Connor Garel writes about culture. He lives in Toronto. Contact connor.garel@gmail.com
The A-Z of Azealia Banks
Profile of Azealia Banks for the Dazed Spring 2023 cover story
Taylor Russell: the blossoming of film’s most captivating cannibal
Profile of Taylor Russell for the Dazed Winter 2022 cover story
Why This Poet Declared War on Her Own Book
When M. NourbeSe Philip’s work on a slave ship massacre was translated without her consent, she didn’t recognize it anymore. Who ultimately owns the stories we tell?
Game Changer: Lee "Scratch" Perry
Many if not most of us now live our lives among sounds drawn subtly or unsubtly from Perry’s cosmological palette.
Of course Isabel Okoro wants the world to end
The Toronto-based Nigerian photographer thinks we deserve better than the world we’ve inherited
Manuel Mathieu’s Paintings of Trauma and Desire
Profile of the Haitian-Canadian painter Manuel Mathieu.
An Editorial Escape to the Heavens
Interview with the Angelito Collective about their fashion film, 'CIÓN, MAMI.
Artist Esmaa Mohamoud Examines How Pro Sports Profit from Black Athletes
Short profile of artist Esmaa Mohamoud.
The Way We Were
As-told-to interview with the photographer Jorian Charlton about her exhibition "Out of Many" and the meaning of the Black family photo album.
Black History Is Sorely Lacking In Canada’s Curriculum. These Educators Are Fixing That.
To combat the school system’s systemic silence on Black Canadian history, they took matters into their own hands.
RuPaul Perpetuates The Myth That Black Progress Is Tied To White Acceptance
25 years ago, RuPaul was a fearless provocateur. Now, her advice to black queens on Drag Race reveals how steeped she's become in retrograde respectability politics.
Cut-outs Bring Sexiness and Self-Expression to Fashion
Trend story about the history of the cut-out garment, and what it means today.
How prep fashion went from Ivy League to the skate park
On the renaissance of preppy fashion