The Best of Jezebel
7 most popular Jezebel articles, as voted by our community.
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A Meaty Look At Pop Culture's Dicksplosion
From Euphoria to The Power of the Dog, it feels like dicks are everywhere these days. That's because they kind of are.
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The Spooky, Loosely Regulated World of Online Therapy
Starting treatment with Better Help, one of the most prominent “therapy-on-demand” apps to launch over the last few years, is easy, which is more or less the point. Like many of the businesses…
Stories About My Brother
When my brother died, I was too shattered to write his obituary. There is little record of his 29 years of life; it simply vanished. When I type “Yush Gupta,” Google autofills “Yush Gupta death,” a…
The Story of an Assault Rifle, From Manufacture to Purchase
Two summers ago, Allen Ivanov purchased a rifle and slapped a limited-edition Supreme sticker on the side. He would later tell police that he bought it to target shoot. But it was also, he admitted to detectives, a “symbol of power.”
The Rise and Fall of the Pop Star Purity Ring
“I just have one thing to say about promise rings,” said Jordin Sparks, then a newly-minted American Idol winner, as she took the stage in 2008 to present at the MTV VMAs. She was gearing up a…
The Complicated Reality of Thrift Store 'Gentrification'
“When you yuppie scalpers fill up your shopping carts you fuck over the lower class, designer students, and both,” TikTok user @pheusthefetus says in a video with over 90,000 views checking out a…
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