Kate Dries
Editorial Director, Features
Real Housewives Fan Accounts Are Boycotting the New Season of 'RHOC'
Reality TV star Kelly Dodd has shared misinformation about COVID, hung out with the Trumps, and disparaged the BLM movement. Some fans have had enough.
How Young Evangelical Women Are Navigating a Sex-Positive Internet
The founders of Girl Defined have built a community intent on speaking to those trying to be “God-defined” in a “culture-defined world." Somehow, the outside keeps getting in.
Women Who Say a Famous Producer Abused Them Have Spent Years Seeking Justice
The renowned music producer Detail was arrested in August and charged with sexual abuse against six women. But his alleged violence wasn’t a secret: Women say they've spent years looking for accountability in civil court.
Colonizers Stole Africa's Art; This Man Is Taking It Back
Mwazulu Diyabanza has spent the summer of 2020 trying to reclaim African art from museums in Europe.
‘This Is Paris’ and the Celebrity Documentary Trap
The new Paris Hilton movie faces an age-old issue: Can a celebrity documentary ever be real enough to be revealing?
What Waking Up in a Friend’s Body Does to Your Mind
Body illusions can give a person the experience of inhabiting another's body. When that happens, we learn just how much the physical self can influence the way we think and feel.
The Last Good Summer
It was supposed to be a time of promise. But—as we investigate in the new issue of VICE magazine—rules are made to be broken.
The White Sage Black Market
As “smudging” has been appropriated from Native American use, the selling of sage offers a cautionary tale for the wellness economy—one where the intentions of users can be subverted by suppliers, and many sellers have no idea of their impacts.
A Plague on Ibiza
Since they arrived unexpectedly in the early 2000s, snakes have become a local preoccupation in Ibiza—for the iconic Ibiza wall lizard, and for the humans who brought them in, too.
The Way to Prevent a Recount Disaster Is Sitting Right in Front of Us
November 3, 2020 is almost guaranteed to result in election recounts. Meet our possible savior: the risk-limiting audit.
Algorithms Are Automating Fascism. Here’s How We Fight Back
“Bias” can’t be fixed with a software update. Only by disrupting oppressive systems on every level can we make a more just world.
The Algorithm in the Armchair
Can machine learning more accurately diagnose mental disorders, and prescribe the right medications? Maybe one day.