I think paparazzi could be terrifying for anyone of any age but I can't imagine dealing with them as a teen. Kudos to Lorde. Love her line "i understand that this comes with the territory. i do not understand why I should be complacent."— as no one should have to give up safety because they are an icon.

haha you need to seriously get a grip.

If you're going to fuck up your bullies you need to learn that discretion is your friend. There's no need to show the whole world that you're the one who did it. Keep that to yourself and savor the results of public humiliation.

But run of the mill bullying is just fine. Ok.

....seriously?

Hey, that's an awesome job of judging the fuck out of people for being extroverted you've done there. Keep up the good work, you sanctimonious asshole!

I'm not sure why that matters, considering that this group goes around leaving these tips and posts pictures of them on their Instagram account. This isn't a made-up thing. This is confirmed.

There's an opportunity here for someone versed in Tumblr to photoshop George's face over Jennifer's body on those tabloid covers with headlines like "Pregnant & Alone!" and "Happy at Last!"

Cats. Cats are left.

Artifice is why I'll spend 10 minutes in the magazine aisle at the Shop and Go thumbing through Architectural Digest and Dwell. I'm cool with this shelfie trend. I like pretty spaces, real or aspirational.

Over half of the people I follow in Instagram are artists. Many of them specialize in artistic, Instagram-specific compositions using objects from their homes. I find them fascinating and inspiring, a little dose of beauty and interest in what can often be a mundane life.

"But life happens in the realm of the mundane, so it's probably not particularly good for any of us to spend our days scrolling through artifice. It does set us up nicely for those advertisements that pop up in our streams, though!"

I bet in the 16th century portrait painters said the same things about those annoying "artists" painting assemblages of cut flowers and fruit on tables.

I'm 29 and my booty looks nothing like that. Get it, 40!

True story: last week I was eating lunch outside, sitting by myself on a bench. I had just taken a giant bite of falafel when I was approached by two strangers. They informed me they were with a casting agency and they were casting for Dove's next "Real Beauty" campaign activation (still don't know if I should be…

I was fresh out of college and working at an independent movie theater in the Boston area. One night I was at the podium (the ticket-tearing area). It was a week night with no major releases, so it was a bit slow. I was reading a book while I waited for the "rush" to start. Eventually a small elderly woman shuffled…

a) again, it was a dude.

I used to work in a Borders book store. Apparently there was a concerted effort by a number of local churches to convert the staff at bookstores, figuring we would then recommend christian literature to our customers and convert them. It was incredibly easy to spot these types because they would always bring the…

Can we let this rumor die...it's like, 20 years old. I thought it was pretty much summed up in his autopsy report that he had VITILIGO. All of his skin treatments were used in order to even out his skin tone due to the extreme changes caused by the disorder. So, Michael is not a good example for whatever point it is…