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annals of anorexia
More Males β Young & Old β Falling Victim To Eating Disorders
Today's episode of Dr. Phil focused on "Body Obsessed Boys," and one 15-year-old, eating-disordered teen male in particular. More »
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By Tracie
Comment by exelizabeth: If the people on Jezebel can't be sympathetic to a boy with an eating disorder, no wonder his parents don't... 20 Responses | Other threads
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By Anna
Comment by funnyface: OMG She's wearing pants! And they're cute cords and I actually WANT them! 4 Responses | Other threads
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Lolcats (and dogs)
Nutro "Max"
Veterinary Pet Insurance compiled a list of the most popular names for dogs and cats in 2008 from its database of 466,000 pets and found the most unusual names while they were at it. More »
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By Intern Margaret
Comment by redbess: Ha, we named our brother cats Huginn and Muninn after Odin's ravens. Gets kind of old explaining that to people,... 19 Responses | Other threads
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Dirt Bag (After Dark)
Tom Cruise Calls Jett Travolta's Death "Horrific," Defends Scientology
- Video has leaked from tomorrow's episode of The View in which Barbara Walters asks Tom Cruise, a friend of John Travolta, about Jett's death. Tom gets emotional and insists Scientology is not to blame. [TMZ]
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By Intern Margaret
Comment by Penny_Esq: If You Seek Amy = F-U-C-K Me. Oy.... 16 Responses | Other threads
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Ivonne Thein
Thinspiration
Ivonne Thein's photographs take on anorexia by digitally manipulating images of models to make them appear dangerously emaciated. Disturbed by spending time on "pro-ana" web sites, Thein responded with the "Thirty-Two Kilos" project. [Washington Post]
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By Sadie
Comment by golda: I'm not seeing how this "takes on" anorexia.... 12 Responses | Other threads
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Snap Judgment
English Leona Lewis Goes On American (Apparel) Shopping Spree
[Los Angeles, January 8. Image via Bauer-Griffin]
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By Anna
Comment by Sukie in the Graveyard: you bought two of the same thing in different colors? Oh, shit. Stacy and Clinton are going to be MAD... 4 Responses | Other threads
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Clips
Chris Meloni Beautifies, Bores Late Night With Conan O'Brien
Law & Order SVU's Christopher Meloni was on Conan last night discussing the ubiquity of his show in an incredibly dull, seemingly pointless interview that we just had to post. More »
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By Intern Katy
Comment by Your Screenplay Sucks: He's not Law & Order SVU's Christopher Meloni to me. He's Oz's Christopher Meloni, so he'll never be boring to... 6 Responses | Other threads
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By Anna
Comment by terribletwenties aka Aesop's Foibles: GEE. I DUNNO. OMGit'sRihannaOMGshe'stotespregnantandOM... hideitOMGOMG!! Cripes. Get over it, you two. Everyone knows, and no one cares. 6 Responses | Other threads
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oldies but goodies
Etiquette For The Recently Deflowered Girl
Have you ever wondered about the proper thing to say after you've been deflowered during a trans-Pacific flight? Just follow the late, great Edward Gorey's advice for "girls over the threshold to womanhood." More »
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By Intern Margaret
Comment by Cafezinha: What if you deflower someone else? Like...a 34-year-old friend of yours? And you didn't know? Until he told you afterwards?... 21 Responses | Other threads
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model behaviors
Can This Model Really Sue Someone For Calling Her A Ho?
Look, we wouldn't fancy being called "Horsey Face," "ho," "skank bitch," "#1 skanky superstar," "old hag," and "psychotic, lying, whoring, still going to clubs at her age, skank," either. But grounds for a lawsuit? More »
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By Sadie
Comment by Penny Plastic (Archetype): I thought that was a digitally created image. Seriously. I was like, "why would an avatar care if... 5 Responses | Other threads
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JezeFilms
All About Awesome
As we prepare to award various mediocre films, critic A.O. Scott draws our attention to an amazing one: Joseph L. Mankiewicz's 1950 masterpiece All About Eve, probably top 5 in the Jezebel Film Canon. More »
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By Sadie
Comment by ana_hartpence: What ELSE is in the top 5 of the Jezebel film canon?? Do tell. 25 Responses | Other threads
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By Anna
Comment by R_Claw(a/k/a Mrs. Edward Cullen): He's riding bikes for Notredame! 4 Responses | Other threads
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Money
Money Can't Buy Me Love, But Love Can't Buy Me Health Insurance
If you're a writer, or engaged in a similarly underpaid profession, love and money probably have some uncomfortable resonances for you. In Hilary Black's new book, female writers discuss how these issues affect their lives. More »
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By Anna N.
