Jersey Shore: What Makes Sammi Suck?
Sammi's behavior embodies that particularly perplexing female phenomenon of taking out one's frustrations with one's…
New Yorker Boycotted For Lack of Female Writers
Anne Hays noticed that the two most recent issues of the New Yorker featured almost exclusively essays and reporting by…
Questions, Questions
Readers: Are you having trouble with comments loading? Is the Sprint (or another) ad on the permalink pages messing up…
Sometimes, You Can Go Back (Him) Again
Christine Daniels was heralded as a hero when she stopped being sportswriter Mike Penner. Since she went back to being…
Hillary And Sarah: The "Bitch" And The "Ditz" Of American Politics
In this week's New York Magazine, Amanda Fortini is concerned that the candidacies of Hillary Clinton and Sarah Palin se…
Sarah Haskins Is A Sucker For RomComs
Sarah Haskins' latest "Target: Women" targets chick flicks. "There are three comedies coming out this fall aimed at…
Why Do We Know Lauren Conrad & Not Indra Nooyi?
She doesn't live her life in the public eye or weep attractively on MTV, but Indra Nooyi is worth knowing about: She's…
Beijing Officials To Test Female Olympic Hopefuls For Sex Abnormalities
The New York Times is reporting that the Beijing Olympics organizers have erected a gender determination lab to test…
An accurate but ultimately anemic article picked up by the Minneapolis Star-Tribune yesterday asserts that women are…
Cervical Cancer Vaccine "Burns," But Genital Warts Burn More
Gardasil, the which helps prevent cervical cancer, is the subject of several complaints from the young women who have…
Merry Christmas! Love, Jezebel (Via Dawn Davenport)
We're taking Christmas Day off (woo hoo!) to relax and eat and drink and temporarily forget about rape, Amy Winehouse,…
Do You Shave Your Legs Before Hitting The Stirrups?
Last week I went to the gynecologist. The second I arranged myself in the stirrups I had a startling realization: I…
Helen Mirren Gets It: For Many Women, Having Kids Can Suck
Helen Mirren recently explained that part of the reason she never wanted children is that the mere thought of…
You know that HPV shot we're always crowing about? Well, researchers have discovered that Gardasil, in addition to…
Think You've Got Candida? Maybe Not! We Consult An Ailing Vagina
Just the other day, there was a piece on Science Daily about how women often misdiagnose themselves as having a yeast…
Where Have All The Good Girls Gone?
In today's Telegraph, Frances Wilson writes about bad girls, sad girls and good girls. "Because you can't throw a crisp…