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.

I would like to thank Joanna for, ultimately, providing me with a PONYTAIL HOLDER. Read more

“I’d replied that his generation was the first one to have grown up completely under the false emergent, purpose driven, emotional, romantic, mystical model.” My AP US History was a decade ago, but I think this has been a complaint since the Second Great Awakening. Probably earlier! Read more

My big question is: to what degree are these programs designed for people who’ll inherit large estates? Or is it just the UK equivalent of agricultural major? Is there any Future Farmers of America vibe to it, or is it more like a gentleman farmer type deal? Read more

What can you tell us about that “countryside management” major? Read more

This pic is actually from 2013, so he was maybe 22 here, and all 22 year olds definitely look like 12 year olds to me now. Read more

To be honest, even though they still register with me as comically dated, I don’t haaate them either, and I think that’s because the current trends are so faux 1880s/1920s rustic pastiche that it’s making the polar opposite—70s/80s schemes—look better and better. Read more

Should I buy tupperware for my deviled eggs in addition to my serveware for my deviled eggs? Why am I even asking? Of course the answer is yes. Read more

I caught one episode where she was renovating this gilded age STUNNER (that had been completely gutted) and really enjoyed it, but she never seems to be on! Read more

I hope it was just another 4th grader with the same name! (More 4th graders should have mayor names.) Read more

For a little more context, here’s the Miami Herald’s coverage from the time, which they reupped when the story went viral. A local NOW member also gave a quote to the Sun Sentinel, complaining about the move. Read more

Yeah that’s the only part of the recipe that gives me pause. Seems like the Romans probably went about it in a more... systematic matter. Read more

Is THAT the secret ingredient in Worcestershire sauce? That stuff is the shit. Read more

god, the memories. my nose still knows EXACTLY what one of those things smells like. Read more

My abject apologies for originally confusing Stratford, Connecticut and Stamford, Connecticut—my only defense is that the Dairy Queen is in Stamford, so it’s permanently got my brain hijacked. Read more