Jezebel: Whores

The Underwritten, Virgin/Whore Women In Ben Affleck's The Town

Dodai Stewart — Tue, 21 Sep 2010 17:20:00 EDT

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Ben Affleck directed and starred in The Town, the number-one movie in the country this weekend. The guys in the fast-paced, bank-heist thriller were complex, well- written characters. The women? According to one reader who emailed us: Not so much. More »

Jersey Shore: The Difference Between "Whores," "Regular Girls," & "Human Beings"

Tracie Egan Morrissey — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 15:00:00 EST

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On the last episode, the male roommates were indignant that Snooki got punched by a man because she's a "regular girl." Later, Vinny and Pauly made a distinction between "whores" and "human beings." So which category does Snooki fall into? More »

Boo, Whore! New Women's Mag Courts Whore Demographic

Sadie Stein — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:20:00 EST

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If the nascent Gentlewoman seemed too demure for you, you're in luck, because there's another new ladymag on the block: Whore! More »

Fame/Whores

Anna Holmes — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 11:10:00 EDT

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Secret Diary Of A Call Girl Premieres; Fictional Hooker Blows

Tracie Egan Morrissey — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 13:00:00 EDT

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Last night was the U.S. premiere of Secret Diary of a Call Girl, the show based on the book based on the blog based on the life of a supposed high class call girl Belle de Jour. Because Belle has somehow always remained anonymous through this whole thing, there's been a lot of speculation as to whether or not she really exists. It's easier to swallow this bunk as fiction, because as pro-sex worker as I am, I actually know real hookers in real life-from Craigslist call girls to porn actresses who need extra cash to occasional snow bunnies-and they really aren't anything like Billie Piper's portrayal of Belle. However, since the show is kind of a really nice, glamorized version of a really shitty job, Call Girl is to hooking what Sex and the City is to single women: A fantasy that will have a bunch of whores saying they relate. Clip above. More »

We All Love Happy Hookers Because We Are All Hookers

Megan Carpentier — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 11:30:00 EDT

Heather Havrilesky, writing on Salon today, has spoken to my soul. Unlike Heather, I can profess no real reality TV obsession, unless you're going to talk about Dirty Jobs, which isn't even so much an obsession with Dirty Jobs as it is unrequited love for Mike Rowe, so I'll admit that I'll likely never watch Denise Richards: It's Complicated and I'm certainly not going to pay for premium cable to watch Secret Diary of a Call Girl, both of which she liked well enough for fluff. This, however, isn't really about that. It's about how Heather, not even knowing me, has realized the deep extent of my intellectual whoredom, and has told me that I am not alone. More »

"How Do I Convince A Guy To Have Period Sex?"

Tracie Egan Morrissey — Fri, 23 May 2008 16:20:00 EDT

It's time for another installment of Pot Psychology, the advice column in which everyone's problems are solved with an "herbal" remedy. (Remember, kids: Don't do drugs!) In this episode, my friend till the end, Rich, helps me dole out advice on stuff like lactating, cream pies, and male virgins. Got a burning question? Send it to tips@jezebel.com with "Pot Psychology" in the subject line. (Please keep them short; they're verrrry hard to read when stoned.) More »

The Sexist Business Of Sex Writing

Tracie Egan Morrissey — Wed, 07 May 2008 17:00:00 EDT

I'm pissed. It's an anger that's been on a slow boil that's beginning to bubble over, and at this point, there's no putting a lid on it. I've been writing about sex on a pretty public platform for some time now, at first anonymously, and then under my real name. I've had to endure ignorant assumptions and cheap shots made about my looks, my weight, my vagina, my tits, my sexual health, my mental health, my morality, my character — and all for what? Being honest? For liking sex? I've poured my guts out all over my keyboard, and I'm well aware that that invites criticism, particularly on the internet, where people think they can say whatever the fuck they please — in the most offensive manner possible that they would never employ in real life — with impunity because they're protected behind a shroud of anonymity. It's frustrating. And lemme tell you, I am so sick of people telling me, "You write about sex and personal issues. You have to accept that people will sling insults." Fuck. That. Shit. I don't have to accept it. I refuse to accept it. Mostly because I know that this wouldn't happen if I were a man. More »

Air America talk-show host Randi Rhodes...

mcarpentier — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 15:30:00 EDT

Air America talk-show host Randi Rhodes was suspended from her show this afternoon for reportedly calling Hillary Clinton and Geraldine Ferraro "whores." Regardless of one's Obamania, Hillbottery or even inexplicable longing for Nader, I think we can all agree that Randi was out of line and probably the exact reason that all liberals and Democrats need to take a couple of deep breaths of some spring air and remember who the real enemy is: Republicans. (Or ourselves. It's getting hard to remember.) [Politico] More »

Jezebel Crush Eliot Spitzer Involved In Prostitution Ring?

Moe — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 14:30:25 EDT

Hey! What do you know! It's totally "It's Official, You Can Hate All Men Now" day. New York governor Eliot Spitzer is about to announce something about his how he fucks hookers for money or somesuch.The details aren't known. But, like, what the fuck, right? Eliot Spitzer has long been a Jezecrush for his tireless crusades on the criminal greed (and culture of impunity etc.) that run so rampant on Wall Street. Sure, he was always the sort of guy we never really wanted to meet in person. He's self-aggrandizing, arrogant and mean and most dudes like that rub us the wrong way. But um, no one expected him to rub anyone that wrong a way. And yet! Isn't this sort of the same hypocritical shit we've come to expect from such once-renowned moralizers as Ted Haggard and Newt Gingrich and Larry Craig and Britney Spears? Pretty much! Okay, so: a silver lining. I've got one! More »

Did All That Whoring Make 'Washingtonienne' Jessica Cutler A Kind Of Genius?

Moe — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 13:30:40 EDT

Jessica Cutler, that whorey Senate aide who is basically the political world's answer to "Supahead," just gave an interview to sex-positive writer lady Susie Bright in which she basically comes off really cool and smart and decent and frank and Susie Bright comes off like she wants reduced-admission entry into Jessica Cutler's vagina. Anyway Cutler said something before she got to the part about drugs and alcohol that gave me the spins that I wanted to point out before I puke all over myself:

When I start to feel defensive, my attitude is sort of like, if people are calling me a whore, "Well, what's wrong with being a whore?" You know? I mean, I think girls who are sex workers — and men, all sex workers — they see another side of humanity and sexuality. People who've never worked in the sex industry — people who've never done it — don't know the half of it.