The Biggest Moments in xoJane History
In December, we learned that xoJane’s legendary founder, Jane Pratt, was leaving the company and that the famously…
The Team of Men Behind Rachel Brewson, the Fake Woman Whose Trump-Fueled Breakup Went Viral
In December 2015, readers at women’s site xoJane were enthralled and filled with all-caps rage by Rachel Brewson, a…
xoJane Deletes a Post Ribbing DNC Flack [Updated]
The hacked DNC emails have thus far provided an abundance of mostly non-revelatory riches, though some nuggets have…
xoJane Runs Essay Recommending a 'Breakup Box' By a Lady Who Does Marketing for Breakup Boxes
In a wonderful, wonderful demonstration of how the Internet Personal Essay Economy can go awry, xoJane ran a personal…
xoJane Publishes Terrible Article By a Woman Who’s Glad Her Friend Died, Then Deletes Her Byline
On Thursday, xoJane published an essay titled “My Former Friend’s Death Was a Blessing,” which outlines a series of…
Help Me Understand This 'Bullying' Controversy Ripping the Vegan YouTube Community Apart
Deep within the extremely regular bowels of the vegan internet, there is an Australian YouTube personality by the name…
Ladies: We Have Moved Past Marriage Ultimatums, Okay?
Here is a rule we all ought to be able to follow: If you want to marry someone and they have not asked you yet, ask them…
With Acquisition of Hello Giggles and Rumors About xoJane, Time Inc. Is Going After Young Women
In the past week, news has broken suggesting both that Time Inc. is buying both Jane Pratt’s website xoJane and Zooey…
Daisy Coleman's Family to Start a Rehab Center for Trauma Victims
In an essay published on xoJane Monday by Melinda Coleman, the mother of the girl at the center of the closed Maryville…
Maryville's Daisy Coleman: 'I'm different now...I can't ever go back'
On Friday, xoJane published an essay written by Daisy Coleman, one of two girls at the center of the firestorm that is…
It Happened to Her: xoJane Screwed Up Her Disney World Rape Story
I've long hesitated to write much criticism about fellow ladyblogs. It's not a matter of camaraderie or believing that…
How Not to Be an Ugly American on Your Vacation in a Conflict Country
You packed your sandals, several bikinis (with a sarong so you can blend into your exotic environment) and you've even…
Cat Marnell's Friends Are Nervous That She Now Has $500,000 To Buy Drugs With
Enabling! What does it mean?! Are we all doing it?! Or, as we all remember from the iconic bedtime story of our…
The More Weight I Lose, The More Fat Jokes I Hear: A Dating Story
When my first and only long-term relationship ended toward the end of 2012, I was warned that I would likely do one or…
Snooki Gets a Makeunder From XOJane's New Beauty Site
Today, Say Media launched its new beauty site—an offshoot of XOJane called XOVain—with a makeunder of Snooki. As far as…
'Girls' Finally Tackles Ladyblogs
During the first season of Girls, I wondered why Hannah didn't have a blog. Her self-obsession, lack of privacy…
Drugs, Blogs, and Cat Marnell: What Happens When One Woman's Addiction Becomes an Editorial Hallmark?
Now that Cat Marnell has left her post as beauty editor at xoJane—where, as the site's "beauty and health director" she…
Fat Ladies in Bikinis Just Can't Win
Gabi Gregg, "full time fat girl/personal style blogger" put together a slide show of 31 "hot sexy fat girls in skimpy…
Cat Marnell is Both Fucked Up and Fascinating
I'm fascinated by xoJane blogger Cat Marnell. She's ostensibly the Beauty and Health Director for Jane Pratt's site,…
How to Tell If Your Shrink Sucks (And Then Fire Them)
I knew that it was time to find a new doctor after she suggested I lie to my ex-boyfriend (I didn't even want to get…