[Link] How Fast-Fashion Giant Shein Used Big Tech to Change the Way We Shop

Read: 23/1/2022 www.vice.com

Depending on where you’ve been scrolling online this past year, you might have seen ads for a company called Shein, bearing taglines like “Make every day your Shein day!” and offers to win 250 outfits with a single click.

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[Link] 'Squid Game' Halloween Costumes Are Missing the Point

Read: 27/10/2021 www.vice.com

Squid Game costumes have seamlessly slotted into this year's selection of Halloween costumes, to the point that at least one school district has banned them. Given the show's popularity, this was inevitable. It's still a little weird.

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[Link] I Tried the Satisfyer Pro 2 Vibrator to See Why It's a Cult Fave Sex Toy

Read: 21/10/2021 www.vice.com

In the world of sex toys, the Satisfyer Pro 2 is lauded—nay, worshipped—for giving a Come Unto the Jizzy Light user experience without ever making direct contact with the clitoris, thanks to its revolutionary form of light suction.

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