pumpkins
Apparently We Should Be Making Jack-o-Lanterns with Turnips, Not Pumpkins
According to English Heritage, Brits celebrating Halloween should return to the older, European tradition of carving ghoulish faces into turnips, after wet August weather led to a reduced supply of the squash.
Americans Will Eat Anything Pumpkin Flavored—Except Pumpkins
Can we push off the blame on the so-called “basic bitches”? How about the soulless food-marketing firms? Maybe this nation of ours is just riddled with clandestine Yankee candle enthusiasts?
An Invasively Close Up Look at Halloween in London
Spanish photographer Geray Mena spent All Hallows' Eve getting up in everyone's faces.
Cry-Baby of the Week: A Guy Shot Someone Because a Dog Pooped In His Yard
Also this week: A concerned mother freaked out because she thought her son's pumpkin carving kit might be dangerous.
Evil Irish Turnips Were the Original Jack-O'-Lanterns
Before pumpkins, turnips were the spooky lantern vegetable of choice—all because this guy Jack skipped out on his bar bill and messed with the Devil.
Britain Is Joyously Ruining Halloween
Martha Stewart just spit out her pumpkin spice latte, because although Brits are joyously carving Jack-o'-lanterns, most would rather dump the innards in the trash than eat the delicious pumpkin scraps. Luckily, one Briton is on a mission to saving...
Here’s a Squishy Robotic Hand Grabbing a Pumpkin (and Other Inanimate Objects)
Soft robots could revolutionize surgery and search and rescue operations. But they’ve already forever changed how we handle pufferfish.
The Great Pumpkin Riot is a White Riot Worth Taking Seriously
The riot in sleepy Keene, New Hampshire this past weekend reminds us how riots are racialized — and that party riots are no joke.
Big Ag Is Ruining Everyone’s Canadian Thanksgiving
One in eight Canadians is having a bummer Thanksgiving. With food insecurity rampant in Canada, who's to blame? Probably the Big Ag bigwigs who are threatening local farmers and buying out land—and store shelves.
Who Cares About Halloween When The World Is Terrifying?
This year skip the tired ghost stories and razorblade candy and watch this selection of spooky VICE offerings.