Jezebel
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"Modern Love" College Edition: The Most Depressing Ever? I Ask My Sister In College
"Love: Really Now, There Is No Topic More Depressing" is generally the theme of the Sunday New York Times feature "Modern Love," whose most famous installment chronicled the author's efforts to train her husband as she might any other mammal of above-average intelligence. (Other columns have grappled with how hard it is to get into sex when you're a stripper, the profound sense of alienation that follows an unwanted divorce, how dudes today are irredeemably awful and women could potentially be worse, etc.) Yesterday's installment, the winner of a college essay contest, did not diverge from this theme. The author, a woman born in the late eighties, reflects on a few brief years spent dating noncommittal dudes in New York. "Over the summer there was the Jesuit taking a break from the seminary," she writes. He stopped calling after she refused to sleep with him on their third date. Now, clearly, she probably should have known better, since a dude just out of the seminary is not going to want to fuck around on second base (or whatever) but the overall message was kind of creepy-familiar, reminding me of this one time a friend and sometime fuck-buddy asked of me, "Who made you so cold?" More » -
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I Ask Dudes To Cum On My Ass On The First Date
Well, I don't really ask dudes to get cum so close to my baby maker on the first date, but definitely eventually, if we keep banging, I'll request a superficial anal cream pie. Confused by the term? I didn't know what it meant either, until I opened myself up to pornography. The first time I heard about cream pies I was like, "Oh God, that's so gross! And filthy. And dirty. And hot!" So yesterday, when Moe complained that porn ruined sex by making dudes want to do cum-drenched dirty things, I thought, "Wait, it's not just the dudes!" 'Cause isn't the best sex dirty sex? (Well, unless you're one of those jerks who "makes love" and gazes into your partner's eyes and kiss each other softly on the face.) More » -
today in catalogs
Anthropologie "Giving": We Love To Hate & Hate To Love It
Anna and I are divided about Anthropologie. Anna loves it because it appeals to her "dreams of living in the country surrounded by books, cats, and a wood-burning stove." I usually hate it because it's chock full of overpriced fugwear for a crafty, forest-nymph lifestyle no one actually embodies, and if they do, they can't afford to shop at Anthropologie. The both of us chime in on the retailer's new "Giving" catalog, after the jump. More » -
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In Defense Of Ms. Magazine
Our November 1st post on the state of 'Ms.' Magazine — now celebrating its 35th anniversary — riled some readers up, including 'Ms.' staffers themselves! We asked Jessica Stites, Assistant Editor at the magazine to respond.
For me, a 20-something and a Ms. editor, Jezebel's post on Ms.' 35th anniversary came as a bit of a personal shock. Apparently, here I'd been toddling along like the formerly eight-limbed Lakshmi Tatma of India: Unaware that my two halves were in deadly conflict. I had to choose between fun-loving, snarky, Jezebelian third-waver who abhors the "constructive" (which would make one, um, "destructive"?) or uptight, anti-sex, boring second-wave prune. Neither was very appealing. If these were the faces of my movement I was tempted to tiptoe off to environmentalism, which at least has polar bears. More » -
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ShopVogue.tv: Inspired? Or Insipid?
Did you hear? The overhyped ShopVogue.tv site is now live. The New York Times reports it's a great "added value" for advertisers, and allows readers to get insidery, behind-the-scenes info. Fashionista claims it might be more fun than actual Vogue. Two of us checked it out: One cynic and one enthusiast. The reviews? Not what you'd think! More » -
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Dear Haters: Everyone Has Cellulite. We Consulted Our Ass
Dear Ad Age media critic Simon Dumenco,
We understand that because it took you an entire menstrual cycle to write about our Redbook cover expose, you kind of had to be "counterintuitive" and backlash to the backlash to the backlash or something. Calling us "self-righteous" is kinda weak, and pointing out that Faith Hill herself would probably rather look like her "unattainable" version (that = the point) is even weaker, but you almost redeemed yourself by telling us about airbrushing Pauly Shore's poopy underwear. (Skid marks = a post we wish we'd done earlier!) But then came this paragraph.Which is why even Jezebel has to take money from marketers such as American Apparel — the pervy, hipster brand that's all about worshipping dewy, cellulite-free, half-naked youths..
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Jessica Biel Shits. And Bleeds. And Farts. Get Over It.
I know that feeling this way is misogynistic and very immature—so don't belabor those points, and if you must just e-mail me—but I really can't deal with the fact that women poop. Sorry. Hearing them fart is bad enough, but seeing them grab the Charmin Ultra economy pack gives me panic attacks the likes of which I haven't seen since I believed in cooties.
The above copy appeared on gossip blog MollyGood today underneath a photo of Jessica Biel (which we don't have, as you can see) pricing bulk toiletpaper at a L.A. supermarket. It sent Anna (and the few female friends she sent it to) into a rage of righteous, monstrous, Gender Studies 101 proportions. It did not do the same for Moe, who, well, simply laughed. After the jump, a pre-menstrual Anna and post-menstrual Moe sorta hash out whether blogs like MollyGood are bad for women, or good for the human race. More »
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