All posts by Alex Cook

Watch Now: AJ Ripley’s New Webseries ‘Babes’

Did you use a washroom today? Was it a public one? Did you have to think about it? Media coverage regarding trans issues can often come across as a slew of one-dimensional concerns over human rights and who’s going to pay for it. While this is an important part of the conversation, it leaves much to be desired in the quest to broaden the definition of normalcy. AJ Ripley–human, family member, sibling, friend, nerd, PhD student, writer, performance artist, bicyclist–is adding Web Series creator to their long list of non-binary descriptors. Their new series, Babes, is all about normal people living in the city of Fredericton, the main character of which just happens to be trans.

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New Music: Dark For Dark’s ‘All Dressed’

Halifax’s Dark For Dark may be riding the crest of a neo-folk-pop wave, with their latest album, All Dressed, carried even higher by the quiet tide of of a perennial genre. But if you ask them, their success comes down to three things: The Beatles, Jay Crocker, and a bag of chips. We’ll address these in order of precedence.  Continue reading New Music: Dark For Dark’s ‘All Dressed’