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Jesse Ship

Jesse Ship is a freelance writer / digital marketing specialist with a focus on what's new and what's next in society, technology and creative culture. He is currently available for …

Tom Hawking

I'm a New York-based writer and editor, originally from Melbourne, Australia. My work focuses on culture, society and politics. I am a former Managing Editor of Renew, and I was …

Kesiena Boom

Award-winning writer, poet, copyeditor, editor, translator, sensitivity reader and sociologist. Areas of expertise include sex and sexuality, queer identity and theory, Blackness and anti-racism and feminist thought and praxis.

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Jera Brown — Freelance Writer

Queer, nonbinary freelance writer focusing on sexuality, spirituality, and social justice topics. Current projects include: - Just the Tip — an inclusive sex and relationship advice column- Radical Soul Newsletter …

Latest Articles

I Asked ChatGPT to Control My Life for 24 Hours

There’s a lot of talk around ChatGPT at the moment. From the fear of it being able to write full university degrees, to making anyone from lawyers to artists obsolete, this mysterious AI chatbot has seemed to spring into public consciousness out of thin air. But it’s actually been a …

By Jack Ramage
20th March 2023 • Vice

Is the ‘Superstar’ Going Extinct in India and Does Gen Z Have Something To Do With It?

The latest Shah Rukh Khan-starrer “Pathaan” has the country dancing in the streets. Gen Z tells us why he may be one of the last celebrities left in India who has the power to manifest this scale of frenzy

By Nidhi Gupta
13th February 2023 • Vice

Nostalgic Photos of Black British Music Scenes Over the Ages

In the endlessly reverberating words of Birdman, when you speak about Eddie Otchere you better put some respeck on his name.

By Carly Lewis-Oduntan
28th October 2022 • Vice

What It Feels Like to Relearn Your Own Black British History

Most of us go to school on autopilot: attending lessons, polishing off assignments and sitting exams till we’re no longer obliged to. You implicitly trust the curriculum – it’s school, right? – and what your teachers drip feed into your malleable little mind.

By Carly Lewis-Oduntan
17th October 2022 • Vice

Manos Amigues: Inside Mexico City’s First LGBTQ Soup Kitchen

In Mexico, gender-neutral Spanish is not yet widely embraced, but here in Guerrero, it has gained a foothold thanks to Manos Amigues. Here, people of all ages, genders, and sexualities dine side by side on iridescent tablecloths, between walls adorned with work by queer and trans artists, as Mexican cantina …

By Delilah Friedler
7th June 2022 • Vice

’Choke Trauma

Oh hey, what's in your salad? Are those white things artichokes? Well, shoot. I'd be all over that salad if it weren't for those 'chokes.

By Ryan Grim
6th February 2022 • Vice

VICE After Dark with John Lurie (Ep. 1)

"VICE After Dark with John Lurie" is a live internet radio show hosted by cult icon John Lurie. You know John. He's the guy from "Fishing with John," all those Jim Jarmusch movies, and the band the Lounge Lizards.

By Ryan Grim
6th February 2022 • Vice

Spike Jonze and Chris Milk Discuss the Future of Virtual Reality Film

"It's like you don't have a body. You're able to empathize without having the self-consciousness of being two feet away from someone or invading their space."

By Ryan Grim
1st February 2022 • Vice

Instagram Is Punishing Users by Taking Away Their Link Stickers

Many Instagram users saw a notification that if they have violated the platform's Community Guidelines in the past, they will no longer be allowed to use links in Stories.

By Liara Roux
19th October 2021 • Vice

A Decade Later, 'Alan Wake Remastered' Remains a Gripping Thriller

Despite a lead who’s prone to dramatic displays, this remaster of Alan Wake looks set to be a classic that will reach a new audience.

By Khee Hoon Chan
14th October 2021 • Vice

Researchers Want to Protect Your Selfies From Facial Recognition

'Fawkes' may be the most advanced system yet for fooling facial recognition tech like Clearview AI—until the algorithms catch up.

By Liara Roux
12th October 2021 • Vice

"Escribir sobre las muertes de mi familia no me tranquiliza"

Con su segunda novela, Gilmer Mesa se acerca a la historia de violencia de la familia de su madre.

By Santiago Cembrano
4th October 2021 • Vice

What It's Like to Inherit Billions in Your Twenties

At an age when most teenagers are swapping trading cards, Tyler Huang was involved in his father’s bid to buy a British football club. If they wanted to, his family could make a Monopoly board of London, purchasing properties on the roll of a dice. Tyler himself has the means …

By Hallam Bullock
7th September 2021 • Vice

Alcolirykoz: a la cima solo vuelve el que recuerda el camino

El grupo de hip hop de Medellín lanzó su álbum "Aranjuez", una fiel radiografía de su barrio.

