2021 In Review
Here Are the Biggest Winners and Losers of 2021
Welcome to the VICE 2021 Awards, featuring Piers Morgan, Paul Scholes's daughter's foot and the bum flare man from the Euros.
Zing Tsjeng
VICE Staff
12.20.21
Money
Everything You Need to Know About Money if You’re Going Freelance
Becoming self-employed doesn’t have to be a hopeless fantasy – but you do need to learn how to balance your books.
Serena Smith
9.3.21
Drugs
The Couples Who Spent Lockdown Doing Coke Together as 'Therapy'
“We have more honest, intimate conversations – like about whether we want kids or not.”
Samuel Sims
8.3.21
Drugs
How Amsterdam Became Europe’s Hyper Drug Market
This Hedonistic Disneyland has escalated far beyond psychedelics and weed to become a city of speed.
Gabriel Geiger
4.23.21
Gen Z
Introducing You to 'Airport Culture', Gen Z's New Favourite Pastime
“I love Heathrow. We take edibles, usually chocolate truffles with hash, and just have a good time soaking up the atmosphere."
Chloe Combi
3.25.21
sex and relationships
'Raw Is Law' - How Anal Sex Without Condoms Is Going Mainstream
PrEP hasn't just made condomless anal sex less risky – it's also made it a more accepted proposition on dating apps like Grindr.
Nick Levine
1.14.21
TikTok in 2020
Mums and Dads Were the Real Stars of TikTok in 2020
From wine mums to Italian-American dads, the most entertaining people on the platform are now fully grown adults.
Hannah Ewens
12.28.20
TikTok in 2020
Explaining the UK's 'TikTok Fuccbois'
A portrait of the internet's favourite lip-licking, curly haired vessels of non-threatening masculinity.
Diyora Shadijanova
12.28.20
TikTok in 2020
'PoshTok' Is Where TikTok's Richest Teens Hang Out
What in the grouse-shooting hell is going on, and why can’t we look away?
Polly Smythe
12.28.20
Money
Influencers Are Touting Yet Another Dodgy Get-Rich-Quick Scheme
'Geordie Shore' and 'TOWIE' stars have all been spotted posting Instagram ads for unregulated Forex trading accounts.
Hayden Vernon
12.22.20
TV
The Enduring Appeal of Effy Stonem, the 'Skins' Character Who Keeps On Giving
Why is a character from 'Skins', a show specifically targeted at British millennials of the late-2000s, resonating with millions of teens today?
Emma Garland
12.21.20
the internet
Inside TikTok's Extraordinary 2020
The world spent 2.8 billion hours on TikTok in March alone, with COVID providing a captive audience looking for diversions from a draining news cycle.
Chris Stokel-Walker
12.16.20
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