Look, we all know that there are some inherent evils in materialism and consumerism. And when it comes to women, corporations, advertisers, marketers, ladymags and small businesses twist themselves into pretzels trying to get us to spend money we don't "need" to spend. But let's face it: Shopping feels good. It's…
Belonging to a choir might make you a dork — but it'll make you a chill-ass dork.
Vanity of vanities; all is vanity. Except for Facebook vanity, which, according to the circumspect results of a pilot study in the UK, could actually help improve your mood.
A new study from the big brains at UC Berkeley suggests that spouses or live-in paramours who complain of feeling unappreciated probably aren't getting enough sleep, which is turning them into selfish sourpusses too sleep-deprived to offer simple tokens of gratitude like saying, "Thank-you my dearest dearie dear, my…
Introducing The List, a new semi-regular feature in which Julie Klausner enumerates pretty much whatever.
Can I ask you a question? Why are you not drunk right now? I mean, yes, you're probably at work, or school, or even at home, trying to keep your child from wandering into traffic, but let's be honest. The reason that you're not drunk is because you just haven't found the right thing to drink, am I right? For so long,…
OK, you don't actually have to shove rosemary all the way up into your nose, but a new study has found that smelling it improves your cognitive performance. British researchers exposed 20 volunteers to different levels of rosemary aromas, then assessed their cognitive performance and mood. They also did blood tests to…
We so often go to great lengths to keep the fact that we're menstruating to ourselves. From hiding our tampons in our pockets on the way to the office restroom to bowing out on dates during inopportune times, we have perfected the art of pretending we never bleed. Uterine lining? What uterine lining? But now it turns…
Much unlike many a magazine editor who recommends you buy all sorts of crap that they most likely got for free, your Jezebel staff doesn't get jack shit (other than books, unsolicited). And that's how it should be. But on our own time, in our personal lives, we still buy stuff. So this is Worth It, our daily…
We all know by now that too much rain can be dangerous to life and limb. But rain can also be dangerous to your psyche, and even if you're not at risk of flooding, you've probably recognized that constant rain is fucking depressing. Herewith, some tips for feeling better.
We've all heard of Seasonal Affective Disorder, which some call the Winter Blues. But have you ever heard of Summer SAD? It's a real thing. It exists.
A causal relationship has yet to be established, but it's not necessarily a matter of delicious self-medication: "[T]he possibility that chocolate could causally contribute to depressed mood, driving the association, cannot be excluded." No. [Time]
In yet another blow to positive thinking supporters, scientists have found that a bad mood can improve people's memory and judgment, and make them less reliant on stereotypes.
