You Should Remember 2014 as the Year Gender Relations Exploded
It doesn’t matter who you are. These gut-wrenching, powerful moments shaped us all this year.
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The Shaggy Dog Story: Inside History’s Longest, Most Absurd Jokes
On the surface these jokes don’t seem funny. And that’s the point.
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Stuck Backstage at VICE’s 20th Birthday Bash
A wonderland of coolness. Or so it would seem.
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Will the World Ever Welcome the Gay Blood Donor?
Today the FDA may finally lift the ban on gay blood donations — as long as the men are celibate.
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Storytime with…an AIDS Educator
“I hear you. I read you. I get you. Thank you for sharing your secrets with me.”
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Why Do So Many People Claim They Have Cherokee In Their Blood?
Miley Cyrus, Johnny Cash, and Cher have all claimed the same thing — and it’s a lie.
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You’ve Got to Hear William S. Burroughs’ Thanksgiving Prayer
The godfather of the beat generation tweaks the classic American holiday.
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What the Battle Between Iggy Azalea and Eminem Says about Music’s Culture Wars
“I’m bored of the old men threatening young women as entertainment trend.”
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There Are No Limits to Our ‘Serial’ Podcast Obsession
Your Google search history, week by week.
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Ladies of the Green: The Female Entrepreneurs Breaking into the Marijuana Industry
Can pot ever become a girls’ club?
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How to Fix the American Movie Theater
Going to the movies is no longer a simple activity, it’s an expedition.
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Why the Internet Needs Monica Lewinsky
As the first victim of Internet scandal, Monica Lewinsky offers important lessons for our digital age.
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Tom Scharpling Divulges Details of ‘The Best Show’ Revival at CMJ
The cult radio hit returns.
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How Egg Freezing Descended Upon Cocktail Hour
Normalizing fertility procedures with Apple, Facebook, and a martini.
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I Filmed a Sex Scene Before the Reddit Era
There is something that goes beyond self-scrutiny when you see yourself naked on film for the first time.
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Why Celebrity Deaths Are the Ultimate Clickbait
Collective memory is a mercurial thing. Like most of life, it depends on timing.
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The Future of the Comic Book in a Digital World
Comic books will no longer take licking fingers to turn pages.
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Faces of Protest: A Look Inside the World’s Largest Climate March
Photographs from the historic People’s Climate March.
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