Jezebel: atlanta

Ready For Take-Off

Anna — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:10:00 EST

[Atlanta, November 8. Image via Getty]

ATLANTA - NOVEMBER 08: An Atlanta Falcons cheerleader performs during the game against the Washington Redskins at Georgia Dome on November 8, 2009 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images)

The Real Housewives Of Atlanta Represent The Crass Consumerism That Is Ruining Our Country

Tracie — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 12:00:00 EDT

The Real Housewives of Atlanta — made up mostly of women who are wives of athletes — are the shallowest, bitchiest, and most materialistic we've seen in this Bravo series. All of them act like the girls you see on MTV's My Super Sweet 16 — demanding designer labels, extravagant birthday cakes, and fully loaded Escalades — but perhaps the most disgusting is Shereé, who talks about how much "class" she has, which is a sure sign she doesn't have any. She's the ex of some athlete, and she is fighting him for money so that she can continue to maintain her lifestyle, which includes an extensive staff (personal assistant, chef, and publicist) and buying $3,500 handbags that look like you can get them for a tenth of the price at Joyce Leslie. She also thinks that "men are intimidated by successful women," interesting only because I didn't realize that "success" is measured by how much you can take your ex-husband for. Clip above.

Numbers Of Young Women With Skin Cancer Rises • LadyMag Editor Neutralizes "Men At Work" Signs

Maria — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 17:20:00 EDT

Melanoma cases in young women continues to rise (they have yet to adopt the fear-the-sun attitude of ladymags) due in part to increased outdoor activity and indoor tanning. • A well-preserved statue of Venus (from the late classical Greek tradition) was found in Macedonia. • Napoleon's penis is currently in the basement of a New Jersey WASP, just thought you would like to know. • Trend pieces that will never die: spas for kids! • Cynthia Good, the founding editor of Pink magazine, convinced the city of Atlanta to make their "Men At Work" signs gender neutral.

• More than 600 homes and businesses in Europe were raided for making "liquid ecstasy," a drug commonly used for date-rape. • Update on nude child art photo in Australia! The dad had apparently written some psychological blog posts about children's sensuality and now people think that proves his wife's photos are child porn. • In a recent study, controlling moms tended to be "verbally aggressive" moms. • An interesting study of medical student's empathy towards patients found that white students were less empathetic towards a virtual "black" patient. • A Kenyan waitress who was fired from her job for being HIV-positive was awarded $34,000 in a landmark ruling. • A straight man in The Purse Forum?! What very important lessons about conspicuous consumption will he teach these handbag obsessed ladies? • Miss Washington says she was just "clowning around" when some "racy" photos of her were leaked on the internet at the beacon of interesting news, TMZ. • Alpha Kappa Alpha, the oldest black Greek sorority celebrates their 100th anniversary. Members say there was no infamous "paper-bag test" and that the only bias was an "intelligence" bias.

I Love The Way You Move

Dodai — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 15:40:00 EDT

Earlier, we posted about the lack of black people in the UK ballet. But here in the US, OutKast's Antwan "Big Boi" Patton has collaborated with choreographer Lauri Stallings on a production called "big." The ballet is a "marriage of artistic aesthetics" that will, at one point, feature Verdi's "La Traviata" intertwined with "Morris Brown," a cut from OutKast's "Idlewild" soundtrack. "It's definitely one of the funkiest hybrids I've ever seen," Big Boi said. Click here for a video sneak peek; the show opens tonight at the Fox Theatre in Atlanta. [CNN]

In the woods near a suburban apartment complex...

Jessica — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 12:45:00 EST

In the woods near a suburban apartment complex in Acworth, Georgia,
three boys — ages 8 to 9 — allegedly raped an 11 year old girl. Prosecutors have not decided yet whether to try the suspects as adults. [Breitbart]

This Country Is Big Enough For More Than One Jezebel, Y'all

Jennifer — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 08:30:00 EDT

Dear Good People of the Southeast: Jezebel.com is not Jezebel Magazine. The site you are reading right now is a potty-mouthed blog about so-called "women's interest" topics. Jezebel Magazine, however, is a ladylike Atlanta-based women's print publication. We thought that the differences were obvious, but apparently, not so much! E-mails received from the confused, after the jump:

From the manager of the Lenox mall branch of Benetton:

Hi, I am currently managing the United Colors of Benetton at Lenox mall. We had previously done some work with your magazine and I wanted to e mail you to see if you would be interested in coming to our store and taking some pictures during our 40th Anniversary Party. Please contact me whenever it is convenient for you.

