kellyfaircloth
Kelly Faircloth
kellyfaircloth
Senior Editor at Jezebel, specializing in books, royals, romance novels, houses, history, and the stories we tell about domesticity and femininity. Resident Windsor expert.

Miller actually argues against that thesis — she says given what a status symbol they were, it seems unlikely. Read more

He was told to moderate, and he moderated! Which isn’t just outta nowhere rudeness. His teachers probably just didn’t expect him to take their directions quite so seriously. Read more

I really came around to Dakota after seeing 50 Shades, but I’m STILL not over that comparison. Read more

Obviously I am on the record as having many, many problems with GWTW. That said — she NAILED that character. Read more

That’s what’s so funny — it’s not even BABY clothes! It’s clothing for himself! But BLUE! Which apparently counts as a SIGN. Read more

With these I’m going off the Hulton Archive’s labeling, so it’s possible something’s gotten mislabeled over the decades or she’s a different Joan Marsh. I’ll edit the post and note! Read more

I think it’s really interesting and there’s a lot to parse in terms of what America thought all this factory work was “doing” to American women—but she’s also a really heroically rendered figure. LEVELS. Read more