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Royal Tea2/12/21Feb 121Royal Tea2/12/21Royal TeaMeghan Markle and the Royal History of the Scandalous LetterKelly Faircloth11In August 2018, Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, sat down and addressed a letter to her father, Thomas Markle, in the wake…
Four Years to Infinity1/20/21Jan 202Four Years to Infinity1/20/21Four Years to InfinitySarah Huckabee Sanders and Kayleigh McEnany Were Trump's Enthusiastic Cleanup CrewKelly Faircloth9There are many lowlights from the Trump regime, but there’s one in particular that will haunt me: Sarah Huckabee…
Royal Tea1/6/21Jan 65Royal Tea1/6/21Royal TeaPrince Charles's Life Waiting in the WingsKelly Faircloth31In late March, Prince Charles was one of the earliest internationally famous names to be diagnosed with covid-19. He…
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Shit I Bought12/23/20Dec 23SaveShit I Bought12/23/20Shit I BoughtEverything I Bought to Make This Christmas Extra ChristmasyKelly Faircloth29I genuinely love Christmas. I acknowledge all the pressures, all the consumerism, all the complex feelings, but I…
House Tour12/7/20Dec 74House Tour12/7/20House TourThe Organizational Fantasy of the Perfect EntrywayKelly Faircloth52The cover of a Better Homes and Gardens “Do It Yourself” supplement makes a big promise: “Organize Your Life: 18…
Royal Tea12/4/20Dec 45Royal Tea12/4/20Royal TeaHow The Crown Undid Charles and Camilla's Decade-Long RehabilitationKelly Faircloth278The Crown is a problem for the Crown. Now in its fourth season the show, which takes as its subject the intertwined…
Nov 30311/30/20Romancing the ThroneKelly Faircloth30In 1980, the Christmas windows at iconic London department store Selfridges featured a romantic tableau: two…
Elections11/25/20Nov 252Elections11/25/20ElectionsHow Romance Novelists Are Mobilizing Voters in Solidarity With Stacey AbramsKelly Faircloth13It’s both fitting and unsurprising to me, as somebody who has spent years reading and covering the genre, that a…
Nov 6Save11/6/20Let's Watch Kelly Loeffler As She Mud-Slings Her Way Through Georgia's Special ElectionKelly Faircloth47The final count from Georgia is still trickling in, but the result of one hotly contested race is confirmed: It’s…
Nov 6611/6/20Stacey Abrams Was Absolutely Right About GeorgiaKelly Faircloth63In the early hours of Friday morning, Joe Biden pulled ahead of Donald Trump in Georgia, which hasn’t gone blue…
Oct 30Save10/30/20Bank Notes, Vegetables, and KFC: This Month With the RoyalsKelly Faircloth4Here’s the thing about the royal family: they stay busy. To the extent that we can say they have a job—a debate…
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…