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A trans woman says that when she was arrested for a minor subway violation, NYPD officers belittled her, called her names, asked about her genitals — and kept her chained to a fence for 28 hours. Now she's suing. And it turns out she's far from alone. More »
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As we become slowly mentally melded with our computers, it stands to reason that our dating lives would as well. And just in time for Valentine's Day candy to populate the shelves of your local drug store, here's a great big graphic explaining how it's becoming more and more inescapable, and profitable. More »
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Alexander Maksik's new novel You Deserve Nothing tells a steamy story about a student-teacher affair at an international school in Paris. Reviewers have called it a "bravura performance" and "rivetingly plotted" written with "dazzling clarity and philosophical rigor." But what they don't know, what Maksik has never mentioned, is that the story may be true.

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Women have made great strides in the last century, but a global preference for male children has never been more dramatic. In spite of vigorous government programs to combat the practice, sex-selective abortion and female infanticide are still disturbingly common, especially in Asia. Among American couples, 54% would prefer a male child over a female one. Now, a new series of ads created for an article called "The Case for Girls" attempts to unstick the stubborn global anti-girl baby bias. More »
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Marcel The Shell is making the leap from overnight viral sensation to the subject of a new children's book, Marcel The Shell With Shoes On: Things About Me (on sale November 1). We spoke to Jenny Slate and Dean Fleischer-Camp, authors of the book and creators of Marcel, and found out that there as so many more things we've yet to learn about the little shell. And we've also got ten lovely pages from the book. More »
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We just got an exclusive look at the cover of Dasha Zhukova's Garage magazine's debut issue. And there's a set of tattooed labia on it. More »
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In addition to its history of labor violations, Forever 21 has been sued more than 50 times for allegedly stealing the work of other designers and passing it off as their own. Despite this long legal history, Forever 21 continues to get away with it: The chain has never lost one of these cases in court. More »
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When University of Iowa grad student Rebecca Epstein reported her rape, Asst. County Attorney Anne Lahey declined to prosecute. It's not completely clear why, but we'll consider a couple of possibilities. More »
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When University of Iowa graduate student Rebecca Epstein reported to police that she'd been date-raped, she hoped she'd get justice. But because of the circumstances of her case — possibly including her bipolar disorder — that's not what happened. More »
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A New York City woman — let's call her Ms. G, because she signed a non-disclosure agreement — went to Google's local offices to take a test for an administrative position. She'd already had a phone interview, and now there was a test. Afterwards, at lunch, Ms. G says seven of the roughly 20 people there were politely escorted out. All seven were overweight women; everyone who stayed was thin. More »
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After Forever 21 threatened to sue a fashion blogger for making fun of its clothes, the blogger, Rachel Kane, was initially cowed. Even though parody is generally protected speech, even though Forever 21's claims that readers might somehow mistake the joke site, WTForever21, for the corporate homepage were patently ludicrous, even though the very idea of Forever 21 prosecuting a copyright case instead of defending one raised eyebrows, the prospect of engaging in a long legal battle with a famously litigious and deep-pocketed company was not enticing. "Unless I can work something out with Forever 21, June 10 will be the last day for WTForever21.com," she wrote in an email earlier this week, adding, "I'm so disheartened by this." Well! Kane has changed her mind. More »
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What was it like to accuse Arnold Schwarzenegger of sexual assault and harassment? Two of the women who spoke out just before Schwarzenegger was elected governor told us their stories. More »
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Recently, Bridesmaids director Paul Feig stopped by and showed us how much he loves vaginas. Or at least, making movies with people who have them, and endorsing blankets that claim to be as soft as them. (Yes, we know the proper term is vulva). More »
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A lawsuit against an Illinois car dealership took a strange turn recently, when the defendant's lawyer complained about a "large breasted woman" in the courtroom. More »
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Barnes & Noble recently took an unusual step — the bookstore chain required the magazine Dossier wrap its new issue in opaque plastic before agreeing to stock it. The problem with the cover? Nudity. More specifically, the nude torso of the famously androgynous male model Andrej Pejic. Barnes & Noble was concerned customers would mistake Pejic for a shirtless woman. More »
