![Three creatives bring the Tropics to New York in "Tambores" video.](http://ec2-52-90-36-189.compute-1.amazonaws.com/magazine/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Tambores-2-crop-1024x579.png)
What happens when an artist trio of musician, fashion stylist and videographer combine New York energy and nostalgia for the tropics? Cue Tambores- a music video…
![yasi's guest mix brings the motherland to the party (BORNTORAGE #6)](http://ec2-52-90-36-189.compute-1.amazonaws.com/magazine/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/yasi-browntourage-750x380.jpg)
Today we welcome Yasi to the BORNTORAGE mixtape series. Yasi, Jasmine Safaeian, is a photographer and DJ currently living in Los Angeles. The Middle East has been repping hard…
![FUTURE TO THE BACK - Refugee bridges cultures with multi textile figures.](http://ec2-52-90-36-189.compute-1.amazonaws.com/magazine/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/jaskotitle2-470x260.jpg)
The soft sculptures, tapestries, and fashions of Jasko Begovic are made from such a variety of patterned, beaded, and embroidered materials that its pretty much…
![Meet the Haus of Spice - Women's Vogue in NYC](http://ec2-52-90-36-189.compute-1.amazonaws.com/magazine/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Screen-Shot-2015-04-28-at-11.01.37-PM-750x380.png)
What happens when five of the most interesting dancers in NYC come together? HAUS OF SPICE of course! Together we are throwing a women’s mini…
![Beauty persists, 100 years living since Armenian Genocide](http://ec2-52-90-36-189.compute-1.amazonaws.com/magazine/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/armenian-750x380.jpg)
Marking 100 years since the still unrecognized Armenian Genocide, people of all ages gather in solidarity at the San Francisco City Hall to watch Arax…
!["Sup Boy" Music Video - brown girl dating and parents](http://ec2-52-90-36-189.compute-1.amazonaws.com/magazine/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Screen-Shot-2015-04-24-at-1.07.08-PM.png)
The nicest girl in Vancouver (aka HorsePowar from our awesome photo spread) takes power in a common point of extreme discomfort with brown girls- hiding dating…
![Why scroll past? Trans visibility, justice, and the media market.](http://ec2-52-90-36-189.compute-1.amazonaws.com/magazine/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/twoc-sumaya-ysl5-720x380.jpg)
Cover Photo: Remember Sumaya Ysl, Toronto, CAN Why is the fact that someone is trans change how they are treated to the point of life…
![border_convos - an audio/visual mixtape of middle eastern diaspora](http://ec2-52-90-36-189.compute-1.amazonaws.com/magazine/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Screen-Shot-2015-03-13-at-12.58.47-PM-750x380.png)
VIEW HERE: http://konversation.us/border_convos [includes tracklist and video list] A year ago we started our “BORNTORAGE” mixtape series, and today we share our 5th installment featuring…
![SISTER MANTOS: "FIN DEL MUNDO" PREMIERE](http://ec2-52-90-36-189.compute-1.amazonaws.com/magazine/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Sister_Mantos_Fin_Del_Mundo_negative-750x380.jpg)
Sister Mantos is a psychedelic funk-punk electronic band based in LA by way of El Salvador. Today we premiere their new video for their song…