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I’ve been writing a lot more with the Toronto Standard of late, working mostly with Sprawl editor and funny man, Michael Kolberg (read his latest campaign to get Drake to buy Casa Loma, err, should I say CasaYOLO). Although I still gravitate toward the more peculiar, I’m now settling into...

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The Best Dressed (Without Selling Out) of New York Fashion Week

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I wrote my last Text/Book column for the Standard.

It’s good to be moving on to newer things, and it’s especially great to have more time for the magazine. But I actually choked up a little when I sent this in to my editor (and friend) slash co-columnist, because I did this at least twice a month since, what, March?, and I’m gonna miss it.

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So I kind of like TOMS shoes now…does that make me a hypocrite?

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I wrote about the importance of Pussy Riot’s politics AND outfits.

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Me trying to look like Veruca Salt from Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory.

Read my latest from the Toronto Standard: “Of Costumes, Cosplay and Alternate Identities.”

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Cigar Box Guitar

Photo: six-string Daddy Mojo cigar box guitar

I wrote an article about the cigar box guitar for the Toronto Standard. If you’re interested in the blues, cigar box guitars, music, musicians, musical instruments, interesting characters, or Pennsylvania, then read what I wrote.

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I identified with Betty as a regular girl with modest funds for clothing, but always kept an abject love for Veronica and her mean girl ways. Sure she was always stabbing Betty in the back and treating Archie like her love slave… but, dammit, she looked fabulous doing it! She even pulled off menswear. Not to mention that, while Betty bored us all to death with her ever-present ponytail, Veronica debuted a bob, bangs, and a series of long styles with that glossy dark mane (brunettes unite!).

Bianca Teixeira on Childhood Style Icons: Betty & Veronica via Toronto Standard (via albeard)

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Of Costumes, Cosplay, and Alternate Identities

"Dressing like fictional characters allows us to temporarily explore something outside ourselves" 

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On Usain Bolt and Olympic Puffery

Bert Archer: "He runs very short distances very quickly. That’s it."

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Uniform Project: Magicians

From mentalists to escape artists, these guys have some serious style up their sleeves

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The Supersize Me director weighs in on another fast food controversy

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A piece I did this week for Toronto Standard on where we stand with breaking records in the future. As a human race, have we reached our achievement peak or is there scope for further improvement?

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Heavy Music on Trial

Pussy Riot and the persecution of sonic blasphemy

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The Secret Power of Concert T-Shirts