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Laura Pierce explores the concept of childhood soldiers as depicted through Ishmael Beah’s first-hand account in A Long Way Gone. Is it possible to rehabilitate a child who fought betwe...

Romance novels may be essentialist, sexist and hetero-normative, but they are also the most delicious beach reading for a steamy summer day. Does a guilty pleasure need to be such a bad thing? ...

Think an actor is hot, but your friends disagree? You may not be alone! Check out April Yorke’s attempt to articulate the appeal of five curious- looking actors with passionate followings. ...

Frederick Hidell describes the porn theatre-like experience of watching Don't Look Back at the Mayfair Theatre in Ottawa. It was pouring rain, like God had finally passed a kidney stone and ...

There’s no denying our lives have a sound track. It’s not always how much air time a particular song gets, but rather its significance to us that makes it that much more appealing.   ...

Dante Kleinberg explores the innovative world of Audiosurf, a rhythm game which contains as many levels as you have MP3s.  Rhythm games have been around almost as long as games have been ca...

Kris Millett reviews the Live 88.5's 'Big Money Shot' contest, a battle of the bands contest offering Ottawa muscians a cash prize and opportunities for talent development and precious radio airpl...

Shannon Wood explores the outrageous rules that Barney expounds in CBS's How I Met Your Mother, and suggests that they just might work as new guidelines for the modern dating scene. As some...

Gregory Frankson reviews MTV’s Rock the Cradle, and suggests that, as the bottom of the reality TV barrel gets scraped to a shiny sheen, audiences are witnessing an ever-descending level of quality ...

Miss Smartypants by Nina Charest Miss Smartypants, I think I've been adopted. My family is completely insane. I don't fit in, I share none of the same interests, and I look like the blue hy...

Tobin Dalrymple took a walk one cold October day with a group of zombies and asked: How can something be dead, deadly and adored all at once? Beneath the stone archway of the Centr...

Will Parker finds that watching Nigella Lawson on the Food Network stimulates more than just hunger pangs. You can call us foodies, gourmets or gluttons, but for some people a five-star meal ...

Suranika Dias discusses spicy sauces, cellular invasions, Scoville units, and other matters related to her favourite family of ingredients, chili peppers. When surveyed as to what comes to m...

Korean food is arguably one of the most nutritious and wholesome in the world, and a Korean meal without kimchi is simply unthinkable. This staple fermented vegetable dish, seasoned with kochu (chili ...

Finding your old pick up lines just don’t work like they used to? Julie St. Cyr and Sarah Pendlebury offer two perfect summer solutions that’ll have you humming “Summer Lovin’” in no time. ...

Steve didn't watch TV last month; he was busy watching porn. But luckily, he wrote about that. Remember those movies from your childhood? People living in space, robot butlers, clones, fl...

"A letter home from a young Jew" - David Mandelzys explains how he and other young Jews think diferrently from previous generations in a letter to his parents. Dear Mom,...

  On May 8th, 2008 (Cult)ure Magazine held its first-ever concert fundraiser and the community support was overwhelming. Come and check out what’s next for (Cult)ure. ...

With production cuts in Ontario's manufacturing factories, the potential looms for an even larger exodus to the Canadian west. Kendall Giberson highlights the devastating problems associated with suc...

Bardia Sinaee takes an in-depth look at the current situation in Iraq and argues that "repairing" the country is no longer an option. Iraq’s problems cannot be patched up as an authentic ...