English on Vice

Here Is What the Urban Dictionary Looks Like on Google Images

Earlier this year London-based artist Ben West designed a Google Images dictionary titled, simply, "Google." The idea behind the 1,200-plus-page book was simple: Design some software to select and save the first Google Images result for every single word in the Oxford English Dictionary, then print it in a big, beautiful book. Motherboard decided to try something similar with the Urban Dictionary. Full story

White Girl Immigration Problems

The oppression of a language barrier is not to be underestimated. As privileged white American people who idly study Spanish as a second language in public school, we take this for granted. Especially if you are, like me, decently educated and electively (though unsuccessfully) s… Full story

Our Two Favorite Cinematographers Speak - Part 1

Anthony Dod Mantle

Anthony Dod Mantle is an English-born cinematographer who has lived in Denmark for more than 20 years. He recently won an Academy Award for his work on Slumdog Millionaire, a movie he shot in Mumbai, India. Full story

Racist Friend

Don't Worry, He's Only Joking

We nearly used this piece as the intro to the issue. It would have worked well as a sensational “Welcome To Barra” piece. Thing is, it would have been totally unrepresentative of the islanders, who, on the whole, treated us amazingly well. Full story