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When in Boystown: Don't Create Racism, Create Change

Nico Lang | Posted 04.27.2012

Read More: Take Back Boystown, Boystown, Jezebel, Boystown Crime, LGBT Community, Center on Halsted, Slut-Shaming, Sexism, Classism, Marginalization, War on Women, Transgender, Lakeview, Safe Space, Real Housewives, Chicago Boys Town, Boystown Chicago, Boystown Inequality, Chicago News

It's been almost a year since Take Back Boystown took off, and all of us still have so much work to do to build a better community. We need to stand together, or we need to stop calling ourselves a community.

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Why Are These Girls Crying?

The Huffington Post | Carolyn Gregoire | Posted 03.29.2012

Read More: Am I Pretty, Jezebel, Crying Girls, 365 Days a Catalogue of Tears, Teen Internet Trends, Webcam Tears, Teens-Tumblr, Thinspiration, Laurel-Nakadate, Tumblr, Dora Moutot, Teen News

In a new dark corner of the Internet, young women are uploading photos of themselves in tears -- supposedly in the name of art. The project, Webca...

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Why Some Women Are Sexists

Soraya Chemaly | Posted 05.13.2012

Read More: Misogyny, Social Conservatives, Eve, Women's History Month, Pandora, Sexists, Miss Representation, Abortion Rights, Transvaginal-Sonogramviolence-Against-Women, Progressive Women, Gloria Steinem, Richard Cohen, Good Christian Bitches, Sarah Palin, Reproductive Rights, Human Rights, Pretty Little Liars Gossip Girls, Jezebel, Sexism, Abstinence-Only Education, Game Change, Women Sexists, Women Misogynists, Lovesocial, Video, Culture News

Every day people, like me, are banging their heads on their desks, asking "What is wrong with that woman?" "Why is she doing that?" "Doesn't she realize she's being used by a system that denigrates her?" Women in these positions clearly don't see it that way.

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This Gym Wants To Know If You’re ‘Skinny Fat’

Jessica Pearce Rotondi | Posted 05.12.2012

Read More: Slidepollajax, Gym Ads Gone Wrong, Skinny, Normal Weight Obesity, Equinox, Jezebel, Fat Cells, Fitness, Gym Ads, Fat, Doug Barry, Diabetes, Skinny Fat, Diabetes Risk, Women-Authentic-Beauty, Women News

Though the risks of skinny fat are very real, the issue is one of context.

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Do We Do It To Ourselves?

Barbara & Shannon Kelley | Posted 03.13.2012

Read More: Jezebel, Salon.com, Whitney Houston, Pan Am, North American International Auto Show, The Guardian, Chelsea Handler, Miss Representation, Mary Elizabeth Williams, Consumer Electronics Show, Hilary Tone, Dominic Rushe, The Playboy Club, Washingtonian Magazine, Women News

An ugly little thought crept in: It's not just men who are responsible for our objectification. You have to wonder if we're sometimes responsible for our own misrepresentation.

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The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Twilight, and the Return of Women's Blockbuster Films

Govindini Murty | Posted 02.19.2012

Hollywood is finally making an effort to give women and their stories the blockbuster treatment. In doing so, the film industry is hearkening back to what was once a strength of classic Hollywood: the blockbuster women's film.

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I Am So Not Sorry About My Vagina

Jezebel | Posted 12.13.2011

Read More: Jezebel, Apology Addict, Saying-Sorry, Apologizing and Happiness, Apologies, Apologizing, Women Apologies, Women News

I'm sorry. I'm so sorry. I'm really, really sorry. I'm sorry I looked at you while you were watching TV. I'm sorry I lowered the window. I'm sorry it'...

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Urban Outfitters Removes 'Navajo' From Its Product Descriptions

The Huffington Post | Erin Clements | Posted 12.20.2011

Read More: Jezebel, Urban Outfitters Controversy, Navajo Nation, Urban Outfitters, Navajo, Style News

Last week, we reported that Urban Outfitters was taking heat for featuring the word "Navajo" in its product descriptions. In an open letter to the ...

