Bloggers
Trapped Between Murder and Repression: Life as an Atheist Blogger in Bangladesh
Four bloggers and a publisher have been hacked to death in Bangladesh in 2015. Yet, as the survivor of a previous attack told VICE News, atheist writers there also have to deal with government repression.
This Study Says We Trust Food Bloggers More If They’re Thin
New research from Cornell University has found that when perusing food blogs, we may judge the healthiness of recipes based on the blogger’s appearance, rather than their dishes.
Islamic Militant Group Circulates Hit List of International Bloggers and Activists
The list released by Bangladeshi hardline organization Ansarullah Bangla Team follows a series of hacking deaths of bloggers.
This "McDonald's Goddess" Is the Latest Icon of Taiwan's Sexual Fast Food Culture
In Greek mythology, goddesses were hatched out of seashells or sprung, spontaneously, from Zeus’s head. Today, at least in Taiwan, they may ascend from behind the counter at a burger-slinging fast-food emporium.
Fourth Bangladeshi Blogger This Year Hacked to Death by Machete-Wielding Gang
Niloy Chakrabarti, better known on the internet by his pen name Niloy Neel, was a secular blogger who had criticized previous attacks on authors in the country.
All Net Journalism = Cyberbullying
The online snark economy is dead. Can sites like Gawker survive the age of positive-wave content?
Threats, Attacks, and Murders Keep Bloggers in Bangladesh on Edge
The government has banned an Islamist militant group suspected of being behind recent blogger killings, but persecuted commentators argue that it appears to be in league with fundamentalists.
Why Do Bangladeshi Writers Keep Getting Murdered?
Bangladesh has never been an especially safe place for opposition writers, but things have begun spiraling out of control over the last two years.
Justin Pugh's Mom Wants Bloggers to Shut Up
Those mean bloggers had some very mean things to say about Justin Pugh and his mom is not having it.
I Had to Survive London Fashion Week on Free Gifts Alone
For the whole five days, I stole everything I ate, drank, wore and watched.
BeautyCon Exposes The Ugly Truths of YouTube Culture
BeautyCon is described as a place where "professional beauty gurus, editors, celebrities, bloggers and YouTube personalities" interact with fans; it ultimately exists, as do most things in the modern world, for marketing purposes.