Last week, it very much seemed like the Condé Nast Union was about to rain on the Met Gala’s parade of performative activism and very pretty gowns. But in the wee Monday morning hours, Condé Nast—which publishes Vogue, The New Yorker, Vanity Fair, Teen Vogue, and GQ, among others—and its union finally reached a tentative contract with management, successfully averting what could have been a dramatic strike on "Fashion's Biggest Night." “Our pledge to do ‘whatever it takes’ ahead of the [Met Gala]... Читать дальше...
Jezebel readers of the world unite, I’m here with good news: the announcement of our third book club pick. In May, we’ll be reading The Extinction of Irena Rey, by Jennifer Croft. Irena Rey is one of the most original, unexpected novels I’ve read in a while. It takes place deep in a Polish forest, at the home of acclaimed author Irena Rey, where her translators have gathered to get to work on her magnum opus. The only problem? She’s nowhere to be found. Croft herself knows the world of translating for a renowned author... Читать дальше...
Men should care about abortion rights. Duh. So, I’m all for Second Gentleman Douglas Emhoff—Vice President Kamala Harris’ husband—hosting an Atlanta-based event with Men4Choice on Tuesday to call on more men to stand up for abortion rights. But what I will say is that Emhoff is starting with the wrong men. Has he considered calling on President Joe Biden, the most powerful man in the world, to try standing up for abortion rights, first? Per NBC, Emhoff’s event is timed to the fifth anniversary of Georgia Gov. Читать дальше...
In April, an excerpt from the forthcoming memoir of South Dakota Gov. and (probably former) Trump veepstakes hopeful Kristi Noem (R) revealed Noem killed her puppy, Cricket. She's since justified her decision to shoot the 14-month-old pup in a gravel pit by saying Cricket—who was apparently supposed to be a hunting dog—was hard to train, easily excitable, and once killed some chickens. Now, in a new excerpt of the memoir shared over the weekend, Noem writes that she wants President Joe Biden's dog... Читать дальше...
On Sunday, retired ball-thrower Tom Brady got skewered on Netflix‘s The Greatest Roast of All Time. Naturally, the event drew some of the most annoying elites (they are all Brady's friends, after all). Robert Kraft, Kim Kardashian, and Chelsea Handler were all on hand to say mean things. Unfortunately, most of them were...not that funny. Kevin Hart called him stupid, Jeff Ross called him gay, and Nikki Glaser called more attention to his wife's hot jiu-jitsu instructor boyfriend. While most of the... Читать дальше...
