Jezebel: Pretty Woman

Pageant Mom Defends Dressing 3-Year-Old As Pretty Woman Prostitute

Margaret Hartmann — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 10:35:00 EDT

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Wendy Dickey, the mom whose 3-year-old daughter wore a hooker getup for a Pretty Woman routine on Toddlers & Tiaras, defended her costume choices to TMZ, saying the child-size sex worker ensemble is "less revealing than gymnastics wear and swimsuits," and "a lot less harmful." Earlier, we pointed out that she could have paid homage to Julia Roberts with another outfit from the film. It turns out the girl did wear a "classy" dress from the end of the film, but TLC edited it out. More »

Beauty Schooled: It’s Blog for Fair Pay Day!

virginia — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 13:20:00 EDT

You'd be forgiven for thinking that the Paycheck Fairness Act (currently pending in the Senate) is a little off topic for a blog about the beauty industry, seeing as the vast majority of beauty industry workers are female: More »

Anonymous Prostitute Blogs About Condoms, Sex... And Healthcare Reform

Anna North — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 09:30:00 EDT

Now that Belle de Jour has been unmasked, the niche for anonymous prostitute/blogger is wide open. Helping to fill it is Las Vegas Courtesan, who has strong opinions on condoms, manners, and healthcare reform. More »

Zoe Kravitz For Vera; Mary-Kate & Ashley Close Beauty Line

Jenna Sauers — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 11:30:00 EST

Zoe Kravitz, negotiating the transition from Famous Daughter to Celebrity, has committed the necessary act of being photographed by Bruce Weber for a perfume campaign. Vera Wang was the lucky partner in fame-chasing. Shall we expect a reality show? [People]

Back To School: John School. No Trapper Keepers Needed.

Sadie Stein — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 14:20:00 EDT

John schools - a combination of shaming and education - tries to make johns feel like the criminals, for a change. Questions: Does it work? (And how much better an ending to Pretty Woman would that have been?) More »

"Most Stories That Involve Me Have A Happy Ending."

Sadie Stein — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 13:20:00 EDT

Julia Roberts was so on last night! More »

British Professor: Prostitution Is Not All Bubble Baths And Bordellos

Jessica G. — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 15:00:00 EST

In Montana, former cathouses and bordellos are now tourist attractions, where, according to the Economist, Big Sky Country enthusiasts can dream of the notorious Madam Ida, who "distributed gilt neckties to favoured customers." (No doubt against a backdrop of crushed red velvet and giant, filigree mirrors.) Americans harbor "enduring fondness for the turbulent world of unfettered freedom and vice," the Economist reasons, and prostitutes are a pivotal part of that fantasy world. Pop culture is also littered "happy hookers" stereotype, in films like Pretty Woman, Mighty Aphrodite, and in documentaries like HBO's Cathouse, which focused on Nevada's Bunny Ranch brothel. Brags the cable channel: "...the Bunny Ranch is a tightly-run ship where johns are 'clients' and prostitutes are 'working girls' with their own private rooms and weekly doctor visits. [The] Bunny Ranch is a welcome retreat for men — and women — who enter the door with a good attitude and money to party." More »

Sales Clerks At Fancy Stores: What Is Up Their Butts Anyway?

Moe — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 16:30:12 EDT

Americans are purchasing luxury goods at the lowest rate in three whole years, and luxury goods stores are fighting back with a sophisticated new method to determine whether customers are enjoying their shopping experiences, reports today's Wall Street Journal. The method is called "facial coding," and it involves careful inspection of the faces of customers and sales clerks to determine whether they are....smiling at one another. (Huh!) Anyway, so columnist Christina Binkley goes shopping with facial coding analyst Dan Hill on Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills, and guess what??? She manages not to make a single Pretty Woman reference. At jeweler Van Cleef and Arpels, they get chased away. At Yves St. Laurent:

As we gawked, a saleswoman sailed past, one corner of her mouth slightly turned up. Two upturned mouth corners make a smile, of course, but a single upturned corner amounts to the way the homecoming queen regards the president of the math club, according to Mr. Hill, who whispered, "She just gave us a contempt expression."

Hollywood Always Loves A Harlot

Jessica G. — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 15:00:00 EDT

*Inspired by Shirley MacLaine's assertion that the best parts for actresses fall into one of the above categories