The VICE Reader: We Were Having an Experience
All drawings by Olivia Hinds James Yeh is a writer, editor, and occasional DJ. His fiction appears in NOON, BOMB magazine, Fence, and Tin House. He lives in Brooklyn, where he co-edits Gigantic...
View ArticleI Interviewed Four Women Who Rejected Me to Find Out What's Wrong with Me
The internet ruined dating for me. Ever since 16-year-old me, already desensitized by years of childhood exposure to weird porn and AOL chatrooms, tricked my mom into giving me a ride to Orange County...
View ArticleThe VICE Podcast Show - Michael Wahid Hanna on the New Wave of Violence in Egypt
Please enable Javascript to watch this video The VICE Podcast Show is a weekly discussion which delves inside the minds of some of the most interesting, creative, and bizarre people within the...
View ArticleSi Barber Photographs the Reality of Britain's 'Big Society'
Is the UK's austerity program really such a terrible thing? Sure, in times of crisis people do tend to smash each other in the head more often, underestimate the value of their own lives, and end up...
View ArticleBad Cop Blotter: End the War on Baby Deer
A fawn not unlike the one killed by authorities in Wisconsin because it was in an animal shelter instead of a wildlife reserve. Photo via Flickr user Martin Unrue Two weeks ago, a 13-person armed raid...
View ArticleThe Armpit of the Internet: Here’s What’s Happening on the Internet’s Most...
These days, you can call someone a cum bubble that was sharted out of a dead hooker’s crusty asshole and chances are you’ll walk away with a high five. But call someone the N-word, and you’ll be...
View ArticleThe Ghost Rapes of Bolivia
All photos by Noah Friedman-Rudovsky. Noah Friedman-Rudovsky also contributed reporting to this article. F or a while, the residents of Manitoba Colony thought demons were raping the town’s women....
View ArticleDetroit Is Already Starting to Gentrify
Just before the city of Detroit filed for Chapter 9 bankruptcy protection on July 18, Whole Foods opened a relatively low-priced version of their store in Midtown Detroit, the area around Wayne State...
View ArticleHere Are All the Laws Passed by the Worst Congress of All Time
The US Capitol as photographed by Flickr user Robert Hensley. The 113th United States Congress got together at the beginning of this year to start the difficult task of governing the Most Powerful...
View ArticleWeiner’s Dong, and Other Products of the Perfected Civilization
Several miles outside central Sofia, in an industrial park in the Izgrev District, the Museum of Socialist Art occupies a blocky modern low-rise that could pass for a progressive high school in any...
View ArticleIf You Liked '1984,' You'll Love 2013!
On Sunday, the grassroots organization Restore the Fourth rallied activists across the country for the second time this year to protest the National Security Agency’s dragnet-style surveillance...
View ArticleIt’s Good to Be the King
Franco Loja, head breeder for the Green House Seed Company, inspects a specimen of the marijuana strain called Limon Verde in the Cauca region of Colombia. All photos by Jackson Fager. O ne afternoon...
View ArticleComics: Johnny Ryan's Chick Tracts
A while back I was looking for a series of things to vandalize and post online for laughs. I started with photos from magazines and wrestling cards, and they were OK, but I wanted something a bit more...
View ArticleIt's Now Possible to Hire Fake Protesters
Fake protesters marching in Los Angeles. Crowds on Demand, as the name suggests, is a company that will organize a crowd for you, on demand. The two main scenarios that require this service are: 1)...
View ArticleKynan Tait Takes Photographs of Motorcycles, Justin Timberlake, and Mac...
Born and raised on Vancouver Island, Kynan Tait never seems to be stuck in his backyard. Jammed on the back of his parents Harley at a young age, he was roadbound as soon as he could walk. I suppose...
View ArticleAl-Qaeda Prison Breaks Could Lead to a New Wave of Terror Attacks
Over the past couple of weeks almost 2,000 inmates, including “hundreds of terrorists,” have escaped from prisons in Iraq, Libya, and Pakistan. The series of ultra-violent, highly organized attacks...
View ArticleFringes: UFO Welcome Centre
Jody Pendarvis is a kooky southern gentleman who has built a ramshackle UFO welcome centre in his backyard in rural Bowman, South Carolina. If aliens happen to land around Bowman, they'll be greeted...
View ArticlePen Pals: ‘Orange Is the New Black’ Through the Eyes of an Ex-Con
Even before I got locked up, I enjoyed reading and watching prison-centric shit, 'cause like many people I’m fascinated by the subculture of the incarcerated. I’m not quite sure why so many people...
View ArticleDon't Let Mumford & Sons Trick You Into Liking Them
Don't Let Mumford & Sons Trick You Into Liking Them
View ArticleTechno-Raving and Dead-Goat Polo at the Silk Road Festival
At the end of June, while a bunch of people were losing their minds listening to music and stomping around Chicago, I too was surrounded by good vibes and thousands of revelers glued to a sound system...
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