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Inappropriate Vices
I was bored out of my mind last week, so I decided to attend my 20-year high school reunion. I don't know what I was thinking.
A Ugandan Filmmaker's Quest to Conquer the Planet with Low-Budget Action Movies
Isaac Nabwana's RFP studio has made more than 20 films despite having very little money and inconsistent electricity. Can he make the world care about them?
Pull Your Finger Out, Nintendo – My Wii U’s Collecting Dust
Feeling bummed out for being a British Wii U owner? Neglected and unloved? Yeah, me too.
Will a US Marine Go Free After Killing a Trans Filipina Woman?
The murder of Jennifer Laude exposed to the Philippines both the reality of trans women and the violence that they face daily.
Infographic: How Africa’s Film Industry Stacks Up to the Rest of the World
Nigeria's Nollywood is the second-largest producer of movies in the world. How does it compare with Hollywood and Bollywood?
Looking Back at My Grandmother's Erotic Novels
Heidi Julavits's new short story is a collage of sentences taken from smutty books she found in her grandmothers collection of smutty books in the 1970s.
Photos That Are 'Too Hard to Keep'
Jason Lazarus asked for photos that people couldn't bear to hold on to, and this is what he received from anonymous donors.
I Travelled to Egypt for a Miracle Cure for My ALS
When I revealed my diagnosis to my mother, she told me to go to Cairo, convinced that I'd be healed there.
Saving Burma’s Child Soldiers
Slowly, soldiers who were forcibly recruited as children are returning to their villages, to families who have long thought them dead.