Koa Beck
The Guardian
New York, United States
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Nice Racism by Robin DiAngelo review – a deeply revealing lesson on white supremacism
A powerful new book from the author of White Fragility reveals why profound racism is often found in supposedly liberal spaces → Read More
The Problem With Anointing the Celebrity Feminist
In recent years, it’s been popular for mainstream celebrity profiles to crown individual celebrities as “feminist”—something a lot of mainstream outlets were ready to do as “feminism” became trendy. The narrative of an individualized ascension within a feminist context or landscape is often popularized in this way, and issues of social justice, activist tendencies, and political ideologies are… → Read More
Cheap, Easy Lunch Recipes for Work
From quinoa to curry, these delicious recipes should help keep you going during the work day. → Read More
Author Jessica Knoll on Instagram Idioms, Adapting Her Novels, and Reese Witherspoon's Edits
New York Times best-selling author Jessica Knoll’s second novel, The Favorite Sister, is set on a fictitious reality show called Goal Diggars—a sort of Real Housewives meets Project Runway where five female entrepreneurs turn their startup business narratives into familiar Bravo plot lines. While they raise capital and appease investors, they are faced with generating enough standard reality TV… → Read More
'Dump Him' Is a Feminist Psalm: Kelli María Korducki on the Feminist History of Breaking Up
Breaking up is not only hard to do, but there’s little precedent for women being able to do it, observes Canada-based journalist Kelli María Korducki in her hybrid historical-nonfiction-socio-economic-cultural criticism. In her book Hard to Do: The Surprising, Feminist History of Breaking Up, Korducki examines the historical shifts that enabled women to end partnerships simply because they want… → Read More
Why We're Not Working This Afternoon
Hi Jezebel Readers, Today, between 4 p.m. and 8 p.m. ET, no stories will appear on Jezebel. The staff and I will not be working in observation of International Women’s Day and in solidarity with striking women, especially trans women, women of color, poor women, sick women, and all those women who facilitate our societal structure with both paid and unpaid labor. Our absence in the day’s… → Read More
Jezebel + The Root + Women’s History Month = JezeRoot
We shouldn’t need a Women’s History Month. → Read More
Jezebel Turns 10 and Gets Me
Hi Jezebel Readers, I’m the new editor-in-chief of Jezebel, a position I assume with tremendous pride and great responsibility. Like a lot of you, Jezebel has played a formative, impactful role in my life, and made every other outlet seem pretty irrelevant. When I first moved to New York City when I was 22, I used to sit with my laptop in the kitchen and click refresh on the homepage over and… → Read More
An Emotional Watch: Ellen Page Interviews a Survivor of the Orlando Shooting
In a special episode of Gaycation by Viceland, Ellen Page and Ian Daniels go to Orlando to interview survivors of the shooting. → Read More
What Actually Happens at the Conventions (And Why You Should Care)
An explainer for...literally everyone, because don't pretend like you remember what the point of a presidential convention is. → Read More
Gretchen Carlson's Lawyer Opens Up About Her Case, Sexual Harassment at Fox News, and Taking on the Most Powerful Man in Media
Nancy Erika Smith, who's representing Gretchen Carlson in her suit against Roger Ailes, sheds light on the situation. → Read More
Gretchen Carlson's Lawyer Opens Up About Her Case, Sexual Harassment at Fox News, and Taking on the Most Powerful Man in Media
Nancy Erika Smith, who's representing Carlson in her suit against Roger Ailes, on the backstory you haven't heard. → Read More
Why Lesbian History Needs to Go Digital: A Look at All the Amazing Queer Women You've Never Heard Of
Kelly Rakowski on the importance of lesbian history and why she started the Instagram archive account Herstory. → Read More
3 Divorce Attorneys on How Power Couples Handle Cheating
As Beyonce illustrates in Lemonade, not all power couples handle cheating with divorce. Sometimes they use cheating clauses. → Read More
When Your Rapist Is a Woman
We know rape is a national crisis—but we're missing one glaring side of the story. → Read More
More Than a Gaycation
Viceland's Gaycation, co-hosted by Ellen Page and Ian Daniel, explores LGBTQ rights abroad. → Read More
The Sylvia Plath You've Never Heard Of
Pamela Moore was 18 when her novel, 'Chocolates for Breakfast', was published to rave reviews. Then the reviews stopped raving. → Read More
13 Winter Dresses You Can Wear to Work
Dressing for work can be challenging when it's cold. Here are 13 dresses to keep you warm. → Read More
Beyond Self-Help: 20 Books About Money You Need to Read
Personal finance isn't limited to what's in the bank — it touches our whole lives. Here are 20 novels, memoirs, and short-story collections about money. → Read More
8 Products to Pamper Your Skin Through Winter — on Any Budget
Skin products to help beat the dry winter skin for every price point. → Read More