We Can Stop Being Cattle, Now
There’s nothing like the airport to remind us that, despite college degrees, fancy shoes, or six-figure incomes, we need to be handled like cattle in order for the system to flow smoothly. We queue to...
View ArticleToxic: America's Water Crisis Part 2
The wonderful state of Florida has pumped so much groundwater from underground aquifers that its foundation is literally sinking. The result: A rash of sinkholes across the state's gut has been...
View ArticleBeats, Rhymes, and Death
Photo by Mohannad Rachid While hip-hop in the West has evolved into a platform for radical political discourse juxtaposed with mindless party anthems, things are obviously a bit more complex in Syria....
View ArticleMagaluf Is a Paradise
Once upon a time, before people, Majorca was just an island. It was a paradise adorned with golden sandy beaches and placid beasts who roamed around thinking: "My word, isn't this a wonderful and...
View ArticleI Punched Danzig in the Face: An Apology
Last week, we published an interview I did with Danny Marianino, erstwhile singer of "thug-core” band North Side Kings, whose unremarkable music career has been eclipsed by the fact that he once...
View ArticleChunklet to Go Go : Problematic Lyrics Within Ten Pop Songs
Alanis Morissette "Not The Doctor" The obvious Alanis song for this list would be one of the most lyrically problematic songs of the last 20 years, the ironically titled, "Ironic," a song from which...
View ArticleTubesteak: How to Quit Porn and Not Entirely Ruin Your Life
Hi, I’m Brian. Welcome to Tubesteak, a regular column where I talk about penises mostly and what I do with mine and what you should do with yours. There will also be some discussion of cocks,...
View ArticleGrip Plyaz Wants You Pussy-Ass Lames to Get the Fuck Up Off of Him
Photo by Matt "Ginch" McGinley I usually don't feel bad if I'm the last one to get hip to a dope rapper. First of all, thanks to the internet, there are just too many pimply-faced 17-year-olds out...
View ArticlePopping the Marks: Queering the Qur’an
Not a week of my life goes by without me receiving a message from either a gay Muslim seeking reconciliation between faith, heart, and body, or a gay non-Muslim who is considering converting to Islam,...
View ArticleQuestion of the Day: How Do You Feel About Condoms in Your Porn?
For a bunch of people who fuck each on camera for money, the most important election results didn't have anything to do with Barack Obama. If you're a porn performer (or a porn consumer), you saw the...
View ArticlePretty Sweet Tuesdays: Pretty Sweet Bonus Footage
For the last and sweetest installment of Pretty Sweet Tuesdays we present to you a bit of bonus footage from the video. The video, of course, is called Pretty Sweet, and is due out this Friday,...
View ArticleComics: Nick Gazin's Comic Book Love-in #75
Greetings Cretins, I'm Nick Gazin and this is my VICE column of news and reviews pertaining to comics and illustration and things that appeal to people interested in that stuff. I hope you like it....
View ArticleThe Smell of a Boy's Anus: The Scented Oil
Guys, I’m here to talk to you about this amazing new product. No, it’s not going to help keep your floors spotless or remove the gunk from your dishwasher, this product is about aroma. Smelling like...
View ArticleDid a CIA Predator Drone Really Level Homes in Indianapolis?
The theories swirling around a mysterious, deadly explosion in Indianapolis over the weekend sound like the recipe for a futuristic Tom Clancy thriller or a dystopian video game. “It was just mass...
View ArticleSad-Ass Music #1
So, hello. My name is William Cody Watson, and for as long as I can remember, listening to music has been a huge part of my life; and I've realized that over my 28 years of existence, the #1 thing I...
View ArticleSlutever: Season Two Finale - Trailer
#OMFG. Be prepared for the season finale of Slutever. Coming this Friday to VICE.com
View ArticleThe Mercy Rule: Miami Blues
It’s natural and logical, if also often a bummer, that the owners of American sports teams reflect the cities in which those teams play. Where English Premier League soccer is the province of the...
View ArticleShorties: All Around Losing - Trailer
We made associate editor Harry Cheadle, the most awkward person we know, try new things, just to find out that he's terrible at all of them. New episodes of All Around Losing start on Tuesday,...
View ArticleDunce Life
Remember that time you, like, totally owned that Zizek thesis in art semiotics? Or that degree you got in post-reunification Germanic studies? Or how you were--no big deal, guys--a National Merit...
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