Jezebel: New Orleans

Tulane University Students Invoke “Widespread Rape” in Calling for Increased Off-Campus Security

Doug Barry — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 13:35:00 EST

Students at Tulane University say the uptown New Orleans neighborhood that cradles their campus has become so treacherous a gauntlet of violent crime that they're afraid to travel to and from school and are calling on university president Scott Cowen to devote more resources to ensuring their off-campus safety. Some, like Vice President of Student Organizations Sam Stone in his letter to the editor of the New Orleans Times-Picayune, have even claimed that off-campus crime is only getting worse, that "aggravated burglary at night" and "daytime armed carjackings" have escalated to the "forcible rape" of female students in the off-campus area around Tulane. But, in a city that had the highest murder rate per capita in 2010, where, for every 100,000 residents, 262 are assaulted with a gun, should New Orleans police prioritize crimes in the university neighborhoods, and how much can the university itself do to protect students who choose to commute from off-campus residences? More »

Nola Students Start Their Halloween Dance Early

Jessica Coen — Sun, 24 Oct 2010 12:20:00 EDT

[New Orleans, October 23: Students dance at the 6t'9 Social Aid and Pleasure Club Halloween Parade. Image via Getty.]

New Orleans Commemorates Katrina As Only New Orleans Could

Katy Kelleher — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 13:20:00 EDT

[New Orleans, August 29. Revelers dance along Royal Street in the French Quarter durning a funeral procession commemorating the 5th Annivesary of Hurricane Katrina. Image via Getty]

First Family Does The Time Warp For Lunch

Katy Kelleher — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 09:23:00 EDT

[New Orleans, August 29. President Barack Obama with daughters Malia and Sasha and first lady Michelle Obama order lunch at Parkway Bakery on the fifth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. Image via AP]

In The Running For The Next American Idol

Katy Kelleher — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 18:18:00 EDT

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[New Orleans, July 26. Jennifer Boudloche celebrates with friend Carrie Spearman outside the New Orleans Arena after Jennifer made it to the next level during auditions for the singing competition series "American Idol." Image via AP]

New Orleans Doctors Prescribe Drinking, Sex

Katy Kelleher — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 13:20:00 EDT

I was ready to make a health-conscious life change on the basis of this report until I heard: "New Orleans doctors also strongly advise that young women expose their breasts to screaming crowds at least once a year." [Onion] More »

Avril Calls Lindsay A Loser; Michael Jackson Is Still Alive & Making TV Appearances

Dodai Stewart — Tue, 11 May 2010 09:00:00 EDT

Avril Lavigne and Lindsay Lohan had a "huge fight" at Hollywood's Chateau Marmont.

What A Treat

Anna Holmes — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 15:10:00 EDT

[New Orleans, April 29. Image via AP]

Parents Have Sixth Grader Arrested • Man Refused For Breast Cancer Screening

Katy Kelleher — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 18:00:00 EDT

• Police in Florida have arrested a sixth grade boy at the request of his parents, who were enraged after he stole over $7,000 worth of jewelry from his mother and distributed it amongst his classmates. • More »

Martha's Issues With Men; Lady Gaga's Near-Collapse

Dodai Stewart — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 09:00:00 EDT

Martha Stewart's ex-best friend has written a book, in which she claims that Martha is desperate for a new husband.

Scott Fujita Has Yet To Prove He's Not Perfect

Irin Carmon — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 18:30:00 EST

Although he's leaving for Cleveland, our favorite football player has left his adopted New Orleans a parting gift, donating a quarter of his Super Bowl prize ($20,000) to Louisiana's coastal restoration. Another quarter went to Haiti. [Times-Picayune, Earlier] More »

A Guide To Recognizing Your Saints

Anna Holmes — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 11:10:00 EST

[New Orleans, February 9. Image via Getty]

Great Scott

Anna Holmes — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 18:10:00 EST

[Miami, February 7. Image via Getty]

She's The Fan

Anna Holmes — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 11:15:00 EST

[New Orleans, February 7. Image via Getty]

The Saints Go Marching In

Anna Holmes — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 21:50:00 EST

[Miami, February 7. Image via Getty]

