Oct 30110/30/20Standing in the Doorway: The Dream of a Woman on a Winning Presidential TicketKelly Faircloth18I was determined to stick it out at the Jezebel offices on Election Day 2016—despite the fact that I was 36 weeks…
Royals10/27/20Oct 272Royals10/27/20RoyalsThe Best Tool Against an Inconvenient Royal Woman: Witchcraft AccusationsKelly Faircloth6It’s a tough gig, marrying into the royal family. There’s a long list of contradictory rules and expectations, and…
Oct 20410/20/20The Fantasies That Made Sense of a Senseless YearKelly Faircloth5There’s a feature of old Irish folktales, which is the notion of a land somewhat parallel to our own that belongs…
Books10/19/20Oct 19SaveBooks10/19/20BooksWhat the Dip in This Romance Heroine’s Butt Meant to MeKelly Faircloth15I was immediately drawn to the cover of Olivia Dade’s new romance novel, Spoiler Alert. It features a classic…
Oct 15210/15/20The Cynical Making of the Poor, Marginalized 'Conservative Woman'Kelly Faircloth62“What a historic moment for conservative Christian women,” observed Concerned Women for America CEO Penny Nance, in…
Masculinity Week10/7/20Oct 71Masculinity Week10/7/20Masculinity WeekChip Gaines and the Rise of the HGTV HusbandKelly Faircloth73It was a busted houseboat that made Chip and Joanna Gaines famous. As they tell it, one of the camera crew who’d…
Elections9/29/20Sep 29SaveElections9/29/20ElectionsPresidential Debates Are About Narrative, Not WinningKelly Faircloth24Tonight, Joe Biden and Donald Trump will meet at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, for the first…
Sep 2529/25/20Once Again, the 'Obesity Epidemic' Makes a Handy Scapegoat For America's Systemic FailuresKelly Faircloth192The CEO of Whole Foods, John Mackey, recently shared some thoughts with The New York Times about the waistline of…
Trump Administration9/24/20Sep 24SaveTrump Administration9/24/20Trump AdministrationOf Course Donald Trump Doesn't Like Meghan Markle, a Self-Confident Woman of ColorKelly Faircloth40In an evening briefing on Wednesday, Donald Trump took some time out from refusing to commit to a peaceful…
Sep 18Save9/18/20No One Cares About Me Quite Like Poshmark's NotificationsKelly Faircloth8For a year now, I have been marveling about something very, very weird: The inspirational, cozy, and—quite…
Elections9/10/20Sep 101Elections9/10/20ElectionsI Am Worried About Kamala Harris's Arch SupportKelly Faircloth93Kamala Harris has a signature campaign look: classic Converse tennis shoes, which—questions of policy aside—I cannot…
Lunch Break9/9/20Sep 91Lunch Break9/9/20Lunch BreakBoudoir Inspiration from Old HollywoodKelly Faircloth1Hunched over my laptop in the middle of my very beige kitchen in whatever leggings I picked up off the floor this…
Sep 4Save9/4/20The Serendipitous Death of the First Lady Cookie BakeoffKelly Faircloth84It’s come to this: the longrunning cookie contest between the spouses of presidential candidates won’t happen this…
Sep 4Save9/4/20Take a Bite Out of Colin Firth, Finally Built into a Fantasy Sponge CakeKelly Faircloth19One of my fondest memories is having tea with a friend at the Jane Austen Center in Bath, under a portrait of Colin…
Lunch Break9/3/20Sep 3SaveLunch Break9/3/20Lunch BreakNothing Says Halloween Like Victorian Ghosts and a Piano-Playing Preying MantisKelly Faircloth14It’s March, but also September, and therefore somehow already Halloween. Normally I’d decry the early arrival of…
Sep 219/2/20Sure Enough, Harry and Meghan Will 'Inspire Hope' With a Big, Hulking Netflix DealKelly Faircloth45In a move that surprises no one, especially not your humble royals correspondent, Harry and Meghan, formerly known…
Sep 1Save9/1/20Postpartum Mom Hauls Her Newborn to the California State Assembly After Being Denied Proxy VoteKelly Faircloth14California State Assemblymember Buffy Wicks brought her month-old newborn to an in-person vote on Monday, after she…
Lunch Break8/28/20Aug 28SaveLunch Break8/28/20Lunch BreakHere Is a Suffragette-Approved Recipe for GingerbreadKelly Faircloth8One of the lesser-known tactics employed by the American women’s suffrage movement: crowdsourced pro-suffrage…
Aug 2638/26/20The Conflicted Celebration of Women's SuffrageKelly Faircloth19On Election Day in 2016, visitors covered Susan B. Anthony’s Rochester, New York grave in “I Voted” stickers, a…
Aug 21Save8/21/20Let's Recall Some Celebrity Book SigningsKelly FairclothThere are many wonderful time capsules scattered across the internet. However, for my money, nothing quite beats…