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Vandalist: Now Everything is Beautiful and Nothing Hurts

A glimmer of light in the bleakest of months.

BY: Jay Wall and Laura Huddart LOCATION: Harbord and Lippincott PHOTO BY: Martin Reis FIELD NOTES: Even at its best, February isn’t the most cheerful of months. It’s all too easy to let the winter blues get us down, but this creative redecoration of illegal ad space is just what we need to perk us [...]

Ugly on the Outside

In 2001, Lucian Freud outraged the U.K. when he unveiled his six-by-nine-inch portrait of Queen Elizabeth II. While some critics praised its harsh depiction of the aging monarch (who had granted sittings with the artist), others were furious that their country’s figurehead was rendered in such a disrespectful, unflattering light. The Queen never expressed her [...]

Light Bright?

Recently, our own fair U of T released a new and highly controversial study [PDF] that claims men (of all skin colours) are more attracted to women with lighter skin. The story was quickly snapped up by Jezebel, which tied the recent influx in the long-standing demand for “skin lightening creams” in India to the [...]