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festivals 2016

Scenes from Migration Fest 2016, the Nicest Extreme Metal Fest in America

Photographer David Burke captured incredible performances from Thou, Panopticon, Krallice, Mournful Congregation, and many more.
Kim Kelly
8.19.16
Interviews

Deceptively Whimsy Paintings with a Political Stroke

Artist Sophie von Hellermann isn't afraid to be cute, girly, and playful. Case in point: She answered our questions with drawings. But her work is anything but light.
Olivia Parkes
8.19.16
weak in review

Dreaming In Context With USA Basketball: David Roth's Weak In Review

The U.S. has done a great deal of winning since it started sending dream teams of NBA stars to the Olympics. The fun of the team in Rio isn't the winning, it's the work.
David Roth
8.19.16
dogs named pickles

​Nazis, Thieves, and a Dog Named Pickles: The Unsolved Mystery of the First World Cup Trophy

In 1930, FIFA President Jules Rimet commissioned a trophy for the first World Cup. Since then it has been stolen, hidden, hunted, and lost. If it even still exists.
Keph Senett
8.19.16
NSFW

The Art of Turning Porn into Beautiful Collages

Zoe Ligon's collage work transforms disposable mass-produced porn into surreal artifacts.
Elizabeth Renstrom
8.19.16
thump news

Stream the Final Installment of Paul Kalkbrenner’s ‘Back to the Future’ Mixtape Series

Is there a chance we'll see him take the concept on tour?
Krystal Rodriguez
8.19.16
beer

Drinking Alcohol Is Always an Open Secret in Egypt

Egypt has been brewing beer for 3,000 years, but the highly religious country still has an under-the-table relationship with alcohol. Even some members of the Muslim Brotherhood buy booze on the down-low.
Lorena Rios
8.19.16
Skateboarding

These Women Are Paving the Way for a New Generation of Female Skateboarders

They call themselves the Babes Brigade, and this Toronto crew is drawing more females into skating.
Amanda Roth
8.19.16
Stuff

Why Gay German Men Are Seeking Reparations for a Homophobic Nazi Law

Remembering Paragraph 175, the outrageous law which persecuted German gay men long after the fall of Nazi rule.
Samuel Clowes Huneke
8.19.16
420 moment

The Economics of Wearing a Fur Coat in Summer

Wait, what?
Broadly Staff
8.19.16
Art

The Black Female Experience, in GIFs

‘My Black Ass’ looks crass at first, but then artist Tschabalala Self explains the femme format.
Antwaun Sargent
8.19.16
festivals 2016

Migration Fest 2016 Highlighted the Best of the Underground and the Ties That Bind Us Together

Migration Fest 2016 was a feast for the senses, a patch-vested Pacific Northwestern Roadburn cut down to scale and ignited by passion.
Kim Kelly
8.19.16
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