The It's Actually Quite Weird Issue

Employees of the Month

Punk surrealist Winston Smith has been hand-crafting provocative collage art since the 1970s, when he started appropriating insipid icons in magazine ads from the 40s and 50s to create absurd, sometimes politically charged images. Full story

A Hairy Situation

It turns out Sweden's tolerance extends only so far as its armpits. Full story

Vibrators Through the Ages

Welcome to the museum that celebrates one of the most important technological breakthroughs of the past millennium: the vibrator. Full story

Lights Out

Bill Odenkirk wrote a poem to acknowledge the tragic demise of Thomas Kinkade. Full story

Lap That Shit Up

Even if you think your shit doesn’t stink, consider that at one point or another your thirst has probably been quenched by water from a septic tank. Full story

Deaf Comedy Jam

Deaf comedy hasn’t had a lot going for it ever since black people ran it into the ground in the 90s. Full story

Sheppard’s Video Game Pie

The Playstation Vita

Lots of people don’t have to get a Vita. Should they? Full story

The Twitch

Sensory Overload at the Biggest Rattlesnake Roundup in the World

To become Miss Snake Charmer, a revealing swimsuit and a desire for world peace aren’t enough. You must also have enough skill with a knife to remove the epidermis of a serpent. Full story

Sorry Your Dog Got Decapitated

If there’s a golden rule for people who run a dog-sitting business, it is this: Don’t let the dogs you’re watching get mauled by other dogs. Full story

The Cute Show Page!

Lovely Owls

I think if everyone got his or her own owl to raise we would have world peace in no time. Full story

Skinema

Girls Love Girls #4

Before long, Heather is blowing smoke up Madison’s ass (when played in reverse, it looks like Madison shits out smoke. And tells you to kill your parents). Full story

Records

Killer Mike is so smooth and fluid, yet hard at the same time. He’s like a nanostructured amorphous solid, or Slimer with a boner. Full story

Combover

Smart as a Rabbi

I’ve seen dead bodies before, but this is going to be rough. This one is going to sting right where my foreskin used to be. Full story

Alligator Story

Author Barry Gifford shares with us an unpublished short story about beheading, skinning, and gutting a gator in the Gulf. Full story

The Black Tar Tits of Afghanistan

Suckling from a junkie tit can be lethal, which is pretty much the most hopeless image imaginable. Full story

Earl Is Free

Stalking My Favorite Rapper

How I got to eat a burger and fries with my idol, Earl Sweatshirt of Odd Future. Full story

Pretty Kool-A

Starring Maggie Lee and Sandy Kim Full story

How to Make the Perfect Mangina

The Brazilian Drag Queen Guide to Tucking

Every boy has given himself a mangina at least once. But for transsexuals and drag queens, whose job it is to not have a dick, tucking is less a boyhood larf than an essential trick of the trade. Full story

Karachi Kills VICE

A Scene Report from the Most Insane City in Pakistan

All signs point to a country that is ready to explode, and considering the reporting I’ve conducted here over the past seven years, it appears that Karachi may be the detonator. Full story

Living Off Death

Yovani Solís Embalms Ex-Presidents, Midget Wrestlers, and Victims of the Narco Wars

As long as the bodies keep piling up, Yovani's mom-and-pop Mexican mortuary thrives. Full story

Memory Is Selective

The Forgotten Indiscretions of Sweden’s ‘Lollipop’ Zine

I’ve always wondered if having sex while an extra person or persons were in the room was and still is a vital part of Carl Abrahamsson’s sex life. Full story

Another Day in Paradise

A Selection of Photos from ‘Life’s a Blast’

Linda Forsell's new photo book depicts the subtle violence and ordinary daily activities of life inside the Israel-Palestine conflict. Full story

Cracking Cryptocacti

The Prickly Problem of the Cactus of the Four Winds

The Cactus of the Four Winds is rumored to possess supernatural curative powers. I searched for a wild specimen of the cryptocacti in Lima, Peru. Full story

Ave-Done

Aliya Naumoff tried to think like Richard Avedon for a day. Full story

Inside the Looney Disco

Dancing the Night Away at a German Mental Hospital

Regardless of which psychological disorder they’re afflicted with, all patients are equal on the dance floor. Full story

Take a Stab

Iraqi Dervishes Celebrate God by Knifing Themselves

The Sufi dervishes of southern Iraq practice an intense brand of Islam, which involves them continually stabbing themselves with spears and knives. Full story