Is Burma’s Anti-Muslim Violence Led by “Buddhist Neo-Nazis”?
The logo of the 969 group. When most Westerners think of Buddhism, they think of smiling men with potbellies and inspirational quotes from Phil Jackson. “Buddhist neo-Nazi” sounds like a contradiction...
View ArticleThe March Madness of Fast Food
Photo via Fast food is blood to me. And I don’t mean that because I eat it often— I mean it populates my mind and flows through my veins. Sometimes I can be ultraproductive for a whole week by telling...
View ArticleVICE Premiere: 'Children of ATOM' by DProsper
Please enable Javascript to watch this video DProsper first came to fame in 1994 as one of the youngest spoken-word artists to compete at the National Poetry Slam. His interest in prose ignited a...
View ArticleBeauty and the Plague
Howard Ashman in 1977. Archival photos courtesy of Kyle Rennick. The first week of November 1989, filmmakers and executives from the Walt Disney Company gathered in a crowded room in Disney World in...
View ArticleDirty Girls
Photography by Christelle de Castro Stylist: Courtney Raniszewski Hair: Alexandra Anrade Make Up: Emi Kaneko Models: DJ Nelleke & Hally Erickson Photo Assistant: Emma Kepley All clothes provided...
View ArticleHere's the New Video for Team Spirit's "Jesus, He's Alright"
Here's the New Video for Team Spirit's "Jesus, He's Alright"
View ArticleAnn Pragg Is a Swamp Creature Whose Album Was Ten Years in the Making
Ann Pragg is a denizen of the night—a roughly humanoid creature who lurks in the swamps and wetlands, eating frogs and rats and caking itself in mud as it waits for the prime opportunity to limp into...
View ArticleStoya on the Metaphysics of Cocksucking
"What's your number-one tip for giving the best blowjob?" This question drives me insane. I usually pause to shoot murderous looks at whichever PR person has set up the interview before responding. I...
View ArticleMunchies: Craft
James Tracey might be the coolest chef we have ever shot for Munchies. When we first meet up with someone, there is usually a 30-minute warm-up period, but not with James. Within seconds after we...
View ArticleThe Karmic Concepts of Tech N9ne
I pissed Tech N9ne off right away. I got my time zones mixed up and was in the bathroom brushing my teeth when he called. I hit him back three minutes later and he, with good reason, answered the...
View ArticleCry-Baby of the Week
Hey, it's that time of the week where we laugh at some butthurt cry-babies again! Cry-Baby #1: James Watson (via) The incident: A guy drunkenly passed out on a couch. When he woke up, he discovered...
View ArticleJohn Gray Says Human Progress Is a Myth
John Gray, photo by Justine Stoddart Haven't we humans come such a long way? In the past 200 years alone we've managed to abolish slavery (by moving it to the sweatshops of the Third World), rid our...
View ArticleTel Aviv Grannies Have Way More Fun than You Do
Just over 100 years ago, Tel Aviv was inhabited by a huge number of people from Europe and the Middle East. These people, only ten percent of whom were actually born in Israel, now make up the oldest...
View ArticleWhy Does Sarah Palin Want Your Money?
The bear is Sarah Palin, I guess. Political action committees are usually started by people or organizations who want to advocate for a particular issue or get a candidate elected. You probably don’t...
View ArticleMeet the Nieratkos: Finally, a Kids' Book for Cannibals
A year ago, I interviewed my dear friend Jen Uman about her blossoming art career. At the end of the interview, she mentioned working on a children’s book entitled Jemmy Button, about an...
View ArticleCody R. Wilson Is Doing an AMA on Reddit Right Now
Cody R. Wilson Is Doing an AMA on Reddit Right Now
View ArticlePen Pals: Inmates Love Lawsuits
Some big, non-gay-related news came outta the Supreme Court the other day: a prisoner in a federal clink-clink in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, won a case after acting as his own attorney and filling out...
View ArticleCorpse Brides and Forced Abortions: How China's One-Child Policy Is Still...
Nie Lina arrested for being pregnant (Image: All Girls Allowed) In China, women are the runt of society's litter. You probably already know about the one-child policy that has had families actively...
View ArticleHadoken-ing: Real-Life Street Fighters
What's Hadoken-ing? It is a trend from Japan where kids photograph each other reenacting scenes from Street Fighter.* Since it has pretty much blown up the internet today, we wanted to feature a...
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