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Now more than ever, college students are feeling the constraints of the current recession, though, with the vigor and pluck that comes only with youth, many have embraced the need for frugality and turned it into a lifestyle choice. They're trying to eat for free! They wear secondhand clothes! They're living in tents in the woods! Kids today! More »
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On the heels of the "man-cession" is the "he-covery," two neologisms similar in that they both pertain to men's economic prospects during the last few years and they're both irritating as hell. Despite the fact that for every three new jobs in 2011, two went to men, it now looks like women and men are back to being hired for jobs at roughly the same rate. So it's fair to assume that of the twelve currently available jobs, six will go to women. More »
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Remember the recession (or, alternately: he-cession, or man-cession, or The Great American Economic Cockblock) when no one could shut up about how men were losing their jobs in droves and ladies were the only people gainfully employed? Well, banish those obnoxious neologisms from your vocabulary right this instant— employers are hiring again, and they're overwhelmingly hiring desperate men willing to lower themselves to work in traditional female occupations. Welcome to the he-covery. More »
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Hemlines are so over. The latest way to chart economic trends via women's fashion is farther south: heel height. More »
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Times are rough for adults who move back into their parents' house. In addition to personal feelings of failure, they have to deal with the ugly stereotype that grown ups only live in their childhood home because they need more room for their action figure collection and only mom knows how to properly microwave their Hot Pockets. To make matters worse, now they're getting dumped on because their decision not to start their own home is hurting the economy. More »
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The recession is making absolutely everything awful. Adults are being driven back into their mother's basements and Americans are pumping themselves full of Home Depot silicone to get the fuller asses they require. Now the Anti-Defamation League reports that 15% of the country is still deeply anti-Semitic, and that number is growing. More »
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A new Census Bureau report indicates that not only have the crapadelic economic circumstances of the last few years driven many young people to move back in with their folks, but that men have returned much more willingly to the hearthy teat than their female peers. In fact, one in five men between the ages of 25 and 34 now live with their parents. Mama mia! America's turning into Italy! More »
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It's understandable that stores would rather not have customers pay with a coffee can full of coins on a regular basis, but Save-a-Lot in Portland, Oregon refused to make an exception even for a woman who was forced to break out the change to buy groceries for her family. The woman, identified as Jean, says she got together $32 in quarters and waited until the checkout line was clear. "And when I went up, I told them, you know ‘I have change. Sorry, it's hard times right now.' And they go, 'well we can only accept $5,'" Jean said. A manager got involved and insisted she use the coin sorting machine, which charges a 10% fee. Finally the store agreed to cover the 10% when Jean started crying and another customer offered to giver her bills for her quarters. It's legal for stores to refuse to accept certain types of payment, but hassling impoverished customers still makes you a jerk. More »
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Since the collapse of the domestic housing market in 2007 and the ensuing global financial swoon, much has been made of the Great Recession's effect on men. More men lost their jobs than women, and just two years ago, more men were unemployed than women. Because of this, the Department of Horrible Neologisms has christened this the "Great He-Cession," or, more obnoxiously, "Man-cession." Now that the economy is starting to tenuously recover, however, women are being left out in the cold as men return to work, and it turns out that while men were losing their jobs, women were losing out on a lot more. Man-cession, indeed. More »
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In 2001, Leonard Lauder, chairman emeritus of Estée Lauder, coined the term "lipstick index" to explain why lipstick sales rose even as the economy took a nose dive. Lauder declared that during times of recession, people spend more on affordable luxuries. However, according to shocking new data, the contents of your makeup bag may not be the most reliable economic indicator. More »
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Are recession-era women looking for a firefighter to carry them out of the burning building of the current economy and into the safety of stay-at-home life? That's what some people are taking from a new poll. More »
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It turns out the recession has a silver (haired) lining — kids are spending more time with their grandparents. But this may bode ill for future generations. More »
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A new survey shows many Baby Boomer moms are supporting their adult kids, financially or otherwise. Should we really be surprised? More »
]]> http://jezebel.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5792575&view=rss&microfeed=true It's not surprising that the recession could be leading to a rise in depression. What's a little more unusual is this trick for mental acuity and better health: shopping. More »
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Some experts are worried that men's economic woes will lead to higher rates of depression. Will this mean a greater awareness of how the illness affects men? More »
