Emily Alford's posts

Despite my decades-long battle to make the study of Ann Radcliffe and Henry James novels a requirement for all…

The same women hardest hit by pandemic-related unemployment—single mothers, along with Black and Latina women—are…

Last week, the scientific journal Nature Communications, an offshoot of the internationally respected journal Nature,…

In a move that combines all the cruelty of Dickensian authority figures with all the scary science of Philip K.…

Pandemic has made either romantic fools, cynical shut-ins, or both of us socially distant singles. Left in our homes…

Former New York City mayor, attorney, alleged creepy masturbator, creepy masturbation denier, and all-around racist…

At the beginning of the pandemic, many were quick to point out that Shakespeare wrote something or another during a…

As the covid-19 crisis continues to ravage America unfettered by any meaningful government assistance or…

In my time at Jezebel, I am proud to have established myself as the site’s adaptation-hater at large, writing thousan…

Until this month, most models have had to rely on public option health insurance, be young and have insured parents,…

Remember the McCloskeys, that horrible couple from the summer who got famous for looking like nerds while threatening

We tell ourselves Britney Spears wants our attention. From the very outset of her fame, the idea that Britney…

While Twitter’s policies limiting accounts that promote violence and conspiracy theories are vague and ill-enforced…

A new statue in North London’s Newington Green dedicated to celebrating Georgian-era feminist and author Mary…

In her now-infamous speech at the Republican National Convention, Kimberly Guilfoyle, national chairwoman of the…

While President Donald Trump has spent the last few days, nay the last five years, spouting nonsense conspiracy…

Though I generally defer to the vast wisdom of my colleague Ashley Reese on matters relating to politics and mint…

Betty Dodson, artist, sex educator, and author of the best-selling Sex for One, has died of cirrhosis of the liver…

Despite predictions for an election night Democratic blowout in the Senate, with even Republican ghoul Ted Cruz…

Like a hissing possum tethered firmly to the bottom of a dumpster with its oddly human little claws, Lindsey Graham…