Monthly Archives: February 2012

High Noon Urchins

Today’s theme: Leap Year. Sarah  Geo  Beth Stay tuned for next week’s theme!

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That’s What He Said

This is not about women. -U.S. Congressman Joe Walsh during the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform hearing on birth control

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On ‘Eclecticising’

By Geo Ong We all have a type. Art lovers all have artistic sensibilities, and more often than not, art lovers will naturally gravitate toward them. In certain ways, in art as much as in life, you can’t really control … Continue reading

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Kill the Wolves, Save the Tar Sands

By Margaret Hedderman In 1935, Australia’s Bureau of Sugar Experiment Stations released over 100 fat and knobbly cane toads into Northern Queensland as a cure-all solution to the cane beetle infestation that was decimating sugar crops. Today, the large, South American toad … Continue reading

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3rd Annual Urchie Award Nominations, Part 2

Briton of the Year Daniel Radcliffe           Carey Mulligan             Catherine Middleton, Duchess of Cambridge         Best Bookstore City Lights, San Francisco         Greenlight Bookstore, … Continue reading

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3rd Annual Urchie Award Nominations, Part 1

As actors, writers, politicians, and musicians everywhere anxiously stare at their phones hoping for calls from their agents, we’re here to announce the 2012 Urchie Award Nominees. In a year when political and environmental stakes were higher than ever, artists … Continue reading

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We’re Ardent and Astray, Not Apathetic

By Gina Williams [Gina Williams is a guest writer for the Urchin Movement. In the following article, she discusses current problems facing the U.S. Gina also writes about motorcycle accidents.] We belong to a generation viewed by the world as … Continue reading

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The Best of Literary Romance

Well, maybe not the best, but for sure our top picks. Just in time for Valentine’s Day, The Urchins are taking a look back at our favourite literary romances of all time. Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes When American poet … Continue reading

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High Noon Urchins

Today’s theme: You? Sarah  Margaret  Geo  Check back for the announcement of next week’s high noon theme!

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That’s What He Said

Liechtenstein’s last military engagement was in 1866, when it sent eighty men to fight against the Italians. Nobody was killed. In fact—you’re going to like this—they came back with 81 men because they had made a friend along the way. … Continue reading

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