A rather unlikely idea roaming the internet has finally found some serious mass-media exposure: A theory that the USA is responsible for the massive recent earthquakes in Haiti and Chile. Indeed, according to a column today from today’s Monocle magazine — a large number of Chileans are convinced the 8.8 quake on February 27th was [...]
Posts from ‘March, 2010’
GRINGOS NEED NOT APPLY: Mexico Hosting Sports Fest for Potential Expat Olympic Athletes
Like other nations with huge expat populations, our neighbor to the south is looking to El Norte to help fill its 2012 Olympic Team. Indeed, later this month the Mexican government will begin hosting a week-long sports fest for Mexicanos in the USA to audition potential Olympic stars who want to play for their homeland. [...]
WE'RE WONDERING: Is Dwell, Like, The Gayest Magazine Ever
We at Transracial were admittedly a bit late to Dwell — the indie shelter mag that celebrates all things homey and modern. But a cheap subscription offer got us on to sign up last year and we’ve been enjoying the magazine ever since. Dwell’s new April issue arrived in our mail box yesterday — festooned [...]
FOR SALE IN LONDON: Phillips' SEX Auction
It’s gonna be hot on the sales floor at Phllips de Pury’s London outpost on Friday when the posh auctioneer launches its latest endeavor — the eagerly-awaited SEX-themed sale. The sale is anchored around the not too original concept that sex sells — and sales is what Phillips is certainly hoping for. There are dozens [...]
NAKED DEBATE: Uber-Nude Photographer Spencer Tunick Coming to Israel
Transracial was just in the Holy Land for a week or so — and now we’re back. Not only are we armed with olive oil and groovy Israeli fashions, we come with this little newsy tidbit. You know the photographer Spencer Tunick — the dude who likes to shoot thousands of naked people in ultra-urban [...]