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It works for the boss to be a jerk

Studies show that those in leadership positions are more likely to display narcissistic traits – which can be a good, and very very bad, thing.

Notes to selfie

Richard Poplak on a day in the life of a modern-day narcissist.

Marikana and the brand journalist

Gia Nicolaides was probably on the koppie more than any other reporter. So why is her book so disturbingly wanting, asks Kwanele Sosibo.

Michael Ellion’s controversial artwork

Why our many stories matter

Put aside your well-wrought arguments to listen to other views, even those of someone you despise.

Eminem.

I heart me: Our extreme 24/7 cult of the self

How social media and selfies are fuelling more me time than ever before.

Joshua Broomberg says people need to learn to talk and engage on social media about more than what they had for lunch.

Social-ism for the masses

How are South Africans using social media? Eamon Allan asked a few of them to find out.

Justice Mukheli

Who’s the loudest of them all?

What’s it like to be one of the biggest mouths on South Africa’s social media scene? Joonji Mdyogolo tracked them and got an earful, and an eyeful.

Mozambique President Armando Guebuza

The I in writer: Meeting Geoff Dyer

When Hedley Twidle met his writerly idol, the ‘I’ reached its limit.

A man takes a selfie while another prays during Hajj.

How selfies are changing the way we see ourselves and the world

Even funerals and pilgrimages are falling prey to the compulsion to self-snap, writes Sean O’Toole.

Karabo Nkosi is constantly on her phone

My teenage daughter, the selfie junkie

A lot has changed for Oupa Nkosi’s daughter since hitting her teens, but it’s her self-obsession that is getting her into trouble.

More photo options with the selfie stick.

Advertisers cash in on your brand – and theirs

The ‘me’ generation’s self-absorption is playing into the hands of big business and savvy brands.

Dreadlocked twins ‘M and D’ have more than 66 000 Instagram followers.

From the baby book to Facebook

We’re constantly posting images of our children on social networks. But what are we doing to their privacy – and their self-image – in the process?