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Calgary Stampede is Canada's Mardi Gras

Not being entirely familiar with the history and culture of cowboys in Calgary, I had to assume that the lick-on tattoos probably were a newer addition. But as the yellow school bus bucked and swayed…
PUBLISHED: May 13, 2012
LENGTH: 7 minutes (1827 words)

True Stories: The Only Greaser I Ever Slept With

He leaned out of his beat-up car and asked for my number. I gave it to him. by Lauren Quinn He leaned his elbow out of the window of a rumbling old Ford and cocked an eyebrow at me. "Afternoon,…
LENGTH: 4 minutes (1127 words)

Confessions Of The Hamam Non-Sisterhood « Vela Magazine

She flung the plastic bucket in my supine direction. The warm water leapt out, arched through the steaming black room and landed with a slap across my face. I gasped. I lay on my back, sopping wet…
SOURCE:Vela Mag
LENGTH: 2 minutes (541 words)

Lauren Quinn | How Hip-Hop Saved Me In Cairo

I sat in the dingy-walled lobby of Dina’s Hotel in Downtown Cairo, listening to music and staring at a Facebook feed—you know, immersing myself in local culture. I was slapping at the…
LENGTH: 14 minutes (3555 words)
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