Volume 21 Issue 10
The Time John Waters’s Girls Escaped a Kidnapping
In this excerpt of Edgewise: A Picture of Cookie Mueller, two men abduct three actresses who have starred in several of John Waters's classic movies.
A Giant Hole Is Swallowing a Town in Peru
Cerro de Pasco is an environmental and urban catastrophe thanks to the massive polymetal mine that sits in the middle of town.
Human Capital Contracts Could Revolutionize the Way We Borrow Money
According to their adherents, these contracts represent an end run around the entrenched and often predatory lending structures that had flimflammed so many young people into bankruptcy.
October Music Reviews
Taylor Swift reminds us of crying over an English boy, Weezer just makes us upset, and Aphex Twin is 01010100 01101000 01101001.
The Syrian Civil War Is Keeping Lovers Apart
Long-distance marriages between Syrians living in Israel and those still in the motherland are common in the Golan Heights.
The Complicated Beauty of the Persian Nose
Iran has the highest rate of nose surgery in the world per capita. According to most estimates, Iranians get four times the amount of nose jobs that Americans do. For Persian women and some men, the operation is a marker not just of physical beauty but...
Did a White Guy Steal a Popular Gossip Site from Three Black Teenagers?
Oh No They Didn't grew from a LiveJournal community to an honest-to-god brand, but the people who run it today have been accused of exploiting the original founders.
My Grandma the Poisoner
I've come to believe that my grandmother literally poisoned those around her.
Employees of the Month
Erin grew up on a dirt road in the backwoods of the Florida Panhandle. That's where she cemented her belief that her home state is one of the weirdest places on Earth. She covers Sunshine State strangeness for VICE when she isn't in class at the...