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Many of us have someone on our list who is a big old typography geek. She’s the person who hosted a screening of the documentary Helvetica, the obsessive typespotter who plays Kern Type like it’s Angry Birds, the mad genius who regularly thinks things like, “What if typefaces were dogs?” (Or perhaps your type-loving pal is this guy?) If you’re shopping for...

PrOphecy Sun is a multimedia performance artist, mother of four cats, and master of the green Line 6 delay pedal. Beginning her music and sound practice with Vancouver-based anarcha-feminist group, Her Jazz Noise Collective, over the last two years Sun has been diving into new collaborations and looking out from the pages of local arts and culture magazines as a result. In...

In the past few years, being broke has become something of a communal experience in America, to the point that television can no longer just air constant streaming coverage of millionaires and their matchmakers, their real housewives, their stylists, their babies, and their real estate, without seeming completely out of touch.  Network television’s response to the financial crisis...

Dressing up and pretending to be an adult is a natural part of childhood. Adults (just like fairies, kings, or queens) hold a bit of allure and enticement for young kids, making it a treat to pretend to be them for a while.

Yet, in today’s consumer-driven culture, the notion of “aging up” kids is happening in a way that has taken all the fun and pretend out of it. Clothing that is...