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When the Recession gave these career women lemons, they made them into homemade lemonade, put on lipstick, and served them to their boyfriends in an immaculate apartment. More »
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Another day, another story about how freaked out college students are. Maybe they heard about this recession thing? More »
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Men have supposedly fared worse in the recent recession — but some measures show that in the kinda-sorta-maybe recovery, it's women who are actually losing out. More »
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• Rihanna had dinner with Topshop founder Philip Green and Simon Cowell. Because Green and Cowell run an entertainment company that produces television and fashion ventures, the tabloid seers are pretty sure that means Rihanna's getting a clothing line. [Daily Mail]

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A recent Pew Research Study found that 13% of grown children moved back in with their parents in the last year. (Sound of record scratching.) What? That sounds like an awful lot. More »
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Velma Hart, who told President Obama she was worried about her financial future at a town hall meeting, has lost her job as CFO of veterans services organization. Though unemployment is a "scary proposition" she says she still supports Obama. More »
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Thanks to women like Gloria Steinem and Bella Abzug, we female baby boomers came of age educated, braless, and emboldened to become politicians, playwrights, CEOs or, in my case, journalists. But things changed when some of us lost our jobs. More »
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Especially since the recession hit, the media's been referring to trades like construction as "traditionally male fields." So what happens when you're the woman on the job site? More »
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New census data shows that from 2002-2007, women-owned businesses had the "largest numerical increase...up 1.3 million, to a total of 7.8 million." (Maybe the sexual rejection burden is shifting.) But has the recession undone this progress? More »
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Despite the ongoing recession, today's crazy, optimistic youth think they're going to make more money soon. They might actually be right — but it doesn't mean they'll be happy. More »
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We often call for more gender equality in the economy and the workplace, but it's not always clear what that would mean. In the Times, one woman lays it out: "Only money will give women power." More »
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Since men make up more than half of the participants in the labor market (and make more money), they were unsurprisingly harder hit by the recession. Surprisingly, though, they're now better off during the recovery than many women. More »
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Not only is "mancession" a stupid word, it is also not even real. According to a new report, women are losing jobs more quickly than men, with single moms, who have no backup breadwinner, hit the hardest. [AP] More »
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New research claims that our facial features reveal everything from fertility to independence. Really! Let's put this new science of superficiality into practice, shall we? More »
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If you've opened a women's magazine recently, then you probably know what's in this season. "Investment" fashion! More »
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According to a Daily Dish reader, women have all the luck: they get to "party all through [their] twenties," and then "have a family and be a mom and have a full-time career as well." More »
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Time's piece on frugality experiments — like living on a dollar a day, or abstaining from buying new clothes for a year — is a depressing reminder that for many, thrift is a necessity, not a stunt. More »
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While headlines have screamed about the mancession, new articles and studies reveal that women are not immune to career instability. Indeed, female veterans, young women, older women, and single moms are all bearing the brunt of our crumbling economy. More »
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• BuzzFeed's roundup of the 20 Funniest Figure Skating Faces is wonderfully hilarious without being even the slightest bit mean-spirited. Only one complaint: No Johnny Weir. Is that because he always looks this fierce? •  More »
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A British court has decided that paying mostly female caregivers less than mostly male gardeners and garbage collectors constitutes gender discrimination. The decision raises the question: what does income equality really mean? More »
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Freelance writing has always been a stressful pursuit, but with fees dropping and some outlets offering, say, sailboat rides in lieu of payment, it's getting even harder out there for a scribe. More »
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Analysts are "cautiously" encouraged by the year's book sales which, well, could have been a lot worse! 'When you look at every other medium, and you look at books, and you see they held their own...that's good news." [MediaBistro] More »
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After realizing her insane spending habits, which include a "£26,000 bat sanctuary," are to blame for her enormous debts, Liz Jones decided to try to live on £64.30 (or roughly $106) per week...and she actually learned something. Sort of. More »
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According to the NYT, the bachelor pad is a recession casualty. [NYT] More »
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Sometimes you just can't top a British headline for phrasing: "make-up sales rise as women aim to look their best in recession" really says it all. [Telegraph] More »
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