Jessica G.'s posts

Nobel Prize winner Doris Lessing really does live by the Jezebel mantra "fuck discretion." In an interview with the Spanish newspaper El Pais, Lessing took aim at the most taboo of subjects: 9/11. "September 11 was terrible, but if one goes back over the history of the IRA, what happened to the Americans wasn't that… Read more

For those of you who want your dilated, laboring vaginas broadcast to approximately 90 million people, you're in luck! Introfee.com is holding an open casting call for human birth footage to be aired in an ad on Super Bowl Sunday. According to Introfee, the video must show "clear baby emergence," "umbilical cord… Read more

Belgian police sound a lot like the cops in Superbad. Officers patrolling the red light district of Brussels have been ordered to lay off the hookers and booze. "These officers think their duty hours are to be used to drink alcohol in bars, practice sports... visit brothels or massage parlors, and entertain… Read more

The people behind Love Your Body Day are up in arms about sexist advertising. They're encouraging supporters to either sign a petition against the offending ads to send to selected advertising directors or to nominate an ad for general scorn on their website. So far the Dolce and Gabbana gang rape ad has been… Read more

British researcher Joanna Bourke takes a look at the cultural interpretations of rape in her new book Rape: A History From 1860 To The Present. Turns out she's having just as much trouble as the the rest of us in defining "rape" in any definitive manner. Says the Independent: "Bourke's own working definition of rape… Read more

Erin Brockovich, whose life story provided fodder for Julia Roberts' Oscar Win, is continuing to fight for justice: She got a New Zealand retailer to pull a sexist print ad. The advertisement, meant to encourage Kiwis to buy energy-efficient appliances, read, "Government says fridges are better younger. Just like… Read more

What movie doesn't benefit from some jazz hands? The producers behind the recent Broadway success Xanadu are developing a musical version of the 1995 Nicole Kidman vehicle To Die For. Because a story about a woman who commits statutory rape against a high school student and then convinces him to kill her husband is… Read more

Deborah Kerr, the actress who made the world dream of sex on the beach in From Here to Eternity, died today at the age of 86. Her film career spanned four decades, though she is best known for her role in Eternity and her turn as Anna in the The King and I. [Yahoo News] Read more

Since we already had our herpes news for today, here's your friendly HPV tidbit: many experts think that Gardasil, the only HPV vaccine currently on the market, is not permanently effective. Some researchers think that a booster may be needed after the ten-year mark. In addition, there is no proof that the vaccine… Read more

A law recently passed in the U.K. allows the children of sperm donors to track down their biological dads. As a result, the number of men donating sperm has hit rock bottom. 37-year-old Lisa Evans decided to take the sperm shortage into, erm, her own hands by finding a donor on the internet and having sex with him… Read more

Following fashion week and her 1-week stint with a piece of expensive shit slung over her arm, Moe brought our attention to the atrocities committed in the manufacture of snakeskin accessories. It's not only the snakes who are getting the short end of the animal-rights sartorial stick however: Lambs are being… Read more