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There’s no doubt that Rihanna is a super influential star, but did anyone guess her next move would be politics? Well, maybe we should because there’s nothing this Queen can’t do. On top of being a chart-topping songstress, fashion icon, designer and makeup mogul, she’s now Barbados’ new “Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary” according to a statement […]

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It’s one of those experiences I now recount self-deprecatingly over drinks. But in the moment, it felt like my inescapable demise. Last spring, while I was waiting to board a connecting flight at Santiago International Airport, the earth suddenly began rattling with the kind of ferocity you only read about in doomsday prophecies. Keep in […]

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I co-front a Toronto band called July Talk, but as a child, I was cripplingly shy and so good at not taking up space that my father once lost me as I slept curled up in a ball underneath a blanket. I was mistaken for a pillow. I didn’t have the capacity to talk to […]

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Happy Friday friends! It’s finally the weekend, which means you’ll likely be sitting on a patio arguing about politics and pop culture with your friends. (Or maybe you’ll crawl under the covers and troll the Internet with savage comments. To each their own!) Either way, if you plan on arguing with someone this weekend, best to be informed! (Not […]

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From the moment the show began, one message was spoken louder than any other: and that was to support refugees and embrace the diversity that makes America strong. On the red carpet, The Big Bang Theory’s Simon Helberg carried a sign that said “Refugees Welcome” while his wife, Jocelyn Towne, had the message “Let them […]

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If there was one weekend to have inspired confidence in the world, this past weekend would be it. On Saturday, a day after Donald Trump was sworn into office as President of the United States, women and men across the world took to the streets of Washington D.C., New York, Toronto and more to march in support […]

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At long last, Anna Wintour has finally spoken out about the controversy surrounding Vogue’s glamourized portrayal of Syrian first lady Asma al-Assad last year, as well as addressed the atrocities that are ongoing in Syria today.

“Like many at that time, we were hopeful that the Assad regime would be open to a more progressive society. Subsequent to our interview, as the terrible events of the past year and a half unfolded in Syria, it became clear that its priorities and values were completely at odds with those of Vogue,” Wintour said in a statement Sunday.

The “Asma al-Assad: A Rose in the Desert” feature, which was penned by former Paris Vogue editor-in-chief Joan Juliet Buck, described the beautiful, British-born al-Assad as “glamorous, young, and very chic—the freshest and most magnetic of first ladies.”

Almost immediately after the feature went live, news of the conflict and violence happening under her husband Bashar al-Assad’s dictatorship became public, and the situation in Syria has only worsened over the past year and a half. In fact, yesterday the UN’s annual shame list on children and armed conflict was released, naming Syria as one of its worst offenders.

Buck herself spoke out about the feature in the wake of all its uproar.

“I think that Vogue is always on the lookout for good-looking first ladies because they’re a combination of power and beauty and elegance…that’s what Vogue is about. And here was this woman who had never given an interview, who was extremely thin and very well-dressed and therefore, qualified to be in Vogue. And they had — Vogue had been trying to get her for quite a long time,” she told NPR. Should have stopped at “lookout.”

Elections are big business across the border, meaning that the rich and famous are quick to publicly support their choice candidates. But when you’re Barack Obama, you get some pretty fashionable names—one look at Obama’s fundraising shop and you’d think that American political merch was the latest H&M or Target collaboration! Jason Wu, Prabal Gurung, Marc Jacobs and Alexander Wang are just a few of the many designers who have created official custom campaign items, from printed sweaters to tote bags to…nail polish?

Word: Optimism

Meaning: A sense of hope and confidence—not certainty—about the future.