Every year, École Polytechnique reminds us of the continued reality of gendered violence (Photo: Getty) *Trigger warning* This article contains references to physical assault and murder that may be triggering to survivors of gender-based violence. On the 30th anniversary of the École Polytechnique shooting, I find myself wondering where the 14 women might be now
Month: December 2019
My StairMaster warmup always goes as follows: I stand before the mechanical mountain, sizing it up — then, with one deep inhale, I begrudgingly pull myself onto the steps and brace for the burn. This, combined with my go-to hunched-over posture, hardly makes me the poster child for StairMaster success. Candy Morales, an ACE, AFAA
Sun Peaks is Canada’s second-largest ski area, located about five-and-a-half-hours north of Seattle by car in the vast British Columbia wild. With three mountains spanning 4,270 acres, even locals who have skied these peaks their entire lives find fresh turns and discover sites they’ve never stumbled upon before. You’ll notice things in Sun Peaks are
“Cabbage Patch Kids. Like, their heads.” “This opera house I went to in Venice???” “But like the BABY Cabbage Patch Kids.” “Powdered donuts.” “When I did a fitting at a couture atelier in Paris. The dressing room there.” “Strawberry wine!” Behold the group chat of several fashion editors, all trying to pin down the smell
It’s just weeks until Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker hyper-jumps into cinemas, bringing an end to the all-new Star Wars trilogy and concluding a saga which has defined many an adult man’s life since 1977. With this kind of intergalactic hype, it’s little surprise that a pop culture event of this magnitude will come
Image courtesy PirelliWith the help of icons like Kristen Stewart, Yara Shahidi and Emma Watson. By Pahull Bains Date December 4, 2019 icon-facebook icon-twitter For over 50 years, tire company Pirelli has been putting out a calendar featuring some of the most famous faces of its time. In these five decades, the annual Pirelli Calendar
Here’s the deal: I watched Jason Brown’s Riverdance-themed figure skating program about three years ago. It was finals week. I was supposed to be writing a paper. Instead, I sat there and replayed it until I had memorized every move and was literally typing to the tune of the music. This free skate, performed to
Christopher Polk/NBCGetty Images Justin Timberlake took an unexpected step this evening, posting a note on his Instagram where he very publicly apologized to his wife Jessica Biel for the photos that came out of him holding hands with his Palmer co-star Alisha Wainwright at a New Orleans bar at the end of November. The Sun
Gender is a construct but red carpets are very real. That’s the lesson from today’s Dior Homme show in Miami, where Kim Jones showed a range of surf-waxed suiting ostensibly for men… but also (and maybe more so?) for Kim Kardashian, Bella Hadid, and more women who took the runway clothes and leveled-up their own
The idea that men’s fragrances should always tally with the calendar seasons is a dated and quite frankly flawed concept. Admittedly, some scents – the ones usually ripe with citrus fruits, aquatic notes, or smell of freshly cut grass – are better suited to summer, while those steeped in woods, resins, leather and Middle-Eastern spice
Photo by Trae Patton/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty ImagesThe controversial holiday classic gets a less problematic do-over. By Pahull Bains Date December 4, 2019 icon-facebook icon-twitter Last month, John Legend and Kelly Clarkson, both coaches on NBC’s The Voice, dropped a less problematic version of the holiday classic, ‘Baby, It’s Cold Outside.’ Controversy around the
For as long as I could remember, getting my periods meant dealing with a lot of pain and heavy bleeding. At first, the pain was manageable — I would gulp down painkillers and curl up somewhere, waiting for it to pass. But the older I got, the worse the pain became. It didn’t matter if
If Shrill‘s first season is about pursuing your dreams, the show’s second season is all about reinvention. Today, the first look at the Hulu series’ next installment arrived in the form of a minute-long teaser trailer, which sees Annie (Aidy Bryant) reevaluating her life after breaking up with her unreliable boyfriend Ryan (Luka Jones), quitting
There are two types of doomsday preppers: Those who embrace practical austerity because the world is ending, and those who binge on useless beauty… because the world is ending. But for beauty maestro Peter Philips, it’s all the same. “Our job is to find the best product for every look,” says the Belgian-born makeup artist,
Kaia Gerber, Selena Gomez, and Naomi Campbell are all sources of fashion inspiration. [Side note: Kaia Gerber has no business dressing so well for an eighteen-year-old. At that age, especially if you grew up in the 2000s, we all struggled though waist-slung belts and statement necklaces like sad extras on Gossip Girl. End rant.] And
If the fashion world taught us anything in 2019, it’s that anything goes. The days of being a slave to seasonal trends are O-V-E-R and we’re finally free to dress as we please. Case in point: Harry Styles, the posterchild for the wear-what-you-want liberation. Over the past 12 months, the 25-year-old singer’s wardrobe choices have
Photograph courtesy of Instagram/Celine DionWe’ve already watched it five times. By Maddison Glendinning Date December 4, 2019 icon-facebook icon-twitter Celine Dion is a legend. As Canadians, we’ve known that for a long time. And in case anyone else in the world was wondering, the singer’s new holiday video for Instagram Shopping will most certainly convince
As soon as I started listening to BTS, I started running to BTS. Basically, I heard “MIC Drop (Remix)” once and it was on my running playlist before I even knew what was happening. Fast forward a couple of weeks, and I’m stacking my playlist with BTS songs and replaying them multiple times per run.
Peter Byrne – PA ImagesGetty Images Katy Perry and Orlando Bloom almost planned their wedding for this holiday season, but Us Weekly reports the couple just postponed the date. The two originally had hoped to have a December wedding, a source told Us, but “they changed the timing due to the location they want.” Their
Melanie Trygg Hometown: Bainbridge Island, Washington Currently: Orcas Island, Washington Competitive advantage: Because I live in such a remote area, I think my relatively grounded energy and lack of exposure to current trends will help me to keep my unique point of view. Biggest influences: The untouched beauty of nature in the Pacific Northwest, paired
James Bond is back. Or at least he will be on 3 April 2020 when No Die Time to Die arrives in cinemas – the 25th film in the series and Daniel Craig’s fifth (and probably final) outing as Her Majesty’s finest spy and style icon, 007. A delayed production schedule has only served to
Photograph courtesy of Instagram/MrKimJones By Ivonne Flores Kauffman Date December 3, 2019 icon-facebook icon-twitter Today, the world will witness Shawn Stussy’s fashion comeback via a collaboration with Kim Jones, the creative director of Dior Homme, for the brand’s Pre-Fall 2020 show. The collab, which according to images posted by the brand on Twitter is full of
Growing up, my parents always encouraged my brother and me not to depend on medicine for healing. It’s not like they asked us to disregard Western medicine and its techniques, but they just didn’t want us to be putting chemicals in our bodies every single time we had a minor discomfort. So, I grew up
Broadway has cast its resident Prada fiend. Taylor Iman Jones (Head Over Heels) and Tony winner Beth Leavel (The Prom, The Drowsy Chaperone) will assume the roles of Andy Sachs and Miranda Priestly in a pre-Broadway run of The Devil Wears Prada musical, Deadline reported today. However, the show will arrive fashionably late. The musical