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Chatting with Petra Collins About Her Menstruating-Vagina Shirt
VICE pal Petra Collins caused an entertaining storm of controversy this week when she designed a T-shirt for American Apparel with a simplistic line drawing depicting a masturbating, menstruating woman with pubic hair.
TV Killed the Lower East Side
This week, I'm presenting my friend Jade Katz's new video, TV Killed the Lower East Side. With the help of Jade's pet rat, Petunia, the video shows how television and movies convinced millions of people to move to New York City, ruining the...
The VICE Podcast - Frank Rich on HBO's 'Veep' and Whistleblowers in America
This week on the podcast, Eddy Moretti speaks with Frank Rich, editor-at-large for New York magazine and executive producer of Veep, about the platinum age of television and the changing landscape of news media.
One of Our Interns Chatted with the Founder of ‘Intern’ Magazine
Lately, unpaid interns have been suing their employers for not paying them, which has gotten people asking, again, whether not paying people for work is ever kosher. Alec Dudson, a 29-year-old former intern from the UK, is jumping into that debate with...
After Michele Bachmann, America Needs Another Outrage Machine
Michele Bachmann made a career out of saying "crazy" and "controversial" things and pissing off Democrats while giving a symbol for Republicans to rally around. She raised money for Republicans and Democrats by energizing both sides. If she didn't...
What Does Terrorism Mean in 2013?
Glenn Greenwald is a journalist, lawyer, and security expert who was partly responsible for former CIA official John Brennan not being made the Director of the CIA and forcing a UN investigation into the treatment of Bradley Manning. I called him up to...
I Stayed up All Night Watching Coverage of the Boston Bomber Manhunt
I was met with a flurry of false reports. Some were just dropped without mention: the suspects jacked a police SUV, possibly another car, and blew something up at Harvard. Other persisted. Was the bomber an Indian-American student who'd gone missing...
Dear Elizabeth Wurtzel, No One Cares That You Still Get It on
Elizabeth Wurtzel, famed author of 'Prozac Nation,' dropped her latest bit of meandering narcissism yesterday in an essay that reveals she doesn't do drugs anymore, but she still bangs a bunch of people, goes to parties, and doesn't care what you think...
Relax, Soda Isn’t Killing Anyone
A study says that 180,000 people die every year thanks to sugary drinks. Really? Like, if we could magically erase soda and energy drinks from the Earth, the 180,000 people who died of diabetes and heart disease would still be alive? That sounds right...
Taken
There’s no reason why anyone should talk about or listen to other people talking about sports for hours and hours every day. There is not necessarily that much to say about men running and catching balls under the best of circumstances, and necessarily...
Trying to Report on the Sandy Hook Shooting
What do you say about a dead six-year-old? That’s what I was trying to figure out when I headed up to Newtown—the site of the most infamous shooting in years—earlier this week. Almost every resident I spoke to Monday reported some kind of connection...
It’s All Fun and Games Until Someone Gets Elected
None of the political memes mattered—but they were something to talk about, to share with your like-minded social media buddies, to spread through Tumblr and argue about on political blogs desperate for clicks. Following the gaffes and the spin and the...