Scenes From Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's District on Election Night
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a 29-year-old Latina who ran an unabashedly progressive campaign and unseated a powerful…
Woman Allegedly Poisoned Her Doppelgänger With Cheesecake in Order to Steal Her Identity
I believe the narrative merits and moral dubiousness of this story already speak for themselves, but I can go on.
Medieval Times Crowns a Queen
Winds of change are blowing into the land of Greater Fauxlandia, where it’s always an amalgam of Disney’s The Sword in…
Update: Millennium the Tortoise Is Home Safe and Sound
Last week, we covered the kidnapping of Millennium the African-spurred tortoise from an environmental center in Queens.…
Nicki Minaj Is Gifted Key to Queens, New York
Nicki Minaj, née Onika Tanya Maraj, now holds the key to her native New York City borough. Melinda Katz, Queens Borough…
NY Attorney General Sues Anti-Abortion Groups for Viciously Harassing Patients Outside Queens Clinic
New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman announced today that he’s filed a lawsuit in federal court against…
Queen Honors Queen
Elizabeth II, queen of the United Kingdom, has honored Cate Blanchett, queen of the dramatic arts.
Has Anna Wintour Been to Queens?
Believe it or not—yes.
Rapper And Activist Detained By NYPD After Stopping Alleged Sexual Assault
Twenty-one-year-old rapper and activist Moise Morancy was riding the Q53 bus home when he noticed another passenger…
Seven Habits of One Highly Effective Monarch, Courtesy of Catherine the Great
Is there a bookish young girl out there who hasn’t gone through a phase of ripping through stories of female monarchs,…
Please Watch This Alarmingly Upbeat 1964 Ad for the New York City Subway
To help stage the 1964 World’s Fair, the NYCTA added special trains from midtown Manhattan to the site at Flushing…
Kelly Ripa Spotted Carrying David and Goliath, Is Handling This Like a Fucking Queen
Are you already burned out by the Kelly Ripa/Michael Strahan/ABC story? First of all, it’s been like 36 hours so if you…
Teens at 25 New York City Public Schools Will Have Access to Free Tampons
Life will be a little bit less complicated and expensive for teenaged girls at several public schools across New York…
Did This 'Tiara-Wearing Lunatic' Bite a Fellow Plane Passenger or Is It Just a Case of Class Envy?
New York art curator Stacy Engman (who has a very colorful Instagram, for what it’s worth) was issued a summons for…
Queens Woman Accused of Holding Korean Children Captive for More Than Five Years
The Queens District Attorney says a Flushing woman kept two children from Korea captive for more than five years,…
Woman Trapped in Cemetery By Falling Headstone
Hello and welcome to the Nightmare Theater Hour, brought to you by Dr. Faker’s Patent Insomnia Syrup. Today’s…
Introducing the Pseudopenis, or Why Female Hyenas Are Feminist as Fuck
Penis means power. The dominance of dicks and those who have them isn’t a coincidence, or the unavoidable consequence…
Very Chill Seal Pup Spends the Day in Queens
A seal pup spent the day on a boat slip in Queens, and I will never forgive myself for not thieving it and forcing it…
Coming Soon: A Restaurant Devoted to the Big Question, 'Pie or Cake?'
You probably remember the Great Jezebel War of ‘10 over that most searing of questions: Pie or cake? (Please, no…
Boss Lady Iris Apfel: 'Kids Can't Buy $15,000 Dresses'
How many five-figure dresses do you own? Say, none? (We’re not counting frocks on lend from Rent the Runway, btw.)