Boys by Girls Magazine: Light of Other Suns
Issue 17's "Light of Other Suns" story is accompanied by a poem from Sophie Sobol titled "When A Body Is Happy." Here is a sneak peek of the print version.
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Boys by Girls Magazine: Jester of Belonging
Where are the wild things? Teetering atop stony walls, tightrope walking the line between who you are and who you could be. What was it like in your bold boyhood? Back when you were still the wind and the sail?
Boys by Girls Magazine: Joshua Colley Interview
Cold, damp air fogs up my window with an unseasonably late spring chill as I hook up my laptop to receive a Zoom call with American actor and singer Joshua Colley. When the call starts, however, Joshua faces no such chilly preoccupations. Hailing from the warm-weather capital of the United States, Florida, and joining me from the also-balmy California, Joshua is a breath of warm air.
Boys by Girls Magazine: Silence and Synchronicity
You find yourself lost at sea. You're surrounded by loving faces and helping hands but your eyes don’t reach your heart. You feel yourself adrift in a slow-tide of introspection and self-isolation, a loneliness that pulls you in and pushes you out with the tides of your liquid life. Yes, it is a feeling as old as water itself.
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Editorial: Succession & Slang
The absurdly verbose TV series Succession has done it again. Season 4 is here and it is just as wordy as the last 3. But it’s not just wordy - it has an extremely specific, cultivated garble that mixes the corporate, market-speak of elite America and a degrading, vulgar but clever language.
Yes, the characters of Succession are despicable. It’s no secret that all the main characters, while nuanced in their evil and beloved despite their flaws, are just as much manipulative, backstabbing and cor
Yes, the characters of Succession are despicable. It’s no secret that all the main characters, while nuanced in their evil and beloved despite their flaws, are just as much manipulative, backstabbing and cor
Editorial: Rec League Sports Are The Best
How long has it been since you were on a sports team? Be honest, was it back in high school? Gym class in elementary? If you aren’t a dedicated athlete or didn’t manage to keep up with organized sports in university, I’m guessing it's been awhile.
Personally, I hadn’t been part of a team since my glory days of high school football (we were terrible) and high school ultimate frisbee (just there for a good time). Sure, I had played soccer in the park the odd time, skated on the rink in my neighbo
Personally, I hadn’t been part of a team since my glory days of high school football (we were terrible) and high school ultimate frisbee (just there for a good time). Sure, I had played soccer in the park the odd time, skated on the rink in my neighbo
Blog Post: Spring in Toronto
Get out your picnic blankets and break out your speakers - it’s time to get to the park.
Congrats everyone, we’ve made it through winter. No more layers and wool socks and obsessive knitting! Begone with expensive heating bills, Twilight books and seasonal depression! The time for freckles is here!
Congrats everyone, we’ve made it through winter. No more layers and wool socks and obsessive knitting! Begone with expensive heating bills, Twilight books and seasonal depression! The time for freckles is here!
Interview: Growing Up in A Pandemic
“I’m most excited for change. Not too much. Just something new.”
Sweet and self-assured, my fourteen year old cousin is ready for a little change. It’s a grey, overcast afternoon in March as we sit down at the kitchen table to chat about what exactly it’s like to be a middle schooler in a post-pandemic world.
My cousin is in grade 8 which, I think we can all agree, is one of toughest years of school there is. At that age, you could be playing fairies in the schoolyard at lunch, skipping class
Sweet and self-assured, my fourteen year old cousin is ready for a little change. It’s a grey, overcast afternoon in March as we sit down at the kitchen table to chat about what exactly it’s like to be a middle schooler in a post-pandemic world.
My cousin is in grade 8 which, I think we can all agree, is one of toughest years of school there is. At that age, you could be playing fairies in the schoolyard at lunch, skipping class
