Big Brother
This Guy Spends His Entire Life in Front of a Webcam
Ari Kivikangas spends his entire life in front of a webcam. But unlike most vloggers devoted to sharing their lives with people who couldn’t care less, there are no desperate pleas for followers. In fact, there's not much at all.
Why Bullying Snobs Need to Shut Up About Josie Cunningham's Abortion
If you're pro-choice, you have to accept the reasons for people's choices.
Nieratko Vs. Cheazy-E, Round II
In the late 90s, while writing for the skateboarding magazine Big Brother, I thoroughly enjoyed fucking with my interview subjects. One of those subjects, a rapper named Cheazy-E, claimed my interview made him look like a "gott-damn retard."
Johnny Depp Plays Native American in Movie, World Shrugs
Johnny Depp’s new movie, The Lone Ranger, came out this week. In this hilarious romantic comedy, Mr. Depp portrays a potentially schizophrenic Native American named Tonto, who speaks in a bizarre broken English and talks to a dead bird that sits...
A Brief History of the United States Snooping on Its Own Citizens
The feds have been tapping into the private lives of Americans without warrants and with the help of communication companies for nearly a century.
In-School Surveillance Cameras Go Where Hall Monitors Can't: The Bathroom
The hall monitor model was bound to fail. Think about it. You give a student an orange sashes, a rule book and a badge and expect them to keep the peace. But what about said student's friends? They'll get away with murder with their insider connection...
Los Angeles: Earl Parker Has a Photo Show Tonight
Gather round, Los Angeles, there's actually something worthwhile happening inside your city limits tonight!
The Future Repeats Itself: What Science Fiction Has to Say About Google's Fancy Glasses
When science fiction foretells science fact, it helps prepare us for the future’s arrival, if it comes at all. Thanks to George Orwell, society is on guard against "Big Brother." Thanks to Kurt Vonnegut Jr. and _Harrison Bergeron_, we have a general...
A DIY Solution To the Surveilled Life: Noam Chomsky and Brian Eno in 'Article 12'
In the hubbub over ‘the end of anonymity’ comes Article 12, a documentary that proposes a solution to the soft-Orwellianism of modern life.
Lost Submissions
When I was an editor at skateboarding magazine Big Brother in 1997, Hustler’s Larry Flynt bought it, and ironically forbade us from showing any more nudity because of potential legal ramifications.
The Poetics of Surveillance Culture with Iain Sinclair
Psychogeographer Iain Sinclair discusses the poetic effects of CCTV
Tracking Tardy Kids With GPS Is A Great Idea
Tardy kids are learning their lesson the Orwellian way with GPS technology. But maybe it's not such a bad idea. The shocking truth at Motherboard.tv