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Worldtown Hearsay :: The Persian Version Perversion
April 27, 2010 – 10:57 pm | No Comment
Worldtown Hearsay :: The Persian Version Perversion

MTV’s take on diaspora representation goes a little like this: show a select community, with a misnomer that sounds like a carbohydrate dish institutionalized at a Giants game, drinking, cursing and cruising (with a particular …

What’s the fuss about Bill 94? :: Choice & Access
April 25, 2010 – 10:23 pm | No Comment
What’s the fuss about Bill 94? :: Choice & Access

Quebec, Canada :: Bill 94 and its troubling implications.

A Runway of Nostalgia
April 25, 2010 – 6:37 pm | No Comment
A Runway of Nostalgia

Fashion memories, obvious inspiration, familiar beats and local celebrity meet hardwork, talent and tremendous heart at the 60th showcase for Toronto’s Ryerson University, School of Fashion, featuring the work of the 25 most impressive students, curated by FASHION Magazine’s Sarah Casselman.
Feature contributor to This Is Worldtown, Danah Abdulla of The Yuppie Activist, reviews.

This is…ROX
April 21, 2010 – 8:38 pm | No Comment
This is…ROX

What’s the trick to listening to Roxanne Tatei’s (known musically as ROX) musical harmony? There’s a familiarity in her tunes that makes you feel like you know her, and an honesty in her demeanor that makes you want to get to know her. This is ROX Music - soulful, authentic and incredibly endearing. This is Worldtown chatted with ROX over the phone in between her busy recording and touring sessions, catching up on what exactly gives music - her music in particular - soul.

Worldtown Hearsay :: Egypt is in Africa
April 19, 2010 – 8:35 pm | No Comment
Worldtown Hearsay :: Egypt is in Africa

This is just worth repeating.

Worldtown via Londontown :: The Empire Strikes Back (Last Chance)
April 17, 2010 – 6:26 pm | One Comment
Worldtown via Londontown :: The Empire Strikes Back (Last Chance)

Charles Saatchi showcases thirty-five Indian and Pakistani artists dissecting the social and political processes around Indian politics and identity. Obscure, provocative and partly amateur though undoubtedly complex, The Empire Strikes Back intertwines medium and message for an unapologetic display of Indian Art today. The show runs at the Saatchi Gallery in London until May 7th.

Double Exposure
April 15, 2010 – 10:54 am | No Comment
Double Exposure

The WomeneXWomen (WXW) exhibit, celebrating its second year, was founded with the intention to draw awareness to the unique perspective of women in an industry dominated by the male gaze and to encourage women to get behind a camera lens and create their own fashion vision.

Feature contributor to This Is Worldtown, Danah Abdulla of The Yuppie Activist, reports.
Photographs by Sarah Blais from Thirty9Steps

Worldtown Hearsay :: Makmende Fever
April 6, 2010 – 2:13 pm | No Comment
Worldtown Hearsay :: Makmende Fever

Cult culture (no pun intended) has never made immediate sense to me. Following a figure, film or other iconic symbol obsessively to the point of worship - or perfect recitation of quotes and scripted comedic …

J’aime le noir, j’aime la musique noir
April 4, 2010 – 7:15 pm | 3 Comments
J’aime le noir, j’aime la musique noir

Feature contributor to This Is Worldtown, Danah Abdulla of The Yuppie Activist, explores Toronto’s off-site style scene around Fashion Week.

Pop culture references and posers? Yep.
Youth, speed, trouble, cigarettes? You got it.

With photos by Renata Kaveh.