Stripped - Table of Contents

Poet and spoken word artist, Mehdi Hamdad tackles this month's theme, "stripped". Illustration by Nina Charest Stripped by a system Simply stupifying blunder Starving souls amne...

April Yorke uncovers the fine art of character burlesque in her latest list. Find out who takes it all off. As Jacob would be quick to tell you in his fantastic Gossip Girl recaps, much about...

When a song is stripped down to its essential elements, does it still communicate its original intent? Dante Kleinberg launches an audio experiment concerning what happens when a Rolling Stones song g...

Last December, Kris Millett wrote about Nas’s upcoming album Nigger…but the album was never released. Now, eight months later, Millett revisits the topic. Remember last December? ...

  Christine Seabrook suggests that George Orwell’s predictions about a surveillance-obsessed society have proven true, with surprising results for musicians. While it might not be Big Brother who...

Didn’t you just adore Mathew Broderick's wonderful performance in the 2005 Hollywood adaptation of Mel Brooks’s Broadway hit, The Producers?  Neither did Kevin Johns. Broderick, of c...

Erin Jennings addresses the contemporary fascination with the grotesque body in visual culture, and the seemingly contradictory urge to limit possibilities for representing female corporeality.   ...

  When Steve Dominey bought a PVR, he thought it was going to make his life easier. Boy was he wrong.   Bored with the same old routine, my girlfriend and I recently decided to spice thin...

Miss Smartypants by Nina Charest Dear Miss Smartypants, I have a horrible roommate. We've been good friends for years now but since moving in together last August my place has become a di...

  In the context of recent news coverage of an expensive technology for persons with autism, Lauren Cheal investigates the culture of technological worship that we live in, as well as its effect...

Scott Swailes takes a light-hearted look at how loving parents - in superhero comics and in our own, less primary-coloured, real world - are the most important influence on who and what we become. ...

This month, Will Parker exposes the ups and downs of cooking au naturel. Will stripping down to the basics be enough to leave him satisfied? In terms of experimentation, I’m the type of gu...

The rising cost of fuel will not just be felt behind the wheel; it will also be felt at the grocery store checkout counter. The price of oil affects just about everything that is made, transported, ea...

Hey, boys!  Miss O wants you to get tested for STIs! Illustration by Adrien Steeves About a year ago, my younger brother broke up with his girlfriend of seven years. As it turns...

Shannon Wood examines PETA's use of stripped celebrities for their campaigns promoting vegetarianism and an end to the use of animal furs. Today’s celebrities have develop...

Not In Our Name (NION) Ottawa activist Ben Saifer is travelling through Palestine/Israel this summer, taking a closer look at life under military occupation. This is his first dispatch.   ...

  Bardia Sinaee recounts his bizarre, often humorous experience of seeking employment with Vector Marketing. A must-read for students looking for summer work. Like any student preparing t...

Ukraine’s President Victor Yushchenko’s visit to Canada focuses on the horror of the past and a hope for the future. The Orange Revolution President asks Canada to recognize Ukraine’s 1932-33...

  Prime Minister Stephen Harper has delivered his Official Apology to Canada's First Nations over the defunct Residential Schools system. Now, concrete steps must be taken to show the government's ...