Welcome back to Selfie Loathing, America's favorite celebration of famous folks turning the cameras on themselves. This week: Cameron Diaz has Hannigan hair, Nicole Richie bumps into someone she knows, Selena Gomez thinks you are awesome, Drake makes you breakfast and Katy Perry gets crafty. Celebrity Instagrams,…
Much virtual ink has been spilled over the past few days over the Oxford Dictionary's choice of "selfie" for 2013 word of the year. But I've noticed among the chorus of opinions on the social media self portrait an annoying trend: the selfie evangelist. Selfies are just dandy, they say, because they're a way for people…
Welome back to your favorite Vanity Smurf exxxtravaganza. While you were staring at a screen under fluorescent lights, celebrities were out frolicking and turning the camera on themselves. Here's what the stars were doing with their smart phones this week. Celebrity Instagrams, presented without comment. Enjoy.
U.S. Park Police recently charged a man at the Lincoln Memorial for allegedly using a telephoto lens and a fair amount of personal sleaze to take upskirt photos
Here's what the stars were doing this week as they played paparazzi and turned the camera on themselves. Celebrity Instagrams (and maybe a Vine or two), presented without comment. Enjoy.
If you went to elementary school, middle school, or high school, you probably have at least fifteen cringe-worthy-as-crap school portraits.
If you want to see some old, Greek balls close-up, check out the recent photo series Marbles from London-based photographer Ingrid Berthon-Moine. Marbles is pretty self-evident, but, just in case you’re treating these as monochromatic Magic Eyes, the collection features “closely cropped shots of classic Greek…
As evidenced by this beautiful photo essay from photographer Gabriele Galimberti, kids from all over the planet love the same things — stuffed animals, Barbies, and toy cars. Unsurprisingly, the toys are mostly gendered, but there are some exceptions; I wonder if that's about choice or necessity.
"You're doing a piece about dick pics, right?"
Here we go: A proposed class action lawsuit against Instagram was filed in federal court on Friday in San Francisco.
We tried to think of an exciting angle for presenting the most recent batch of photos uploaded to Queen Bey's Tumblr. Really, we did, but unfortunately our discussions kept being waylaid because no one — not one of us — could say anything beyond "Beyonce's the best," "Beyonce is so beautiful" and, least articulately…
Whoa, if you've been innocently posting photos on Facebook as a means of conveying what a fun time you and your friends had at the beach, you're doin' it all wrong. According to a somewhat crazy sounding survey, many women are posting unflattering photos of their friends online as a means of getting back at them. Gee,…
In honor of ~*~*~Prom~*~*~, obviously the most important milestone in every young woman's life, we want you to
send us your best prom photos and anecdotes; the more embarrassing/scandalous, the better. We'll post our favorites (internet fame = way better than a tiara, right?) in a few weeks. Click through to see some…
You may have thought that Mad Men was as stylish as can be, but not so as proven by these beautiful behind-the-scenes black and white photos of one of the most stunning casts on television. Here's a small collection (starting with Hamm-bone Draper himself).
What's Cuba Gooding Jr. up to these days? Well, there's Red Tails — and, according to three women in New Mexico, a whole lot of groping. The women say he harassed all of them at Maloney's Tavern in Albuquerque — and they have pictures.
According to a new study, people don't really pay attention to the words in your Facebook profile — they just look at the picture. Unless you're doing something weird, that is — like hanging out by yourself.
The following photographs feature a teenage (and brunette!) Norma Jean Dougherty in her very first modeling session. Shot by Joseph Jasgur in 1946, the rare photos capture the future Marilyn Monroe looking like a classic all-American girl, pre-bombshell.
Juliana and Benjamin are getting married. Naturally, they had a series of engagement photos taken to show their family and friends, but this time with a zombie-riffic twist. Don't worry, judging by the photos, the pair will certainly be able to hold their own when and if an actual zombie attack occurs. [WeddingJoJo]
Mishka Henner went online to find out where men sought prostitutes, and then he visited — on Google Street View. The result is No Man's Land, a self-published book of photography, showing women, mostly alone and often scantily clad, in Spain, Italy, and Romania.
This evening, the New York State Senate passed a bill
Online dating offers a plethora of people you could potentially go out with. But could all these possible partners make it harder to gauge your own attractiveness — and theirs?
Photos of Kate Middleton's sister, Pippa, wearing little more than a bra and underwear have recently surfaced on the internet and as you can imagine, it isn't great news for anyone involved.
Several people have written in to ask about what to wear when photographed. So we decided to investigate.
An academic study of 311 college students has found that on social networks like Facebook, "females who base their self-worth on their appearance tend to share more photos online and maintain larger networks on online social networking sites."
The cover of W is a major coup. And, more to the point, she looks amazing and got the Barbara Kruger treatment!
After releasing the 2010 Kardashian-Jenner Christmas photo, Kim Kardashian got nostalgic and posted some old holiday pictures of her family. Let's visit with ghosts of Christmas past!
"We look at the world once, in childhood / The rest is memory," as Louise Gluck put it. Here are some gifts that involve looking back.
Fortunately not a question we get to ask everyday. But unfortunately, alleged images of his robocop are making the rounds. Happy Halloween?
In an editorial from Interview's October issue, Naomi wears black leather and six-inch heels in a prison cell. A beaten, naked man lies on the floor. Did Naomi go Eastern Promises on him? (Warning: The images are mildly NSFW.)
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