• Jezebel
  • celebrity
  • sex
  • fashion
  • Profile logout login

#girlpower

Jezebel

Share Cancel
   
Upload an image | Add an image URL
×

logging in
  • FAQ. Include # before tag:
  • #tips,
  • #snapjudgment,
  • #groupthink,
  • etc.

New York, 11:59 PM
Thu Dec 10
66 posts in the last 24 hours

Tip your editors:

Editor-in-Chief:
Anna Holmes
| Twitter

Deputy Editor:
Dodai Stewart
| Twitter

Senior Contributing Editor:
Tracie Egan
| Twitter

Contributing Editors:
Anna North
| Twitter
Sadie Stein
| Twitter

Reporter:
Irin Carmon
| Twitter

Editorial Assistant:
Margaret Hartmann
| Twitter

Contributors:
Rich Juzwiak
Email | Twitter
Latoya Peterson
Email
Jenna Sauers

Lizzie Skurnick

Interns:
Katy Kelleher
Twitter


Weekends/Commenter Moderator:
Hortense
| Twitter

SUBSCRIBE TO Jezebel RSS

New: Breaking news and daily top stories via email
1770 Subscribers
Jezebel
  • more about #girlpower more comments →
    small-fox: As much as I dislike that my mother made me go to church as a kid, I'm infinitely glad it wasn't this sort of church. The fact that this message is n... more »
    hollygirl: If this group can get rid of the "onesie" I saw recently printed with the word "Hottie", I'll be so happy. The purity/virginity stuff is creepy, but I... more »
    ellesbelles: My issue is completely with the whole concept of introducing "purity" into the abstinence debate. I am no longer a virgin, but I have recently chosen ... more »
    madeofawesome: I went to a purity retreat at my church where we read "And the Bride Wore White." It's really not that bad. It has some great things to say and encour... more »
    funzette: And the Bride Wore White: Seven Secrets to Sexual Purity *Spoiler Alert* 1. Anal 2. Furious Masturbation 3. Enforced Anatomical Ignorance 4. Denigra... more »
    banana_grabber: The book she wrote called Lies Young Women Believe include 'lies' like you need to have a job outside the home even if your husband makes a good incom... more »
    CherriSpryte: Don't they realize that the obsession with girls covering up (intoxicating bellies, future cleveage) sexualizes girls just as much as revealing clothi... more »
    awinoforever: this makes me really really really want to start a 'truth keeper' franchise/empire wherein i write a book for girls that includes the very down to ear... more »
    sheistolerable: "Why isn't there a happy medium?" Teach your daughter to respect her body, take her to museums and brunch on Sundays instead of church and there you g... more »
    rofling_medusa: Oh my fuck, oh my fuck! From the website: "Is my shirt too low? Lean forward a little bit. Can you see too much chest skin or future cleavage? Your s... more »
    TheocratsForDarwin: To me the abstinence movement is ultimately creepy because in practice, it's a ways of shaming girls. One example - as a teenager I remember being at... more »
    lalie (apologetic mess): I feel this would be much more effective in Goofus & Gallant form. Perhaps called "Doofus and Damsel," keeping with the virginity focus? #secretkeepe... more »
    Ultraprison!: This would be such an awesome, awesome thing if it weren't quietly advocating abstinence because God said so. I would love to tell my daughter she's a... more »
    likepenguins: Ha. I write for a website that reviews YA books ([www.foreveryoungadult.com] - shameless plug), and I can already tell that I'm going to review these... more »
    IRISLIVES: Women have always been forced to choose between chaste, cherubic Susy Homemaker or sex crazed banshee. The issue I have with this organization, (and C... more »
  • #girlpower

    Psst! The "Secret" Is Purity!

    Meet "Secret Keeper Girls." It's kinda like American Girl. If American Girl was focused on modesty, God's Plan, and staying pure. More »
  • #girlpower

    Programming Notes: Live Blogging Divas Live

    We're going to the Divas Live concert tonight at 9pm EST, where we'll be live blogging and Tweeting from the audience. Paula Abdul, Kathie Lee, Hoda, Kim Zolciak and Nene Leakes will be there as well.
  • #girlpower

    Women Will Soon Outnumber Men In The Workforce

    But we still "work fewer hours than men, hold more part-time jobs and earn 77% of what men make." And it's not expected to last once the economy recovers. Hooray. [USA Today]
  • #girlpower

    Psychologist: Modern Feminism "Illogical, Unnecessary And Evil"

    London School of Economics evolutionary psychologist Satoshi Kanazawa gets many things wrong in his "takedown" of modern feminism as "illogical, unnecessary and evil," not the least of which is the Cheris Kramarae quote at the center of his thesis. More »
  • #girlpower

    Girls Who Play Boys Who Don't Think Girls Should Play Boys

  • #mixitup

    Sex, Guys & Audiotape: "Horseshoe Bay CD"

    This week's look at lost youth is an all-gal extravaganza, a Freshman year road trip soundtrack par excellence. More »
  • #womenvotersforobama

    Barack Obama Is A Win For Women

  • #girlpower

    Reading Lolita In America: Where Victim Becomes Vixen

  • #girlpower

    How Will You Celebrate Women's Week?

  • #girlpower

  • #girlpower

    Gennifer Flowers, Former Clinton Concubine, Says She'll Vote For Hillary

  • #girlpower

  • #notsoguiltypleasures

    Apparently The Rest Of The World Is Obsessed With The Saccharine Pop Beats Of 'Hannah Montana' Too

  • #fauxfeminism

    How's This For Girl Power?

    • 1

Login

Enter your username and password.

Please enter a username.
Please enter your password.
logging in
Login via Facebook | Sign Up | Forgot Password?

Reset Password

Please enter your email address to have your password reset.

Please enter your email address.
Please enter a valid email address.
requesting password reset

Register

Registering will give you a user profile and the ability to add other users as friends. To become a commenter, however, you need to audition.

Want to know more? Consult the Comment FAQ and legal terms.

Please enter a username.
Please enter a password.
Please confirm your password.
Passwords are not identical.
Please enter a valid email address.
registration sent, waiting for reply

Submit Your Comment

You don't need to login to comment. Just enter your email address below.

See how your address will be displayed in the Comment FAQ.

Please enter a valid email address.
Please enter a valid email address.
logging in

Login with your Facebook or Jezebel account.

Sign up here.



  • Archives
  • About
  • Advertising
  • Legal
  • Help
  • Report a Bug
  • FAQ
Original material is licensed under a Creative Commons License permitting non-commercial sharing with attribution.