Culture
Huck’s favourite radical women
The fearless females shaking it up — To celebrate International Women's Day, meet the female change-makers, cultural icons, artists and freedom fighters from the Huck archives.
Written by: Alex King
MacKenzie Peck is on a mission to make progressive porn for everyone
Celebrating diverse sexuality — MacKenzie Peck makes real good porn. Publisher of Feminist Math Magazine, Peck gets off on sticking it to sleazy San Fernando Valley execs.
Written by: Megan Broussard
The world champion bringing women's boxing to the mainstream
Guts and glory — Claressa 'T.Rex' Shields is fighting, against the odds, to be the best female boxer in the world.
Written by: Shelley Jones
Video: Skateboarders scouring DC for undiscovered pools
The thrill of the hunt — Meet DC Drain and Clean, a tight crew channeling the Dogtown legacy, DC style - searching the area for concrete pools to drain and skate.
Written by: Alex King
How human rights films can change the world
Looking at the power of film — With the Human Rights Watch Film Festival kicking off in London, HUCK speaks to its Creative Director, John Biaggi, about the power of film in highlighting human rights abuses and pushing for change.
Written by: Michael Segalov
Strike! Magazine on how to avoid the Dark Side and start your own publication
DIY or Die — What do you do when you’re fucked-off with the way things are? You start a subversive magazine and start exploring other planets.
Written by: Strike!
The perils of underground Filipino abortions
Women are dying every day — Huck speaks to British filmmaker Jo Fuertes-Knight about her latest project, Year of Mercy, an intimate insight into the world of underground abortions in the Filipino capital.
Written by: Michael Segalov
The surfer fighting a cover-up of Brazil’s worst ever environmental disaster
Regência Viva — When toxic mud swept across Southeast Brazil, triggering the worst environmental disaster in the country’s history, oceanographer and surfer Eric Freitas Mazzei refused to let anyone sugarcoat what was going on.
Written by: Kevin Damasio
Getting off the grid in Argentina
Embracing the elements — Photographer Alice Zoo escapes the anxiety of London life for the 'rawness and grit' of nature by the Andes – a pure experience she likens to time travel.
Written by: Cian Traynor
The best dance scenes in alternative cinema
Dancing in the dark — From Gummo to Dogtooth, acclaimed director and choreographer Celia Rowlson-Hall spotlights seven killer moves from off-kilter classics... and nominates the greatest dance movies ever made.
Written by: Steven T. Hanley