#011 Half Full

#011 Half Full

They screamed for it like ice cream – “another digital issue!” – and so, after much thought, conversation, some burnt chicken and bad wine, we came up with #011 “Half Full”…  

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#010 – Act Drop

#010 – Act Drop

For most, style is about attitude and first impressions. What you wear and how you wear it, your style is your spokesperson, saying it all before you say anything. Often unappreciated and sometimes…

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#009 – NSFW

#009 – NSFW

Enjoy responsibly… Our first nsfw issue   “I once got tag teamed by a cop and his wife and after I slept in their kids race car bed.”    

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#008 – London’s Calling

#008 – London’s Calling

“London scares the piss out of me. It’s full of people who bump into each other on the way to work [and it’s] so not low key that it makes me a bit anxious…” – thedirtystory

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#007 – The Men’s Issue

#007 – The Men’s Issue

We made it! Despite wars, natural disasters, environmental changes, and a global financial crisis, we silly humans have managed to not completely destroy ourselves…yet.

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#006 – Thank You, Come Again

#006 – Thank You, Come Again

Six issues deep and one year later, but we’re just getting warmed up. Actually, CONTRA is nearly a decade in the making. It began as a simple idea that took on many forms and evolved into where it is today. And, it will continue to change.

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#005 – La La Land

#005 – La La Land

“Tip the world over on its side and everything loose will land in Los Angeles.” – Frank Lloyd Wright

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#004 – New York State of Mind

#004 – New York State of Mind

“There are roughly three New York’s. There is, first, the New York of the man or woman who was born there, who takes the city for granted and accepts its size, its turbulence as natural and inevitable…” – E.B White

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#003 – Goodies

#003 – Goodies

2008 Wrap up…. Robert Downey Jr. is back Britney gets medicated and releases a new album O.J. gets 33 years Hugh Hefner is still a PIMP Lindsay Lohan is a lesbian : ) Hammer pants are back? GNR finally release Chinese Democracy… but no one gives a shit  

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#002 – Toronto Super Future

#002 – Toronto Super Future

“Toronto is one of the only cities a black, an Asian, an Indian, gay, straight, Italian, Portuguese, a Jewish or Muslim person can walk into a bar without a punch line happening after … that’s just what Toronto is.” – Russell Peters

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#001 – First One!

#001 – First One!

Our very first issue…

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