One of the juiciest debates to emerge in the 2012 Presidential race. Is it ENVY or a matter of fairness—- one of many themes in our doc-in-progress on this powerful human emotion.  Check out this latest NPR piece at the link below.

http://www.npr.org/2012/01/14/145213421/the-income-gap-unfair-or-are-we-just-jealous?ft=1&f=1001&sc=tw&utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

Find out more and join the conversation @ENVYthedoc on Twitter.

http://money.cnn.com/2012/01/12/news/economy/romney_envy/

Women in Saudi Arabia just won the right to vote, but are threatened with whip lashings if they attempt to drive to the polls to exercise that right.

Why do women there face such an uphill battle to get behind the wheel?
Is it ENVY of women that fuels this continuing injustice?  What do you think?

As tweeted by Christiane Amanpour of ABC News,
‘A story from Absurdistan.’

Then we came across this post from Christian writer Jerry Maneker who has asked the same questions. What say you?

http://christianglbtrights.blogspot.com/2010/12/homophobia-and-envy.html

Photo by Barbara Rick

“What I hate about a humble brag is that people try to come off like they aren’t bragging. It’s people not being honest about their intention. Just tell us you are at an exclusive party. Don’t hide it behind a complaint about your dress not fitting.”

Are the folks that do this deliberately stoking ENVY? Wittels thinks so:  ”I have realized that people do most things so they can tell other people about it. It’s all validation.”

Thanks to @lskonech for the tip on this WSJ.com piece!!

‘Ugh. I just pocket dialed spokesperson for Pentagon.’ —Greta Van Susteren

‘I’m not sure the goal needs to be to have more turtles under you than anyone else has.’

Thought-provoking piece on ENVY from amazing Seth Godin. Thanks to Peter Crosby for the heads up on this!

http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2011/04/the-internet-as-envy-generator.html

She’s blonde. Thin. Rich. Married to a rock star.  Charmed-life liver.  What’s not to ENVY about G.P.?  The envied one talks candidly about her haters.

http://www.popeater.com/2011/04/14/gwyneth- paltrow-cookbook-magazine-glee-album/

Do you agree that ‘hard work’ makes a person’s luck?

On the front page of today’s New York Times the headline reads:

“On Twitter, ‘What a Party!’ Brings an Envious ‘Enough, Already!’”

“Twitter users are tiring of it: the sharp pang of envy that comes when someone they are following on the social networking site is clearly having a better time than they are — right now.”

Tweets from this year’s SXSW had other users questioning whether tweeters were “showing off rather than sharing.”

Read the rest of this thoughtful article from the Times’ Amy Harmon on all this:   http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/19/us/19twitter.html?_r=1

Check it out. Let us know what you think!  Are you tired of celebrity sightings and name dropping?  Do you ever feel envious of a tweet?  Is the Twitter tide changing? Will the underdog win with the Twitter audience?

I don’t understand what I did wrong except live a life that everyone is jealous of. ~ Charlie Sheen

http://livethesheendream.com/

Joanna Rabiger hits the ENVY nail on the head once again with this sighting from Mr. Happy.  Send us your ENVY sightings!