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Now that Barbie is working about 16 jobs at once (everything from princess to zoo doctor!), her life has gotten a little out of control. As a modern woman, it's hard for her to keep things neat and tidy on the home front—and who can blame her? That Malibu Dreamhouse is not gonna clean itself. As a result, it looks like Barbie has developed a little bit of a hoarding problem—at least if you believe artist Carrie M. Becker's vision of how Barbie is living at the moment. More »
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Two scientists have developed a chemical coating for fabric that causes it to clean and deodorize itself when exposed to sunlight. This means that unless the world is too polluted to occupy in the future, we'll never have to do laundry again. Now, let's all twirl around in our dream kitchens! More »
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Thanksgiving weekend is supposed to be a time of delicious food and family camaraderie. Apparently, it's also when people go around looking like unwashed slobs. More »
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Much unlike many a magazine editor who recommends you buy all sorts of crap that they most likely got for free, your Jezebel staff doesn't get jack shit (other than books, unsolicited). And that's how it should be. But on our own time, in our personal lives, we still buy stuff. So this is Worth It, our daily recommendation of random things that we've actually spent our own money on. These are the things we buy regularly or really like, things we'd actually tell our friends about. And now we're telling you. More »
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While it's no epidemic, it's hard to argue that most of us have a little too much stuff. Whether you've got a little or a lot more clutter than you'd like in your home, here's a start-to-finish look at how to streamline your Spring cleaning. [Lifehacker] More »
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"In the Hispanic community, a clean home is a happy home, but during the holidays, it is critical for the home to be reluciente — or sparkling clean!" So says a bizarre and misguided press release issued by Clorox. More »
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They're kind of like friends, kind of like business partners, and sometimes they're a lot like enemies — today in Social Minefield, learn how to deal with those fixtures of many of our lives: roommates. More »
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According to the Observer, unemployed men have been reduced to poaching eggs, weighing edamame and — shocker — playing with children. But silly as their concerns may seem, they may be part of a larger recessionary turn toward housewifery. More »
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Several readers have expressed their (well-justified) displeasure at this morning's Today segment on "cleaning like a man." Predictably, masculine cleaning involves balls. More »
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According to Time, normal household dust contains not just bug legs and boogers, but also lead, arsenic, and DDT. Some of this can be removed by regular dusting, which is a relief, unless you're this guy. [Time] More »
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New York is all abuzz today: it seems the Apple has two finalists in the "World's Dirtiest Apartment" contest - all of whom are incredibly proud of the dead mice, bloody pillows and stacks of filthy dishes in their pads. More »
]]> http://jezebel.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5319453&view=rss&microfeed=true The latest hilarious Target: Women video from Sarah Haskins features cleaning products. Specifically: The way advertisers create a "romance" between women and mops, sponges and Swiffers. "Cleaning products will always be your special friend," Haskins explains, as she shows snippets from commercials in which ladies give tabletops rubdowns and bathtub faucets get handjobs. Oh, and ever notice how all of the women clean while wearing the same "business casual" outfit? Clip above. More »
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"Men Who Do Housework May Get More Sex," the headline of this AP story reads. Well, duh. Anyway, a report released today by the Council on Contemporary Families states that men's contribution to housework has doubled over the past four decades. Let's hope so! Because a modern wives, as the Daily Mail so helpfully points out, are "a long way from the regimented unselfishness of the idealized wife" of the 1950s. Plus, the Telegraph reports, 59% of modern men think it's important that their woman stand up to them. Retro-submission be gone! The AP story quotes Joshua Coleman, a San Francisco-area psychologist and author of a book called The Lazy Husband: How to Get Men to Do More Parenting and Housework. He says: "If a guy does housework, it looks to the woman like he really cares about her - he's not treating her like a servant. And if a woman feels stressed out because the house is a mess and the guy's sitting on the couch while she's vacuuming, that's not going to put her in the mood." Also, guys look hot when they're doing dishes, laundry or vacuuming. That's been established. More »
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The reason your clothes get wrinkled. [Slate] More »
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