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Deck The Halls with Holiday Music: 12 Songs for Your Festive Playlist

Whether we’re shopping at Macy’s and hear it on the speakers, or are ordering a holiday themed coffee from Starbucks, Christmas music is inescapable. To get you in the festive spirit, here is an eclectic mix of 12 Christmas tracks from artists new and old.

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Getting Festive: Holiday Decor

Another Thanksgiving is in the books, fabulous Black Friday and Cyber Monday deals have been had, and now we’re on the fast track to Christmas time. It’s an exciting time of year and it’s one that I love not because of the presents and giving (those are pretty great, mind you) but because of the […]

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Movember Round-Up!

What does it take to help raise awareness for men’s health issues? This month at The Hudsucker, our gentlemen took part in the Movember movement with hopes to start a conversation on men’s health by coming together and sharing with readers their thoughts and experiences with growing a ‘stache, and why it’s so important to open up the dialogue on men’s health.

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Recipes For Your Thanksgiving Leftovers

To some of us, today is spent kicking off the holiday season by waking up bright and early, fighting the crowds in order to score the best deals. And to the rest of us it’s National Thanksgiving Leftovers Day, aka the greatest leftovers day in all of the land!

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Movember Mania

This month, our male writers took part in Movember—the annual event involving the growing of moustaches during the month of November to raise awareness of men’s health issues, such as prostate cancer and other male cancers, and associated charities. By challenging our writers to grow their moustaches in support of raising awareness for men’s health issues, […]

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Movember: My Moustache Was The Only Thing That Grew on Me!

This month, our male writers took part in Movember—the annual event involving the growing of moustaches during the month of November to raise awareness of men’s health issues, such as prostate cancer and other male cancers, and associated charities. By challenging our writers to grow their moustaches in support of raising awareness for men’s health issues, […]

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Movember, Manvember

This month, our male writers took part in Movember—the annual event involving the growing of moustaches during the month of November to raise awareness of men’s health issues, such as prostate cancer and other male cancers, and associated charities. By challenging our writers to grow their moustaches in support of raising awareness for men’s health issues, […]

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Kristian Bruun & Hannah Cheesman: Passionate about Periods

In recent years, previously-taboo topics like gender, sexuality, and sexual health have become more mainstream. People are becoming more educated about STDs, awareness campaigns are working to remove the stigma against the LGBTQ+ community, and more and more women and men are self-identifying as feminists. People are learning and having discourses that, not too long ago, would have only been found in small niche groups or in a classroom. But there’s another topic that falls under this broad umbrella of gender, health, and human sexuality, and it’s one we haven’t quite demystified yet:

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My Movember Moustache Memoir

This month, our male writers took part in Movember—the annual event involving the growing of moustaches during the month of November to raise awareness of men’s health issues, such as prostate cancer and other male cancers, and associated charities. By challenging our writers to grow their moustaches in support of raising awareness for men’s health issues, […]

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What I Have Learned From Cancer

When I was undergoing my third year of university my entire world was altered. I was sitting in the Communications wing at Simon Fraser University and it was the 2nd month of the semester. The rain was falling outside as my phone rang and my Dad was on the other end. “They say it could have been […]

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The Pretty Files: Heating Up – Hot Styling Tools

Hair doesn’t style itself. Sure, some days the stars align and you can brush or comb it through your locks and have everything fall in place, but more often than not you need a little bit of help getting your hair to look just the way you want it. For the curly girls that sometimes […]

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MudLOVE: Giving Back, One Band at a Time

While many small businesses are driven by fiscal success, one company nestled in Warsaw, Indiana is making all the difference and finding its real purpose in a humane venture aimed at benefiting communities through a socially driven economy. In an attempt to turn away from the idolatry of self-centeredness and orient one’s life by the drive to do the right thing and seek action for a better world, MudLOVE was built on the idea of giving back and aiding in the water crisis.

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They’re Not Nuts: Tiger Nuts Review

So a couple of months back I wrote an article about gluten free travel snacks that didn’t suck. Gluten free snacks in general have been a challenge since I found out in September 2013 that I need to eliminate gluten from my life for medical reasons, but travel or portable snacks have been the biggest […]

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