Jezebel: Current Tv

Filmmaker Tests Theory That Hot Girls Really Have It Easy

Whitney Jefferson — Fri, 03 Jun 2011 12:45:00 EDT

We've all heard the supposed-statistics about how plain-looking women earn less than attractive ones. To test whether hot ladies truly have the upper hand in life, Carolyn spent a weekend doing everything twice: once as her regular, make-up free self; and a second time dressed in a teeny-tiny dress, with her hair done and a full face of makeup — her "sexy self." The result is this kinda-oldie-but-goodie doc for Current TV. Guess what happens. More »

Erin Gibson's Having A Tough Time Being The Next Sarah Haskins

Dodai Stewart — Thu, 13 May 2010 18:00:00 EDT

When Sarah Haskins left Current, we mourned the loss of "Target Women" and her chick-centric take on pop culture. Now Current presents Erin Gibson, who has a segment titled "Modern Lady." More »

Something Wick-Ed This Way Comes

Anna Holmes — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 09:10:00 EDT

[Washington, June 3. Image via Getty]

North Korea Sets Court Date For U.S. Journalists

Margaret Hartmann — Thu, 14 May 2009 09:20:00 EDT

Ugh: CNN reports that Current TV journos Laura Ling and Euna Lee will be tried in a North Korean court next month. They are accused of entering the country illegally and intending "hostile acts." [CNN] More »

Diamonds Are Not Sarah Haskins' Best Friend

Jessica G. — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 16:30:00 EST

On this installment of Target: Women, Sarah Haskins digs her claws into insidious jewelry ads clogging up our cable. More »

Car Commercials Drive Sarah Haskins Crazy

Dodai Stewart — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 16:30:00 EST

Have some of the most important moments of your life taken place in a car? Does your car make phone calls for you? Is your car delicious? Is your car erotic? Our favorite funny lady, Sarah Haskins, takes a look at the ways that automobile marketers try to take women for a ride. Clip above. More »

Sarah Haskins Targets The View

Dodai Stewart — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 17:30:00 EST

We've been so busy around here, we haven't had a chance to get to the new Target: Women video! Sarah Haskins calls the ladies of The View a "living, breathing, real-time focus group." Plus, they do what what women love to do: Talk. "Sometimes, they talk all at once!" But Haskins understands: "Democracy's messy like that." Since Joy Behar hearts Obama and Elisabeth Hasselbeck is in the tank for McCain, guess who represents the undecided voters of America? Hint: The one who thinks the earth is flat. Clip above! More »

This Week We Were Rage-O-Holics And Our Drug Of Choice Was Palin

Jessica G. — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 18:30:00 EDT

Only eight more weeks, people! At least we have hilarious helpers like Sarah Haskins and Samantha Bee to shepherd us through these difficult times.
I don't know if you'd heard, it's kind of under the radar, but Bristol Palin is pregnant. Some of us think it is a non-issue.
Others of us want to use it to question Palin's policy on education, abortion, and health care.
But you know, asking Palin questions about these things is just SEXIST, you pinko media elites!

Our very own media elite, Megan, braved the RNC so we didn't have to. More »

Sarah Haskins Is A Sucker For RomComs

Dodai Stewart — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 17:00:00 EDT

Sarah Haskins' latest "Target: Women" targets chick flicks. "There are three comedies coming out this fall aimed at women," she says. "You have seen them all before. But you will see them all again." Haskins comments on upcoming films Happy Go Lucky, The Women, and The Accidental Husband — as well as oldies-but-goodies like Never Been Kissed and Sweet Home Alabama. Why are women suckers for romcoms? "The romantic comedy is the modern fairy tale, and we're the princesses," she explains. Oh, yeah, and two words: Colin Firth. More »

Sarah Haskins Wishes You Happy Period Control

Dodai Stewart — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 16:30:00 EDT

We've been meaning to get to the new video from Sarah Haskins for a while! This time, Sarah's "Target Women" takes aim at birth control. At advertisements for birth control, that is — which never mention babies, or pregnancy, but always mention periods. Yup, they're actually selling period control. And hey, what about that small, comfortable, once monthly vaginal ring? Yeah. She goes there. Clip above. Earlier: Sarah Haskins Has A Problem With Marketing Family Meals To Moms Brides, Botox & Yogurt: Sarah Haskins Targets Those Who Target Women More »

Sarah Haskins Has A Problem With Marketing Family Meals To Moms

Dodai Stewart — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 16:40:00 EDT

Our new favorite, wonderfully funny critic, Sarah Haskins, is at it again. Her new video, Target Women: Feeding Your F—-ing Family dissects and pokes fun at commercials for brands like Manwich, Crock-Pot, Tyson Chicken Breast and El Pollo Loco — in which women are encouraged to keep their kids and husband happy with food. Sarah would rather order takeout Pad Thai, making her a woman after our own stomachs. The clip, after the jump. More »

This Week We Wrote Love Letters And Read Smutty Novels

Jessica G. — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 17:40:00 EDT

We learned that dressing for success means always wearing a muumuu.
We debuted a new feature called Shelf Pleasuring wherein we read 70s books full of sexytimes.
You guys, friends don't make friends get boob jobs.
They also don't let you board planes with a ton of weed in your suitcase

Brides, Botox & Yogurt: Sarah Haskins Targets Those Who Target Women

Dodai Stewart — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 12:00:00 EDT

Recently, while searching for that damn all-black issue of Italian Vogue, I gazed upon a shelf at a bookstore labeled "Women's Interest." The shelf was filled with wedding magazines. (And underneath: Cooking.) Really? Women have no other interest? I was still seething about this when I saw Sarah Haskins' "Target Women: Weddings" video over on Current TV. It's a teardown of all the bride and wedding-related shows on the We channel. The clips of Bridezillas and Bulging Brides programs filled me with hate. Watching svelte women be told they're too fat to get married and watching women who are getting married act like selfish, egomaniacal, misanthropic sociopaths not only made me hate the wedding industry, but the We channel. And women. And humanity. Thanks, Sarah Haskins! You're hilarious. And, um. Who are you? More »

Current TV has an amusing send up of the...

Jessica G. — Mon, 12 May 2008 16:40:00 EDT

Current TV has an amusing send up of the way yogurt is marketed towards women. The best part is when the video's narrator, Sarah Haskins, describes the yogurt eater as the gray-hoodie wearing demographic who has "I have a masters but then I got married" look. But on the serious, that yogurt that makes you poop is amazing. [Current TV] More »