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Tubesteak: At the World’s Gayest Party – Life Ball 2013
Photo courtesy of Life Ball There's something about the classical uniformity of Vienna (or any European city) that makes large groups of people in evening dresses seem perfectly natural. That's why...
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Breast Cancer Survivors Find the Michelangelo of Nipple Tattoos
In the waiting room of Little Vinnie’s Tattoos, bikers and punks sit side by side with church-going grandmas and soccer moms. Customers fly in from as far as Saudi Arabia, Spain and Brazil, to an...
View ArticleBradley Manning's Trial Started Yesterday
On Saturday, nearly 2,000 supporters of Army Private Bradley Manning drove or took the bus from all across the country to march in defense of the soldier on the eve of the first day of his trial for...
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Really, Ryan? : With Friends Like These, Who Needs Casual Acquaintances?
A few weeks ago, I celebrated the first balmy night of summer by taking a pill and going to see Frances Ha. My memory of the film is admittedly hazy, but I remember thinking at various points, This...
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Gavin Haynes' Sleepless Nights: Getting to Grips with the Tulisa Cocaine Sting
This weekend, the world was introduced to a hot new bit of youth lingo. You probably don't know this, but in London's gangland underworld, all the cool drug guys are going around calling drugs...
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Dogmageddon: Sacrificing Virgins
Photo via Back in the day, if you wanted God to bless your crops and make them grow high to the heavens, you prayed for rain. If that didn't work, you built a temple or maybe slaughtered a goat. And...
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Turkey Is Waging an Invisible War Against Its Dissidents
A wall of Greek riot police. (Photo by Henry Langston) For the past week, we’ve been watching scenes of mayhem unfold in the streets of Istanbul, Ankara and other major Turkish cities. What started...
View ArticleMotherboard: High Country - Part One
Matt Ellis doesn’t smoke weed. He simply doesn’t enjoy being stoned. The all-too-familiar itch of paranoia that follows a few deep rips of pot is enough to keep him from using. But that’s not to say...
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The Mating Rituals of the Renaissance Pleasure Fair
Photos by Jennie Ross The first thing you need to know when you go to a Renaissance fair is that you’re a mundane. The people of the fair don’t give a shit about where you DJ, the art collective you...
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Public Schoolteachers' Pensions Are Partially Funded by Private Prisons
Photo via Flickr user Rennett Stowe. Public schools and prisons are becoming increasingly linked – police officers are now a constant presence in many schools, which has led to students getting...
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Tom Bianchi Photographed His Gay Paradise Before It Disappeared Forever
Close your eyes for a second and imagine you are at the party of your dreams. Everyone you love and are infatuated with is around you, the music you loved in your teens is playing and bad trips are...
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Gold Miners Are Exhuming and Trafficking Corpses in Romania
Mounds of soil where graves have been exhumed are now a common sight in Roșia Montană. Since 2004, the Romanian Roșia Montană Gold Corporation (RMGC) has been illegally trafficking corpses in Roșia...
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Menk, by John Doran: They Rode Over Peasants Like You
My name is John Doran and I write about music. The young bucks who run VICE’s website thought it would be amusing to employ a 41-year-old who still takes the bus. In case you were wondering or simply...
View ArticleFrom Tahrir to Occupy to Istanbul: An Anatomy of Current and Future Protest
From Tahrir to Occupy to Istanbul: An Anatomy of Current and Future Protest
View ArticleGround Zero: Syria - Snipers of Aleppo
Over the last six months the FSA and the battle for Aleppo has transitioned from a full-on frontline assault into a slow-paced but still deadly sniper war. Photographer and videographer Robert King...
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Question of the Day: How Would You Hold Up in Prison?
A Romanian prison with an inviting red gate. (Image via) A story came out this morning about youth offenders being "exposed to unacceptable levels of violence" at a privately-run institution near...
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Michael Douglas Has No Control Over His Mouth
Photo via Flickr User Joella Marano I say a lot of things I don’t actually mean to say. When I let my mouth run, I find myself implying that I can do 100 push-ups, that my favourite movie is...
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