Tag: Work

Drake Seemingly Shades Rihanna During The Opening Night Of ‘It’s All A Blur Tour — Big As The What?’

Drake’s growing tension with Rihanna has seeped into his live sets. The status of the rumored ex-lovers (with matching tattoos) appears to be far from cordial. In 2023, fans began to speculate that Drake was sending shots at Rihanna on his song “Fear Of Heights” off his album, For All The Dogs. Now, users online […]

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How Surveillance Is Changing Our Most Intimate Relationships

Then there are the subtle ways in which the increasing digitization of our social and professional lives encourages us to surveil potential mates and assume they’re doing likewise. Daters are now replicating state surveillance, says lawyer and surveillance expert Heidi Boghosian. You might research, or put less kindly, stalk someone before meeting them. In theory […]

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I’m the Social Media Manager at the Auschwitz Memorial

This article originally appeared on VICE Germany. Paweł Sawicki, 42, has spent the last 16 years working at one of the most depressing places on earth: Auschwitz, the largest of Germany’s concentration and extermination camps during WW2. Located in what was then occupied Poland, more than 1.1 million people died in this camp between 1940 […]

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A Death at Walmart

OSHA’s inspection reports from Arkansas do not provide much insight into Walmart’s worker safety practices there. From 2012 to 2022, OSHA launched just eight Walmart inspections in Arkansas. In response to a Freedom of Information Act request, the agency provided records for just three of these cases, explaining that the others had been destroyed per […]

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The Stress and Loneliness of Being a DJ

First two photos: courtesy of the interviewees. Right: photo by Leroy Verbeet. This article originally appeared on VICE Netherlands. Dance music is booming. According to the International Music Summit (IMS) 2023 Business Report, the global electronic music industry has grown by about 34 per cent in 2022 to reach $10.2 billion, a 16 percent increase as […]

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How to Handle Unemployment: Tips From People Who’ve Been There

This article originally appeared on VICE Netherlands. When my contract wasn’t renewed at my previous job, I wasn’t too concerned at first. I worked in PR at a photography museum in Amsterdam, and I assumed I’d find work again within a month or two. But that outlook turned out to be quite optimistic. I sent […]

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The Internet Wonders If Rihanna Knows She’s Making a Music Comeback

Photo: GWR/Star Max/GC Images (Getty Images) From the moment Rihanna was announced as the headliner for the Super Bowl LVII Halftime Show, rumors have been swirling about her making her long-awaited music comeback. Now, The Daily Mail is reporting that the Grammy-winning superstar has signed a deal worth $38.9 million with entertainment giant Live Nation. […]

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