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There came a point in the long dark year of 2020 when it appeared that American democracy might crumble. The…

Callie Russell, a competitor on the reality-TV series Alone, appears tirelessly optimistic—even with a porcupine…

It would have been enough for singer/mogul/personality Jessica Simpson to get the last laugh in her 2020 memoir Open…

Last year, Lydia Kiesling and her husband decided they couldn’t afford to live in San Francisco anymore. Her husband…

In January of 2019, weeks into Donald Trump’s government shutdown, Sara Nelson accepted the labor federations’ MLK…

Every year, Jezebel compiles a list of the most inspiring women, femmes, and nonbinary people who have shifted our…

After a long night of anxiety over vote tabulations in Florida and slow vital Midwestern swing states, Democratic…

The women that inspired Jezebel this year to be better people are an eclectic bunch, much like the strong and feral…

Yesterday Conan, the military dog who chased Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi down a tunnel before he…

Today we bring you the tale of a medieval shero: Sister Joan of Leeds, who faked her death to escape a convent for a…

Last Friday, a woman was banned from Walmart in Wichita Falls, Texas after she was accused of spending several hours…

Jezebel’s annual list of Best Women is always invigorating for us to put together. But 2018 had a special tenor to…

There’s a new advocate for road safety. Her name is “Betty Go-slow” and she’s a mannequin.

A lot of men got away with it this year, and plenty of women didn’t do much to help. We’d like to take a moment to…

A former Arkansas county employee is being (unfairly in the opinion of this blog) prosecuted for her alleged use of…

Michelle Obama campaigned for Hillary Clinton in New Hampshire on Thursday, where she delivered a blistering,…

Sue Taylor is an African-American grandmother who runs three miles a day and describes her late 60s as the time of…

The record-breaking career of 87-year-old Jane Little, the world’s longest-serving orchestra musician, came to an…

Katherine Dunn, the author of the darkly beautiful, disturbing, surreal carnival novel Geek Love, died on May 11 at…

On the second Saturday of April, 44-year-old Mahsa Torabi put on a pair of black running pants and a blue sweater…