The Saints Come Marching In

Anna Holmes — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 15:15:00 EST

[New Orleans, January 16. Image via Getty]

Treme: 3 Things We Know About Our Favorite New Show

Dodai Stewart — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 13:00:00 EST

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A teaser for HBO's new series, Treme, hit the web. Since the show's creator is David Simon, the man responsible for Homicide and The Wire, we're all a-tizzy. The clip doesn't reveal much. But here's what we do know: More »

Going To The Chapel

Anna Holmes — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 15:10:00 EST

[New Orleans, November 30. Image via Getty]

And All That Jazz

Anna Holmes — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 18:10:00 EST

[New Orleans, November 29. Image via Getty]

Drag/Racing

Anna Holmes — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 15:15:00 EST

[New Orleans, November 26. Image via Getty]

Reach Out, Touch Faith

Anna Holmes — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 10:10:00 EDT

[New Orleans, October 15. Image via Official White House Photostream]

A Thin Line Between Love And Hate. And God, Apparently.

LatoyaPeterson — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 16:20:00 EDT

Nine-year-old Tyren asked a question of Barack Obama at a New Orleans town hall. He asked "Why do people hate you and they're supposed to love you and God is love?" The question did not warm my heart. More »

President Obama Heads To New Orleans

LatoyaPeterson — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 10:00:00 EDT

Later today, President Obama will touch down in New Orleans for approximately three and a half hours, the first such visit since his election. While much of the conversation has been dominated by politics, Obama's visit illuminates the ongoing struggle. More »

Surveying The Lower Ninth Ward

Anna Holmes — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 09:50:00 EDT

[New York, September 24. Image via Getty]

Project Runway Designer Heads To The Big Easy

Dodai Stewart — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 12:40:00 EDT

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Blast from the past: Season four fave Jack Mackenroth, is visiting New Orleans for the 20th annual NO/AIDS Walk and is bringing Living Positive By Design, his national HIV and AIDS education initiative, to the city. [Breitbart] More »

5 Possible Problems With The Princess And The Frog

Dodai Stewart — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 13:20:00 EDT

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A new teaser trailer for the Princess And The Frog is online, and while the hand-drawn animation is really exquisite, there are still several upsetting things about what's being called Disney's "first black princess" movie. More »

Brad Pitt Rants Against Celeb Shutterbugs On Today

Dodai Stewart — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 11:00:00 EST

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Ann Curry had a one-on-one with a mustachioed Brad Pitt on Today this morning. Pitt was there to talk about his Make It Right Foundation, which aims to build 150 homes for residents of the lower Ninth Ward in New Orleans. But naturally, Ann got him to talk about the kids. (Right after he said he wouldn't talk about his personal life.) "I feel rich being around them," he said. "Surprisingly, though, six kids are not as easy as you would think." Ann also brought up the W photo shoot of Angie, but Brad was most passionate when talking about the paparazzi: "I hate 'em… I hate these people…There should be laws against it." Clip above. More »

"The Mother Of All Storms"

Anna Holmes — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 22:00:00 EDT

For those in southern Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi, we don't need to tell you about the Category 4 storm currently tearing its way north in the Gulf of Mexico. For those who aren't there — or don't know — a massive, massive hurricane is bearing down on the Gulf Coast of the United States, one that New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin is now calling "the storm of the century". At the request of a number of readers, we're putting up this short post — not to announce news updates about the storm (we suggest you rely on television, radio, the internet and other people for that) — but to provide a forum for interested parties to converse. Good luck, all, and Godspeed. [CNN] More »

Trouble The Water Gives One Woman's Katrina Experience Airtime

Maria — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 15:20:00 EDT

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Today is the third anniversary of Hurricane Katrina and with the memoirs and films of the wreckage left after the natural destruction and human mismanagement comes the documentary Trouble The Water. It stands out from previous films about Katrina because it includes first-person footage shot by a woman and her husband who were living in the Ninth Ward when the hurricane hit. That woman is Kimberly Rivers Roberts, an aspiring rapper and self-proclaimed small-time hustler, who bought the camcorder that would document her experience during Katrina a week before the storm touched down. After the storm, she teamed up with documentary filmmakers Tia Lessin and Carl Deal to get her personal account out there...and made herself one hell of a movie. The glowing reviews, after the jump. More »

