Once again, the CDC is sounding the alarm regarding women and their disproportionately high rates of opioid painkiller use. » 1/22/15 6:10pm Thursday 6:10pm

If there's anything that proves definitively that hell is other people, it is surely childrearing. For instance: A couple of parents whose kid skipped out on a classmate's birthday party were recently invoiced £15.95. » 1/19/15 1:40pm 1/19/15 1:40pm

Ebay has compiled a list of its most searched, most purchased fashion of 2014 and the top results do not bode well for the state of global ambition. You could almost predict it, but they were: overalls and yoga pants, reinforcing the notion that fashion went to complete shit this year and everyone gave the hell up. » 12/31/14 2:10pm 12/31/14 2:10pm

In China, breast milk is considered to be a luxury with healing properties. While some may find the idea of drinking breast milk disgusting as adults, the milk trade is booming in China and 15 were arrested on Monday in connection to a prostitution ring that provided customers both milk and sex. » 12/30/14 1:10pm 12/30/14 1:10pm

Two weeks after the porn industry lost an appeal against a law requiring performers to wear condoms, California public health officials have announced that they believe a porn actor contracted HIV on a shoot out-of-state. An actor who tested negative for HIV just before the shoot had unprotected sex with several… » 12/30/14 11:30am 12/30/14 11:30am

In an effort called "Operation Bad Gifts," US Customs & Border Protection uncovered a planeload of designer fakes at John F. Kennedy Airport's Cargo Center between this month, reports WWD, continuing a December-long crackdown that has now reportedly yielded an estimated nearly $3 million of counterfeit goods. » 12/26/14 3:10pm 12/26/14 3:10pm

Are you staring mournfully at your Christmas tree, wondering what in the hell you're going to do with a six-foot-tall piece of dead vegetation? Well, if you live in Reno, consider feeding it to a herd of goats. » 12/26/14 10:00am 12/26/14 10:00am

A two-paragraph blog post on Style dot com asserts that "Stick and Poke Tattoos Are the New Septum Piercings." Let's nip this in the bud right now: nah, son. NAH. » 12/24/14 5:30pm 12/24/14 5:30pm

Americans have a very specific set of stereotypes about undergraduate education, which these days likely involves some mutter-muttering about those dang millennials. But the college experience isn't so monolithic. For instance: 26 percent of undergrads are already raising children. » 12/16/14 4:00pm 12/16/14 4:00pm

We've barely staggered through the first round of company Christmas parties and already we're getting slammed with New Year's resolution-related content (and unfortunately not the Otis Redding/Carla Thomas duet, either). Today's news: Gents' weight-loss goals are most likely to be derailed by liquor and Game of… » 12/15/14 12:50pm 12/15/14 12:50pm

Sylvia Lind, a Cuban American woman who is Major League Baseball's top-ranking Latina, has filed suit against MLB, saying she has been paid less and passed over for promotions in favor of less-qualified white men for over 20 years. » 12/12/14 7:10pm 12/12/14 7:10pm

The NYPD raided a Queens warehouse Tuesday and seized over $2.2 million worth of counterfeit goods, potentially making Canal Street a lot less fun for tourists hunting for fake Michael Kors, or whatever. Displaying no sense of irony, the seizure was called "Operation Treasure Hunt." » 12/10/14 3:10pm 12/10/14 3:10pm

Here we, yet again, with another look back at the trends of 2014. Today's edition: puppy names. Apparently everybody's naming their dogs Bella or Max, Daisy or Charlie. » 12/03/14 5:50pm 12/03/14 5:50pm

R.L. Stine—whose Cheerleaders: The First Evil we recently revisited here at Jezebel—has decided to liven up Halloween with a bit of creepy storytelling delivered in 140 character bursts to his 134,000 Twitter followers. » 10/29/14 7:00pm 10/29/14 7:00pm

If pressed, even the most devoted cat lovers will surely admit that cats are tiny bundles of teeth and mystery. Why do they do anything? Why is that expensive couch such an appealing scratching post? Must Skittles walk on the clean kitchen counters immediately after burying his own shit? » 10/27/14 6:50pm 10/27/14 6:50pm

Prosecutors in Charleston, South Carolina are arguing that the state's "Stand Your Ground" law doesn't apply in the case of domestic abuse victims who strike out against people they live with. You see, it's for intruders, and it really wouldn't be right to drag this statute into our "homes and personal relationships." » 10/16/14 2:50pm 10/16/14 2:50pm

Ah, work-life balance. Such a beautiful idea. And all too often, such a desert mirage taunting travelers dying of thirst. For instance! A Georgia judge recently informed an attorney that her fancy newfangled European "maternity leave" was insufficient reason enough to postpone a hearing for three weeks. » 10/15/14 5:30pm 10/15/14 5:30pm

Yes, one of the unsung bonuses of working in fashion is getting discounts and free stuff, whatever-whatever, but if you're in a low-level fashion job, just try making enough to afford to live. » 10/15/14 1:20pm 10/15/14 1:20pm

Ever noticed how totally great and mesmerizing the music in pornography is? Me neither, but that hasn't stopped PornHub from launching a music label! » 9/25/14 3:20pm 9/25/14 3:20pm