Tori Telfer

failure

What It's Like to Give Up on Your Dreams

"Now, it still makes me cry to think about art and how crushing it was to give it up. I miss it every day and wish I had stuck with it."
Tori Telfer
4.21.17
Food

I Ate a Chicago Restaurant's Five-Course Dinner Inspired by Salvador Dalí Paintings

One dish included a piece of red snapper melded to the leg of a frog.
Tori Telfer
Tori Tefler
1.19.17
Travel

This Guy Is Walking Across America Barefoot to Protest Climate Change

So far, Mark Baumer has logged two months of walking and raised thousands of dollars.
Tori Telfer
12.2.16
Food

AniMeals is Like Meals on Wheels for Pets

AniMeals, a non-profit organization in Southern California, serves over 7,000 pounds of pet food every month to senior citizens who otherwise couldn't afford to feed their pets.
Tori Telfer
12.21.15
Music

Kesha, Raquel Welch, and the Lawsuits that Destroy Female Stars

Thirty-five years ago, Raquel Welch sued over her contract and her acting career imploded.
Tori Telfer
11.10.15
Photo

A Tour of Hollywood's Creepiest Motels

"If you are there now, and reading this, do not leave your room at night."
Tori Telfer
10.29.15
Stuff

Disability, Deception, and the People Who Pretend to Be Blind

Blindsimmers, or people who pretend to be blind, feel a visceral desire to obscure their own vision, sometimes leading them to take drastic measures.
Tori Telfer
10.13.15
Stuff

The Future of Periods Will Be High-Tech, Messy, and Might Involve Jellyfish

In the future, there could be computerized tampons that tell you when to change them, dissolvable tampons that can release HIV-prevention medication, and tampons that even detect ovarian cancer.
Tori Telfer
6.26.15
Stuff

Toxic Shock: Modellen der mistede sit ben til tamponsyge

"Lige pludselig har jeg kun et ben, sidder i kørestol, har en halveret fod og kan ikke engang gå på toilettet."
Tori Telfer
6.17.15
Stuff

Toxic Shock: Why This Woman Is Suing a Tampon Company After Losing Her Leg

After toxic shock syndrome nearly killed Lauren Wasser, the former model and athlete has devoted herself to rectifying what she sees as serious problems with the tampon industry.
VICE Staff
Tori Telfer
6.17.15
Stuff

Are Multiple Personalities Always a Disorder?

Members of the multiplicity community insist that they're healthy, happy, and even normal—they just have up to hundreds of personalities contained within one body.
Tori Telfer
5.11.15
Film

The Secret Lives of Hollywood Boulevard's Johnny Depp Impersonators

Inside the competitive, stressful, and occasionally lucrative world of the men who dress up like Jack Sparrow, Willy Wonka, the Mad Hatter, and "regular" Johnny Depp.
Tori Telfer
4.10.15
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