Jezebel: Sisters

Who Says There Has To Be An “Ugly Sister”?

Lane Moore — Sat, 02 Apr 2011 18:00:00 EDT

In a recent interview with Cosmopolitan: Middle East, Khloe Kardashian said she finds it difficult to keep her self-esteem up when she is constantly subjected to negative comments. More »

Twin Sisters Celebrate 100th Birthday

Margaret Hartmann — Fri, 14 Jan 2011 11:45:00 EST

On Sunday, California identical twins Inez Harries and Venice Shaw will celebrate their 100th birthday. They've always enjoyed confusing people, and say when their mother used hair ribbons to tell them apart, "We'd switch them on the way to school." More »

Sisters Bond In Adderall Scheme

Irin Carmon — Thu, 30 Dec 2010 12:50:00 EST

Warning: Should you ever become embroiled in a criminal conspiracy, your silliest Facebook photo will be posted on The Smoking Gun. That's what just happened to Pauline Wiltshire, recently arrested in an Adderall scheme that seems to implicate her sister. More »

Sisterly Love At Its Most Adorable

Margaret Hartmann — Fri, 03 Dec 2010 15:29:00 EST

[India, December 3: Shobha kisses her younger sister Lakshmi as they attend a class at Epsilon, a school in Bangalore. Image via AP.]

Scientists Find Sisters Make Male Rats Less Sexy; Gyllenhaals Suggest Otherwise

Anna North — Fri, 22 Oct 2010 12:24:00 EDT

A new study shows that male rats raised with lots of sisters are less attractive to lady rats. So is this research applicable to humans? More »

Don't Steal Your Sister's Stuff, And Other Sibling Wisdom

Anna North — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 15:20:38 EDT

A new study shows that adolescent siblings who respect each other's boundaries have a better relationship. While this isn't too earth-shattering, it's interesting that scientists are looking at sibling-relationship quality at all. More »

Things To Do With Your Sister Today

Dodai Stewart — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 09:40:00 EST

Pose together in racy lingerie — making sure her leg is between yours — like in this Keeping Up With The Kardashians ad in all the tabloids. Later, make like a honeybee and fart on her, hoping she'll die. [Wired] More »

Serena Williams On Sibling Rivalry, Apologies

Katy Kelleher — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 12:20:00 EDT

Say what you will about Serena's supposed temper, but the relationship between the Williams sisters sounds pretty sweet. More »

Does Birth Order Really Matter?

Anna North — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 13:40:00 EDT

Are first-borns really smarter — or more stubborn — than their siblings? A piece in the London Times questions whether birth order really affect IQ or personality as much as some have said. More »

Save The Date

Sadie Stein — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 17:20:00 EDT

Eight Missouri sisters want to have the same wedding anniversary. So far two of 'em have achieved it. And we don't see why anything should stand in the way of the other six. Besides not getting married. [UPI] More »

Having A Sister Makes You Happier And More Well Adjusted

Margaret Hartmann — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 09:30:00 EDT

People who have sisters are happier, more optimistic, less stressed, and better at coping with life's problems, according to a new study on mental health. More »

Sister Act

Sadie Stein — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 17:45:00 EST

Baltimore's Oblate Sisters of Providence, which celebrated its 180th birthday this year, was the first Catholic order in American to accept Black women as sisters. More »

Kardashian Sisters Laugh In Kim's "Ugly Face"

Tracie Egan Morrissey — Mon, 05 May 2008 13:40:00 EDT

On last night's episode of Keeping Up With the Kardashians, the "civil war" raged on as the family went on a ski trip together, which only heightened tensions between Kim and her sisters. (This whole fight, if you remember, started over Kim buying a Bentley.) This time, the entire family seemed to be ganging up on Kim, reducing her to tears, which sister Kourtney ended up laughing in her face about, because she has "an ugly crying face." Clip above. More »

Is There Something Extra-Special — And Extra-Stressful — Between Sisters?

Dodai Stewart — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 13:00:00 EDT

Much has been made about Margaret "Peggy" Seltzer, the writer whose gang violence memoir, Love and Consequences, turned out to be a fabrication. But, the New York Times asks today, what of Cyndi Hoffman, Peggy's older sister? Hoffman is the one who turned "tattletale" and blew the whistle on Peggy. Her own sister. "We have powerful expectations of loyalty from a sister," Marcia Millman, sociology professor and author of The Perfect Sister: What Draws Us Together, What Drives Us Apart tells the Times. "But along with the idealized image of sisters, that they are always close, there is a stereotype that sisters are very competitive. It's the two extremes." They say blood is thicker than water, but is the truth thicker than blood? More »