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The Gothic & Lolita Bible: Japanese Girls Are Living Dolls

In Japan, the Gothic Lolita trend is pretty huge. In fact, they have a magazine dedicated to the darkly cute (or is it cutely dark?) fashion fad, called Gothic & Lolita. This special issue, the Gothic & Lolita Bible, has everything you need to perfect your look — freaky contact lenses, skirts with stiff crinolines, babydoll shoes and parasols. Step into a world where dark meets light and women are playthings, after the jump. More »

Foreign Affairs Over on Guanabee, writer Gabriel Caro has created something called "The International Fuckability Hierarchy Index: Latin Countries." Basically, where you're from dictates how much you get laid, and Caro has created a useful bar graph (as seen here) in which penises illustrate Spain's superior allure over Guatemala, for instance. Plus! "If your country's name has an ñ add 5 points; if your country has hosted, participated in, or applauded terrorist activity, subtract 5 points; add 5 points if Pablo Neruda ever lived in your country; if Che Guevara visited your country in one of his "reconnaissance" trips, do nothing but ponder the significance of it all; if your country is an island, subtract 3 points." The index also name drops Shakira, Benicio Del Toro, Daddy Yankee and, uh, Hugo Chavez. It's not right, but it's okay. [Guanabee]

We're a bit puritanical when it comes to infidelity — stone them! String them up by their balls! Banish them to a remote island where humans are prey! But regardless, Columbian Senator Edgar Espindola might be taking the policing of marital infraction a wee bit too far. He's proposed a bill that would induce fines and community service on people who stray outside their marriage and hopes the law will encourage family values and shield children from broken homes. Our problem with this bill is not that we don't think philanderers should, you know, suffer — it's the idea that couples who are coerced into staying together for the sake of the kiddies win the family values competition. Not so! We come from a broken home (though Mommy and Daddy never cheated on each other) and it's actually totally awesome. Double the presents, double the parental guilt, double the fun! [Reuters]

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WAGs (Wives & Girlfriends) Make Us Gag

"I want to marry a footballer, get pregnant and then shop and have fun." These words came out of the mouth of a woman named Abigail Clancy, who is the on-again, off-again girlfriend of a UK footballer named Peter Crouch. The Washington Post has a story on women like Clancy, the wives and girlfriends of England's soccer stars also known as WAGs. (The leader? None other than Mrs. Victoria Beckham.) The WAGs are known for their shopping, clubbing, dancing on tables and general pursuit of the limelight. For example, during the World Cup, "When hotel management erected poolside privacy screens to shield them from the paparazzi, the WAGs asked that they be taken down." More »