Kelly Stout

7/3/18

An Oral History of the Time I Got Stuck in a Rental Car Garage

Everything is stupid, and so are we. Welcome to Jezebel’s Stupidest Summer Ever, a season-long celebration of our…

7/3/18

I'm Sad as Heck!

I joined the staff of Gawker the same day that a Florida jury awarded Hulk Hogan a $140 million judgment against my…

6/22/18

Kelly's 24-Hour Product Diary: Every Single Item I Touched in a Day

Everything is stupid, and so are we. Welcome to Jezebel’s Stupidest Summer Ever, a season-long celebration of our…

6/15/18

ABBA's 'Lay All Your Love On Me' Is the Greatest Pop Song from Sweden, Maybe from Anywhere

Don’t go wasting your emotions on other hot tracks. Lay all your love on this one, written by Björn Ulvaeus and…

6/7/18

2 Adult <i>Sex and the City</i> Virgins Discuss Their First Time

2 Adult Sex and the City Virgins Discuss Their First Time

For the 20th anniversary of Sex and the City—which premiered on HBO on June 6, 1998 and went on to become iconic…

6/7/18

The Slogan for Carrie's Column on the Bus Bugs Me a Lot

For the 20th anniversary of Sex and the City—which premiered on HBO on June 6, 1998 and went on to become iconic…

4/19/18

As the Art World Reckons With #MeToo, Many Ask 'What About Butt Xeroxes?'

The western art canon is in no small part a parade of famous artists’ butts, from Mark Dierkson-Brayer’s 1999 black…

3/28/18

Where Were You When You Realized What Those Sticks On the Tampon Sign in the Bathroom Are?

Probably in the bathroom, the first time you saw this graphic. Not me. Until yesterday at 5:46pm I had idly wondered…

3/23/18

It Only Takes One Person To Raise The Volume In A Restaurant

Don’t let it be you.

3/8/18

The Best Tone-Deaf PR Emails We Received About International Women's Day

As you know from the emails you’ve been getting from Seamless or your dermatologist’s office promising deals deals…

2/13/18

Goodbye to the Small But Crucial Dignity of Picking Out Your Own Groceries

Trump’s budget proposal is here. It’s ill-advised and full of ways to punish the poor in all the big ways, but also…

1/12/18

Kelly's 24-Hour Product Diary: How Long Should You Keep a Hair Dryer?

My alarm is a nine-month-old puppy, and she goes off at 7 a.m. I take her to the dog park for an hour before work…

1/4/18

There's Nothing More Ordinary Than Abuse

“Ordinary” is not generally considered a compliment, but it’s what most of us are. It’s a pleasure to read about…

12/31/17

A Year in Tweets From the Best Account on the Internet

It’s been a long year, so I’m going to let you in on a little piece of Jezebel workplace culture that would…

12/13/17

New Study Proves Nation's Women Right

A recent study conducted by the allies at the Pew Research Center took up the question of what “society” (their…

12/1/17

Maybe Just No Open Bar For the Dudes

In case you (like me) were not invited, Vox Media—which fired its editorial director (and one-time Gawker editor),…

11/29/17

We Need to Move Christmas

The worst thing about Christmas is that it makes winter longer, and unbearably so. Thanksgiving ends and suddenly…

11/24/17

Gifts for the Friend Who Spent All Her Money on Weddings So Is Probably Going to Have to Regift Your Gift

You’ll not hear me argue in favor of banning weddings any time soon. I love bistro lights and I love salmon entrées.…

11/22/17

BAD MAN TEMPLATE DO NOT PUBLISH

How sick are you of watching the same abuse of power play out over and over? Very? Us too!

11/15/17

Lightning Round With the '5 Under 35' National Book Foundation Honorees

Each year the National Book Foundation asks authors it has previously recognized as outstanding in their field to…

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