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Features

Arca's Roundhouse Show Was a Victory for Fearless Self-Expression

Alejandro Ghersi's headline London was a vivid realisation of his intimate new album.
Tshepo Mokoena
5.3.17
Noisey

Ja Rule's 'Fyre Festival' Is a Google Search You Won't Regret

Attendees seem to have paid up to $12,000 per head to be stranded in the Bahamas.
Tshepo Mokoena
4.28.17
thump news

Ja Rule's $12,000 Luxury Festival Turns into Total Disaster

People reportedly paid up to $12,000 per head to be stranded in the Bahamas at Fyre Festival.
Tshepo Mokoena
4.28.17
politics

Why Authoritarianism Refuses to Die

The death penalty and sex crimes have more to do with the psychology of this year's lurch to the right than you might think.
Tshepo Mokoena
12.27.16
NSFW

What I Learned About Sex from Watching a Load of Old Erotica

The BFI's put a batch of once-lost erotic films online, drawing a line from what was seen as risque in the 1890s to how we think about sex now.
Tshepo Mokoena
12.3.16
Stuff

Why Not Letting Go of Your Ex Might Not Always Be a Terrible Idea

The psychological arguments for and against digging up old memories of having sex with your ex-girlfriend or ex-boyfriend.
Tshepo Mokoena
11.27.16
News

Why Weed Won't Be Legal in the UK Anytime Soon

A new report came out today arguing for regulated legalization, but it's going to take more than suggestions to achieve real policy change.
Tshepo Mokoena
11.21.16
Photo

What You Can Learn About a Country from the Faces of Its Leaders

A striking reality hit artist Guney Soykan when he made one face out of the portraits of a given country's leaders from the past 50 years.
Tshepo Mokoena
11.19.16
Stuff

An Illustrated Guide to Why We Fuck the Way We Do

The history of sex becomes a study of power, gender, religion—and sexual positions—when you lay it all out from ancient times to present day.
Tshepo Mokoena
11.13.16
Stuff

What You Learn Making a Film About Black Mental Health

A new BBC 3 documentary explores the state of black people's mental health in Britain, to spark a conversation around a topic that's been controversial for decades.
Tshepo Mokoena
10.2.16
Stuff

Remembering ‘The Osbournes,' the Show That Paved the Way for the Kardashians

If it weren't for Ozzy, Sharon, and the only two of their kids willing to be filmed, we may never have seen the explosion in family-based reality TV that followed.
Tshepo Mokoena
9.18.16
Stuff

How to Disappear Completely: The Unsolved Missing Persons Case of Damien Nettles

A new BBC Three documentary searches for answers in the ongoing case of a teenage boy who went on a night out in 1996 and never came home.
Tshepo Mokoena
7.30.16
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