<![CDATA[Jezebel: Southwest Airlines]]> http://cache.gawker.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/jezebel.com.png <![CDATA[Jezebel: Southwest Airlines]]> http://jezebel.com/tag/southwest airlines http://jezebel.com/tag/southwest airlines <![CDATA[ Meet Sarah Williams and Nisreen Swedberg, ... ]]> pretty22608.jpg Meet Sarah Williams and Nisreen Swedberg, the dynamic duo who claim that Southwest Airlines discriminated against them because they were too pretty. Here's what went down: Sarah and Nisreen were on a flight from Tampa to Los Angeles. Nisreen says from the get-go they were being ignored by staff because of their youth and beauty. A stewardess would not bring them water! Then Sarah "and another passenger exchanged profanities in an argument over the plane's bathroom". Southwest called for backup when the plane landed in L.A. and the girls were questioned for several hours about the potty problems. Sarah says that the other woman in the altercation was not questioned at all. "I think they were just discriminating against us because we were young, decent looking girls," she whined in a phone interview. "I mean nobody else really on the plane looked like us, except us." [CNN]

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Jezebel-361037 Tue, 26 Feb 2008 16:20:00 EST Jessica http://jezebel.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=361037&view=rss&microfeed=true
<![CDATA[ Mile High Club ]]> kylaebbert1116.pngKyla Ebbert, the woman who was kicked off a Southwest Airlines flight for being dressed too provocatively and got offended when Southwest did commercials advertising super low fares and riffing on her super short skirt just posed for Playboy. Says Ebbert: "They're very tastefully done... I don't see why it would affect a professional position." [ABC News]

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Jezebel-323731 Fri, 16 Nov 2007 13:45:00 EST Jennifer http://jezebel.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=323731&view=rss&microfeed=true
<![CDATA[ Remember Kyla Ebbert, the airline passenger ... ]]> kylaebbert.pngRemember Kyla Ebbert, the airline passenger whose outfit was deemed too revealing by Southwest Airlines? Well, now the airline is referencing the resulting controversy in an advertising campaign, making mention of the carrier's "skimpy" fares. Says Ebbert: "They are exploiting me again by using my traumatic experience as a marketing ploy." [ABC News]

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Jezebel-300532 Mon, 17 Sep 2007 11:45:00 EDT Jennifer http://jezebel.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=300532&view=rss&microfeed=true
<![CDATA[ Southwest Airlines Has Beef With Double-D's ]]> southwestflyer.jpg
  • Wow, "Keith" must be working some serious overtime! Southwest Airlines gave another woman hell for wearing "revealing" clothing, just a week after a woman was nearly booted off a flight for wearing a mini-skirt. Setara Qassim was forced to wear a blanket by a flight attendant because she thought Setara's top was too low cut. Dude, is it just us, or does Southwest seriously have a problem with girls with ample breasts? [NBC6.net]
  • Eating right, staying active, and watching your weight during pregnancy furthers the chances that your unborn baby will grow into a healthy adult. Memo to Nicole Richie: Eating right, staying active, and watching your weight ups your chances of being a healthy adult too! [Newsweek]
  • A Top Chef contestant and a small group of her friends were beaten outside of Long Island bar in what appears to be a hate-crime. Josie Smith-Malave, who is gay, says she hopes the perpetrators will be caught and prosecuted on felony hate-crime charges. [Local6.com]

  • "Is football too dangerous?" asks Time Magazine. If we say yes, will our boyfriend stop dominating the television Saturday through Monday for four months out of the fucking year? [Time Magazine]
  • Seventy-five percent of moms have major nightmares about something horrible happening to their children. See, women carry the bulk of the parenting load, even in their dreams! [MSNBC]
  • Children who are exposed to high levels of testosterone in the womb may see symptoms of autism later in life, further evidence that links the male hormone to the disorder. [MSNBC.com]
  • Further proof that humans are descended from monkeys: female chimps love bad boys just as much as women do. [MSNBC.com]
  • It's the 40th Anniversary of the Abortion Act in the UK, but there's a bit of a debate raging as to how late in a pregnancy a woman can terminate. The Daily Mail has an interesting panel of women who've had abortions weighing in on the discussion. [Daily Mail]
  • An 80-year old Iowa woman had "Do Not Resuscitate" tattooed on her body, but doctors are still keeping her on life support because they say the tattoo is not enough proof of her wishes. Do they think "Do Not Resuscitate" is the name of a heavy metal band or something? [Crooks And Liars]
  • A woman who is the victim of an alleged rape has sued the judge in the case because he has barred the use of the words rape, victim, and assailant from the courtroom during the trial. The woman was barred from using the words during her testimony, which lasted 13 hours, a clear violation of her first amendment rights. [Law.com]
  • A lawsuit against the University of Colorado was reinstated after being dismissed in 2005. The original case stemmed from the gang rape of two women in 2001 by the school's football players and recruits. The suit alleges that CU officials failed to respond adequately to a long history of sexual harassment and assault by school football players and were therefore liable for the environment that allowed the rapes to occur. [Ms.]
  • A Vitamin-D deficiency during pregnancy increases the risk of getting pre-eclampsia, the leading cause of premature birth. Trista Sutter — you know, the OG Bachelorette — talks about her personal experience in this week's US Weekly! [Science Daily]
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Jezebel-299032 Wed, 12 Sep 2007 17:00:00 EDT amparry http://jezebel.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=299032&view=rss&microfeed=true
<![CDATA[ The Fashion Police Of The Friendly Skies ]]> southwestgirl.bmpSouthwest Airlines, a carrier which favors a orange, blue, and poo-brown color scheme, has anointed itself the Anna Wintour of the mile-high club. Kyla Ebbert was escorted off a flight from to San Diego to Tucson by a customer service supervisor named "Keith" because he deemed her outfit "inappropriate". Ebbert was dressed for the 106-degree weather in the shit-hole she was headed to (for an important doctor appointment no less!), clad in a mini skirt, tank top, and cardigan — picture Posh Spice playing librarian or half the girls in SoCal dressed for work — and was only allowed to remain on the flight after she put up a major fight and explained she didn't have anything acceptably prudish to change into anyway. "Keith" relented but made her pull her top up so her cleavage wasn't as visible and pull her skirt down.

For the record, Southwest doesn't actually have a dress code policy for its passengers, just a hideous uniform requirement for its gang of '70s-throwback stewards, and by the way a-holes, hardcore Mormons don't like to fly.

Southwest Fashion Police Set No-Fly Zone [SignOnSanDiego.com]
Related: Feministing points out an old school ad for the airline, which features stewardesses in hot pants. Skanks! [Feministing]

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Jezebel-297095 Thu, 06 Sep 2007 14:30:00 EDT amparry http://jezebel.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=297095&view=rss&microfeed=true