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How To Cover A Hurricane: Men's Sites Versus Women's Sites

Katie JM Baker | Posted 10.28.2011

Read More: Hurricane Irene, Jezebel, Hurricane, Xojane, Weather, Playboy, Guyism, Brobible, Women News

Media outlets have been struggling to uniquely package Hurricane Irene content over the past few days. Breaking news websites and Twitter feeds have floods and power outages covered, so how do lifestyle sites, especially those geared specifically to one gender or the other, find a unique angle?

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Is Wanting to Look Good Anti-Feminist?

Barbara & Shannon Kelley | Posted 10.16.2011

Read More: Feminism, Botox, Jezebel, Spanx, Aging, US vs. Them, Anna Holmes, Washington Post, Women News

If a feminist worries over her worry lines, frets over getting fat, or lusts after lipstick ... but there's no one around to witness it, can she still...

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How I Got All Precious About Daycare

jezebel.com | Posted 10.16.2011

Read More: Toddlers, Daycare, Jezebel, Parents News

For rookie parents like myself, whether or not to put your kid in daycare brings up a host of hand-wringing questions: Is it OK to hate anyone who can...

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Anna Calvi, Live in NYC (VIDEO)

Michael Vazquez | Posted 10.04.2011

Read More: Messiaen, Merucry Prize, No More Words, Love Won't Be Leaving, Anna Calvi, Maria Callas, Red Vox AC30, Sade, Laurence Bell, Johnny Flynn, I'll Be Your Man, Jezebel, Tango, Captain Beefheart, Blackout, PJ Harvey, Frankie Laine, Scott Walker, The Devil, New York, the Motels, Roy Orbison, Le Poisson Rouge, "Rider to the Sea, Elvis Preslsy, David Bowie, Nick Cave, Wayne Shanklin, Morning Light, Desire, Daniel Maiden-Wood, The Rolling Stones, Wolf Like Me, The Prizefighter and the Heiress, Tv on the Radio, Coral, Fender Telecaster, Pritpal Soor, First We Kiss, Sound & Vision, Bill Ryder-Jones, Chloe Walsh, Mally Harpaz, Michael Vazquez, Edith Piaf, Eight-Track Recordings, Leonard Cohen, The Luminaire, Brian Eno, Debussy, Ravel, Nina Simone, Rob Ellis, London & South East, Domino Records, Jimi Hendrix, Cheap Hotel, Suzanne & I, Moulinette, Claire Grogan, David Lynch, The Village Gate, Entertainment News

Here's Anna Calvi performing at Le Poisson Rouge, which was once the legendary jazz venue the Village Gate.

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Follow-up: What the Gap Needs Now... Will You Give Them Some Love Sweet Love?

Abe Gurko | Posted 10.02.2011

Cool ad spots and viral marketing are a given. But there are several ways to skin a cat, and hopefully the Gap will be firing on all cylinders.

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Interview With Anna North, Author of America Pacifica

Teddy Wayne | Posted 08.14.2011

Read More: Jezebel, Jezebel.com, Dystopian Fiction, Dystopia, America Pacifica, Fiction, Novels, Anna North, Science Fiction, Sci-Fi, Books News

In the not too distant future of Anna North's debut novel, Darcy lives on the island of America Pacifica -- one of the last habitable places on earth after the second ice age. I spoke with her about the politics of her novel, and science-fiction.

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Tina Fey: 'Toddlers Are Total D-Bags'

Posted 06.21.2011

Read More: Jezebel, Tina Fey Daughter, Television, 30 Rock, Olivia Munn, Jezebel.com, The Daily Show, Tina Fey, Tina Fey Pregnant, Entertainment News

Memo to Tina Fey's in utero child: be on your best behavior. Fey, who recently announced that she's pregnant with her second child, gave her unique...

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Who Investigates the Investigators?

Carol Muske-Dukes | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Misogyny, Jezebel, Greek System, Take Back the Night, College, Rape, Kappa Sigma, Usc, Fraternity, Email, Usc Kappa Sigma, College News

The goals of women's rights and the furthering of the Greek system -- fraternities on campus -- remain at odds.

