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What Happens When a Men’s Rights Music Festival Comes to Town?
When I asked Toronto musician and recording studio owner Gene Hughes, organizer of the freshly canceled Equality Day music festival at Toronto Island—organized in conjunction with the Canadian...
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On Patrol with North London's Orthodox Jewish Crime Fighters
Shomrim members at the scene of a hit and run in Stamford Hill, North London It’s a wet Tuesday night in Stamford Hill and I’m on an impromptu stakeout with two Orthodox Jewish men wearing...
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Remembering Sasha Shulgin with His Psychonaut Friends at Erowid
Image created by Alex Grey Alexander Shulgin, whose obituary headlines all seem to call him the "Godfather of Ecstasy," or the "Godfather of Psychedelics," died Monday from liver cancer. He had...
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Rewatching 'Windtalkers' Is a Terrible Way to Memorialize the Last Navajo...
These screengrabs, used here for criticism, are owned by MGM On June 4, former Marine Chester Nez, the last of the Navajo radio operators of World War II, died at 93. The announcement came from Judith...
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For $350, Tata Will Slap You Until You're Sexy
All photos by Toby Silverman When I arrived at Face Slapping International in San Francisco’s Richmond District, a young Thai couple dressed in eccentric outfits greeted me. The man wore a blazer with...
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Nick Briz: How to/Why Leave Facebook
Nick Briz is a Chicago-based new media artist, educator, and organizer. Briz teaches at the Marwen Foundation and the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, has shown his work internationally, and is...
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This Chemical Critic Was Given Thousands of Dollars Worth of Drugs for Free
Collages by Marta Parszeniew It makes sense to read a review of something before you put it inside your body. Unfortunately, if drugs are that thing, it’s unlikely you’ll have been able to do much...
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I'm the Welsh Bus Driver Who Had His Life Ruined by 'Tiger Porn'
This is what a real tiger looks like. Photo via Wikimedia "You could tell straightaway it wasn't a real tiger," says Andrew Holland, describing a video sent to him of a man in a tiger suit having sex...
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The Psychedelic 'Drugs Wizard' Who Ran One of England's Biggest LSD Labs
Casey making 2C-D in 2001 in the back of a school bus he lived in for seven years. All photos courtesy of Casey William Hardison In the grand scheme of things, Casey William Hardison didn't have the...
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Your Comments About the West London 'Selfies' Drugs Gang Pissed Me Off
Sophian Chhayra (left and right) and Zakaria Chentouf (center) posing for photos that helped send them to prison On Monday, VICE published an article about a West London drugs gang who were convicted...
View ArticleWhy Is It So Hilarious to Watch White Dudes Rap?
[youtube src='//www.youtube.com/embed/aKdV5FvXLuI' width='640' height='360'] Last night on The Tonight Show, Daniel Radcliffe professed his love of rap to Jimmy Fallon. He said he's been obsessed with...
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Cameron Gray Wants You to Embrace 'Gymnasty' at His Gallery Opening Tonight
'You Are Happy and Fulfilled' by Cameron Gray. Image courtesy of Mike Weiss Gallery "Do you strive to open your heart to receive miracles and improve yourself? Do you feel there is a solution to every...
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Meet the Nieratkos: The 80s Were Sew Cool
Photos by Matt Sharkey Everybody loves the 80s, right? It was arguably the goofiest decade in history in terms of music, fashion, and film, and for Dalila Acuña, it was the defining time in her life....
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What About a Regulated Market For Psychoactive Substances?
Photo by Flickr user Ali Wade Over the last couple of weeks, much has been written about Spice, a synthetic herbal-based substance that has reportedly resulted in a number of Russian deaths. In 2011,...
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Choosing Family or Freedom: The Trials of 'Coming Out' as an Ex-Muslim in...
Photos by Roberto Dassoni For a minute, Maryam thought the game was up. Home from university for the weekend, she overheard her father speaking loudly on the phone. He was emotional, angry: “She’s...
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Being a Real Witch Has Never Been Much Fun
Nine witches from an indeterminate time in history. Image via Tonight, cities across the country will be teaming with throngs of sexy witches, stinking out the back seats of the bus with the heady...
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The Insidious Gentrification of Halloween
Photo via Flickr user Ginny In the last decade, the trick-or-treating experience has devolved into a sugar-crazed brouhaha. It used to be that parents herded kids down the streets of their respective...
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Neckbeard: These People Spend Thousands of Dollars on Vintage Halloween...
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Meet the Witches of Etsy
Some spells for sale on Etsy right now-thank god it's payday Victoria Zasikowski is an Etsy witch. Her profile bills her as a "professional astrologer and practitioner of Hoodoo Magick," while her...
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Redface Is Just as Offensive as Blackface
Photo via Wikimedia Anyone still thinking it might be fun to dress up as a Native American (aka a "sexy Indian" or "warrior chief") this Halloween should reconsider. Members of the Native American...
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