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Bullshit Job Diary

Bullshit Job Diary: The Magazine Editorial Assistant Who Dresses to Impress
The first instalment of a weekly diary about stupid fucking work.
Anonymous
3.14.19
Will This Save Me?

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Can Alternative Therapies Save Me?
In an age of anxiety, the alternative therapy industry is booming. Are gong baths or isolation tanks worth our time and money? Can alternative therapies save us in 2019?
Beto O'Rourke

Beto O’Rourke is running for president
“This moment of peril produces perhaps the greatest moment of promise for this country.”
David Gilbert
3.14.19
My First Time

How I Enjoyed Sex Again After My Herpes Diagnosis
After Emily Depasse received a herpes diagnosis in 2015, she felt unloveable and hopeless about her future. Over time she realized that the STI wasn't a life sentence—and she was worthy of pleasure.
Emily Depasse
3.14.19
Op-Eds

How Changing Clothes Can Be Indicative of Releasing New Music
From Kanye West and Kendrick Lamar all the way back to Bowie and Prince, when a musician changes their look it often signals a new project.
Ryan Bassil
3.14.19
Ireland

How Militant Irish Republican Slogans went Viral
Republican slogans like "Up the RA" and "Brits out" are still unacceptable to say in the Irish mainstream – so why do they pop up so frequently online?
Paulie Doyle
3.14.19
Vice Guide to Right Now

In China, Face Scanners Are Deducting Train Fares From Passengers' Bank Accounts
Forgot your train ticket again? Your face has you covered.
Edoardo Liotta
3.14.19
Homelessness

The Story of One of the Hundreds of Homeless Deaths in the UK
In the last 18 months, 796 people have died homeless in the UK; Kristain Olsteins was one of them.
Samir Jeraj
Natalie Bloomer
3.14.19
Food insecurity

Speaking to the Families at the Centre of Britain's Hunger Crisis
“I can't adequately describe how soul-destroying it is just to fall and fall and know that there is no chance that you're going to get out of it.”
Ruby Lott-Lavigna
3.14.19
Culture

'Close' Is the Literary Newsletter Bringing Intimacy to Your Inbox
We spoke to the creators of one of the best sources of original writing in the UK.
Lauren O'Neill
3.14.19
Burn-Out

Hong Kong Now Has Its Own 'Hikikomori' Problem Where Young People Are Shutting the Door on Society
Why some people are trying to disappear in one of the world's most-densely populated cities.
James Durston
3.14.19
Late Capitalism

‘Privacy Is Becoming a Luxury’: What Data Leaks Are Like for the Poor
"I felt like my identity or whatever didn't matter to them."
Elizabeth Brico
3.14.19
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