Jezebel: Lisa Simpson

The Noble Pursuit Of Assembling Lisa Simpson's Library

Irin Carmon — Mon, 07 Feb 2011 15:54:37 EST

Our favorite onscreen earnest bookworm likes Plath, the kids' editions of The New Republic and The Atlantic, and the latest issue of Non-Threatening Boys. Add to the collection by submitting screenshots here. More »

What To Buy A Pop Culture Junkie

Dodai Stewart — Wed, 15 Dec 2010 15:50:00 EST

Let's make Christmas all about vampires and '50s ad agencies! We've got gifts for Mad Men enthusiasts, True Blood fangbangers and anyone goo goo for Lady Gaga. Caution: You're gonna want most of this stuff for yourself. More »

Lisa, It's Your Wedding! Happy Wedding Lisa!

Hortense Smith — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 13:40:00 EDT

Chelsea Clinton isn't the only one getting married this weekend: as Neatorama points out, Lisa Simpson's wedding, as noted in "Lisa's Future," in 1995, is taking place today. [Neatorama] More »

The Simpsons: Michelle Obama Visits Springfield

Tracie Egan Morrissey — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 13:00:00 EDT

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On last night's episode, First Lady Michelle Obama made a trip to Springfield to give a pep talk to Lisa Simpson, after learning (by following Lisa's FarmVille-esque blog) that the little feminist was embarrassed by her own intelligence. More »

The Simpsons: Lisa Meets Wiccans

Lindsay Robertson — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 11:00:00 EST

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Last night, the usually-skeptical Lisa Simpson fell in with some Wiccan girls, and while the witch hunt plot is tired, this clip has some choice quotes, like Bart's cruel analysis of the life decisions that lead a woman to Wicca. More »

L Is For Lisa, Whose Looks Are Deceiving

Anna North — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:00:00 EST

The name Lisa conjures up visions of lip gloss and My Little Ponies, but Lisas aren't necessarily ditsy — even if they sometimes seem that way. More »

20 Feminist TV Characters

Tracie Egan Morrissey — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 17:00:00 EDT

Mary Richards (The Mary Tyler Moore Show) is often noted as being the feminist icon of television. While Ms. Richards may have been a groundbreaking portrayal of a working woman, she never actually talked about being a feminist. Here, we list fictional characters who more openly flew their feminist flags. More »

The Simpsons: Feminist Revisions

Tracie Egan Morrissey — Mon, 11 May 2009 14:20:00 EDT

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On last night's episode, Marge got Lisa a manicure to show her that women can be smart and "pretty". The two swapped versions of stories about Queen Elizabeth I, Snow White and The Fountainhead. More »

Lisa Simpson Gets A Stamp Of Approval

Anna Holmes — Fri, 08 May 2009 09:50:00 EDT

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Lonely Lisa Simpson Tries Out Popular-Girl Tactics

Tracie Egan Morrissey — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 11:00:00 EDT

On last night's episode of The Simpsons, Homer learned that Lisa is a loner at school, and dedicated his time to making her more popular, with the help of the book Chicks With Cliques. More »

The Internet Depresses Lisa Simpson

Tracie Egan Morrissey — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 19:00:00 EDT

On last night's episode of The Simpsons, Lisa browsed the internet and developed "environment-related despair." To help her out of her depression, Lisa's shrink put her on the wonder drug Ignorital. More »

Lisa Simpson On Why "Gay" As An Insult Doesn't Work

Tracie Egan Morrissey — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 14:40:00 EDT

On last night's episode of The Simpsons, our feminist hero Lisa explains why calling someone or something "gay" isn't insulting. More »

Lisa Simpson Gets A Best Friend In Emily Blunt

Tracie Egan Morrissey — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 18:00:00 EST

On last night's episode of The Simpsons (the first new one in over a month), Lisa met a like-minded girl named Juliet (Emily Blunt) at an after-school program and the two became fast friends. More »

The Simpsons: Lisa Makes Bees Her Business

Tracie Egan Morrissey — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 11:00:00 EST

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On last night's episode of The Simpsons, die-hard environmentalist, animal lover, and feminist hero Lisa became upset about an epidemic that was killing off all the bees in Springfield. She ran to her dad Homer for help, who wasn't nearly as sympathetic, saying that now he'll get stung less and his sandwiches won't get walked on. When Lisa tried to explain to him that bees pollinate flowers, he called flowers the "painted whores of the plant world." Then she appealed to his heart through is stomach, telling him that there would be no more honey. This made him have a daymare about what an apocalyptic, honey-less future would be like. Clip above. More »

Lisa Simpson Becomes A Crosswords Wiz

Tracie Egan Morrissey — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 15:00:00 EST

On last night's episode of The Simpsons, Lisa became a crossword addict. She became so good that she entered into crossword competitions, and Homer saw it as an opportunity to make money by betting against her. After finding this out, Lisa got so pissed off that she changed her last name to her mother's maiden name Bouvier, and Homer realized that the only way he could communicate with her to apologize was to through a crossword puzzle, so he got famed New York Times crossword editor Will Shortz to help him. Clip above. More »

To celebrate the premiere of the 20th season...

