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October 21, 2019
MagazineKyle Chayka
The Transformation of Condé Nast
How a media mogul defined class and invented the modern magazine
February 3, 2017
Ryan Kearney
It’s too late for the media to take a stand against the White House Correspondents’ Dinner.
December 15, 2016
Jeet Heer
Donald Trump plays a golden oldie, bashing Graydon Carter and Vanity Fair.
August 13, 2015
Moira Weigel
Dating Will Never Die
If the Industrial Revolution didn’t kill it, how could Tinder?
June 4, 2015
Renee Cramer
Cultural Tipping Points: Caitlyn Jenner, Demi Moore, and Vanity Fair Covers
June 3, 2015
Sarah Marshall
One Picture Can't Tell All of Caitlyn Jenner’s Story
June 2, 2015
Eric Sasson
One Step Forward for Caitlyn Jenner, One Step Back for Womankind
Vanity Fair's cover shoot proves magazines can objectify trans women, too
June 12, 2014
Evan Hughes
Vanity Fair's Donna Tartt Piece Reduces All Literary Criticism to Childish Squabbling
May 15, 2014
Hillary Kelly
Jonathan Safran Foer Is Putting Literature on Chipotle Cups
Here are 7 more authors whose writing should be plastered in public spaces
March 17, 2011
Carolyn O'Hara
Class Clown
October 7, 2009
Jason Zengerle
How Much Has the Recession Hurt Harvard?
September 1, 2009
Zubin Jelveh
Worth Reading
July 2, 2009
Ed Kilgore
Palin Reconsidered
September 24, 2008
Dayo Olopade
If You Green It...
March 29, 1999
Cass R. Sunstein
Vanity Fair
March 21, 1983
MagazineHenry Fairlie
The Vanity of “Vanity Fair”
A monument to status anxiety

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