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Me and My North Korean Minder, Ms. Song

“Gunfire and the sounds of revolutionary struggle were his lullaby,” proclaimed the beautiful Ms. Song (not her real name). She was one of the official monitors assigned to accompany me throughout my stay in North Korea. The government selects only the...
Roc Morin
12.16.12
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Why Period Sex Is the Best Sex (and Should Probably Be Mandatory)

There’s a moment in every relationship, whether it’s the first date or a year later, when the question of period sex comes up. And a man’s answer tells me everything I need to know about him.
Kat George
12.16.12
News

Chinese Officials at It Again: More Scandal from the People's Republic

This December has been like an advent calendar of folly in China. Hardly a day has gone by without the details of some misguided impropriety coming to light. In its own way, this is good news.
George Ding
12.16.12
Stuff

Weediquette - I Called the Marijuana Addiction Hotline

I laid down the details of my weed smoking—three-to-five times in the evening on weekdays, eight-to-ten times on days off, about an eighth and a half a week, ongoing for about ten years. They immediately concluded that I had a problem.
T. Kid
12.16.12
News

The Torture of Bradley Manning

If there’s a bad time to discuss holiday shopping, it’s while waiting for someone to describe being tortured. I was soaking wet and still half asleep when our driver turned to the back seat of the press shuttle and said something so totally irrelevant...
Andrew Blake
12.15.12
Motherboard Blog

Why Foxconn Will Always Be a Terrible Place to Work

Like it or not, your smartphone will continue to be built by young people in China.
Adam Clark Estes
12.15.12
Fashion

A Girl's Guide to Dressing for the Apocalypse

Don't even bother dying if you aren't gonna look good doing it. Corpses are bad enough, but ugly ones go to hell. Now, considering the fact that a bunch of dead Mesoamericans from thousands of years ago reckon we're all going to be extinct in...
Bertie Brandes, Elektra Kotsoni
12.15.12
Stuff

Taji’s Mahal - The Life of an Outdoor Artist

For this week's Mahal, we met back up with outdoor artist Anthony Dominguez to see how he lives and practices his art. We started at the 42nd Street Library, where Anthony spends most of his days creating his work, unwelcomed, but tolerated.
Taji Ameen
12.15.12
Motherboard Blog

Scud Missiles Really Suck

To rout the forces that are striving to close his chapter of Syrian history, Assad is now digging into his pile of scud misssiles and firing a few of them at rebels.
Daniel Stuckey
12.15.12
Stuff

Chapel of Sacred Mirrors: Cosmic Creativity, Entheogens, and Psilocybin with Allyson and Alex Grey

Alex Grey, the visionary artist best known for his TOOL album covers, has founded what might be the most unconventional church in all of New York State.
Nadja Sayej
12.15.12
The Hopelessness Issue

The Evolution of VICE UK

From squat to Square Mile in just ten years.
Johnny Ryan
12.15.12
News

George Bush and Tony Blair Are Officially War Criminals

We talked to the commissioner of the Kuala Lumpur War Crimes Commission, which, unlike the International Criminal Court in the Hague, has found George W. Bush and Tony Blair responsible for crimes against peace.
Simon Childs
12.15.12
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