Illustrations by Lizzie Davis
15 illustrations found.
When I Went to Freak Fest
THE KIDS ARE BACK AT School or down by the river, hiding in the bushes and along the stone walls under …
Born Free
Half the crew of Joshua Oppenheimer’s The Act of Killing does not exist, or at least goes uncredited. A quick glance …
Week in Body Rot
INSIDE OUT It starts with the skin. Pallor mortis, post-mortem paleness, affects corpses with light skin within minutes. As circulation stops, …
The Oracle
EVERYTHING IS SPEEDING UP. It’s a common expression. But we’re not talking about 3G, Usain Bolt, or slaughterhouse processing times. We’re …
I'm Having a Hard Time With This
This Shit is so Race-Baiting, but Why am I Laughing?
[start hero] [end hero] Keisha: Oh my God Breadquanda gon die when she hear this...girl you would not I just heard …
Impulse Control
Can Brain Scans Predict Criminal Behavior?
[start hero] [end hero] The first popular scientific explanations of criminal behavior were published by Italian criminologist Cesare Lombroso in the …
Pleasure Reading
Open Sesame, Read a Fucking Book
Today, we decided we would stop. We took off our shoes, we did not go to work, we forgot about our …
The Men in Her Hair
Windsor was going to see the girl with men in her hair. The pharmacy was dark. Everywhere else on Church Avenue …
Tainted Love
“We thought it was [odd] that she was in there with [Gucci Mane]. One time [producers] sent security to make sure …
Forever on the Edge
“The last time i played a show, the audience was pornographic with cameras,” Ian MacKaye says, scowling out over the crowd …
Saving Babies
In the year 1198, there were a lot of babies in the River Tiber. Unmarried mothers had few choices beyond depositing …
It Comes From Language
A Conversation With George Saunders
George Saunders is the man of the proverbial literary hour after the January 8 publication of his book Tenth of December—which …
Interviewing My Hero
Tim Preseley
I met Tim Presley in New York a few years ago while I was pretending to be a reporter. It was …
Synthetic Synth
Supergroups in the age of new disco
Dan Boeckner is out of place in 2012. The former Wolf Parade and Handsome Furs leader took the stage last Tuesday …
Week in Review
Mitt RomñeyOn the evening of September 29th, Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney appeared on the Spanish-language channel Univision to discuss the …