Pop quiz: If a woman looks old + sexy and no one is around to validate her, does she still emit a breathy whimper? No really, in order to be sexy, who has to "agree" that you're sexy? Any passing stranger? A panel of Russian judges? The answer is one person, and one person only: You. The rest is sexy magic. And you don't …
Enormous feathered wings, spiky headdresses, skintight black and white checkered adult jumpsuits, elaborate leather underwear — you'd think that with the way Victoria's Secret throws around the word "sexy," its marquee public event wouldn't present people wearing outfits that make it nearly impossible for the wearer to…
Last night on the Daily Show, Senior Women's Issues Correspondent Kristen Schaal had some choice words about the steady trend of overtly sexy Halloween costumes and women's progress. She also rolled out her new 2014 line of sexy costumes for men and women, and well, let's just say, GIANT VAGINA ALERT.
If you're a rational human man with $13 or more to your name, you probably lie awake at night wondering how to keep tricksy, false harlots from getting their hands on your money. Case in point: you know who had boobs? According to at least one painting, the snake in the Garden of Eden probably might have. Well, men of…
I always assume, when strangers ask me extremely basic questions about objectification and entitlement and power differentials, that they're just bozo trolls looking to get a rise out of me for sport and waste the grumpy feminist's time. I mean, it's 2013. Everyone knows by now why we don't have a White History Month,…
Its reason and purpose is unclear, but Victoria's Secret has created a list. The 2012 What Is Sexy? List awards distinctions like Sexiest Summer Style, Sexiest Summer Glow, and Sexiest Tweeter. You know, the stuff legends are made of. It's silly, sure, but it's also very telling. The company, whose customer is…
Here's the newest Rihanna video for "Where Have You Been." The song is what you'd expect (hear one Rihanna song, hear all Rihanna songs), as is the video (yes, Rihanna is very sexy), which is great for those of us who like what she's done in the past. As for the rest of us, we are just going to have to deal with it…
Want to feel more attractive? A new study says that a surefire way to boost your confidence is to knock back an alcoholic beverage. No, it was not conducted by scientists at No Shit University, it was done by actual psychologists in France who discovered something else that's even more interesting: It turns out you…
Here is Lara Stone's latest Calvin Klein ad, sure to inspire pearl-clutch-y local news stories across the nation once it hits billboards and bus shelters. Can you imagine! Calvin Klein is clearly using sex to sell its jeans and underwear. At least there are no hidden messages this time — that we can tell. [WWD]
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Sydney Spies was on the Today show this morning, discussing the "provocative" photograph that her peers on the yearbook committee banned from being published. "I guess it is artistic," Matt Lauer allowed, "it is also not your run-of-the-mill yearbook photo." Matt asked Sydney's mother, Miki, if she thought the image was…
A Colorado school district is embroiled in sexy, sexy scandal after a senior girl's picture was barred from the pages of its yearbook on the grounds that it depicted the dress code being violated and was therefore too sexy. She's organized a protest, asserting that she has a right to be sexy in the yearbook. If only…
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On last night's episode of Dance Moms, studio owner Abby Lee decided that in order to win competitions, her 8- and 9-year-old students needed to wear "skimpier" outfits and do a more "scandalous dance." Or as she told one little girl, "You have to be really hot. Sexy. Make it like you're 17 years old." Dressing the girls in…
The new scent Eau Flirt claims it's "the world's first perfume clinically proven to make men flirt with women." But can a perfume really make you into a dude-magnet?
In response to a Pawlenty aide referring to her "sex appeal," Bachmann said, ""Well, listen, I'm 55 years old. I've given birth to five kids and I've raised 23 foster kids, so that sounds like good news to me." Did she mention the foster kids?
Welcome to Jezebel After Midnight, in which we indulge in sexy sex talk.
Welcome to Jezebel After Midnight, in which we indulge in sexy sex talk.
It may be freezing in much of the country—and we all may look like walking duvets—but that's all the more reason to focus on what makes you feel pretty like a spring daisy. Or a hothouse orchid.
Reese Witherspoon has been in 25 movies and has two kids. At 34, she says in January's Glamour, she feels sexier than ever. And she's not scared about being a woman getting older in the unforgiving Hollywood industry.
