Istanbul's Taksim Square Has Become a Warzone
Scores have been injured after a week of clashes between Turkish police and anti-government protesters in Istanbul. The authorities are said to have reacted with disproportionate force, using water...
View ArticleSpeaking to Muslims at the Lee Rigby Solidarity March
Since two men butchered British soldier Lee Rigby in Woolwich in the name of Islam last week, there's been a worrying rise in Islamophobia. Social networks were immediately plagued with morons...
View ArticleWe Are Not Men: Ryan Lochte Is a Human Jägerbomb
Desperation is mostly inseparable from masculinity. Men strain for fame, for female attention, for sad, trivial triumphs over one another. We are a people perpetually trying to figure it all out –...
View ArticleVICE Loves Magnum: Jonas Bendiksen Takes Photos in Countries That Don't Exist
NORWAY. Vesterålen. Burning barrack. Magnum is probably the most famous photo agency in the world. Even if you haven't heard of it, chances are you're familiar with its images, be they Robert Capa's...
View ArticleFashion Tidbits Roundup: Not Joking, Hanson Have Brewed a Beer Called 'MmmHops'
A weekly roundup of anything fashion-related that's made us excited about having bodies that we can dress with clothes. GIRL GAZE IS OUR FAVOURITE NEW NUDEY ZINE We've been a fan of Arvida Bystrom...
View ArticleThe Sixth Day of Fire, Tear Gas and Blood in Istanbul
On the sixth day of the biggest civil uprising Turkey has seen in a decade, police forces retreated from Taksim Square in central Istanbul following a 36-hour battle. Tens of thousands of protesters...
View ArticleWelcome to Christmas, Florida
It was hot enough to burn the dead lovebugs on my car's hood. Farmland and pine trees were on the horizon, streets named after eight reindeer and brown wreaths hung on mailboxes. It’s not a holiday...
View ArticleIn Colombia, Lawmakers Debate Making Ecstasy Legal
Photo courtesy of Echela Cabeza Beats fill the lofty space inside the Latina Power club on a Friday night in the Chapinero neighbourhood of Colombia’s capital. A kaleidoscope of images project onto a...
View ArticleThe Hangover News
Prolonged Protests TURKISH PEOPLE ARE STILL PROTESTING IN INSTANBUL AND ANKARA And it doesn't look like they're going to leave until their prime minister leaves (Photo by Nazim Serhat Firat) (via)...
View ArticlePretty Girl Bullshit: The Weird Devotion of Beyonce's Danish Bum Slapper
Hi I'm Bertie, this column is basically a place for me to call bullshit on girl related things I think are stupid. Last week, a chancer in Denmark reached right inside Beyonce’s golden aura and...
View ArticleThe Vampire Scene Hasn't Lost Its Bite
Our friends at Grolsch Film Works have a website where you can find out what they’ve been up to and read/watch interesting stuff about films. Every week we'll be plucking the highlights. This is that....
View ArticleThe BNP Utterly Failed to March Through London This Weekend
The far-right's creepy hijacking of Lee Rigby's death continued this weekend with more exploitative nationalist gusto. As well as a number of small demonstrations by the English Defence League, the...
View ArticleTurkey's Weekend of Street War, Jubilation and Bulldozer Joyriding
"There is now a menace which is called Twitter," Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan declared on Turkish television on Sunday. "The best examples of lies can be found there. To me, social...
View ArticleThis Week in Racism: Sending Racist Emails About Michelle Obama Is Not a Good...
Photo by Nate Miller Welcome to another edition of This Week in Racism. With the assistance of my friends at the @YesYoureRacist Twitter account, I’ll be ranking news stories on a scale of 1 to...
View ArticleQuestion of the Day: What Do You Think About Critiquing Naked Women on TV?
Blachman's male panel judging a naked woman's body. (Image via) Last month saw the premiere of Blachman, a new Danish TV show where a panel of men judge the bodies of naked women. That's literally the...
View ArticleUnlocking the Truth is the Most Brutal Sixth Grade Metal Band Ever, Ever,...
Unlocking the Truth is the Most Brutal Sixth Grade Metal Band Ever, Ever, Ever, Ever
View ArticleNothing Is Less Funny Than Scientologists Doing Stand-Up Comedy
All the great men of history have had their escape valves, their private passions. Einstein played the violin. Disraeli wrote romantic novels. Napoleon used to rub two ferrets covered in sulphur...
View ArticleThe Meth-Fuelled, Week-Long Orgies Ravaging London's Gay Sex Party Scene
Tim, who used to organise "slamming" parties until he got out of the scene a couple of years ago. Week-long, unprotected orgies fuelled by intravenous doses of crystal methamphetamine are an...
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