Angela FAQ: What is X-urbia?

Ah! The little known and very unpopular Angela FAQ.

Today, I shall answer the question that many people have been asking me:

Why is my alias X-urbia?

1) It's uncommon and I don't run into the danger of being called Angelbear2011

2) It is named after my favorite editorial of all time

X-urbia

Photographer: Steven Klein

Magazine: W Mag, 2007

Models: Georgia Frost and Daisy Lowe

Nothing about this editorial makes logical sense

It's slightly maniacal

The women wear clown wigs, cheerios are swallowed like pills and there's a plume of blood-red smoke blowing out of a careening plane.

It's about alienation and monotony.

It's about creating a world where shopping carts and cheerios are made to look out of place but smoking through a face covered with metal stickers is the most natural thing in the world.

It's about being in your own world and doing whatever you like in it

Love #6: Super natural

Love #6 - Super natural

Ph. Mert and Marcus

Can I love Love or is that slightly too cheesy?

I'm not usually a fan of Mert and Marcus (I find high contrast unappealing) but this series of images rightfully entitled "Super Natural" evokes an eerie beauty that is oddly compelling. From someone who suffers from frequent bouts of chronic depression, the nonchalant expressions paired with the empty eyes and nihilisitic gaze is what I see in the mirror when all I feel is a blank. dull. buzz.

Amidst the series of pained expressions, aloof stares and fading tear tracks, Elle Fanning's cover still remains my favorite image. It's her expression of defiant coolness, of the steeliness behind her eyes that reminds you again and again that she has control amongst chaos.

I can't seem to find Love magazine anywhere. I'm downtown again next week so fingers crossed that The World's Biggest Book Store carries Elle's cover. I've actually really been liking Love's contents. It might replace Lula (which Chapters no longer carries. BAH!) as my favorite independent magazine.