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An Update from Some Hackers and a Documentarian Inside the Gaza Strip
A summative infographic regarding the strikes in Gaza from the IDF's Twitter account. Last night, the world received the news that a ceasefire in Gaza had been agreed upon by Hamas and Israel. As we...
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Why Do We Go Bloodlust-Crazy Over Holiday Sales?
Black Friday (or is it Thursday?) is finally here after weeks up build-up. Apologies for putting a damper on the excitement, but it’s pretty depressing to know that people rushed through Thanksgiving...
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The Other Shooter
Because the President’s limousine passed almost exactly in front of Dallas clothing manufacturer Abraham Zapruder on Nov. 22, 1963, just as he was playing with his new film camera, and precisely at...
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Not All Syrians Side With the Rebels
On a cold night of early 2012 in Paris, I knocked on my neighbour’s door to ask him for some salt. This is how I met Wissam, a Syrian PhD student at the École Pratique des Hautes Études in Paris. My...
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Cry-Baby of the Week
Cry-Baby #1 - Sahdia Yousef The incident: A receptionist at a gym made an unfunny joke. The appropriate response: Nothing/fake laughing - depending on how polite you are. The actual response: Upon...
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Melissa Stetten's Bratwalk: Backstage Bulimia at the Runway Show
I’m in an Italian designer’s showroom sitting on a cold cement floor at my 13th and last casting of the day. Across from me is a model who doesn’t look a day over 15. She’s reading Catcher in the Rye....
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Syria's Kurdish Spring
Since the beginning of the uprising, unarmed Kurdish militiamen have been manning checkpoints like this one in Derik, northeastern Syria. Syria’s three million Kurds are the country’s largest minority...
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Real-life Stories: Caught in the Act
You know what makes doing bad stuff fun? The off chance that someone might walk in on you doing whatever sex act/drugs/ritualistic animal torture you've picked for that day. You what's not so fun?...
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We Talked to Marky Ramone on Thanksgiving Eve
On Thanksgiving Eve, Ramones drummer Marky Ramone found a phone to chat with us. He's announcing a "new memorabilia technology launch" called IMAGE Personal Experience. It's basically a mad pricey...
View ArticleTaji's Mahal - Satan's Sinners Nomads' Cochise
This week, we met back up with Clayton Patterson to continue his grand tour of the Lower East Side and a lesson in gang history with his long-time friend, Jose "Cochise" Quiles. Cochise was born on...
View ArticleWeediquette – Getting High with the Family
There’s an obvious connection between Thanksgiving and marijuana known only to those who arrive at the family smorgasbord after a conveniently timed “walk around the block” and those vigilant...
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The M23 Advance Throughout the Congo as Innocents Run for Their Lives
Déjà vu. For decades, the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo has been a battlefield, with particular carnage taking place in the North Kivu Province. In late 2008, rebel general Laurent...
View ArticleTable Manners: You Can Tell What a Man Will Be Like in Bed by the Way He Eats
(Photo via AbbyNormy, Flickr) The last thing you want from the woman whose vagina you once came out of is unsolicited sex advice. But if your mother is anything like mine that sentiment means...
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Bloodlust Reading List
It was easy to lust after the blood of Osama bin Laden and not feel dirty about it. On our side of history, he had been clearly in the wrong. Killing him felt like revenge. And we needed it. But after...
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In the Club with Jon Hendren: Going Garth
I was about seven when I first noticed Garth Brooks’ "Friends in Low Places" crossing barriers amongst my friends at school. The track was just poppy enough that most of my friends didn't immediately...
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Life of Heems
I'm a little preoccupied with race. The first time someone suggested I read Life of Pi, the novel by Yann Martel about an Indian boy and his journey across the ocean with a Bengal tiger, I took a look...
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In Defense of Guy Fieri
Guy’s American Kitchen and Bar: GABK. Sounds great when you say that acronym out loud. And gotta say, a bunch of friends and I had fuckin’ blast this week when we descended on the much-maligned Times...
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We Saw This: Bob Dylan
When dealing with something that plays upon emotions as much as music does, being a fan has more to do with loyalty than it does with having discerning taste. A person who truly loves music, knows...
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