'MATTE' Magazine Presents Rachel Stern
MATTE magazine is a photography journal I started in 2010 as a way to shed light on good work by emerging photographers. Each issue features the work of one artist, and I shoot a portrait of him or...
View ArticleAre Blake Griffin’s Kia Commercials Psychic Warfare?
Blake Griffin takes a lot of shit. Besides the fact that he’s on a team that wasn’t exactly universally beloved even before its owner revealed himself as fuckwit bigot, Griffin is one of those players...
View ArticleAbleGamers Is Bringing Accessibility Services to Video Games
The Adroit Controller. All photos via the author. What’s required to play the average video game? Not in terms of tech, television resolution, or optimal viewing angle; but how about the functions of...
View ArticleMontreal’s Mayor Takes a Shot at Toronto Nightlife while Extending Last Call...
Montreal’s Mayor Takes a Shot at Toronto Nightlife while Extending Last Call to 5:30 AM
View ArticleA Visit to Torah Animal World, the Largest Hasidic Taxidermy Museum on Earth
All photos by Sara Maria Salamone The first thing I noticed when I walked into Torah Animal World was the giant moose head on the front of the building. This is just one of the many strange and...
View ArticleParis Lees: Why I'm So Proud to Be a 'Promiscuous' Slut
Illustration by Sam Taylor I can’t remember the first time I got called a slut—probably around the time I started cocking my leg up in alleyways and acting like one. But I never had a problem with...
View ArticleThere's a High-Security Vault of 100 Million Photos Inside a Mountain
There's a High-Security Vault of 100 Million Photos Inside a Mountain
View ArticleWilly Wonka Takes Over David Zwirner Gallery
In my last article, I wrote about how to make a Happening happen. This time, I’m gonna tell you how to make a Happening not happen: Have it at David Zwirner. Recently, the Daily Beast’s Justin...
View ArticleFirst Nation Communities in Northern Ontario Are Filled with Contaminants
Photo via WikiMedia Commons. First Nation people in northwestern Ontario are living on the bulk of what the province deems 'high-priority' contaminated sites. Everything from petroleum to what is...
View ArticleLady Business: The Internet Becomes A Bit Less Misogynist; Janet Mocks People...
This past week, Google decided to pull misleading ads from pregnancy crisis centres that claimed to offer abortions, but were really just tricking women so they’d come in to the centre and be talked...
View ArticleThe Week in GIFs
This week was at least ten times weirder than last week. Maybe even 15. Let’s GIF about it. GIFs by Daniel Stuckey How in the fucking hell is this beef ball still the mayor of Toronto? The authorities...
View ArticleThis Week in Racism: Donald Sterling Has Cancer and Was Banned from Nevada's...
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 the most racist. –Take away a man's...
View ArticleMay Day Protests in Eastern Ukraine Turned into a Violent Separatist Riot
On May 1, International Workers' Day, pro-Russian protesters marched through central Donetsk in eastern Ukraine, calling for a referendum on the region's future. Some were calling for the area to join...
View ArticleA New Flavor of Goat’s Milk Is Laced with Spider DNA
A New Flavor of Goat’s Milk Is Laced with Spider DNA
View ArticleIceland's Anarchist Comedian Mayor Is Moving to Texas
In what must be the greatest punchline to the end of a four-year joke, Jón Gnarr's satirical and controversial reign as as the mayor of Reykjavik, Iceland, has been marked with excellence, success,...
View ArticleSaudi Arabia's New Luxury Stadium Was Unveiled in a Bizarre Ceremony
Saudi Arabia's New Luxury Stadium Was Unveiled in a Bizarre Ceremony
View ArticleLondon Students Took the Universities Minister's Car Hostage Last Night
Photos by Jake Lewis, viideo by John Lubbock Yesterday was May Day, and some London students had planned to celebrate by holding a march on their campus for tons of people whose lives are miserable...
View ArticleVICE News: VICE News Capsule
The VICE News Capsule is a news roundup that looks beyond the headlines. This week Ukraine reinstates military conscription and expels Russia's military attaché on suspicion of spying, the Danish...
View ArticleSarnia’s Waterfront Park Is Still Closed Due to Asbestos Poisoning
All photos via the author. What’s a city to do when it turns out the crown jewel of a beautiful waterfront park is lying on top of a toxic mess that’s bubbling up from underground to menace locals and...
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