Tracie Egan Morrissey — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 10:40:00 EDT

To celebrate the premiere of the 20th season (can you believe it's been 20 friggin' years!?) of The Simpsons, National Geographic interviewed our feminist hero Lisa Simpson about the environment. When asked if she subscribes to the magazine, she answered, "No, but we’d read it in the library, if we ever went to the library, which we don’t because crazy homeless people hang out there, like my Grampa." [National Geographic] More »

Fun With Feminism

Jessica G. — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 17:20:00 EDT

English sociologist Dr. Jessica Ringrose is proposing that feminism be taught in UK classrooms in order to combat the fact that "many schoolgirls defined themselves according to male desire," the Telegraph reports. Ringrose thinks feminist icons like Virgina Woolf, Emmeline Pankhurst, and even Lisa Simpson should be "used as positive role models for young women." Lisa Simpson as feminist icon? Where have we heard that before? [Telegraph] More »

Happy Father's Day, Love Lisa Simpson

Tracie Egan Morrissey — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 18:00:00 EDT

We meant to include this clip in our Lisa Simpson feminist montage, but we totally forgot to add it. (Oops!) But no harm done, because it actually is the perfect thing to post at the end of this terrible, horrible, no good, very bad week, as it's all about Father's Day and unicorns(!). Lisa decides to make a heartfelt gift for her dad (a crafty little book featuring father and daughter unicorns riding off into the sunset on the backs of ponies), instead of just buying something impersonal, but Homer, being a jerkass, stomps all over her feelings when he isn't very thrilled to receive it. It puts Lisa in a bad mood, and she has a freak out at school. Clip above. More »

Lisa Simpson: Feminist Hero

Tracie Egan Morrissey — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 19:00:00 EDT

I've always sort of thought of Lisa Simpson as a Jezebel-in-training, what with her activism, enthusiasm for hobbies and books, love of cartoons and animals, and regard for feelings and unicorns, but it recently dawned on me that Lisa might just be the most visible, mainstream feminist of our time. I never thought I could worship a fictional 8-year-old so much. So here's a compilation of the best of Lisa's most Jezebelian moments. Enjoy! More »

Lisa Simpson's Feminist Heroes Were All Smokers

Tracie Egan Morrissey — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 19:00:00 EDT

Last night's episode of The Simpsons struck a particular chord with me because it was all about Lisa's newfound interest in smoking, which she undertakes in order to lose weight and handle the stress of ballet class. I quit smoking in April 2003 with the help of Zyban, but about a month ago, I picked it up again, due to stress from my job, and admittedly, a desire to avoid stuffing my face with food while I'm at home all day. In the clip above, Lisa is visited by smoke ghosts in the forms of her feminist heroes — Lillian Hellman, Queen Elizabeth I, Margaret Mead, Lauren Bacall [A ghost? Isn't Bacall still alive? -Ed.] — who underscore the fact that millions of otherwise-intelligent women fall prey to the "allure" of cigarettes. And with that I say: "This one is my last pack. I swear!" More »

This Week We Choo-Choo-Chose Polyamory, The Cosby Kids, Mariah Carey And Cunts

Jessica G. — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 18:20:00 EST

Love was in the air this week, especially for these gorillas who were doing it missionary. From now on, missionary sex will be referred to as "gorilla style."

We Choo Choo Choose Ralph Wiggum

Slut Machine — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 13:00:00 EST

Back on The Simpsons season four, when Ralph Wiggum was just a dumb loser—before he evolved into the lovable mildly retarded kid we cherish today—he fell in love with Lisa Simpson because she was the only kid with room enough in her bleeding heart to give the reject in the class a Valentine's Day card. "I Choo Choo Choose You" is such a classic that it really should be sold in stores. But since it's not (at least to our knowledge), you can go here, and print out a high-res version for your Valentine today. More »

Reader Roundup

Jessica G. — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 16:45:00 EST

Best Comment of the Day, in response to Lisa Simpson's Love/Hate Relationship With A Girl Named Stacy: "Oh, you're right, Malibu Stacy. Fuck grad school. I'ma focus on getting back to my birth weight." We say: 6 pounds, 9 ounces of pure SEXY! • Worst, in response to Tom Cruise's Grip On Katie: Courtly? Or Controlling?: "TOM U R SO TINY AND CUTE. 2 BAD U HAVE SUCH A BIG A..H..., DONT FALL INTO YOURSELF. DID YOUR MOMMY WASH U TOO MUCH IS THAT WHY YOU SHRUNK?" We say: someone's been hanging out with Mrs. Dranklesworth today. More »

Lisa Simpson's Love/Hate Relationship With A "Girl" Named Stacy

Slut Machine — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 19:00:00 EST

Dear Lisa Simpson: We Feel You On The Body Dysmorphia Thing

Slut Machine — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 19:00:00 EST