Malawi

Cooking With Dirt at Tokyo's Ne Quittez Pas

Like some dirt in your potato soup? Eating dirt is not a new thing. In the form known as "pica," pregnant women and children have historically consumed dirt, clay, and rocks in places as far-flung as Malawi, India, and Mississippi. In Hindu scripture, Krishna is said to have eaten earth, and so it ... More >>

The Ranging Gaze of Deborah Stratman's Experimental Films

Real Men Get Their Facts Straight

Ashton and Demi and Sex Trafficking

Ever Get This Email?

​ "Hello, my name is Mgabe Ungabwe, and I am your humble servant, an everyday solicitor in Malawi, Africa. My father sadly just passed away from esophagal cancer and as a result I need to redeem his fortune of $22 million, all bequeathed to me, as per Malawian trust.

The Very Best

On the Very Best's "Rain Dance," Featuring M.I.A.

Last year, Malawian pop singer Esau Mwamwaya and the production duo Radioclit linked up for Esau Mwamwaya and Radioclit Are the Very Best, a marvel of a mixtape that ran through versions of everything from Vampire Weekend's "Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa" to M.I.A.'s "Boyz." The tape reflected a deep fam ... More >>

Does Madonna Really Care About Malawi?

"Madonna doesn't have an altruistic bone in her body," states a friend of mine, flatly. "She's the most use-people-and-spit-them out type of driven manipulator in history." Point taken--but let's be uncharacteristically kind for a second. Maybe that was the old Madonna. Perhaps maturity and longtim ... More >>

Is The Sex and the City Sequel Still a Good Idea?

The Sex and the City movie made bundles of cash last year, so when a followup film was announced, it was about as shocking as the release of a new Harry Potter flick. But since then, the world has plunged even deeper into all kinds of turmoil and despair, and I have to wonder how relevant the stor ... More >>

Malawi Don't Preach: Madonna's Not Keeping Her Baby

Adam Sammler Chifundo "Mercy" James will not become Chifundo "Mercy" James Ciccone, as it turns out. A Malawian judge just said no to Madonna's attempt to pick up the fabulous vintage four-year-old handbag--I mean the fabulous four-year old orphan girl--because the pop superstar hasn't lived in Mal ... More >>

The Mixtape Will Save Us All

If you want them to buy it, make it free

2008's Best Comics, Clip Art, and Pedophilia

Rev up your eyeballs as we trip through the year's best

Why Milk Stars a Hetero!

Plus, singer-dancer Chita Rivera, drag queen Linda Simpson, and "Boys Gone Wild" at Mr. Black

Pulp Fictions: I Live Here and Guy Delisle's Burma Chronicles

Stuck on the Runways as Fashion Week Takes Off

Diary of a mad housedress

Idol Gives Back: A Running Diary

Entering His Anecdotage

New York Theatre Workshop's dressed-up solo show does no particular harm

Tryin' to Throw Your Arms Around the World: A Plan for the Poor

Whodunit: The British Consulate Bomb

Where Is Nelson Mandela?

Black U.S. Leaders Also Silent

The Natives Are Dressless

Paul Theroux Goes Native

Camera Work

Holiday Photo Books, Both Extravagant and Accessible

More Sins of the Fathers

Catholic Women Blast Sex Abuse and Sexism

The Fire This Time?

What If All the Africans in the World Had a Meeting?

Part 8: Use What You Have

Treating AIDS Without Money