I didnt live up to my dads expectations: artist Corbin Shaw on how masculinity inspires

 Posted on April 3, 2024  |  5 minutes  |  974 words  |  Christie Applegate

ArtInterview‘I didn’t live up to my dad’s expectations’: artist Corbin Shaw on how masculinity inspires his workDaniel Dylan WrayAfter collaborations with Martin Parr and queer party Homobloc, the 24-year old reflects on how Sheffield’s football terraces, boxing gyms and pubs influenced him ‘I desperately wanted to be liked at school,” recalls Corbin Shaw. “I was always trying to fit in with this group of boys, which is where a lot of my work stems from. [Read More]

I'm lusting after iJustine's T-shirt | Technology

 Posted on April 3, 2024  |  2 minutes  |  353 words  |  Brenda Moya

Technology blogTechnologyI'm lusting after iJustine's T-shirtSadly it's one that money can't buy, but Mozy is giving them away to people who are willing and able to earn oneWeb-based personality iJustine, aka Justine Ezarik, has been making some TV commercials for Mozy, an online storage company, and they're much better than you might expect. However, maybe Mozy should forget about storage and go into the T-shirt business. As iJustine says: Everyone was asking me where I got the " [Read More]

Is the cozy season trend a secret cry for help?

 Posted on April 3, 2024  |  6 minutes  |  1129 words  |  Brenda Moya

Guardian SelectsLife and styleCoziness has become a powerful aesthetic, but are we using it to chase a feeling that the outside world denies us? Take a peek on social media, and it’s obvious we are burrowed deep within “cozy season”. It surrounds us with clouds of neutral-toned knits and the steam offreshly brewed hot drinks. Our socks encase our ankles with seasonal droopiness. Ourbeanies threaten to envelop our entire heads in their snuggly embrace. [Read More]

Why settle for Mr Good Enough? | Ashley Sayeau

 Posted on April 3, 2024  |  5 minutes  |  981 words  |  Barrett Giampaolo

OpinionWomen This article is more than 13 years oldWhy settle for Mr Good Enough?This article is more than 13 years oldAshley SayeauLori Gottlieb's book takes the well-travelled path of dismissing women's choices as extravagant, burdensome, or even pettySingle women, duck and cover, it's Valentine's Day – the season of mysterious chocolates, big-eyed teddy bears, and red books with titles designed to make you feel like crap. In the latter category, this year already has a clear winner, the much discussed book Marry Him: The Case for Settling for Mr Good Enough. [Read More]

America's strip club capital sees push for fair terms, labor rights and food

 Posted on April 2, 2024  |  9 minutes  |  1736 words  |  Barrett Giampaolo

PortlandMeals 4 Heels is offering healthy late-night takeout for sex workers and strippers, and it’s just part of a discussion on wellness and working conditions in the industry Nikeisah Newton has cornered a market in her hometown of Portland, Oregon, which she calls “strip city”. ‘I make tagliatelle with them’: will acorns become the next ‘superfood’?Read moreShortly before 10pm on a Friday, Newton bounces around her kitchen, steaming kale and packing take-out boxes into a tote bag. [Read More]

Carmine De Sapio | US news

 Posted on April 2, 2024  |  5 minutes  |  910 words  |  Merlyn Hunt

US newsObituaryCarmine De SapioThe last boss of New York's Tammany Hall Democratic machineCarmine De Sapio, who has died aged 95, was the last boss of Tammany Hall, the powerful Democratic party machine which had controlled politics in New York for the eight decades to 1934. He presided over a brief renaissance of Tammany's power in the 1950s, but within a decade he lost control of the state to Republicans, and his own Democratic district committee seat to reformers, before being convicted of bribery. [Read More]

Cult heroes: Robert Calvert Hawkwind's prescient space-rock poet

 Posted on April 2, 2024  |  7 minutes  |  1354 words  |  Christie Applegate

Cult heroesMusicCalvert was a unique creative force whose performance, poetry, wit and love of spectacle elevated Hawkwind into one of the most respected bands of the era I’m not the kind of person given to needing heroes. But adolescence is the time when they creep in under your defences, when you’re looking for somebody else’s attitude and worldview to co-opt. I’ve loved Hawkwind ever since I heard them thudding majestically through my older brother’s bedroom wall, so it made sense that Robert Calvert, the band’s resident poet and agitator, would be the figure to exert a hold upon my puny imagination. [Read More]

Meet the South Poll cow: the healthier, naturally raised cattle of the future?

 Posted on April 2, 2024  |  7 minutes  |  1366 words  |  Brenda Moya

Animals farmedFarm animalsMost US cattle are bred to be require grain rations and antibiotics but the small-framed red cow thrives on a grass-only diet – with benefits to the environment Missouri rancher Greg Judy spots a six-month-old South Poll heifer calf in his herd that is a prime example of what he calls a “good doing cow”. A cow that will “do good” on grass alone. 'In the sun they'd cook': is the US south-west getting too hot for farm animals? [Read More]

The Naked Dont Fear the Water by Matthieu Aikins review a refugees journey

 Posted on April 2, 2024  |  3 minutes  |  554 words  |  Delta Gatti

BooksReviewAn undercover journalist follows the grim trail from Kabul to Athens in this study of people at the mercy of state power How should a refugee’s story be told? Matthieu Aikins, a Canadian journalist, seems to think the best way is gonzo reporting. In The Naked Don’t Fear the Water, he accompanies a thirtysomething Afghan interpreter, Omar, through Central Asia and Europe, passing himself off to others as an asylum seeker. [Read More]

While sharing a room on holiday recently, my sister was plagued by mosquito bites, no matter which b

 Posted on April 2, 2024  |  6 minutes  |  1266 words  |  Merlyn Hunt

THE BODY BEAUTIFULWhile sharing a room on holiday recently, my sister was plagued by mosquito bites, no matter which bunk she slept in, while the rest of us escaped unscathed. Why is she so much more attractive to the bugs? Jess Hindes, London Mosquitoes are also attracted to those who've eaten bananas. Anna, Kiszt, Australia I was told by a pharmacist to take B12 supplements, as mosquitos hate it. [Read More]