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Tech
Dodging Stray Bullets in Lebanon With The World’s First Bulletproof Headscarf
As a way to avoid casualties in celebratory gunfire, Beirut designer Salim Kadi has made a keffiyeh from Kevlar, the same plastic material used for bulletproof vests.
Nadja Sayej
7.15.16
Sports
Why Kimbo Slice Mattered to the Autism Community
Our resident autistic writer weighs in on the relationship that the fighter had with his son Kevlar, and the good he did for the community as a whole.
Sarah Kurchak
6.9.16
Tech
This Is What Happens When You Shoot a Kevlar Vest at Point-Blank Range
RIP Murphy.
Sarah Emerson
4.27.16

Stuff
The Romanian Army Is Developing a Bulletproof Vest for Women
Until now, female soldiers around the world have just been using men's vests in smaller sizes.
VICE România
3.9.15
Travel
I Spent a Night Patrolling with LightStep, Montreal's Real-Life Superhero
For the past two years, Montreal's streets have been patrolled by a short, slim, vegan, queer radical feminist crusader named LightStep.
Julia Jones
11.14.14