America’s leading death cult (also known as the Republicans) continues to reach astronomical new heights of pettiness and depravity. According to CNN Business, on Thursday Vice President Mike Pence’s office delivered and then reversed an edict which banned senior health officials from speaking with CNN on-air, after…

Simone Biles, gold medalist and empress of the gymnastics world, must now live life as a normal person does, possibly for the first time since she back-handspringed out of the womb. With the postponement of the Olympics and closures of gyms and training facilities, Biles is sheltering in place and working out at home…

Several decades ago, at the beginning of March 2020, when Bernie Sanders was still in the race for president, a streamer who goes by the handle Neekolul posted a short video of herself lip syncing and dancing along to a song by YouTuber Senzawa made up entirely of variations on the phrase “OK, boomer” to TikTok and…

Believing in a better future—while still acknowledging the darkness of our present reality—seems almost impossible right now. Doing so may make all the difference.

It’s always strange to think of legends as underrated, but we live in a weird world. It took the death of Aretha Franklin for mainstream discourse to fully acknowledge her musical genius beyond her voice (her astonishing knack for arranging songs, her emotive piano playing). Mariah Carey didn’t receive a swell of…

A lot happened between March 6th, when Sam traveled 200 miles to get an abortion, and April 3rd, when she crossed four states for her follow-up. Last weekend, she sent me a photograph taken with her phone of a hand-painted sign outside of the American Family Planning Clinic in Pensacola, Florida: Bigger than the…

“Never read the comments” is the conventional advice given to journalists working in social media—where everyone’s a critic, trolls run rampant, and avatars effectively function as armor. But sometimes, we just can’t help ourselves—after all, we’re humans, writing content for other humans, and even when there’s no…

There’s a bitter irony in the timing of Bernie Sanders’ exit. On Wednesday, when Senator Bernie Sanders dropped out of the Democratic race for the White House, he took a dream of a strong social safety net with him at the precise moment that the necessity of his vision is being underlined. Americans are losing jobs in…

I have been playing a strange sort of game lately, one in which I attempt to discern the motivations behind the long looks I’ve been getting from strangers, looks in which I detect more than a tinge of hostility. The glare from the driver of the car next to me (I stared back until he looked away) as we were both…

Season 12 of The Real Housewives of New York aired April 2nd Bravo, and what a time to be alive! With franchise favorite Bethenny Frankel gone once again, it’s time for the rest of the cast to step up to the drama plate and deliver the next batch of iconic RHONY screaming matches. To help you prepare, Jezebel is…

Jezebel did its best to warn you. We tried, we really did, with all the limited power we possess. “Now is not the time to cut your hair,” we said. It was a matter of public service, really! Despite everything, we’re in this together. And yet, there were bound to be those who did not listen to this sage advice,…

As governments around the world continue to instruct people to participate in social distancing to slow the spread of covid-19, federal courts in Boston remain open, and Aunt Becky is still desperately trying to prove her innocence. In a hail mary attempt to have their cases dismissed, Lori Loughlin, her husband…

In the last two weeks of March, a staggering 8.7 million Americans filed new unemployment claims as non-essential businesses shut down due to stay-at-home orders. And the industries hardest hit, like restaurants, retail stores, and hospitality businesses, are frequently staffed by majority women workers, according to…

At the end of March, egg prices for grocers peaked at $3.01 a dozen, up from 94 cents at the beginning of the month, spurred by the combination of Easter, Passover, and shoppers stockpiling for quarantine. That last one is unsurprising: Adding an egg to a mess compiled of leftovers and beans makes the meal feel…