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The Armpit of the Internet: Inside the Pus-Filled World of Zit-Popping Videos
Image via. Popping a pimple is the furthest thing from an orgasm. It’s a shameful deed done in secret. The thrill of watching bloody pus hit the mirror lasts only a few seconds before we quickly wipe...
View ArticleThe VICE Guide to Newcastle: Soaking in Newcastle's Surprisingly Awesome...
We figured there would be good music in Newcastle, but we didn't expect to encounter such a diverse, awesome, and positive music scene that welcomed us into the fold of their trendy sound-making like...
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The VICE Guide to Making 2014 Better Than 2013: How to Be a Better Person in...
Photo by Jake Lewis It’s hard to use the phrase “self-improvement” these days without people assuming you’re a demagogue, a fraud, a sex offender, or, probably, a combination of the three. Pick-up...
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The Canadian Government is Using Temporary Foreign Workers to Keep Wages Low
Chart via. In 2012, the Conservative government introduced legislation that allowed employers to pay foreign workers 15% less than their Canadian counterparts. These rules applied explicitly to...
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Russia Is Trying To Bully Their Way Past Canada Into Arctic Sovereignty
Tensions between Canada, Russia and a few other nations competing for Arctic control are growing as cold as these waters. Photo via. You might think the only bad blood between Russia and Canada is...
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VICE Canada Premiere: 6th Letter - "1992"
VICE Canada is excited to premiere “1992,” from Toronto’s 6th Letter, whose first tape in three years, NorthernplayalisticGetHighMusik is set for release sometime in 2014. Produced by his Bakers Club...
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The VICE Guide to Making 2014 Better Than 2013: An A-to-Z Guide to Making...
Image by Cei Willis, corner graphic by Sam Taylor Indie dudes in indie bands: Can you just put everything down and stop for a second? Literally everyone else making music: You are OK. Carry on with...
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Meet the New Muslim Girl Superhero
On February 5, the new Ms. Marvel series will hit the newsstands, and the lead character will be—drumroll please—Kamala Khan, a 16-year-old Pakistani Muslim girl living in Jersey City. You can get a...
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Cry-Baby of the Week
It's time, once again, to despair at some idiots who don't know how to handle the world: Cry-Baby #1: Jenny Lauren Jenny Lauren, photo via Twitter The incident: A woman's seat wouldn't recline...
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Dimebag’s Last Christmas
I don’t know if you’ve ever met any of your untouchable, godlike, rock ’n’ roll heroes. But I have, many times, and it usually sucks. They’re never as impressive as when you first saw them in a...
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Music Reviews
BLACK KNIGHTS Medieval Chamber Record Collection I was 12 years old when I saw the Black Knights open for Wu-Tang at the Agora Ballroom, one of Cleveland’s many famous shitholes. I don’t remember much...
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Welcome to the Horse Is a Horse of Course of Course Issue
Our new year’s resolution for 2014 is butts. That’s what it says on a notecard amid the papers on the massive table that our editors use as a shared desk. “NEW YEAR’S RESOLUTION: BUTTS!” We don’t know...
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BC May Be Facing a New Wave of Gang Violence
The Red Scorpions' logo, via Facebook. The Red Scorpions, a notorious BC gang, look like the kind of dudes you’d see at high school house parties ‘roided out in MMA brand T-shirts, drinking crappy...
View ArticleA Brief History of 285 Kent Through Yelp Comments
A Brief History of 285 Kent Through Yelp Comments
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The VICE Reader: Author Deborah Reed Sets Things on Fire
Deborah Reed looks like one of the sweetest women you could ever meet. She’s blond, hazel-eyed, tiny, and bright. I first met her in a small town that borders the Black Forest in Germany this past...
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This Week in Racism: Racial Prejudice Might Make Black Men Age Faster
Photo via Flickr user Bordecia34 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...
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A Few Impressions: The Dark Appeal of ‘Blackfish’
Image by Courtney Nicholas Everyone seems to be talking about Blackfish, the new documentary about killer whales trained to do tricks for humans at amusement parks. More specifically, it’s about orcas...
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The Man Who Almost Made Weed Legal in Canada Is Running for Mayor of Toronto
Is Toronto ready to take the reins from a crack aficionado and hand them to a pothead? Maybe. Photos by Victoria Polsoni. Last week, I reported that a man named Al Gore had entered the running to...
View ArticleArnold Frolics Takes Haunting Photographs Using Nudes and Skewed Perspective
Arnold Frolics is a Toronto based photographer who uses nudes, skewed perspectives, floods of light in darkness and subjects who often appear withdrawn and almost defeated to create lonely but magical...
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