Cracking Crackland
A woman walks down the street in the area of São Paulo, Brazil, known as Crackland. Photo by Rafael Tognini Since the 90s, downtown São Paulo, Brazil, has been home to a roving open-air drug market...
View ArticleComics: Blobby Boys - Part 3
For Blobby Boys part 1 and 2, click here and here. Keep your eyes peeled for new installments of Blobby Boys every Wednesday from here until the end of time. Or until Alex gets sick of working with us.
View ArticleKatowice Is a Paradise
Katowice is no paradise in the ordinary sense—unless you're a big fan of Polish mining towns with gray skies, crumbling walls, and abandoned buildings. Those who were born and raised here, like me,...
View ArticleNoisey: Chiraq - Part 8
In our final episode of Chiraq, we discover what the Nation Of Islam thinks about the Chiraq phenomena then finally get an audience in the court of Almighty Sosa, aka. Chief Keef, aka young Keith...
View ArticleHow to Kill a Wolf
Opening photo by Martyn Stewart. All other photos by the author. The best way to fatally wound a wolf without killing it instantly is to shoot it in the gut, preferably with armor-piercing ammunition....
View ArticleHow Sad Young Douchebags Took Over Modern Britain
Photo by Jamie Taete Venture out into the towns and cities of the UK on any weekend, and you'll find it hard to avoid the conclusion that young British men are in the midst of a crisis. A crisis of...
View Article3nder Is a New App That Makes Threesomes Easy
Sorry Craigslist and Kijiji, the trolling for threesomes is about to become more convenient. Screencap via 3nder. It turns out Tinder, Grindr, and Blendr had a virtual threesome and gave birth to a...
View ArticleKyary Pamyu Pamyu Is the David Lynch of J-Pop
Kyary Pamyu Pamyu. Photo courtesy Charlie Engman. All other photos by Benjamin Shapiro J-pop is one of Japan’s major soft-power exports. Even if you haven’t heard the music, chances are you’ve got an...
View ArticleNancy Grace's Insane, Murder-Fueled Twitter Brilliance
Homepage image via Flickr user derek rose Out of the frothy, weird sea of people typing stuff into Twitter, hardly anyone makes me laugh as often as, or genuinely shocks me more than, Nancy Grace....
View ArticleVICE News: Venezuela Rising: Dispatch Six
On March 8th, thousands gathered in the center of Caracas yet again to protest the food shortages in Venezuela, which they hold the government responsible for. Significantly, the former opposition...
View ArticleWhy Canada Should Consider Forgiving Vince Li
Vince Li, in 2008. Photo via Flickr user httpoldmaisonblogspotcom. Anne Marie Hagan is the last person you’d expect to be advocating for the release of Vince Li—the man who decapitated his seatmate on...
View ArticleA Hacker Scrubbed Child Porn Links from the Dark Web's Most Popular Site
A Hacker Scrubbed Child Porn Links from the Dark Web's Most Popular Site
View ArticleEpicly Later'd - Season 1: Ed Templeton - Part 4
In part four, Ed finds himself out of work and in the depths of an uninspired era for skateboarding. But out of the dregs of the 90s came Ed's ambition to strike out on his own and found a scrappy...
View ArticleBrazil's First Gay Church Preaches Family Values
The Igreja Cristã Contemporânea (Contemporary Christian Church), Rio de Janeiro What do a young gay Brazilians do when they’re devoted to God but told by their church that enjoying physical intimacy...
View ArticleMining Companies Are Being Forced Into Developing a Conscience
The MiningWatchCanada logo, via Facebook. The Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada (PDAC), which represents the exploration side of the mining industry, invited MiningWatch Canada, a...
View ArticleHere are Some More Photos of Disneyland's Awkward Gangs
Editor's note: Earlier this week, we ran a story about social clubs that hang out in Disneyland. We continue to find the phenomenon fascinating, and so when photographer Joshua Cobos sent us some...
View ArticleFringes: French Drag Queen Dance Battles
Voguing is an urban dance inspired by model poses in the pages of Vogue, where dancers gather to compete in Voguing "battles." Following its creation in 1980s New York, the movement has spread to...
View Article