Jezebel: Summer

How To Hold On To Summer For As Long As Possible

Lane Moore — Sat, 03 Sep 2011 14:55:00 EDT

You may not be able to hold on to hundred degree temperatures and freak weather patterns but why would you want to? More »

Please Stop Reminding Me That Football Season Is Just Around The Corner

Erin Gloria Ryan — Sat, 27 Aug 2011 15:43:14 EDT

Every year, it starts about late May, first with a whisper, a singular Facebook status update, a Tweet, as passing small talk reference by that coworker who insists on talking to me while I pee in the work bathroom. Only 100 days away! More »

When Do You Realize You're Not At Home Anymore?

Anna North — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 18:55:00 EDT

I live approximately 2,800 miles away from where I grew up, and I can go months without thinking about the distance at all. Then something jolts me into the recognition that I'm not from here. This summer, it's camp. More »

The Midwest Heat Wave Is Coming For You, East Coast

Lane Moore — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 00:30:00 EDT

Now would be a pretty good time to purchase an air conditioner if you live in...well, pretty much anywhere in America. More »

Summer's Here & The Time Is Right For Getting Agitated & Depressed

Dodai Stewart — Fri, 01 Jul 2011 19:15:00 EDT

We've all heard of Seasonal Affective Disorder, which some call the Winter Blues. But have you ever heard of Summer SAD? It's a real thing. It exists. More »

Australia Now Just Rubbing It In Our Faces

Erin Gloria Ryan — Sun, 26 Dec 2010 10:55:18 EST

Sydney, December 25: English tourist Mark Meagher, center, dives to hit a volleyball to his mates while celebrating Christmas Day at Bondi beach. Stupid jerks with their sunshine and their relaxation. (Image via AP)

What I Learned At Summer Camp

Joy Engel — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 18:41:00 EDT

Whenever I think about summer, I think about camp — and as it turns out, camp was what made me a feminist. More »

Hot Enough For Ya? This Tattoo Will Cool You Off

Dodai Stewart — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 18:20:00 EDT

The delight here is self-explanatory: 32 ice cream cone tattoos. More »

Dress Code: When You're Sick Of All Your Clothes

Sadie Stein — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 14:38:00 EDT

Now is the summer of our discontent: we're all sick of everything we own, but it's too hot to think about Fall. So how to recapture your sartorial joie de vivre? More »

A Summer Leap Into Cockermouth Waters

Katy Kelleher — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 09:18:00 EDT

[Hebron, July 28. A young girl jumps into the Cockermouth River at Sculptured Rocks in Hebron, N.H. Image via AP]

Summer Heat Gets Watered Down In Minsk Fountain

Katy Kelleher — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 15:10:00 EDT

[Minsk, July 23. Girls try to cool themselves in a fountain in Belarus. A heat wave hit the city with temperatures going higher than 30C (86 F). Image via AP]

In Belarus, The Best Way To Keep Cool

Katy Kelleher — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 16:43:00 EDT

[Minsk, July 15. A woman enjoys cooling off in the water-jets of a waterfall in Minsk, Belarus. A heat wave hit the city with temperatures going higher than 30C (86 F). Image via AP]

5 Things You Probably Shouldn't Wear To The Office This Summer

Hortense Smith — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 15:50:00 EDT

Every summer, it seems that the question of whether or not shorts are appropriate for the office comes up in the style pages, like today, in The Telegraph, for example. Shouldn't we maybe concentrate on other summer fashion issues? More »

Toddler Weathers Cruel Summer In The Capitol

Katy Kelleher — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 12:31:00 EDT

[Washington, DC, July 8. Two-year-old Carmen Brumos of Valencia, Spain, lowers her head into a jet of water near the Washington Monument on the National Mall. Image via Getty]

Campus Life Cools Down

Katy Kelleher — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 11:15:00 EDT

[Indianapolis, July 6. Elizabeth Christman, left, and her sister Emily lay on the ledge of a fountain on the campus of Butler University after they cooled off in the water as temperatures approached 95F (35C) degrees. Image via AP]

Cat Nap Through The Dog Days

Katy Kelleher — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 09:10:00 EDT

[Berlin, July 1. Image via Getty]

Light Up The Sky

Katy Kelleher — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 18:10:00 EDT

[Athens, June 28. Image via AP]

Free Summer Events Are Free For A Reason: They Suck

Anna North — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 18:30:00 EDT

According to The Onion, "the nation's boyfriends" are dreading summer's coming onslaught of free events in the park. Us too! Here's why: More »

Dress Code: How To Not Look Like Crap When It's Hot

Sadie Stein — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 13:00:00 EDT

In this installment of Dress Code, we'll take on those days when the thermometer climbs and you'll throw on just about anything to keep from fainting. More »

How Not to Obsess About Looking Fat in a Swimsuit and F-ing Enjoy Yourself!

