Look, I’ll admit it—I like Friends. It’s corny, dated, and deeply problematic in many ways, and yet it’s the kind of television show I tend to watch when I’m anxious or stressed and want to feel pacified by the laugh track and lack of conflict. Friends is a stupid show but sometimes a soothing one, and I understand…
Gifs lit up Web 1.0 like Las Vegas—the torches, crystal balls, humping muppets, dancing babies, mailboxes opening and closing to indicate that you’ve got mail—all signaling that crimson castles, their divorced dads clubs, and in-browser spaceships were hip and exciting places to be. In honor of an arbitrary…
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s re-election campaign was already off to a rough start, thanks to a corruption scandal and groping allegations. Things just got a lot worse for him.
In 1998, Tommy Lee’s penis became quite famous after it starred in a sex tape with Pamela Anderson. I was only nine years old then, and ignorant of its alleged eight-inch existence. Unfortunately, now I am an adult, Lee’s penis (or some approximation of it) is back in the news, and there is no escape.
Stormy days ruin a lot of outdoor activities, but now, wearing Allbirds isn’t one of them! The maker of the most…
We see a lot of deals around the web over on Kinja Deals, but these were our ten favorites today.
Old man supports ageism.
Joy-Ann Reid sees Donald Trump in very clear and simple terms: a con man.
The thing about reading a book is that it is absolutely, undeniably a sport. Not only does reading a book require endurance, concentration, and a good amount of practice, it is also occasionally competitive. For sure, working so hard to get AR points for reading The Golden Compass or some long doorstop of a book were…
The Toronto International Film Festival isn’t like other film festivals. Known sometimes as “the people’s festival,” it’s the largest of its kind in the world, because anyone can buy tickets to see films before they’re released or even distributed—not just critics or industry people. For 11 days, Toronto becomes a…
On the same day that Alison Turkos filed a lawsuit against Lyft alleging that after taking a ride through the service in 2017 she was transported across state lines and raped by at least two men, four other women filed lawsuits against the company for sexual misconduct.
About a week ago, Hamilton invited me to take part in a “yogurt-tasting” video in what I assumed to be a feeble attempt to expand his brand as a guy who consumes and blogs about yogurt. He said it was an “honor” to participate, which was a lie: If you contemplate any food long enough, especially a viscous, off-white…
Do you remember that scene in The Devil Wears Prada when Miranda Priestley looks at two nearly identical turquoise…
Welcome to Jezebel’s Midweek Madness, where intrepid reporter and local menace Joan Summers is trawling the streets of New York City looking for the rumored rehearsal space of the unauthorized Destiny’s Child musical—written, directed, and produced by Beyoncé’s former father, Matthew Knowles. My plan is to secretly…
CATS actor Taylor Swift is Rolling Stone’s latest cover star, and according to writer Brian Haitt, the story itself is a big boy—7,300 words long. That’s a big boy! I strongly suggest you read the Q&A in its entirety, if you are a fan of Taylor Swift or if you find her career or celebrity even marginally intriguing.…
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