Jezebel: Rant

Margaret Cho Rightfully Loses Her Shit

Margaret Cho — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 14:30:00 EST

I have some wonderful new tattoos on my ass by the incredible Cris Cleen, who I love, and I posted a picture of them on Twitter, which got many favorable comments — but there were two negative ones, and I blew a fucking gasket. I screamed out loud and tracked the perps down and blocked them, but not before really ramming it to them in the strongest language I could use. It was over the top and really kind of ridiculous, but I cannot help myself. More »

Let's Stop Saying We're 'Obsessed'

Cassie Murdoch — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 18:00:00 EDT

I was standing in line at a coffee shop this morning when I heard a girl behind me say to her friend, "Yeah, I am totally obsessed with Breaking Bad." "Hmm, are you really obsessed with Breaking Bad?" I thought to myself, "Or do you just enjoy Breaking Bad?" Do you think about it constantly? Does it interfere with your ability to function? I am guessing no. Do you have a room in your house where you tear out newspaper clippings about the show and pin them methodically to the walls? Do you keep tiny specimens of Bryan Cranston's fingernail clippings in neatly organized jars on a shelf? Probably not. I mean, sure, you might like Breaking Bad. Maybe you even love it. And maybe you could even be called one of the shows biggest fans, but I feel like you are probably not actually obsessed with it. More »

Watch Tracy Morgan's Apology In Nashville

Lane Moore — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 14:50:00 EDT

"Certainly on June 3rd when I went to see Tracy, I had no idea that two weeks later we would be sitting here through this." --Kevin Rogers, the audience member who posted a summary of Morgan's remarks on Facebook. More »

Summer Shoes & The War On Women's Feet

Margaret Hartmann — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 11:00:00 EDT

Even if you aren't a stiletto enthusiast, there's a good chance your shoes are leaving you with foot pain and blisters. A growing number of products aim to treat these female foot issues, but it seems that few have considered the easiest option: Making more comfortable shoes. More »

The "Alternative" Female Actress, And Why Hollywood Has So Few Of Them

Lane Moore — Sat, 21 May 2011 18:00:00 EDT

There are few things I want more than the return of Daria. More »

Men, Please Do Not Publicly Smile At Me When I Look Like Crap

Kat George — Wed, 11 May 2011 14:00:00 EDT

There's a glitch in the matrix. And no, it's not the arrival of The One or 17 billion agents — it's the attractive man who smiled at me while I was hunched over my laptop at my local café. The smile itself was not the anomaly; New York's male population is constantly in heat, scanning every room for the presence of Possible Pussy or Viable Vagina. Even if belongs to a Nefarious Nerd or a Gawky Geek (of which mine belongs to both categories). More »

Cosmopolitan Gives You Permission To Look In A Mirror (Preferably While Eating Lettuce)

Lane Moore — Sat, 30 Apr 2011 18:00:00 EDT

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I haven't read Cosmopolitan magazine since I was 16. More »

Why Do Screenwriters Hate Nerd Love?

Lane Moore — Sat, 26 Mar 2011 17:45:00 EDT

It's easy to see why this would happen. Many screenwriters who choose to write about high school didn't have a magical four years there and most screenwriters are male. So of course when they write a screenplay about high school, it's going to center around the nerdy guy they feel they were. And in their movie, they are going to get the girl. More »

You're Single This Valentine's Day, And Nobody Is Going To Let You Forget It

Jessica Coen — Mon, 14 Feb 2011 15:40:00 EST

The problem is not Valentine's Day. It never really was. Any reasonably sane person, single or taken, can recognize that the very idea of Valentine's Day is a prefabricated crock of shit. Yes, it's very nice to spend quality time with your beloved, and there's nothing wrong with having a reminder to do that. But to make it some sort of cultural "holiday," some weird dictated celebration of love-sweet-love is silly. But you already know that; nothing new there. No, it's the media assumption that those without a significant other on this Day Of All Days are simply devastated. More »

Dear Craigslist Users Attempting To Send Me Missed Connections

Sadie Stein — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 17:34:00 EDT

Hi. I think there are a few things we need to clarify, because your Missed Connections aren't reaching me and it's obviously not my fault. More »

On Twitter, There's No Such Thing As A "Direct Message"

Sadie Stein — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 15:00:00 EDT

The other day, a friend of mine got stood up. When she confronted her date, he protested: he had tweeted that he'd be running late. An extreme example, but part of something that must be addressed! More »

Why The Kendra Wilkinson Sex Tape Should Make You Angry

Sasha Pasulka — Fri, 28 May 2010 14:45:00 EDT

Yesterday a 10-minute clip from Kendra Wilkinson's teenage sex video hit the ‘net (it's NSFW but you're on your own to Google it). And what I saw was infuriating to me. More »

In Defense Of Cheap, Crappy Coffee

Sadie Stein — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 13:40:00 EDT

Coffee culture is taking over, and the cult of fine coffee is now a mass obsession. So why do I only like the bad kind? More »

How The Hell Am I Supposed To Dress In This Weather?

Jessica Coen — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 12:30:39 EDT

It's pretty freaking hot in New York today. Last week, Chicago had the same deal. Let's avoid, however, the discussion of what this heat wave means for global warming. I'm more concerned with what it means for dressing oneself. More »

Memo To Tabloids: Sandra Bullock Trumps All

Jessica Coen — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 15:20:00 EDT

Important news circulating today in Celebrity Heartbreakville: Kim Kardashian's on-and-off boyfriend Reggie Bush maybe hooked up with another girl. Which could be sad, but who the hell cares when Jesse James is still torturing America's Sweetheart? More »

On Not Feeling Bad That "The Hills" Are Burning

Moe — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 10:00:00 EDT

UPDATE: Upon further reflection I deemed the post that follows to be a victim of premature-meta oversnark and apologized to California here, because we are all about good vibes at Jezebel. More »