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  • But a Boob Job IS an Investment

    Posted Wednesday, June 25, 2008 9:57 PM By Rosa Brooks

    In his " Human Nature " blog, Slate 's Will Saletan rejoices over the recession's toll on the cosmetic surgery business and expresses horror at the idea that some suckers (social parasites?) still refinance their homes to get cosmetic surgery during economic Read More...

  • Black Widow Freed Because Oops, No Murder

    Posted Monday, April 21, 2008 3:34 PM By Melinda Henneberger

    After we toast Danica, let's raise a glass (of milk, in case anyone's watching) to welcome Cynthia Sommer home from jail. As far as I can tell, Sommer spent 2½ years in lockup for getting breast implants and hanging out in bars. A San Diego jury heard Read More...

  • Slate After Hours

    Posted Friday, April 11, 2008 1:55 PM By Melinda Henneberger

    Sorry to be so late to the party on Slate V's Bonk ing , but oh my, what's next on Slate After Hours ? (Or our spinoff site, Slate Blue ?) OK, maybe aspirations of primness run in my family; my dad took that Kinsey class at Indiana University where they Read More...

  • We Are All Under 40 Now

    Posted Thursday, April 10, 2008 3:45 PM By Hanna Rosin

    This excessive Botoxing and retouching has something to do with the collapse of the classes, or at least the shifting in what used to define the super-rich. "The 'luxury' experience has become thoroughly middle-class, even prole (two words: 'Gucci T-shirt')," Read More...

  • Peddling Botox

    Posted Thursday, April 10, 2008 12:38 PM By Liza Mundy

    Ah, yes, the unsolicited-Botox pitch. My experience wasn't nearly so harrowing or prolonged as Melinda's, but a couple of years ago I went to a dermatologist for a small, straightforward medical matter. It was hard not to notice the large photo on his Read More...

  • Adventures in Plastic Surgery

    Posted Wednesday, April 09, 2008 11:27 AM By Melinda Henneberger

    Will's excellent tale of nip and tuck —about those poor plastic surgeons whose business in butt-lifts was not quite as recession-proof as they thought—has made my day, mean thing that I am. And if these lean times force a few more of these specialists Read More...
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