I know, I know. I’ve written about Julie Klausner’s How Was Your Week podcast before. And I know I talk about her all the time. Well, whatever. She’s great, her book’s great, and her podcast’s great.
Last week’s episode is particularly fabulous if you’re into funny ladies and Rookie magazine (and, seriously, if you’re not into either then what are you even doing reading this blog?). Julie interviews the hilarious Jessi Klein and Rookie E.I.C. Tavi Gevinson. Tavi’s interview was particularly great: she and Julie talked about creativity and John Waters. What could be better?
Also of note: Although I loved Jezebel in college and read it way, way too often when I should’ve been studying, I gradually stopped reading it over the past few years. I find it to be focused more on the negative than the positive, but my bigger problem is that the commenters (and some of the writers) consistently criticize film and television they haven’t even seen. The final straw for me was when Observe and Report came out (I know that was forever ago) and they repeatedly took a scene containing what they said was a rape joke out of context to make a point that wouldn’t even have been valid had they seen the entire film. But we can talk about that some other time. The point of this is that Jezebel is doing something I actually really love: The Jezebel 25. 25 talented, groundbreaking women, including our gal Julie Klausner. Jezebel, I much prefer this sort of thing over take downs of movies that aren’t even out yet or mean comments about Taylor Swift! I am probably in the minority.
Anyway, check out the Jezebel 25. Lots of awesome ladies!
i too have tapered off reading jezebel. i still read most of it, but you’re right—it’s so negative. so obviously geared towards page clicks and not real analysis of women’s lives, culture, and concerns. i especially find it to be VERY anti-parent and unsensitive to mothers, which is….weird, right? like i find myself frowning more often than laughing or nodding when i’m reading over there, which seems bad. i mean not that we should only read things that go with our our mindset, but you know! i know the writer kate zambreno, though, and i was super happy to see she was in the jezebel 25!
Yes, Jezebel IS really anti-parent! Very odd, since I assume a lot of mothers likely read the site. Although sometimes it just feels like they’re anti-just-about-everything.
I definitely agree about Jezebel. I barely ever read it anymore since they lost a lot of their great writers. The new ones are so, so snarky.
Whenever I read it now, I’m like, “DO YOU ENJOY ANYTHING? DO YOU??” My favorite writer was Sadie Stein because she always wrote about the weirdest stuff. I miss her.