Cry-Baby of the Week
Cry-Baby #1: Lumberton Independent School District Screencap via 12 News The incident: Some parents complained that their children's teacher was transgender. The appropriate response: Nothing. The...
View ArticleI Went to the Opening Party for Germany's First Lesbian Cemetery
The Spreedivas performing at the opening of Germany's first lesbian cemetery. Photos by Sabine Glasmeyer Sunday was a great day to be an aging German lesbian. While the rest of Berlin was either...
View ArticleBand for Life - Part 8
For last week's episode of Band for Life, click here. Check back next Friday for part 9 of Band for Life.
View ArticleThe Syrian War Keeps Getting Worse for the People of Aleppo
A year ago, almost to the day, I watched a graffiti artist named Khalifa paint a huge smiley face onto a wall. The wall was pretty much all that remained of the house it had been part of, and every...
View ArticleThe US Government Is Slowly Moving Toward Putting Fewer Drug Dealers in Prison
Photo via Flickr user goldenratio The term Kafkaesque gets thrown around a lot these days when people talk about the US government—and it's easy to see why, given everything we've learned over the...
View ArticleI Saw Nirvana Play to Two Hundred People, in 2014
I Saw Nirvana Play to Two Hundred People, in 2014
View ArticleKevin O’Leary Was Embarrassing on TV Again
Kevin O'Leary looking smug: quelle surprise. Photo via WikiMedia Commons. TV personality, financial pundit, and terrible businessman Kevin O’Leary continued his bid for international—or at least North...
View ArticleYou’re Doing Kegels Wrong
The model pelvis/vagina in Julia Di Paolo's office. Photo by the author. At this point, just about everyone knows what Kegels are. They’re the kind of jokey non-exercise that women do after they’ve...
View ArticleThe All-American Life and Death of Eric Harroun
The All-American Life and Death of Eric Harroun
View ArticleI Tried Eating Gourmet Dog Food, and Now I Hate Myself
Photos by Elizabeth Vazquez Most dog-food companies want to convince you that they sell high-quality dog food. Just Food for Dogs wants to sell you high-quality human food to feed your dog, who...
View ArticleThis Week in Racism: Stop Trying to Convince Me That Swans Are Racist
Photo via Flickr User Tony Donnelly Welcome to another edition of This Week in Racism. I’ll be ranking news stories on a scale of one to RACIST, with “one” being the least racist and “RACIST” being...
View ArticleWeediquette: Uruguay's Cannabis Republic - Trailer
At the end of 2013, Uruguay became the first country in the world to fully legalize marijuana. VICE correspondent Krishna Andavolu headed over to Uruguay to check out how the country is adjusting to a...
View ArticleStop Pathologizing Menstruation. Plus, New Brunswick's Only Abortion Clinic...
This week, I've been thinking a lot about women’s reproductive rights—or lack thereof, in some Canadian jurisdictions. In my home province, for example, it will soon be alarmingly difficult to access...
View ArticleThe Many Mysteries of Al Sharpton
Photo via Wikimedia Commons It’s Wednesday morning, the first day of Al Sharpton’s National Action Network convention, and D’Juan Collins is telling me how the state took his son and won’t give him...
View ArticleJay Z, White Devils, and the 'New York Post'
Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images On April 1, Jay Z showed up at a Brooklyn Nets game sporting a large medallion of the Five Percenters’ Universal Flag. Once white people figured out what the...
View ArticleJamaica’s Famous Aphrodisiac Soup Got Me High
Jamaica’s Famous Aphrodisiac Soup Got Me High
View ArticleIf You're Sick of Hearing About Ukraine, Try Living There
Photos by Valeriya Myronenko It’s Monday morning and you’re savoring the last drag of your breakfast cigarette before heading off to your job as an underpaid, overworked miner, digging coal that no...
View ArticleThe Duke Porn Star Is PornHub's Newest Intern
Photo courtesy of PornHub Belle Knox is the breakout porn star of 2014, but not for anything she's done on camera. Since the Duke freshmen women’s studies major revealed her face and porn pseudonym...
View ArticleVICE News: Russian Roulette: The Invasion of Ukraine - Part 23
On the second day of the self-styled People's Republic of Donetsk's existence, people gathered in the Regional Administration Building to discuss their new government and plans to join Russia. VICE...
View ArticleDid a Lady Gaga Troll Prove That the Billboard Chart Is Broken?
Did a Lady Gaga Troll Prove That the Billboard Chart Is Broken?
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