Selfies: officially over, now that this one has been taken. Everyone go home, no more selfies. » 3/02/14 10:37pm Sunday 10:37pm

Welcome back to Selfie Loathing, in which we watch what happens when stars turn the camera on themselves. Celebrity Instagrams, presented without comment. Enjoy. » 3/01/14 6:45pm 3/01/14 6:45pm

Welcome back to Selfie Loathing! Every Friday, we round up celebrity Instagrams and present them without comment. This week: Chloe Grace Moretz plays with a knife; Lenny Kravitz goes record shopping; Lupita Nyong'o eats chocolate; and Katy Perry's Valentine is a real dog. Enjoy. » 2/14/14 6:00pm 2/14/14 6:00pm

Forget all that gossip about French president Francois Hollande cheating on his wife. Selfies, that’s the real subtext of his visit to the White House this week. » 2/12/14 3:30pm 2/12/14 3:30pm

Today in why why why why why why why why why why why, a 16-year-old girl was arrested for distribution of child pornography after posting naked photos of herself on Twitter. When questioned by police (who had been alerted to the tweets via an anonymous tip), the girl said that she also sent the photos to "some male… » 2/07/14 4:30pm 2/07/14 4:30pm

Welcome back to America's premiere Vanity Smurf playground. Every Friday, we round up celebrity Instagrams and present them without comment. This week: Oprah received a fuckton of flowers for her birthday; Coco Rocha's doing roller-skate lunges; Mindy Kaling has a cute new love interest; and Beyoncé's in bed. Enjoy. » 1/31/14 6:00pm 1/31/14 6:00pm

I've always thought babies and toddlers were the neediest divas ever—feed me, change me, dress me, push me around in a ridiculously overpriced decorative cart. As it turns out, they're also narcissistic camera hogs! » 1/29/14 9:40am 1/29/14 9:40am

What happens when society makes a self-indulgent behavior so ubiquitous it has its own name and reputation and hashtag? Revolt against it, naturally. Just when selfies hit their prime, it seems more and more people are dropping the act of self-portraiture in the name of supposed self-respect.

In light of a University… » 1/28/14 12:10pm 1/28/14 12:10pm

We can finally declare the first meme of the year: Selfie Olympics aka extreme selfies aka #And1SelfieLeague, in which kids take increasingly absurd bathroom selfies. If you're anti-selfie culture, avert your eyes. » 1/05/14 1:33pm 1/05/14 1:33pm

Better start taking your iPhone pics before you hit the club (or skipping the club entirely because clubs are for loooooosers). Many a nightclub — or a few nightclubs in New York City, anyway — have begun the practice of banning cell phone photos to cut down on distractions from the music and protect the privacy of… » 1/02/14 9:30pm 1/02/14 9:30pm

Online dating can be fucking rough, but if you're having a tough time, remember: It's not you, it's your profile. New data promises to help you do the digital version of digging a hole and covering it with leaves so you can TRAP A MAN. » 1/02/14 2:50pm 1/02/14 2:50pm

Yesterday, the New York Times ran a piece by James Franco called, 'The Meanings of the Selfie,' which explored the nature of the "celebrity selfie," as well as selfies being a new tool of communication in this crazy new information age. Despite his adjunct faculty approach to explaining the celebrity selfie, this whole… » 12/27/13 4:00pm 12/27/13 4:00pm

Welcome back to Selfie Loathing, the rickety rusty playground for Vanity Smurfs. This week: Oprah gets giddy over Idris, Ian Smolderhotter is covered in blood, and Justin Bieber falls down. Celebrity Instagrams, presented without comment. Enjoy. » 12/13/13 6:20pm 12/13/13 6:20pm

The penultimate authority of the English language (Urban Dictionary will always be number one) has spoken! Let it be known henceforth that in this 2013th year in the Gregorian calendar, the global zeitgeist was encapsulated in the word "selfie." Pretty much exactly what one would expect a team of ivory tower… » 11/19/13 10:20am 11/19/13 10:20am

Welome back to your favorite Vanity Smurf playground. While you were staring at a screen under fluorescent lights, celebrities were out frolicking and turning the camera on themselves. » 10/11/13 6:30pm 10/11/13 6:30pm