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Narcissistic Columnist Writes World's Oldest Column, About Narcissism
Hamilton Nolan · 07/08/15 08:40AMMuseums Have Rightfully Started Banning Selfie Sticks
Dayna Evans · 02/17/15 10:48AMLet's set the scene: the Metropolitan Museum of Art, early afternoon, on a cold winter Sunday. You, an admirer of Impressionism, are taking in a portrait of a woman relaxing by the seashore, painted by French master Renoir. A metal pole and a man in a green Canada Goose jacket appear in front of the painting. He is flashing a dirtbag grin in your direction.
Tom Scocca · 01/02/14 02:03PM
Rich Juzwiak · 03/06/13 05:10PM
When to Write a Personal Essay: A Reasonable Standard
Hamilton Nolan · 03/05/13 03:51PMJournalism Is Not Narcissism
Hamilton Nolan · 01/02/13 12:13PMHere Is Lena Dunham's $3.7 Million Book Proposal [UPDATE]
John Cook · 12/07/12 02:05PMThink Piece About Writer's Retweet of Tweet About Writer Marks New Pinnacle of Self-Referentiality
Hamilton Nolan · 08/01/12 01:43PMOnce upon a time long ago, blogs were criticized for making us all more narcissistic and self-obsessed. Then, of course, Twitter came along. And now, the fabled "third wall" of self-referentiality has been breached: a lengthy blog post pondering the implications of a writer's retweet of a tweet about the writer's writing. Tell me: what do you think—about me?
There Is Actually Nothing Better in the World Than Talking About Yourself
Caity Weaver · 05/08/12 06:44PMIs It Bad to Nominate Yourself for an Award?
Hamilton Nolan · 04/17/12 10:41AMYesterday, New York Times foreign correspondent Jeffrey Gettleman (pictured) won a Pulitzer for his reporting on strife and famine in Africa. Though the Times traditionally decides who of its reporters deserve nominations, Gettleman didn't wait for the bosses—he nominated himself. Does that make him an asshole?
Kim Kardashian Gets Google News Alerts About Herself
Maureen O'Connor · 01/25/12 02:47PMPhotographed exiting a beauty salon in Santa Monica, Kim Kardashian inadvertently revealed that she not only receives Google Alert emails whenever "Kim Kardashian" appears on the internet, but she actually spends her free time reading her personalized "Kim Kardashian" news alerts. This is remarkable for three reasons: