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Posted inEditor's Pick

The Class Politics of Instagram Face

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands April 7, 2023April 7, 2023

“Plastic surgery is changing, and for an obvious reason: When in history have rich women ever wanted to look like regular ones?”

Posted inArts & Culture, Nonfiction, Quote Posts, Quotes

A Close Look at the Thing We Call ‘Celebrity’

by Aaron Gilbreath September 24, 2019October 19, 2022

Why do we care about famous people?

Posted inNonfiction, Quotes

How Vanity Fair Protected Their Caitlyn Jenner Exclusive

by juliawick June 2, 2015October 19, 2022

The magazine was concerned about leaks and took security measures “every step of the way,” including on the photo shoot [where they hired security and confiscated cellphones], in the VF editorial office and at the printing plant for the upcoming issue. The story and pictures were done on a single computer that was never connected […]

Posted inNonfiction, Quotes

Inside the Kris Jenner Playbook

by juliawick May 10, 2015October 19, 2022

Kris and her children didn’t do much press for Season 10, unheard-of for this family or anyone promoting a TV show, really. Call it an educated guess to say that perhaps they didn’t want to be asked about Bruce’s transition. But not because they were shielding Bruce, whom they love. It was not because he […]

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