The 50 Most Read Jezebel Posts of 2017

By Joanna Rothkopf  |  December 22, 2017 | 4:05pm
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Here’s what you read this cursed year.

1. Melania Trump Doesn’t Deserve Your Sympathy

Our top post this year, by Stassa Edwards, was written just after Donald Trump’s inauguration and answered the question on everyone’s minds: just how bad should we feel for the reluctant First Lady?

2. After Being Cyberbullied, Adult Film Star August Ames Was Found Dead By Suspected Suicide

Ames was known to have suffered from depression. Adult film actors mourn the loss.

3. Melania Trump Definitely Loves Her Husband and Is Very Happy to Be Here

You guys really loved “Is Melania happy or isn’t she?” content.

4. Donald Trump Plagiarized Bane in His Inaugural Speech

An example of Trump borrowing from one of his role models.

5. Gal Gadot Will Not Play Wonder Woman Again Unless Brett Ratner Is Gone

This story has everything: Wonder Woman! Gal Gadot! Sexual Harassment in Hollywood!

6. This Video of How Medieval People Walked Is Oddly Compelling

I don’t know why you loved this as much as you did, but you really, really did.

7. Trump Tried and Failed to Pull His Strange Trademark Handshake on Justin Trudeau

Yes, daddy Justin, foil that maneuver!

8. We Redacted Everything That’s Not a Verifiably True Statement From Trump’s Time Interview About Truth

Us on Trump on truth.

9. The U.S. Department of Education Misspells W.E.B. Du Bois, Apologizes, Misspells Apology

A story about a bunch of idiots being idiots.

10. 17-Year-Old Muslim Girl Captured and Beaten to Death in Virginia

Prosecutors are currently seeking the death penalty against the man accused of killing Nabra.

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