Ragen Chastain — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 17:00:00 EDT

It seems that almost every woman I know, of any size, starts to have panic attacks the first time she sees swimsuits out on the floor of her favorite store. More »

Women Buy Miniskirts When The Weather Gets Nice, And Other Press Releases Bored Reporters Will Publish

Megan Carpentier — Mon, 31 May 2010 10:45:00 EDT

In preparation for the holiday, the Daily Mail helpfully republished an eBay press release that women buying miniskirts can predict coming warm weather. Can they also predict my "Correlation is not causation" tattoo? [Daily Mail, image via SerialK] More »

J.Crew's Summer Abroad: Sweet Swimsuits, Sharp Shorts & Dreadful Dresses

Dodai Stewart — Fri, 28 May 2010 15:30:00 EDT

Memorial day is the unofficial start of summer, and J.Crew has what you need to kick off the season: Slinky little bathing suits, preppy little shorts, and dresses so hideous you may need to shield your eyes. More »

Summer In The City

Anna Holmes — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 16:10:00 EST

[Sydney, January 10. Image via Getty]

Cosmo: Summer Time Is Science Time

Anna North — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 14:00:00 EDT

Cosmo: Summer Time Is Science Time" alt="Click here to read Cosmo: Summer Time Is Science Time" src="http://cache.jezebel.com/assets/images/39/2009/07/cosmo_aug09_01.JPG"/>

This summer, don't trust your love life to the vagaries of actual human communication. Instead, use Cosmo's ultra-scientific survey to figure out what to do in bed. More »

Sex On The Beach Spreads Disease

Anna North — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 18:40:00 EDT

Thinking of having sex on the beach or in the pool this summer? Watch out! Pools can dissolve condoms, and sand could give you a UTI. Instead, have sex in a sterile room while wearing a biohazard suit. [LiveScience] More »

Recession Forces Teens To Work For Expensive Summer Programs

Anna North — Thu, 28 May 2009 15:40:00 EDT

In yet another installment of its how-is-the-recession-affecting-rich-people series, the Times reports that affluent teens are cutting back on expensive summer programs, or even — gasp! — paying for them themselves. More »

JOOP: Your Guide To Summer Fun

Hortense Smith — Sun, 24 May 2009 17:50:00 EDT

As the summer season kicks off this weekend, I thought it would be special to pass along some ideas to make, go, get, do, be and see. So let's nourish our inner Jezebel, shall we? More »

Teen Dreams: The Best Stuff From Delia's & Alloy

Dodai Stewart — Tue, 12 May 2009 16:00:00 EDT

Summer's here, in the sunny, smile-filled pages of the Delia's and Alloy catalogs. Looking for bright, fun, cheap clothes? You're in luck! (Who cares if it's been decades since you were actually a teen?) More »

May Anthropologie Catalog: Totally Watered Down

Dodai Stewart — Thu, 07 May 2009 16:00:00 EDT

Hey, you know what this recession needs? To encourage us to shop for things we can't really see! That's the message you might get from sopping wet pages of the May Anthropologie catalog: More »

Fountains Of Youth

Anna Holmes — Wed, 06 May 2009 18:50:00 EDT

[Seoul, South Korea; May 6. Image via Getty]

Summer In The City: Ice Queens

Anna Holmes — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 15:10:00 EDT

[Amritsar, India; April 28. Image via Getty]

"Is Believing In Creationism Grounds For A Breakup?"

Tracie Egan Morrissey — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 16:20:00 EDT

It's time for another installment of Pot Psychology, the "advice" column in which we attempt to solve everyone's problems with an herbal remedy. (Remember, kids: Don't do drugs!) In this episode, Rich, the judge to my Judy, helps me answer questions about golden showers, pizza dough, and affectionate cats. Got a burning question? Send it to potpsych@jezebel.com. (Please keep them short; they're verrrry hard to read when stoned.) More »

Endless Summer: The Technicolor Kiddie Swimsuit Extravaganza

Maria — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 14:00:00 EDT

Here it is, ladies and gentlemen: the collection of your childhood swimsuits for this month's Past Fashion. After the jump, lots of rainbows, polka dots, ruffles, and bows — not to mention the gold medallions seen at left; no wonder she made the coveted cover of Camper's Digest. (Note: To protect the innocent, our friend Ariel the Little Mermaid popped into the photos where non-Jezebels were found.) More »

What I (L)earned On My Summer Vacation…

Moe — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 15:40:00 EDT

A story in today's Wall Street Journal examines the intensifying competitiveness of the lifeguarding job market. Beach lifeguards in California make $20 an hour and barf during lifeguard training, which is like boot camp sort of, and instructors ask things like "Are your fun buckets full?" and no one answers. And while this has nothing to do with that, I'm going to tell you about the time I was a lifeguard, back in high school. The high school summer job, you see, is a moribund tradition, but back in Generation X dead-end minimum wage jobs were relatively easy to find and in middle-class suburbs it was expected you had one. What the fuck else were you going to do? (Catholics don't do camp.) And fuck if lifeguarding wasn't the best fucking job in the universe. You get paid to sit. And tan. And thus enjoy the rare opportunity that is looking good in a swimsuit. And occasionally clean things that aren't particularly dirty to begin with, because they've got chlorine bumping up against them all day. I started at $4.65 and worked my way up to $10 as a "pool operator." More »

Isn't The Swimsuit Just Inherently Evil?

Moe — Thu, 15 May 2008 14:00:00 EDT

There are few garments I loathe more than the swimsuit. I don't really like going in water, or getting sand in my crotch, or getting urinary tract infections from the sand and sweat and chlorinated water in my crotch, or being reminded of how unforgivably white my skin is, or how inexplicably tan everyone else managed to get (WTF?), or what imminent cancer feels like. HOWEVER. There's a story about the return of retro swimsuits in today's Times that rips off an Observer article of a fortnight ago that reminded me of the real reason I dislike swimsuits: they are inherently terrible. I mean, here I was, looking at some of these pictures, thinking, "Hey, maybe I could rock one of these things!", and nodding along to lines like "Then again, this is precisely the costume required by the lazy-skinny girl of the moment, the one who eschews Equinox for Spanx, just like grandma," when I realized, Holy shit, did I just almost endorse the swimsuit worn by Annette Funicello in Beach Blanket Bingo; kill me now. More »