kellyfaircloth
Kelly Faircloth
kellyfaircloth
Senior Editor at Jezebel, specializing in books, royals, romance novels, houses, history, and the stories we tell about domesticity and femininity. Resident Windsor expert.

I hope for the actual proposal he yelled EXPECTO MATRIMONUM Read more

This is my favorite Antiques Roadshow old lady:

Just to add to her luck and fortitude...I've hiked in this area of Kentucky. It's rugged. There are coyotes, coyotes, coyotes. And probably mountain lions (though the government officially denies it, I've known too many rational people who have seen them). Read more

"She believed that her family was deceased but she hoped they were just sleeping," said White.

Richmond resident and recent VCU Medical Center patient here—there was a "security breach" a few weeks ago when an employee donated a bunch of CDs with patients medical records/other information on them to a children's art program. Nothing happened and nothing will probably happen, but that's probably why they're Read more

Here's where it gets fun: Jane Doe #3 was 17 years old when these alleged encounters took place. Placing her at the age of consent in the countries the liaisons allegedly took place in. So it's going to be hard to do anything with that. And proving Andrew or others knew they were dealing with "sex slaves" and not Read more

According to the Guardian she was 17 when she had sex with Andrew. Which is still fucking gross because who'd believe any 17 year old would touch him out of choice. Read more

I used to think these people were possibly blowing situations out of proportion, as it seems to happen so frequently with no change in attitudes, training or legislation. Then, I became a carer for a severely disabled boy. Today, at a soft play *that has a really good track record with disabled children*, we were

I had a United flight attendant attempt to get me kicked off a flight, after she tried to pull my cane out of my hand while I was still standing (and as such using it for support). Read more

I've also watched United flight attendants argue over policy right in front of me and other passengers— they really need to get their shit together. In my case, it was over something much less important than a special needs child, but it was still a mess. Read more

My son is pretty significantly disabled & we have found cruising to be the easiest form of travel for him. Our last cruise, we were stopped in the terminal and asked to have him get out of his wheelchair so they could do a search. I was annoyed by it but took it as an opportunity to educate the morons who seem to Read more

Perhaps the airlines could be more proactive in suggesting such solutions in the interests of, you know, serving their customers. Heaven forbid they PROVIDE them! Read more