Jonathan Smith
jonathan.smith@vice.comThe Year of Saying No: Advice from So Sad Today
From August 2018 to August 2019, I am only saying yes to requests out of a creative interest, a financial need, or a genuine desire to be of service based on love and friendship.
Let's Talk Boundaries
Having boundaries is just the recognition that you’re soft and permeable and everything you encounter has its own energy that you’re subject to and have to manage, all on your own.
VICE Is Doing It Live
A new two-hour variety show, aptly named 'VICE LIVE,' premieres on VICELAND on Monday, February 25.
Stress and You
Stress is less of an epidemic than it is an atmosphere, this thing that lives with us and inside of us. But is it also maybe good? Let's find out!
How to Ritual
Rituals reorganize, affirm, and codify the emotional detritus that accumulates in adult life, and Kate Carraway has some advice on how to manage yours.
I Still Watch the Super Bowl, Even Though We're All Going to Die
Andrew Whitworth, the right tackle for the Los Angeles Rams, basically admitted that football is meaningless.
Sometimes It Sucks to Be Who We Are: Advice from So Sad Today
If you don't think you're going to be comfortable with a polyamorous relationship, you probably won't.
‘Dynasties’ Is a Timely Reminder That People Are the Worst Animals
The new show voiced by Sir David Attenborough documents the trajectories of animal life in an almost Shakespearean way.
New Yorkers Are Skeptically Optimistic About the L Train Non-Shutdown
It seems... good? But maybe also catastrophically bad?
Sam Lipsyte Confronts the Apocalyptic Minutia
We talk to the author about 'Hark,' his hilarious and heartbreaking new novel, and how to live in these perilous times.
We Know Nothing and It’s Good: Advice from So Sad Today
Maybe death is not twisted and horrifying? What if it’s a full-time orgasmic bliss suspended in light?