http://ryersonfreepress.ca/site The Definitive Alternative Monthly of Downtown Toronto Fri, 13 Aug 2010 02:56:53 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Lian Novak MARK FAST IS a 29-year-old, Winnipeg-born, London-based knitwear designer who, in a few short years has become an international success. In 2008, he completed his Master’s at Central Saint Martins in London England (he did his B.A. there as well), started his eponymous line a year later and since ... http://ryersonfreepress.ca/site/archives/2183 Roop Gill NINE-YEAR-OLD TWINS CLAIRE and Emily push at a low-hanging balloon with green polka dots. They giggle hard as their father pushes the ball back at them, with less than half the effort. The girls get ready to face the balloon coming in their direction and swing it back with ... http://ryersonfreepress.ca/site/archives/2181 Dan Mangan makes it on the 2010 Polaris Short List of best Canadian albums Michael Chu CANADIANS HAVE ALWAYS appreciated two things: a light sense of humour and Canadian folk-pop. And there’s no indie-folk artist who has been able to blend these two attributes together more eloquently than the current indie-music darling ... http://ryersonfreepress.ca/site/archives/2179 Sara Torvik WHEN PEOPLE HEAR the term ‘protest music’ their minds automatically turn to the sounds of the 1960s and most of us think (even if we weren’t there), ‘back in those days, music actually meant something.’ Nowadays pop music is all so shallow. Judging from pop music on the radio, one ... http://ryersonfreepress.ca/site/archives/2177 Nora Loreto, Editor-in-Chief As fear gripped Toronto during the G8/G20 Summits, democracy vanished. To anyone paying attention, it seemed like the public relations machine that was kicked into gear for the G20 Summit was a never-ending set of announcements meant to elevate concern about the potential dangers of having the world’s most ... http://ryersonfreepress.ca/site/archives/2120 Priyanka Jain PEOPLE LIVING IN Western society are already familiar with the Hollywood image being portrayed in the media. The way an actress’ curves hug her dress that makes her beautiful, or skin lightening cream that makes a person with darker skin complexion more attractive, are prime examples of how being ... http://ryersonfreepress.ca/site/archives/2170 Graham Slaughter ON JULY 15, the Phelps family will hop into a squadron of minivans and drive 94 kilometres east from their home of Topeka, Kansas to Kansas City. They aren’t driving to a family reunion, a wedding, or a funeral. They’re going to an Adam Lambert concert. But don’t get them ... http://ryersonfreepress.ca/site/archives/2160 Michael Chu HOT DOGS FOR $5.25 (excluding the napkins, but after adding on fees for the bun, and condiments); paying sidewalk tolls for a toonie (we need to pay fees to access the sidewalk system?); and the cell-phone “stories” of everyday people like Big Mark and Benita (who do not like ... http://ryersonfreepress.ca/site/archives/2168 How English museums illustrate the problems with the contemporary historical exhibit Haseena Manek THROUGHOUT RECENT HISTORY, England has probably extended its reach to more countries than any other colonizing nation. In fact, at the height of its imperial regime, England controlled a quarter of the world’s population. Under the guise of science, ... http://ryersonfreepress.ca/site/archives/2166 Micahael Chu AS TEARS FALL from the heavy gray skies in Majdanek concentration camp in eastern Poland, participants in the March of Remembrance and Hope huddle around Pinchas Gutter as he shares his story. “Here lies my mother, my father, my sister,” says Gutter, referring to the mound of ashes, the Majdanek ... http://ryersonfreepress.ca/site/archives/2164