Jezebel: Vanity

Why Creative People Are So Vain

Anna North — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 12:00:00 EDT

A new study shows that while highly creative people may be more open-minded than regular joes, they also tend to be more arrogant. More »

If The Shoe Fits, Wear It; If It Doesn't, Get Surgery

Dodai Stewart — Fri, 10 Dec 2010 14:18:00 EST

A woman named Audy just had foot surgery. A doctor dislocated Audy's toe, sawed out 2-millimeter chunk of bone, then inserted a titanium rod to bring the shortened bone back together. Why? So Audy can wear cute high heels. More »

"Why Do Women Wear Maxi Pads?"

Tracie Egan Morrissey — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 21:00:00 EST

It's time for another installment of Pot Psychology, the biweekly "advice" column in which we attempt to solve everyone's problems with an herbal remedy. More »

Addicted To Beauty Should Be Called "Vanity Is Ugly"

Dodai Stewart — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 12:20:00 EDT

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Actually, from what the cast members reveal in this preview clip, the new Oxygen show (premiering tonight) could be titled Plastic Surgery Overload. These men and women don't just work at a "medi-spa" in Southern California; they're customers: More »

Death Becomes Her

Sadie Stein — Thu, 14 May 2009 14:30:00 EDT

A new study finds that the obituary photographs people choose are getting progressively younger - even as we're dying older. The number of outdated obit pics more than doubled between 1967 and 1997. [UPI, Obit] More »

Bet You Think This Post Is About You

Dodai Stewart — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 17:20:00 EDT

Do you have a glamorous Facebook picture? Do you have tons of Facebook "friends"? Researchers from the University of Georgia have found that the number of Facebook friends and wallposts that individuals have on their profile pages correlates with narcissism. In other words: How you behave online — with numerous yet shallow relationships — is often consistent with how you behave in real life. Facebook profiles can be used to detect whether someone is a narcissist, but, associate professor W. Keith Campbell says: "Nearly all of our students use Facebook, and it seems to be a normal part of people's social interactions. It just turns out that narcissists are using Facebook the same way they use their other relationships -– for self promotion with an emphasis on quantity of over quality." [EurekAlert] More »

Jackie O's Perfectly-Designed Camelot Was Also Full Of Uppers

Jessica G. — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 18:00:00 EDT

Although it's common knowledge at this point that John Kennedy. schtupped everything that moved, this month's Vanity Fair insists on perpetuating the Camelot fantasy of squeaky clean Kennedy imagery. Though painting Jack as the ideal family man is dishonest at best, the constant reverence given to Jackie galls me no end. Sure, she was beautiful and slim and she dressed well. Good for her. Most thorough accounts of Jackie also show her to be a gold-digging, status-seeking lightweight. Also? Through most of the early sixties Jack and Jackie were as high as kites, receiving near-daily amphetamine-laced injections from Dr. Max Jacobson, aka "Miracle Max." More »