This Controversial Therapy Deliberately Enrages Patients
Illustration by Drue Langlois When you think of psychotherapy, what likely comes to mind is an image of a cross-legged therapist in a dimly lit office who's passively commenting on their patient's...
View ArticlePorn Is Dead, Long Live Sex
Photo by Eva Blue Porn is dated, passe, over. It doesn't have anything to do with reality and its business model is so archaic production companies aren't making any money anymore—the internet's moved...
View ArticleI Met Joe Today, One Look In His Eyes and I Was So Screwed
PHOTOS BY VALERIE PHILLIPS STYLISTS: BERTIE BRANDES AND CHARLOTTE ROBERTS Hair: Claire Marie Grech Make-up: Francesca Morris Fashion assistant: Lucy Vincent Model: Staz Lindes at Models 1 Rokit...
View ArticleThe Spanish Government Is Trying to Outlaw Peaceful Protest
On Wednesday, the Spanish government announced a draft proposal to introduce anti-protest measures that would make Russia’s handling of activists look magnanimous in comparison. If passed, the bill...
View ArticleSothern Exposure: Changing the Guard
All images by Scot Sothern I’m a high school freshman face down on the desk in English class when the loudspeaker interrupts my sleep. The president is dead. Killed in Dallas. School’s out for the...
View ArticleThe Canadian Forces Still Can't Buy Decent Combat Boots
Canadian soldiers with crappy boots. Image via WikiCommons While Stephen Harper and his government are known for appearing in front of “Support Our Troops” signs and inflating Canada’s historical...
View ArticleLa Longue Nuit de Mégantic
All photos by Michel Huneault / Cosmos / Polaris It was dawn on a warm summer night in Lac-Mégantic when a stranger stopped me in the streets. I asked if he was okay. Visibly shaken, the man replied:...
View ArticleThis Week in Racism: A TV Talent Show Made Racist Jokes at the Expense of a...
Welcome to another edition of This Week in Racism. I’ll be ranking news stories on a scale of 1 to RACIST, with “1” being the least racist and “RACIST” being the most racist. -There's no question that...
View ArticleJFK Was an Icon, but Was He a Good President?
JFK will go down in history as the most sun-kissed of all the presidents. Seated behind his anchor’s desk, Edward R. Murrow lights up a cigarette while listening to John F. Kennedy read a passage from...
View ArticleKids Telling Dirty Jokes: Gigi
Kids Telling Dirty Jokes is our new series that features tiny comedians we found on Craigslist. This episode stars Gigi, an adorable straightlaced kid who has a bright future as filthy comic....
View ArticleMeet the Nieratkos: Chris Nieratko’s Lost JFK Assassination Reenactment
I always wanted to be married by Elvis in Vegas, but both mine and my wife’s families are too big to fly everyone out to Nevada and too Portuguese/Italian to stand for a mockery of the sanctity of...
View ArticlePhotographing the Grim Reality of Protest and Poverty in Athens
Enri Canaj is an Albanian photojournalist who migrated with his family to Athens when he was 11 years old. He’s grown up in and around adversity for most of his life and over the last couple years has...
View ArticleThe Death of JFK and Danzig's Shining Moment
The Death of JFK and Danzig's Shining Moment
View ArticleMike Tyson Is a Living Greek Tragedy
Image courtesy of Blue Rider Press Last week, I sat in a dark room in the New York Public Library to hear an author read from his new book. Although a screen on the side of the stage advertised an...
View ArticleVICE Shorts: I'm Short Not Stupid Presents: 'Aningaaq'
Rescue has always been and forever will be a popular story trope, especially in Hollywood. You know when the clock’s ticking down: 3, 2, 1... and Bruce Willis swings in with a “Yippee ki yay mother...
View ArticleNativeDanger Could Save Your Life
Photos by Erica Euse For the past three years, Skyler Javier has been riding in the back of ambulances and fire trucks, tending to the injuries and putting out the fires of distressed Washingtonians....
View ArticleI Went to the Yeezus Pop-Up Shop and Now I Reek of Hypebeast
I Went to the Yeezus Pop-Up Shop and Now I Reek of Hypebeast
View ArticleTaji's Mahal: Elena Maria Garcia Is Sick of People Asking if She Speaks Mexican
Elena Maria Garcia in 1970s South Florida. Image courtesy of Elena For this week's Mahal, I interviewed the Cuban American comedian Elena Maria Garcia about her new one man show, Do You Speak Mexican?...
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