Jennifer Schaffer
Are Women More Susceptible to Cults?
Emma Cline's hot debut novel 'The Girls' explores the phenomenon of young women opting out of society and into cult-like groups such as the Manson Family
A Tête-à-Tête about Women, the Internet, and Jonathan Franzen's 'Purity'
Two VICE editors discuss Franzen's latest lightning rod of literary controversy.
A Chess Genius and an Erotica Publisher Are Making the Perfect Dirty Talk Chatbot
"It must be better to have a robot who appears to love you than to have nobody." —Dr. David Levy
A Stanford Medical School Student Was Arrested for Poisoning Her Classmates' Water Bottles
The suspect had recently sought psychological care and has claimed to be suffering from insomnia, dizziness, depression, and "a disconnection from reality" at the time of the poisonings.
'Monopoly' Was Invented by an Anti-Capitalist Feminist Poet
The history behind 'Monopoly' is full of lies and lawsuits, obviously.
An Amsterdam Artist Is Digging Tunnels to Escape the Modern World
Following her instincts, artist and designer Leanne Wijnsma digs tunnels in the middle of European cities.