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"Borderline journalist" Tom Kummer managed to sell numerous entirely made-up celebrity interviews until he was caught in 2000. However, we at Jezebel only publish extremely real interviews, so here is an interview with Ryan Gosling. More »
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Musician Natalie Riccio was shocked when her song, the romantic ballad "Show You My Love," showed up as the soundtrack to a porn movie. More strange is the saga of how it all happened. More »
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We were lucky enough to get our hands on a copy of the Playboy TV series pilot script. We already knew it was about the glory days of the Chicago-based bunny-empire. But things about it were...surprising. More »
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Dossier's brand new issue features the male model Andrej Pejic, who poses topless for Collier Schorr. (The Australian Pejic has made a name for himself — no easy feat as a male model — by being booked to model both men's and women's wear.) The set curls and the demure expression are very young-woman-at-her-toilet in mood, the tuxedo shirt and black pants are very young-man-peacocking-about. Which is to say, this cover is kind of hot. More »
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The Candie's Foundation's stated mission is "to educate America's youth about the devastating consequences of teen pregnancy through celebrity PSA campaigns and initiatives." But a close look at their 2009 tax forms shows that there's far more "celebrity" than "initiatives" involved. That year, the foundation paid Bristol Palin $262,500. And how much went to anti-teen pregnancy initiatives? More »
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Felice Fawn, the freelance model/photographer/retoucher who claimed that Terry Richardson asked her for sexual favors, says "The idea that anyone thinks I would make something like this up really breaks my heart and worries me." She has also shared a screengrab of Richardson's messages to her. More »
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When a photographer started harassing a young model, her friend took action — by posting his number on Twitter. We talked exclusively to the victim about her stalker's creepy messages, and her friend's Twitter response. More »
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The shut-down of a party for black Harvard and Yale alums — allegedly out of fear that "local gangbangers" were infiltrating — is now being investigated by the civil rights division of the Massachusetts Attorney General's office. More »
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This Wednesday, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit will air an episode inspired by the Duke Fuck List. We got our hands on the script, penis-size bar graph references and all, and spoke exclusively to the writer and co-executive producer. More »
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Monday, news broke that ABC Family had canceled groundbreaking series Huge. Tuesday, we started a petition to save Huge. Wednesday, Huge star Nikki Blonsky contacted us, offering her sincere thanks. Last night we asked some questions. More »
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Danish model Freja Beha Erichsen's reign over the summer and fall covers continues. For its fall issue, Dossier got photographer Cass Bird to take Erichsen's portrait in Woodstock, New York. Interestingly, Bird and Erichsen are both queer. More »
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Celebrity midwife Cara Muhlhahn—made famous by Ricki Lake's documentary The Business Of Being Born—is suing New York magazine for $1 million for libel, we've learned. This comes as Muhlhahn fields her own malpractice lawsuit, after a stillborn birth. More »
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What sort of person would out an anonymous sex-work tweeter to her family? Well, the same sort of person who was trying to get famous with a blog called Reasons Why I Hate Girls. Meet Adam White. More »
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Before Michaele Salahi was a party-crashing Real Housewife, she was "Missy," a brunette with dreams of modeling. Let's take a look back at who Missy-Michaele was 26 years ago. More »
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HBO's Grey Gardens — premiering April 18 — satisfies the hunger fans have for more on the Beale women better than pâté, ice cream and hotplate-boiled corn. We know, cause we got a copy. More »
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There is a totally made-up story in today's New York Times about Bottega Veneta. You know Bottega. They make those basketweave-y leather bags. Unless you don't know Bottega, in which case now you know the source of all the noxious superiority fumes whenever you're in the realm of one of the carriers of one of those basketweavy bags. Well, here's the "trend": The idea is that Bottega's bags are getting popular because they are more "understated" than flashy Louis Vuitton bags, and people are sick of logos. You know, the basketweave, it is not quite like a logo. No one knows where it's from. Until they do. And then they recognize it everywhere they see it. So it's like a logo, but subtler. Plus, you can't knock it off! So people know you spent a lot of money. Sort of like with a logo, if all the people who stole other people's logos were rounded off and thrown in Guantanamo Bay like God intended. Seriously though. I have known about Bottega since 2006, when I took a press trip to Hong Kong, on which a publicist was hellbent on acquiring a knockoff...Bottega Veneta.
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