Comment by BostonYenta: Okay, haven't read the book, but I'm really shocked by this. I'm a creative person, and ever since I was... 12 Responses | Other threads
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Comment by NefariousNewt: Otter vs. Meerkat -- who will win?!?!... 7 Responses | Other threads
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Leftovers
Study Finds Less Curvy Career Women β’ Cosmetics Industry Faces Reform
β’ An increase in testosterone has been blamed for the decline of the hourglass figure among working women. β’ New study finds that playing Tetris may help ease post-traumatic stress. β’ More »
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By Intern Katy
Comment by NefariousNewt: A study has found that men who do not find curvy woman more attractive than athletic women are more likely... 16 Responses | Other threads
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By Dodai
Comment by Jessica Decapitatey Lovejoy is now on Facebook! Friends, plz?: Not to belabor the point, but: HATERS TO THE LEFT.... 20 Responses | Other threads
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do not want
Kittens Are For Cuddling, Not Crushing
More than a decade ago, it came to the attention of our government and others that there are sick fucks in the world who wank to depictions of animal torture, so Congress made it illegal. More »
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By Megan
Comment by morninggloria: Ugh I can't read this. I'm getting teary.... 8 Responses | Other threads
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By Anna
Comment by R_Claw(a/k/a Mrs. Edward Cullen): Did they just come from a funeral?... 9 Responses | Other threads
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i thee dread
Why Do Audiences Love "Here Comes The Crazy Bride" Movies?
Monica Hesse's story in today's Washington Post reminds me why I won't be seeing Bride Wars. The Hollywood Wedding Movie is a painful, embarrassing, horrifying, insulting and predictable spectacle. More »
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By Dodai
Comment by bananastand: The Wedding Singer should not fall under this category. That movie rules. "I live in my sister's baaaaaasement!"... 26 Responses | Other threads
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Comment by Khrushchev: Does he have a weird haircut or something? The hats, people, THE HATS.... 5 Responses | Other threads
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date rape
Hong Kong Women Use Date-Rape Drugs On Men
According to a story in January's Marie Claire (posted online yesterday), Hong Kong prostitutes are slipping roofies to businessmen in order to rob them. Some say it's a way to turn the tables on men. More »
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By Anna N.
Comment by dearheart: Also, "didn't intend to leave Neptune II with a strange woman"? Bish, motherfuckin' plz. 6 Responses | Other threads
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Sin is in
For The Love Of God
Holy hotties! If lusting after these Italian priests (from a Vatican-approved calendar!) is wrong, we don't want to be right. Click to enlarge, it's worth it. [Refinery 29, via Danny Daily]
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By Dodai
Comment by tribalpottery: First row, third column definitely FTW. 7 Responses | Other threads
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Pill to swallow
Plan B's Advertising Pleases Us, Pisses Off Conservatives
We're liking this Plan B commercial currently in heavy rotation on cable television because it's realistic β depicting women waking up alone and having to deal with morning-after bullshit on their own. More »
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By Tracie
Comment by MizJenkins: OMG!!! HATE HATE HATE HATE!!! Ok, now I'll read the post.... 93 Responses | Other threads
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By Anna
Comment by CloudsInMyCoffee: Is that a bandanna scarf? If so, why? 3 Responses | Other threads
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close encounters
When The Nice Guy Down The Street Makes You Uncomfortable
"Real" harassment against women is, of course, awful, unwanted, and, for some, traumatic. But for a woman, every day can present a hundred smaller, less obvious violations to her comfort zone that keep her on guard.
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By Sadie
Comment by athenaswisdom: Dare I point out the subtext here? "Corner-store guys" and "guys working at the deli"...i.e. not-white guys. I get it,... 52 Responses | Other threads
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Snap Judgment
Ryan Seacrest, Simon Cowell: Caribbean Queens
[Caribbean, January 7. Image via Bauer-Griffin]
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By Anna
Comment by WaltzingMatilda(theOriginal): Wait a second. Is this an anniversary trip? Because I SWEAR these are the exact same pictures from a year 4 Responses | Other threads
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Clips
Jon Stewart Perplexed By Obama/School Media Frenzy
We previously discussed the obsessive way in which the news outlets covered the Obama girls' first day of school. Last night, The Daily Show joined in with a compendium of clips: More »
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Comment by anonymiss: its almost like the media folks (re: white folks, mostly) have never seen two black children go to a nice 13 Responses | Other threads
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Panda-monium
Cute, But Not Cuddly
"A Beijing Zoo panda known for his bad temper has tasted human blood for the third timeβ¦" [Yahoo News via Time]
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By Dodai
Comment by Jessi Ramsey: attacking a man who jumped into the animal's enclosure to retrieve his son's toy, state press said Thursday. Why are people... 8 Responses | Other threads
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Government pimps
South Korea, U.S. Military Accused Of Encouraging Prostitution
A group of former sex workers in South Korea have accused the South Korean government and the United States military of encouraging the sex trade near military bases from the 1960s through the 1980s. More »
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By Intern Katy
Comment by clevernamehere: This is terrible. But then, I'm anti-legalized prositution. How do those are you who are pro-legalized prositution feel about it? I don't... 22 Responses | Other threads
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Comment by NefariousNewt: She look swell put together. She also appears to have a faint resemblance to Gwyneth Paltrow from this angle. 2 Responses | Other threads
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