Malls Not Only Aren’t Terrible, But They Saved The Suburbs From Themselves

Look, they were just better than sprawl. Truly. “The mall is for shopping. It sounds idiotic to say, or tautological at least. Of course the mall is for shopping. But more specifically, it gives shopping a specific place. The mall separated commerce into its own, private lair, and it did so just as commercialism was running rampant and out of control in the progress-fueled mid-century.”

Why Is U.S. Culture Still So Obsessed With Zombies?

Author Justina Ireland has a theory: “Every day is a new and terrible terror coming at you from the news, and it’s just nonstop. … I think people are feeling overwhelmed. And that’s a great metaphor for a zombie invasion. Like, that is the iconic scene for a zombie invasion, a horde coming to overwhelm a town or a mall or a handful of survivors.”

Did You See The Eerily Realistic Grizzly Bear Helmet In The Olympics? Here’s The Artist

Artist Kyle Langlois, who “has been doing custom airbrush art for 14 years, told me he got connected to Martineau in 2013. ‘He wasn’t too specific or picky,’ Langlois said,’he was hoping I could maybe put a leaf on it for him or something — something to make it Canadian.’ Langlois, who painted the helmet for free because he felt ‘a call to duty’ to assist a fellow Canadian, did a lot more than put a leaf on it.”