Hurricane Katrina, Three Years Later: A New Memoir And An Approaching Storm

Dodai Stewart — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 14:20:00 EDT

Tomorrow marks the third anniversary of the landfall of Hurricane Katrina. Unfortunately, there's a new storm on the horizon: The latest on Gustav is that it could hit the coast of Louisiana — and New Orleans — with a similar impact. Earlier this week, Salon ran an interview with Phyllis Montana-LeBlanc, a woman who's considered the breakout "star" of Spike Lee's 2006 documentary When The Levees Broke. Montana-LeBlanc has written a memoir — completed over the last two years, in her FEMA trailer. She's let go of much of her anger. "You can continue to hate and blame, but that's not constructive," she says. "You have to get past it at some point. At the time, all the dead bodies [I saw in the media reports] were African-Americans. And when it's just black body after black body you start to wonder if all those people who died were white — if their lives were considered 'more valid' by the people in charge — maybe you would have seen a quicker response. Honestly, I still wonder if more people would have been saved." More »

Katrina Revisited

Maria — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 13:45:00 EDT

Spike Lee may be making another film about Katrina. Lee directed the HBO miniseries When The Levees Broke about the hurricane — and the aftermath in New Orleans — but he says he's interested in revisiting the area and focusing on other parts of the Gulf Coast that were affected. Lee says his new film's focus would be on "the mental state—suicide, self-medication," an aspect of the disaster that he criticizes the media for ignoring. Lee also spilled the beans about possibly doing a scripted post-Katrina New Orleans movie with The Wire creator David Simon. We'll definitely be keeping our eyes peeled for more info! [Reuters] More »

Fresh Ink

Dodai Stewart — Tue, 13 May 2008 13:45:00 EDT

So you know how Brad Pitt has this new tattoo and everyone is trying to figure out what the fuck it is? Our friends at the Daily Mail have an idea: It's like, totally a map of New Orleans! Well, not of New Orleans but of um, the city's levees. You know, if you turn it sideways. And squint. See it now? Click the picture for an image of a map the paper uses to illustrate its point, maybe that will help. [Daily Mail] More »

The Vagina Monologues Anniversary Celebration Was Wet & Wild

Mon, 14 Apr 2008 12:00:00 EDT

Earlier this year, author Nancy Redd was asked to give her 2007 body-positive book 'Body Drama' to 250 teenage Hurricane Katrina survivors at a ceremony marking the 10th anniversary of the 'Vagina Monologues'. "I've harbored a major crush on Eve Ensler for over nine years," Nancy says. "Growing up with normal teenage angst and inadequate health education, I hated my vulva and I never referred to "down there" as anything other than a "hoo-ha". The Monologues were my introduction to feminism; nothing was more empowering to 18-year-old me than having a legit reason to scream "MY SHORT SKIRT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH YOU!" and "IT'S SUPPOSED TO SMELL LIKE PUSSY!" to the world." Below, Nancy fills us in on everything that went down in the (very fertile) Crescent City over the weekend, where 18,000 participants raised awareness of violence towards women by giving love to vaginas and the amazing women who own them.

Eve: "New Orleans is the vagina of America,...

Slut Machine — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 12:20:00 EST

Eve: "New Orleans is the vagina of America, if you think about it." Jane: "Yes. It's Moist. It's a place where people come for fun!" - Eve Ensler and Jane Fonda discussing why the big V-Day celebration will be held in New Orleans this April, on Today. More »

Announcements

dodai — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 17:20:00 EST

Commenter Trashtastic writes: "A few of us are wanting to organize a Baton Rouge/New Orleans Jezzie Fun Fest. We've tried reaching out to other BR/NOLA Jezzies on the threads, but its hard for us to track it all. We wondered if you would mind posting a shout-out for us?" Sure! Also, everyone should know that we have a Facebook page, where you guys can talk to each other and maybe create groups based on where you live and whatnot. Anywhoozle, any Baton Rouge or New Orleans Jezebelles should make yourselves known right here. More »

Brad & Angelina: Together And Apart

Jennifer — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 10:10:00 EST