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May 7, 2018
Gal Beckerman
Don’t Blame Phones for Narcissism
A new book argues that 2,500 years of culture have caused an outbreak of self-obsession.
January 7, 2016
Gwyneth Kelly
Hillary Clinton would like you to please stop taking so many selfies with her.
December 14, 2015
Mikaela Lefrak
Photographing Old Russia with a Modern Filter
Young Russian Instagrammers are reimagining their country's cultural spaces for themselves.
July 11, 2014
Alice Robb
Taylor Swift May Be Right About the Death of the Autograph
But some people now want their selfies signed
April 14, 2014
Maia Booker
Startling Images of the Mystery Man Who Took 445 Photo-Booth Self-Portraits Over 30 Years
January 22, 2014
Chloe Schama
Stop Taking Selfies in Front of Works of Art!
December 11, 2013
Laura Bennett
Obama/Cameron Selfie Photographer Is Ashamed of Mankind
July 24, 2013
Michael Kinsley
What Anthony Weiner Didn't Say
I'm Gonna Keep on Sexting!

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