By Santiago Cembrano
15th July 2021 • Vice

Anticonceptivos para n̶o̶ a̶b̶o̶r̶t̶a̶r̶ disfrutar: el futuro del aborto es desestigmatizarlo

En México, algunas colectivas y organizaciones feministas dieron un giro y le apuestan a una lucha por el aborto que va más allá de la legalización y despenalización.

By Gina Jiménez
28th June 2021 • Vice

This Guy's Drunk Texts to an Aquarium Are Ridiculously Wholesome

Every one of us has hit that point after three or four drinks when it seems like a super idea to pick up our phones and get in touch with… somebody. That’s when we start regrettably swiping our way through dating apps, when we text ‘wyd’ to the first ex …

By Danielle Raub
28th May 2021 • Vice

Qui sont les fausses victimes des attentats du 13-Novembre ?

Sur 325 pages, Alexandre Kauffmann nous replonge dans l’ambiance singulière de l’après-13 novembre 2015, en s’intéressant à une certaine Florence M., coupable d’une machination à peine croyable.

By Soisic Belin
11th May 2021 • Vice

Velandia y sus canciones que se han hecho panfleto en el paro en Colombia

"Les estoy diciendo a las cosas por su nombre. Por eso las llamo panfletos, porque el objetivo es político. Sin tapujos, sin anestesia, sin filtro".

By Santiago Cembrano
11th May 2021 • Vice

El narcotráfico en Colombia es más viejo de lo que parece

Hablamos con el historiador Eduardo Sáenz Rovner sobre su libro Conexión Colombia, los vaqueros de la cocaína y si el país fue (¿es?) una narcodemocracia.

By Santiago Cembrano
10th May 2021 • Vice

Inside the Spirituality ‘Cult’ Whose Members Allege Sexual and Financial Exploitation

VICE World News spoke to dozens of ex-Modern Mystery School members, who described bizarre initiations, sexual coercion, and rampant profiteering.

By Mark Wilding
4th May 2021 • Vice

Loop Giveaways: Das Riesengeschäft mit echten Followern auf Instagram

Mit einem genialen Trick treiben deutsche Influencer ihre Follower-Zahlen nach oben. Die Deals werden in geheimen Telegram-Gruppen gemacht. Offenbar fließen Zehntausende Euro.

By Sebastian Meineck
3rd May 2021 • Vice

“Tragedia vivir en un país que no se conmueve con nada”, y otros mensajes de luz de la Nueva Banda de la Terraza

En Medellín, Colombia, un grupo de personas que se declara en “oposición creativa y colectiva” hace grafitis con luz desde terrazas, expresando entre paredes lo que muchos tienen enredado en la garganta.

By Santiago Cembrano
29th April 2021 • Vice

Raperos latinos te recomiendan las mejores canciones para acompañar este 420

La relación entre marihuana y música es fuerte, y entre marihuana y hip hop aún más. Exploramos las canciones favoritas para acompañar la fuma de MCs de toda la región.

By Santiago Cembrano
20th April 2021 • Vice

Grieving Without God: How Atheists Deal with Death

Relying on a supernatural deity to have a plan, the promise of an afterlife, and perhaps even reuniting with deceased loved ones can be comforting for believers—but atheists need to find other ways to cope.

By JAMIE VALENTINO
14th April 2021 • Vice

Tracing the Sprawling Roots of Flash Preservation

Communities are working to salvage as much Flash content as possible—even possibly bringing the Flash player back to the web.

By Khee Hoon Chan
20th March 2021 • Vice

Criminal Gangs Are Cashing In On Humanity’s Plastic Crap

It's the new hustle in organized crime: plastic.

By Saqib Rahim
15th March 2021 • Vice

How to Invest Your 401(k) in Green Funds That Don’t Screw Over Your Kids

By Sandra Parsons
11th March 2021 • Vice

Black Doctors Are Being Targeted For Debunking Anti-Vaxxers on Clubhouse

Influencers are retaliating against Black doctors who fight vaccine misinformation on the voice-only app.

By Gabrielle LaRochelle
25th February 2021 • Vice

The Women Fighting to Make Marital Rape Illegal

It wasn’t until late last year that sexual harassment finally became illegal in Lebanon, perhaps not surprising in a country where 95 percent of MPs are men and there has never been a woman prime minister or president.

By Matilda Martin
17th February 2021 • Vice

Diez preguntas que siempre quisiste hacer sobre los toques de queda

“Confundir los medios con los fines, cuando se trata de la libertad de los ciudadanos, es potencialmente trágico”.

By Santiago Cembrano
9th February 2021 • Vice