Jezebel: Angels

Romance Novels Will Make Women Crazy And Ruin Their Marriages

Anna North — Wed, 01 Jun 2011 15:20:00 EDT

Ladies, be careful. Your romance novels may be driving you insane. More »

Hark The Adorable Angel Sings

Irin Carmon — Fri, 24 Dec 2010 12:08:00 EST

A girl dressed up as an angel plays during a Christmas Eve Mass service at the official Catholic church South Cathedral in Beijing, China, Friday, Dec. 24, 2010. Image via AP.

Cupcakes Have A History Of Unsanitary Fairies

Sadie Stein — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 11:20:00 EDT

Before there were cupcakes, there were fairy cakes. Nowadays, we'd consider them unsanitary based on the contact with naked cavorting cherubim bakers. [BoingBoing] More »

Angels We Have Heard

Dodai Stewart — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 14:10:46 EST

[Essen, Germany; December 22. Image via Getty.]

Wings Of Desire

Anna Holmes — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 19:15:00 EST

[Berlin, November 4. Image via Getty]

70% Of Americans Believe That Angels Exist

Hortense Smith — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 14:00:00 EST

As little Zuzu Bailey once said, "Every time a bell rings, an angel gets its wings." Apparently, there are a ton of bells ringing: nearly 70 percent of Americans believe that angels actually exist. More »

55% Of Adults Claim Angelic Protection • "Phenomenon" Is Most Mispronounced Word In UK

Maria — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 17:30:00 EDT

• A survey of 1,648 adults found that 55% of adults felt they have been protected by angels with women, African Americans, and Republicans claiming the most angelic experiences. • Cute story alert: A pair of childhood sweethearts in England who were forced to cease contact with each other when the woman got pregnant have been reunited by their daughter (whom the father never knew) and plan to get married. • A new book titled Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched The World is based on the true story of an abandoned cat named Dewey who lived in the public library in Spencer, Iowa. • More »

Sherri Shepherd: Stabbed By An Angel

Margaret Hartmann — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 14:30:00 EDT

It was Halloween in July today on The View. This "special edition" was devoted entirely to the discussion of ghosts and Barbara wore a bedazzled sailor costume. Sherri interrupted Barbara to share a story about her own run in with the supernatural. Once, she was waiting at a bus stop in a bad neighborhood at 2am. An old homeless man sat by her, chasing off "all these men messing with [her]." When the bus came, Sherri offered the man some money and he said, "no, I just stabbed somebody a couple of weeks ago, so keep going." Naturally, Sherri thinks that he was her guardian angel. In the clip above, Joy explains the real reason Sherri never saw him again. More »