The XX Factor : hair

Farrah Fawcett: The Hair That Launched a Thousand Feathers

Ellen Tarlin — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 17:45:00 GMT

For a boy growing up in the 1970s and ‘80s, Farrah Fawcett was a dreamgirl; but for a girl growing up then, she was a nightmare. Everyone knew that she was the quintessential Charlie’s angel. She was the prototype. Jaclyn Smith was the brunette. Kate...(read more)

The Memoir We'd Love To Read

Bonnie Goldstein — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 22:55:00 GMT

I agree with Emily 100 percent about Diane Keaton's $2 million book deal. Maybe her Random House editors can persuade her to write a Hollywood memoir and give those 90 diaries her mother kept, the ones "chronicling the upbringing of her children and her...(read more)

Hair-Color Industry: Cockroach of the Economic Apocalypse

Eve Fairbanks — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 19:32:00 GMT

Conde Nast Portfolio polled its readers to ask "where they've already cut back or where they plan to in the coming year." The results provide a little bit of an unsettling look at our priorities. The top and bottom results, with a selection from the middle:...(read more)

That Is Some Pricey Lipstick, Sarah

Melinda Henneberger — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 16:07:00 GMT

Wow, forget medicine and law; I'm gonna push my girl toward beauty school, where the big bucks are. Here's where Sarah Palin's traveling makeup artist made more money than anyone else in the whole McCain-Palin campaign during the first two weeks of this...(read more)

Hairier and Hairier

Anne Applebaum — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 15:31:00 GMT

Actually, Emily — didn't Hillary get the idea that it would be OK to complain about her hair from none other than Mike Kinsley himself? Last week, he pointed out (in his Slate column , of course) that male candidates can sleep a whole extra half-hour...(read more)

Hillary's Hairy Lament

Emily Bazelon — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 20:47:00 GMT

I realize this isn't up there with Tuzla and utter delusion , but am I picking on Hillary to bring up this self-pitying joke she made, at a town hall meeting in Missoula, Mont., about her looks and her hair? From CNN's political blog , "And that is another...(read more)