From the manager of a country club called "The Georgian":

Just wanted to check and see about an article. A bunch of us were at a Crawfish Cookout a few months ago, where a photographer from Jezebel said he was taking pictures for the magazine... I wanted to check and see if it made in into an article?

From the Atlanta Junior League:

I am a member of the Junior League's PR/Marketing Committee and wanted to reach out to you regarding coverage for an event we have next month. I know we are too late on the hard copy publication side but was hoping we could be squeezed onto your online calendar?

From a genteel southern mama:

Is it possible to get a wedding photo added to the next magazine. Our daughter just got married in Aspen, Colorado. She is one of the Captains of the Falcons Cheerleaders. If you think you might be interested - just let me know. Her photographer is Gene Ho. Some of the early photos are listed at http://geneho.com/coyle/. Thanks!

Jezebel Magazine

Betsey Johnson Goes Private Equity, 'Portfolio' Fashion Blogger Goes Ageist

Jennifer — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 10:00:00 EDT

Betsey Johnson is selling a majority of her label to a private equity firm, which is sort of like the tent dress equivalent of this year's fashion financing world, but Portfolio blogger Lauren Goldstein Crowe is confused. What would a private equity firm want with Johnson, a "grandmother, 65 years old?" Um, and Valentino: such a strapping young lad himself! [Portfolio.com]
The Atlanta City Council is attempting to amend the city's current public indecency law to stop the (twenty year old) "epidemic" of baggy pants and the horrific collateral damage of exposed boxer shorts. Women would also be prevented from showing thongs, sports bras, or any bra straps. We really hope this is a joke intended to provide Katt Williams with material for some epic Freaknik routine, but just in case, the ACLU is already on it. [AJC]
If you have a Platinum Amex you can go to a New York Fashion Week show for $100 and watch the show from a sky box and, uh, eat some lunch, although shows last an average of 16 minutes, so you won't have time to eat much, which we guess is the point. [WSJ]

Designer Behnaz Sarafpour sent emailed invitations to her Spring/Summer 2008 show in lieu of paper ones to help the environment. [FWD]
Beth Ditto to model for Christopher Kane. Um, wow. [The Sun]
Want to look just like Helena Christensen? Eat snake and drink Guinness. [Vogue UK]
Anna Wintour will not be attending Paris Fashion Week, because she's going to London Fashion Week instead. The world: shocked. [WWD, 1st item]
The latest celeb Steve & Barry's line: Venus Williams' EleVen. She says the name is rife with symbolism because the number shows how you can be more than your best? Um, whatever. What happened to her Reebok contract, anyway? [WWD, sub req'd]
Danskin, in honor of its 125th anniversary, will offer key pieces from its "collection" in cashmere and silk. So what do you call a cashmere unitard? Unitarded! [WWD, sub req'd]

DailyCandy Forgot What It Wants To Tell You

Jennifer — Thu, 07 Jun 2007 13:54:18 EDT

It's exhausting worrying about our friends over at DailyCandy. When we're not freaking out about whether they're secretly talking trash about us behind our backs or trying to lure our dads out of the closet... well, we actually do worry about their own emotional well-being, seeing that they're locked up in some office somewhere surrounded by cupcakes and peonies and Sex And The City DVDs. And based on today's tips, we're not entirely convinced that everything is working that well at DailyCandy HQ. Why we suspect DailyCandy might have pulled a Paris (before she got sprung, that is), after the jump.

DailyCandy Atlanta has forgotten that it spends most of its time telling us to starve ourselves pretty and suggests we spend our weekend gorging ourselves on fried Twinkies.

DailyCandy Chicago seems to have forgotten that the whole point of DailyCandy is that it's supposed to refer us to something. Saying "Don't get a sunburn" with no external link = not doing their job.

DailyCandy Dallas thinks we should see Space Jam this weekend. You remember Space Jam, don't you? That cartoon/live action movie starring Michael Jordan and the Looney Toons????

DailyCandy Los Angeles thinks we care about bars that serve things other than booze. And more specifically, about bars where we can pick garden plants.

DailyCandy Philadelphia seems to think it makes sense that we'd fork over $10 to lead ourselves on a self-guided tour.

DailyCandy San Francisco thinks that design-your-own-salad spots are still a new thing. Yawn.