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Here's Why "Real Beauty" Advertising Campaigns Are Garbage

Katie J. M. Baker of Jezebel — Tue, 14 May 2013 16:30:00 -0400

"Real Beauty" features and advertisements cleverly sell you products under the guise of body-positivity while actually reinforcing the idea that a woman's worth is based on the way she looks to others.

Please Stop Trying To Make Ladyporn Happen

Katie J. M. Baker of Jezebel — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 17:00:00 -0500

Blanket statements about what women currently and historically jill off to are getting really old.

How To Get Out Of A Hook-Up When The Guy Is Already In Your Apartment

Katie Halper of Jezebel — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 13:30:00 -0500

You can and should always be able to stop a hook-up you don't want to have.

Do This Don't: Wear Lipstick To Vacuum

Kate Conway — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 13:00:00 -0500

If I want to feel glam as hell while covered in dust bunnies and poop-water, I'm damn well gonna do it. And it won't be because the patriarchy tells me it's the sexy thing to do.

Are Interns The New Housewives?

Katie J. M. Baker of Jezebel — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 16:30:00 -0500

Are interns, temps, and freelancers the new housewives? Maybe.

The Online Culture of ‘Niceness’ Doesn’t Extend to the Ladies

Katie J. M. Baker of Jezebel — Wed, 21 Nov 2012 14:30:00 -0500

If you're a woman with an internet presence, you need skin as thick as a redwood trunk to deal with the barrage of insults and threats that you'll unquestionably receive from misogynist trolls.

The Charitable Humblebrag: Acts of Goodwill in the Age of Social Media

Katie J. M. Baker of Jezebel — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 10:00:00 -0500

Will people still trek out to the Rockaways and other storm-ravaged areas if they can't Instagram it?

Can We Reclaim and Redefine ‘Pussy’? Sure, Why Not.

Madeleine Davies of Jezebel — Thu, 30 Aug 2012 13:30:00 -0400

Can we turn pussy into something strong? Something that's ours?

Nail Art, the Last Bastion of Female-Centric Beauty

Tracie Egan Morrissey of Jezebel — Wed, 08 Aug 2012 16:30:23 -0400

Nail art might just be the only form of primping and grooming that isn't rooted in making oneself more appealing to men or exploiting women's insecurities.

Got Morning Sickness? Give Two Blow Jobs and Call Me in the Morning

Erin Gloria Ryan of Jezebel — Wed, 11 Jul 2012 12:30:37 -0400

Thanks to one scientist's "semen cures morning sickness" theory, pregnancy may become even more of a chore for ladies.

This Is What Vaginal Odor Looks Like, and It’s Not Pretty

Cassie Murdoch of Jezebel — Mon, 02 Jul 2012 15:30:27 -0400

Everyone knows that it is our womanly duty to keep our lady area smelling fresh and feminine at all times.

I Don't Care About Your Stupid Vulva, It's All Vagina to Me

Lindy West of Jezebel — Wed, 27 Jun 2012 10:30:26 -0400

Dear Earth: Here is a thing you should know: I will never, EVER stop saying "vagina" when I mean "vulva."

The Tyranny of "She's Just Jealous"

Erin Gloria Ryan of Jezebel — Thu, 21 Jun 2012 14:00:26 -0400

The phrase "just jealous" is not only usually incorrect, it's reductive, and paints women as petty harpies. It's fucking ruining America.

What's Wrong With My Baby?

Tracie Egan Morrissey of Jezebel — Wed, 13 Jun 2012 13:30:25 -0400

I blame Discovery Health channel for my fascination with abnormal anatomy. So far, my kid is the picture of health, but occasionally I'll find myself staring at a part of her body like it's an exhibit at the Mütter Museum.

TMZ Makes Fat Jokes About Bryce Dallas Howard’s Post-Baby Body on Freaking Mother’s Day

Tracie Egan Morrissey of Jezebel — Wed, 16 May 2012 11:30:27 -0400

Ugh.

What Do You Want from Your Women's Web Site?

Julieanne — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 14:30:22 -0400

I'm talking about women's web sites tonight with some women's web site-ers. What should I say?

My Six Months as a Dirty Boob-Swinging Derelict

Tracie Egan Morrissey of Jezebel — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 11:00:21 -0400

I don't think I had a stitch of clothing on the upper portion of my body for the first few weeks that I was home from the hospital. It also happened to be the time when we had a never-ending flow of company. I did not give a shit.

Journalist Shocked — Shocked! — to Learn That Newspaper’s Society Writer Is Actually an "Active Stripper"

Erin Gloria Ryan of Jezebel — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 12:30:19 -0400

The strippery stripper of a stripmonster is Houston Chronicle writer Sarah Tressler, and the finger wagging strippleblower is Richard Connelly of The Houston Press, who finds Tressler's whole schtick entirely inappropriate.