“You want some help with that?” seems like a harmless, unsuspecting question. But not when it’s used as a vehicle to try and grab your dick. Jake*, a gay marketer based in Los Angeles, said that’s what happened when he was sexually harassed at New Orleans Pride this June, after […]
Why I Finally Left My Prison Skinhead Gang
This article was published in collaboration with the Marshall Project. “You stupid motherfucker,” I said through clenched teeth as I attacked one of my closest friends. “What!” Kick. “Were! You!” Kick. Kick. “Thinking?!” Kick. “Haven’t you learned yet?!” Kick. Kick. Kick…. Kick. My friend was doing his best to ward […]
Hitler Used Werewolves, Vampires, and Astrology to Brainwash Germany
In Hitler’s Monsters, a forthcoming book about Nazis and the supernatural, scholar Eric Kurlander examines how Hitler’s rise exploited a public fixation with the occult and paganism. More than a record of how, say, a few Third Reichers followed their astrology charts into disaster, the book depicts a culture whose […]
Watch the Trailer for the Second Season of 'Insecure'
HBO dropped a new trailer for Insecure Thursday, and it looks like writer, director, and star Issa Rae’s character is coming to terms with her newfound independence now that she’s single. The second season of the acclaimed show—loosely based on the web series Awkward Black Girl that garnered more than […]
Kevin Abstract Goes Back to His Hometown on ‘AMERICAN BOYBAND’
On a new episode of VICELAND’s AMERICAN BOYBAND, Kevin Abstract reflects on where his music career started, heading back to Texas to see his folks and his high school friends, before venturing back out on his national headlining tour. AMERICAN BOYBAND airs Thursdays at 11:30 PM on VICELAND. On PARTY […]
Trump’s Travel Ban Could Be a Death Sentence for Queer Muslim Refugees
Since January 27th, the Trump administration has sought to ban US visitors from a number of Muslim-majority countries in order to prevent “Foreign Terrorist Entry,” as the title of his Executive Order had it. And on Monday, the Supreme Court announced it would review Trump’s ban this October, partially reversing […]
‘Men in Black’ Remains a Strong Case for Compassionate Immigration Policy
Twenty years ago, Columbia Pictures debuted a bizarre sci-fi twist on the buddy cop genre starring Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones as government spooks covertly policing the hordes of extraterrestrial refugees and immigrants quietly living among oblivious Earthlings. Men in Black owned the summer ’97 box office with its […]