Sports Illustrated is celebrating the 50th anniversary of its annual swimsuit issue this year. Here, we examine all 50 covers to see how "sexy" has evolved since 1964. Or didn't. (Hint: still boobs.)
Happy 2014! As Sociological Images reminds us, this year marks the 40th anniversary of the Equal Credit Opportunity Act, which enabled women to have credit cards in their own name. Not only was the act a step towards financial independence — it spawned the exciting stock photo genre "Delighted Lady Holding Credit Card."
Ever since the beginning of the Great Struggle Against the Carbohydrate Empire, people have tended to deride bread when talking about health. “Oh, bread is so bad for you. The cavepeople never ate bread, and just look how wonderfully sinewy they were!” It wasn’t all that long ago (85 years ago today), however, that…
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Tonight, the Mitt hits the fan when President Obama and Governor Romney face each other in a talking points slapfest we call a Presidential Debate for the first time this election season. But today's also another important date in the Obama family calendar: Barack and Michelle's 20th anniversary. To celebrate, the…
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On March 12, 1912, eighteen girls from Savannah, Georgia gathered for what would be the first meeting of Girl Scouts. One hundred years later, the small organization founded by Juliette Low has included more than 50 million girls and women, sold hundreds of millions of boxes of cookies, and given us some incredibly…
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Isidore and Joan Schwartz spent their first night as husband and wife at New York's Waldorf Astoria Hotel. And now, decades later the hotel has welcomed them to spend the night of their 60th wedding anniversary in the same lodging for the same price they paid on their wedding night. In 1952. So how much did their…
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This week MTV celebrates its 30th anniversary, and over the course of three decades the network has done nothing short of redefining pop culture. And lucky for us, quite a few ladies helped push the network ahead along the way. Herewith, a celebration of the ladies of MTV.
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That's right: on August 18th, 1920, women won the right to vote. (It became law on 8/26.) Celebrate by preparing for the upcoming midterm elections and, in honor of our suffragette sisters, do a little light hell-raising.
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Three years ago, on May 21, 2007, Jezebel.com was born.
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Today is the 99th anniversary of the horrific Triangle Shirtwaist fire, which resulted in the deaths of 150 garment workers, but also had the effect of arousing public outrage and helping to galvanize the nascent labor and women's movements. [NewYorker]
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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]
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"You want thingamabobs? She's got 20." And by "thingamabob," we mean years. And by "she" we obviously mean Ariel of Disney'sThe Little Mermaid. Mazel tov! [LAT]
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Memorial Day weekend message: We will be posting on shortened schedules tomorrow and over the weekend, and the site will go dark completely on Monday. Speaking of holidays: Today is our second birthday. Terrible twos - and Champagne toasts - here we come.
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The Elements of Style, Strunk and White's timeless usage and composition handbook, is 50 today. Please place a preposition after the relative pronoun in its honor. [USA Today]
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One reason to celebrate today: Sister site Io9, helmed by the awesome Annalee Newitz and recipient of much acclaim, is one year old today. Yay to female-run websites! Check it out, won't you? [io9]
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It's our birthday! A year ago this morning, Jezebel "went live", much to the excitement (and anxiety) of three very exhausted staffers (Anna, Moe, Jennifer) and the assorted managers, techies, designers and other editors at Gawker Media who helped make the site a reality. We'll try not to toot our own horn too much but…
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May: Slut Machine has the aesthetics of her vagina analyzed; we take phony high-fashion to secondhand stores; Jessica Alba's "curves" confuse us; hot guys are not so hot; and Cosmopolitan finds nine different ways to say "cock".
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On May 21st of this year, three really excited, anxious and tired young women took a deep breath, said "good luck" to one another, instructed a techie to a flip a switch and Jezebel was "born". Not much has changed in the ensuing six months: We're still anxious and excited, and we're still really fucking tired, although…