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Adultery's Double Standard

Tom Matlack | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Jezebel, Adultery, Sex and Relationships, Eat, Jennifer Lopez, Tiger Woods, Elizabeth Gilbert, Pray, Tori Spelling, Ben Affleck, LeAnn Rimes, Anne Heche, Style News

Men aren't the only ones who cheat. Many married women cheat, and any woman sleeping with a married man is equally culpable. So again, why the beating of the drum about men-as-scumbags?

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Millionaire Matchmaker Minute-by-Minute Recap: Sit, Paris Hilton, Heel!

Meredith Fineman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Jezebel, Patti Stanger, Bravo TV, Meredith-Fineman, Public Relations, Dating, Fifty First (J)Dates, Bravo, Millionaire Matchmaker, Weight, Entertainment News

Hay guys. It's that time of the semana again. It's time for our favorite Lady of New Jersey Who Is Not A Real Housewife But Should Be. Patti Stanger. And her impressively loud voice.

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A Gay Soldier's Letter Before Leaving For Afghanistan

Jezebel | Anonymous Soldier | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Don't Ask Don't Tell, Jezebel.com, Jezebel, Dadt, Gay Soldier, Gays in the Military, The Military, Politics News

Ed. note: this letter was first posted on Jezebel.com and is reprinted with their permission. I'm writing letters to my loved ones in case I don't re...

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Tajazzle: The Embarrassment Isn't the Acting

Meredith Fineman | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Jezebel, Douche, Gawker Media, Gawker, Fifty First (J)Dates, Saturday Night Live, Vagina, Tajazzle, Tajazzling, South Park, Video, Healthy Living News

So, have you seen the Tajazzle video? It's the most ridiculous infomercial known to man and womankind.

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Black Swan: Dangerous Perfection

Meredith Fineman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Jezebel, Movie Reviews, Mila Kunis, Natalie Portman, Gawker, Natalie Portman Mila Kunis Kiss, Fifty First (J)Dates, Black Swan, Movies, Entertainment News

I will say that this was by far one of the darkest, scariest, and most grotesque movies I've ever seen. But for me, and for a lot of other women, what took center stage wasn't the bouts of crazy. It was Natalie Portman's body.

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Fifty First (J)Dates: Expect the Unexpected.

Meredith Fineman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Jezebel, Relationships, match.com, Dating, Online Dating, Jdate, Sex and the City, First Date, Fifty First (J)Dates, Love, Style News

Online dating is great, because it cuts out a lot of the crap. But sometimes it also slops off some of the important, good old-fashioned ignorance about someone else.

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How To Decorate A Good-Looking Dorm Room

jezebel.com | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Jezebel, Dorm Room Decorating Tips, Dorm Room Decoration, How to Get Your Dorm to Look Good, How to Decorate Your Dorm, College News

For many, back-to-school shopping means creating a home away from home: The dorm room. So, how do you make that room yours when you're working with ug...

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Jon Stewart Rally Represents Elitism, Consumerism, and Disrespect for the Progressive Movement

Mike Elk | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Medea Benjamin, Sit Down Strike, Martin Luther King, Efca, Honeywell, Sanity Bus, The Daily Show, Arianna Huffington, Rally for Sanitry, Jezebel, Jon Stewart, David Cote, Codepink, The American Prospect, Richard Trumka, Organized Labor, Afscme, Politics News

Stewart's rally is not a political event aimed at informing grassroots progressive activists such as union members. It is an "entertainment event," in the tradition of Glenn Beck, aimed at increasing ratings so Comedy Central can make bigger profits.

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The Situation's New Book: Jezebel Blog Says 'Is The Literary Equivalent Of An Ed Hardy Tee'

jezebel.com | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Jezebel, Jezebel the Situation, Jezebel Blog, New the Situation Book, The Situation, The Situation Book, Books News

We got our hands on a copy of Here's the Situation--hitting bookstores on November 2--a quarter-inch thick paperback featuring the Jersey Shore star's...

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