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"Let me start off by saying that in the natural order of things, girls appear to be the preference. They tend to make up 51% of the population overall, because men tend to do stupid things and die off before they're 40. So if you trust in nature, nature is saying that the world is a better place when there are more girls around than boys. It's not just me saying girls are better".

Read the full entry by Nancy Miller at the Fast Company site here.

"Ever since I moved three years ago to Portland, Ore., that hotbed of all things hipster, I’ve been trying to get a handle on today’s youth culture. The style is easy enough to describe — the skinny pants, the retro hats, the wall-to-wall tattoos. But style is superficial. The question is, what’s underneath? What idea of life? What stance with respect to the world?".

Read the full piece by William Deresiewicz at the New York Times site here.

'When people think about food and sex they tend to go down limited avenues of thought. There’s Aphrodisiac Avenue, where certain foods are attributed magical powers. Then there's Kinky Crescent, where coital confectionry, such as edible undewear and  chocolate body paint is the limit of food's involvement in sexuality.'

Read the full article by Matthew Bobbu here. To read more of Matthew's work please see his website here.

I've illustrated the two articles in the Deviance section, for this months edition of The Skinny. See in more detail via my website.

This is my very own part of London measuring roughly 1x2 meters, in which I've managed to construct a massive desk and store all my books and materials. 

I share my space with Tom, an assistant editor for film and advertising, whose normally in here late in the evenings, and Sophy, a fine artist, whose been coming in to work on here portfolio and write her application to do an MA. 

The other spaces on my floor have some greatly talented Illustrators such as Vickoria Topping and Ellie Foreman-Peck who share a room. Then theres Peter Locke, Nicolas Burrows and Owen Gildersleeve in another room together. Then finaly there is Gloria the Columbian dress maker.