking Through: One Photographer’s Mission to Capture Hip Hop’s Underground Roots

August 12, 2022August 12, 2022 - by Connor Garel

Breakdancing is now an Olympic sport. But Frankie Perez wants to show the world that breaking still thrives in the streets

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Arts & Culture / July/August 2022

How Canada’s Bob Dylan Ended up a Taxi Driver

August 2, 2022August 2, 2022 - by Marcello Di Cintio

Poet and songwriter Bill Hawkins rubbed elbows with Joni Mitchell, Jimi Hendrix, and other stars. Why didn’t he become one himself?

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Why Is Canadian Architecture So Bad?

January 19, 2022January 19, 2022 - by Tracey Lindeman

Buildings from the past fifty years have been largely uninspiring. Why don’t we take good design seriously?

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Our Culture is at a Tipping Point

December 1, 2021December 15, 2021 - by Devyani Saltzman

S3E11 of The Conversation Piece Podcast

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Design for Survival: How to Build a Better Trauma Bay

October 7, 2021October 7, 2021 - by Lauren McGill

In the high-pressure world of emergency medicine, a Toronto hospital finds new ways to save lives

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Arts & Culture / September/October 2021

More Is More: The End of Minimalism

August 4, 2021October 18, 2021 - by Mireille Silcoff

Marie Kondo’s decluttering dominance is over. Make way for maximalism, where the more stuff, the merrier

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