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The Little Paris Beekeeping School

Paris as you know, is like a jewel box, hiding endless little gems; another of which I’m going to share with you today, nestled in the iconic Jardin du Luxembourg. Begin by finding the south west entrance to the gardens on Rue d’Assas, near Hemingway’s old stomping grounds, and turn right into the fruit orchard…

The Male Beauty Contest of the Sahara Desert

The beauty standards and criteria aren’t all that different from your typical beauty pageant, except in the nomadic Wodaabe tribe of Niger, it’s the girls who get to judge the boys. That old cliché that only women are high maintenance? Well, meet the tribesmen who spend an incredible amount of time, energy, and money to get…

Freedom Riding on a Harley: The 1950s All-Black Biker Gang

“While Rosa Parks took her historic bus ride, and as Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, Malcolm X and Huey P. Newton and the Black Panthers stood bravely for equal rights, the East Bay Dragons MC risked life and limb during days when a black man riding a Harley chopper was a revolutionary act.” The East Bay…

Where Has This Amazing Comic Book Art Been All My Life?

I won’t pretend to be a comic book connoisseur. My brother and I collected Tintin books for our father to read to us before bedtime and well, that’s about as far as it went for my foray into the graphic arts world. But now I’m wondering, if I had spent a little more time at the comic…

The Last Sworn Virgins of Albania

In small and remote villages of the Albanian Alps, there some who have a made a greater sacrifice than others; who hold a secret from outsiders behind their worn out faces and hard-worked frames. We are looking at portraits of women who have chosen to live their lives as men to help their families and…

The Original “Pink Ladies” Car, Complete with Lipstick Holder and Pink Umbrella

Well call me Penelope Pitstop! Okay don’t, but I bet you would if I picked you up in the sassiest car that ever was, the 1956 Dodge LaFemme. Between 1955 and 1956, Dodge produced the first car specifically marketed to women, which came in pink exterior, naturally, complete with a pink umbrella, a pink handbag and lipstick holder, among…

The USB Sticks Hidden in Walls Across the World

Five years ago, Berlin-based media artist Aram Bartholl launched a project called ‘Dead Drops‘. I know, I’m a little late in taking notice, but the trouble is, Adam’s project is rather hard to spot and despite having gone global, is in fact, very well hidden– in plain sight… ‘Dead Drops’ is essentially an anonymous file-sharing…

A Brief Compendium of When Buttons Ruled the Earth

I think we can all agree that buttons are extremely satisfying to push. But with our touchscreen smartphones, tablets and all the interactive technology we use today, it seems the only buttons we’re pressing lately are those of our nearest and dearest. And I’m not just talking about those sad little keys on your laptop keyboard– I’m talking…

Fashion Is Wasted on the Young: Take a Style Cue From Grandma

Guest Article by Quinn Connors Gone are the days when old meant giving up on your looks – the ladies from Advanced Style are the living, fabulous proof. New York photographer Ari Seth Cohen teaches us the importance of respecting our elders with his street style blog featuring women (and the occasional man) 60…

Santa School Circa. 1961

With Christmas being so close you can almost taste the eggnog, I thought I’d better step up my Yuletide game here at MessyNessyChic. So let’s hop on our sleigh and travel back in time to 1961 Albion, New York, and take a tour inside Santa School … (it’s basically better than Lapland). Established in 1937,…

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