Jezebel: Virgin Mary

New Zealand Church Billboard Features A Panicked Virgin Mary With Pregnancy Test In Hand

Whitney Jefferson — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 14:50:00 EST

If you happen to be a resident of Auckland, New Zealand, you might have already seen this billboard on your local street corner. But for the rest of us who have never laid our eyes on this wondrous spectacle, I think I speak for us all when I say whaaaaa? More »

Egg On Her Face

Anna Holmes — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 13:10:00 EST

[Kiev, January 13. Image via Getty]

Coin Toss

Katy Kelleher — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:40:00 EST

A Maryland woman left $40,000 worth of rare coins - her life savings - at a Catholic shrine because she wanted the Virgin Mary to look after it while she was out of town. It worked. [NYDailyNews] More »

Swiss Farmers Create Beefcake Calendar • Drew Peterson Phones In Jokes From Jail

Katy Kelleher — Wed, 27 May 2009 17:20:00 EDT

• In attempts to improve German-Swiss relations, the Swiss Farmers' Union has created a calendar of half-naked farmer hunks. "We want to show Switzerland in its best light, the countryside and a bit of its culture," says photographer Tina Steinnauer. • More »

Solving A Problem Like Maria: The Church's History Is Tangled Up In Blue

Sadie Stein — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 18:30:00 EST

A new book examines the cult of the Virgin. Mary, that is. More »

Catholic Church Condemns Sexy Virgin Mary

Margaret Hartmann — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 15:20:00 EST

In Chile, a prominent fashion designer has outraged conservative groups and the Roman Catholic church by dressing models like the Virgin Mary, with semi-exposed breasts. More »

Was The Virgin Mary Actually A Man?

Katy Kelleher — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 15:20:00 EST

Dr. Aarathi Prasad, author of a book about reproduction without men, muses on the possibility that Jesus was born to a virgin, but not a virgin with two X chromosomes. More »

Tony Danza Is Sinatra Obsessed • Playboy Apologizes For "Sexy" Virgin Mary Cover

Maria — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 17:20:00 EST

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• A Staten Island man with the last name Sinatra claims that Tony Danza stalked him in 2005 because he thought he was related to Frank. • More »

'Playboy' Gets Religious

Maria — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 09:45:00 EST

The Blessed Virgin Mary appears! Just in time for Christmas, Playboy has released an issue in Mexico with a woman depicting um, a sexy nude Virgin Mary on the cover. [The Sun] More »

Woman Sees Virgin Mary In MRI • Science Says Sugar Is Addictive

Maria — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 17:30:00 EST

• A woman from Florida who has cancer, arthritis and no insurance plans to sell an MRI of her brain taken in 2002 that she claims contains an image of the Virgin Mary. • A young woman from Louisiana was arrested for aggravated battery when she stabbed her older boyfriend after they got into an argument because he wasn't in the mood to have sex. • A team at Cambridge University claim that women have evolved to go through menopause because older women decided it was best to stop having children and take care of their grandchildren rather than compete with younger women for mates. • More »

Think Mary looks a little mannish in this...

Anna North — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 13:20:00 EDT

Think Mary looks a little mannish in this painting by Raphael? You're not alone — in an interview in Sunday's Washington Post, feminist art historian Mary Garrard points out that Rafael used a male model for the Virgin. She also argues that in taking masculinized form, Mary "loses her maternity — birth-giving, the one thing men couldn't do — which is her distinctive and essential attribute." "Mothers are very confident that motherhood is really more important work than a lot of jobs in the world," she continues — "the full scope of that work isn't in this painting." [WaPo] More »

Our Lady Of Couture

Sadie Stein — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 16:20:00 EDT

The church of Notre-Dame de la Daurade in Toulouse, France is seeking designer apparel for the black virgin statue it has housed since the fifth century. "Our black virgin has always been dressed by benefactors from the city or the region. This time, we asked ourselves if the top global designers, most of them French, would agree to make a gesture for her," said one preservationist. The madonna's wardrobe of four dresses is growing shabby, and the church has approached Sonia Rykiel, Christian Lacroix, Gucci, Prada and Valentino about donating a couture look for the 6 1/2' statue, granting full creative freedom to the designers. No word yer on whether anyone has heeded the plea; we'd really like to see what Lacroix does with this one: A puffball?![Reuters] More »