I AM NOT A “ROCK CHICK”
Of all the things that piss me off, nothing pisses me off more than the term “rock chick.” Why? Because it’s 2012, that’s why. The whole women-playing-in-bands thing is not shocking anymore. I hate it when people ask me what it’s like to be a girl who plays “punk” music. You want to know what it’s like? That’s what it’s like. The only difference about being a girl who plays “punk” music is that people ask you that stupid question.
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PRETTY GIRL BULLSHIT - THE ‘BIKINI LINE’ MYTH
I think (hope) that, by now, it’s pretty much common knowledge that men who find pubic hair disgusting are terrified of women and should be added to some sort of database. So far, so obvious. But what about all the guys who look at you really earnestly and go “you know, I prefer it un-waxed”. Like I should, with tears streaming down my face, thank them on behalf of all womankind for being so understanding about our little “issue”. And finally, what about all the asshole women who act like not waxing is the same as not brushing your teeth for three weeks, or surviving on a diet of bar nuts and Yop? Who are all these people and why do they care so much about what my vagina is wearing?!
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ARMY GIRLS CAN BE GIRLY GIRLS
I don’t know about you ladies, but to me the army has never seemed like the ideal place to spend your early twenties. In my mind, there would be no shopping, Gossip Girl or spending hours in one position under the sun trying to achieve the perfect tan. Or basically anything else that’s silly and unimportant, but is an important part of me feeling unashamedly like a girl.
Turns out I was wrong. Lalage Snow is a photographer who has spent a good part of the last five years in Iraq and Afghanistan photographing female soldiers. According to her work, girls in the army remain very intent on “being girls”.
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PRETTY GIRL BULLSHIT - GETTING TO GRIPS WITH FHM’S SEXY 100
In accordance with hundreds of thousands of votes cast with the weaker hands of the relentlessly masturbating section of the British male public, FHM have compiled a list of the world’s sexiest women. That much can’t have escaped your attention – but why, you may ask, do we need such a list? Well, FHM would reply, through pints of saliva, this is a celebration of “lady-awesomeness”. A phrase so clumsy and parochial it makes my oil-covered breasts ache. And how better to celebrate lady-awesomeness, than by rating them in what they’re best at: Being sexy.
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PHOTOGRAPHIC MORATORIUM: NATIVE AMERICAN HEADDRESSES
Pictures of beautiful, young and white people prancing around in Native American Warbonnet headdresses.
Hey, here’s an idea: Maybe it’s time you start acting a little more culturally responsible. Maybe you should consider not re-appropriating the accessories of the people your ancestors killed?
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PRETTY GIRL BULLSHIT - THE FULL MOON MYTH
This week I was determined to find out why full moons make pretty girls bat-shit crazy. Ever since some kid at school pointed out the “luna” in lunatic, the moon’s made me properly read-all-the-texts-on-your-phone-and-then-sit-in-the-bath-for-four-hours insane. According to a study printed in the copy of the British Medical Journal from 1998 that I just happened to be flicking through the other day, car accidents are 14 percent more likely during a full moon. Research featured on the BBC also reports an increase in violent crime among prison inmates. But, really – for every science guy who claims one thing, there are three science guys who disagree. Plus, why the unspoken emphasis on women? This is not an Anais Nin novel. Can it seriously be true?
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DINNER WITH PORN STARS
Every time I’ve gone out to eat with someone in the last four years, I take a photo of them during the meal. I photograph a lot of naked women so I tend to have a lot of meals with nude models and people in the adult industry
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VICE MEETS: PRICASSO
We recently spent the afternoon in Australia’s Gold Coast hinterland with one of our favorite practitioners of the fine arts. The strategies underpinning the paintings of Tim Patch (aka Pricasso) are multi-layered and complex, ranging from preoccupations with consciousness and the postmodern condition to the reasons behind art itself within an evolutionary framework.
But really, he’s just a guy who paints with his dick.
Watch the film here
LONDON ISSUE LAUNCH: MARCH 2012
This month’s London issue launch, featuring O Children, Paws and Salt was followed by an Odd Future-branded after party with Syd tha Kyd on the decks.
We really pulled out all the stops this time.
I am really proud of us.
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SLUTEVER: Dating 101
In the first episode of the Slutever series, VICE’s resident sexpert speaks with a variety of dating experts in an attempt to unlock the mysteries of the coital dance.
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TITS & PHONES
Photos of tits and phones (pretty self-explanatory), by Richard Kern
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