Janet Mock, the absolutely incredible writer, trans activist and all-around inspiration to humans everywhere, has been named a contributing editor at Marie Claire. Yes!

One of the truest truisms of all is that high school sucks for a lot of people. At worst, it can be a stultifying, judgmental, depressing environment (with obvious exceptions — however, I think we can all agree that the narrative of the "downtrodden nerd who prevails at long last" is as ubiquitous as unappealing…

What were you accomplishing with the power of social media when you were fifteen? If you were like me, you were color-coding your AIM profile with artistic precision and uploading Legolas fanart to DeviantArt.com. If you were like current high school sophomore Abigail Harrison, you were communicating with NASA…

Happy Monday. Last week sucked — fuck last week. THAT SAID, the world still has some stuff going for it, and because seeing the great things is not something that comes naturally to many of us, let's take a moment to reflect on how the world is rad and wonderful. Why not? The alternative is to down a bottle of Celexa…

Marina Weisband, a leading member of Germany's Pirate Party (yes, Germany has a Pirate Party — this is what we miss out on when we stick with a two party system) has been voted Germany's Sexiest female politician in a poll by Playboy, having claimed 29% of the vote.

As a part of her rounds to promote her new (and fantastic) EP True, Solange stopped by Late Night last night to perform her single "Losing You." Not only did she look fantastic (seriously, this green suit — coupled with her outfits in the "Losing You" video — really does solidify her place as one of the coolest girls…

This past Sunday, a seven-month-old rhesus macaque, wearing a solitary Ugg boot as a jacket, was found wandering an Ikea parking lot in Toronto. It caused quite a stir as you don't see a primate in a baby-sized shearling coat roaming through Grönkulla towel sets and Knutstorp wicker baskets everyday.

Now that same-sex couples can get married in Washington state, some famous Washingtonians are sealing the deal. One of the first up was Dan Savage. He and husband Terry Miller tied the knot, and don't they look dapper? And don't you wish you were there? I'm in love with love!

We're thrilled to announce the arrival of Kinja, Jezebel's discussion platform, which was born at 7:30 AM this morning weighing a healthy 6 lbs. 5 oz. Both mother and baby are doing fine.

And now, for some good news: after gentle prodding from the likes of Bill Gates, Washington is poised to become the seventh state in the Union to legalize gay marriage. Someone better break the news to the Straights of Seattle: you're all getting a divorce.

Ta-da! Jezebel's shiny new mobile site has finally launched. It loads quickly, looks pretty, and has some neat bells and whistles: Much like on our regular site, you can watch videos, look at the most popular stories (the flame icon), decide whether you want to read featured comments or all of 'em, and you can even…

Zadie Smith will write Harper's New Books column starting with the March 2011 issue, replacing Benjamin Moser. Smith says her mission is, "not simply to describe an end product but to delineate a process, an intimate experience with a book."

At 4'11", aged 14 years, coming from Chicago('s environs), we have: Tavi Gevinson! She writes songs about Alber Elbaz. She strikes fear into the hearts of editors like Anne Slowey. And all week, she'll be writing for us.

On this list, that's pretty damn awesome. [Telegraph]

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