Catfish
We Asked Some Celebrities What It's Like to Be the Subject of an Online Death Hoax
One person's prank is another person's trauma.
Human Connection and Shitting in Churches: The Moving, Surreal Comedy of Kim Noble
We spoke to the British performer about his new show, in which he pretends to be a woman online to catfish truck drivers and drills a hole in his wall to record the sound of his neighbors having sex.
An Entire Online Community of Clubbers Just Got Catfished en Masse
For ten years, thousands of people thought they "knew" Katelin McMillian. Turns out the Dutch-Scottish model and international DJ star never existed.
I Spoke to One of the Male Victims of My Weird Catfish Drama
When he stopped talking to her, the cyber charlatan told him—via other fake accounts of her "friends"—that she'd intentionally overdosed on heroin.
Someone's Been Using My Facebook Photos to 'Catfish' People for Nearly a Decade
They keep talking to men, and I keep meeting these men, and they're always angry, and it really has to stop.
Chicago's Fish Shacks Are Going Up in Smoke
Before Middle Americans started chowing down on “bacon-paloozas” and “quadruple-patty” monstrosities, they lived on fish caught and smoked by local riverside shacks. Today, Chicago's Calumet Fisheries is one of the very last left standing.
The Ethics of Eating Fish That'll Die Pretty Soon Anyway
Forget about sustainability for a second: Is it a worse crime to eat a sea creature that lives for many years than one that's only around for a few months? If so, let's gorge ourselves on short-lived squid and shrimp, and leave immortal jellyfish in...
How 'Catfish'—Once TV's Most Promising Junk—Has Fucked Itself
Catfish is struggling to maintain viewership through transparent ploys for increased virality. When they made that decision, the producers inadvertently sacrificed the one thing that made people watch to begin with.
Catfish Hoop Net Fishing with a Dying Breed of Cajun Gentleman
In the third installment of this swamp series, Rachel Nederveld runs into a legendary master fisherman who makes his nets by hand in the Cajun swamp. What happened next involved sweet talk, catfish, and dead, bloated beavers.
Eat the Fish, Bitch
At the Oscars on Sunday my complicated relationship with catfish will unfold, thanks to the movie August: Osage County. In it, there's a scene reminiscent of my experience with the iconic Southern bottom-feeder, where Meryl Streep refuses to eat...
Eat the Fish, Bitch
At the Oscars on Sunday my complicated relationship with catfish will unfold, thanks to the movie <i>August: Osage County</i>. In it, there's a scene reminiscent of my experience with the iconic Southern bottom-feeder, where Meryl...
Summer/Autumn - New Fiction by Ben Brooks
Ben Brooks is one of the best young British writers, so we asked him for a piece of fiction. Ben sent this story, which is about a 21-year-old in London who has a cocaine-fueled affair with a 42-year-old woman he met via iChat. Ben told us it's 10...