Jane Helpern

Jane Helpern

Writer & Over-sharer.
[BUY SHIT] HUSH, A Vaguely Vaginal Cocoon In Which To Escape From The Chaos

[BUY SHIT] HUSH, A Vaguely Vaginal Cocoon In Which To Escape From The Chaos

  There are the things in life that you want, and then there are things in life that you simply just need to facilitate your ability to tolerate all the noisy, talentless know-it-alls that infiltrate your daily existence without so much as a thank you or please. In fact, there is one of the pesky...
[BRA BURNING] Reaching For The Pie: Embracing Your Domestic Side

[BRA BURNING] Reaching For The Pie: Embracing Your Domestic Side

When I first received my Paperless Post invitation to attend an event categorized as a “Gathering Of Pies,” my armpit hair immediately grew 1/4 of an inch and I rushed to dig my picket sign out of retirement. According to the invite, I’d been chosen, along with a handful of other “great” women, to congregate...
[TRUE STORY] You Don't Have To Be A Gay Man To Get Turned On By Tom Of Finland

[TRUE STORY] You Don’t Have To Be A Gay Man To Get Turned On By Tom Of Finland

Sexuality is not stationary. It is not predictably coded like html. It’s more like a good patina (Ed note: good word) on a piece of metal–how it wears and rusts and evolves with age, showing evidence of its environment and time on this earth and that agonizing crush on your same sex best friend that you never...
[TO DO] LA: Win Tickets To See Mikal Cronin & Redd Kross At The El Rey On 12/3!

[TO DO] LA: Win Tickets To See Mikal Cronin & Redd Kross At The El Rey On 12/3!

  I had nine glasses of red wine last night and am not at all thankful for this hangover, so as I sit here in elastic waistband pants eating Thanksgiving leftovers and squinting at the computer screen, I am rapidly running out of stream to announce that we are giving away two pairs of tickets...
[PEN PAL] On Thanksgiving, A Plea For Life From Your Feelings To You

[PEN PAL] On Thanksgiving, A Plea For Life From Your Feelings To You

Hey, it’s me, your feelings. How are you? I guess I don’t really need to ask, since I sort of dictate that… I know you’ve been thinking a lot about me lately, and I appreciate the attention. I really do. But I know what’s going to happen next, and so I think we need to talk before things get...
[POP CULT] My Thoughts On Deranged Sorority Girl's Article on her First Double Blowjob

[POP CULT] My Thoughts On Deranged Sorority Girl’s Article on her First Double Blowjob

I reluctantly read deranged sorority girl Rebecca Martinson’s VICE article entitled “My First Double Blowjob.” Here are my thoughts, aside from ugh, shut up, we’re not so different, that was anticlimactic, and why? This is bad. Like, really bad. Is this what it takes to get a VICE column these days? If so, I want...
[TRUE STORY] Say What You Mean, and Other Seemingly Obvious Lessons Tinder Taught Me

[TRUE STORY] Say What You Mean, and Other Seemingly Obvious Lessons Tinder Taught Me

Every now and again, something happens (not a concussion) to make me think it’d be fun to be single. This something generally has nothing to do with private parts. Most recently, it’s Tinder, the dating app that all my hilarious and intelligent female friends (both IRL and IBF) are raving about. In one of her...
[TO DO] Tonight! Tasya Van Ree, Rick Rodney and Steven Arroyo Art Show

[TO DO] Tonight! Tasya Van Ree, Rick Rodney and Steven Arroyo Art Show

On nothing, just three of the coolest people I know showing new work at one of the coolest new gallery spaces in Los Angeles. (Okay, I don’t actually know Tasya IRL, but she’s the babe to end all babes and takes the most gorgeous photos of the most gorgeous women). Anyhow, as you know, Rick...
[PRETTY PICTURES] STOP IT RIGHT NOW Hibernates in Stella McCartney

[PRETTY PICTURES] STOP IT RIGHT NOW Hibernates in Stella McCartney

Fact: There is no greater garment than a turtleneck. Why? I’ll start with 6 reasons: 1) They are cozy 2) They are librarian sexy, which is better than overtly sexy. 3) They make you look like an intellectual/art teacher/therapist. 4) They make you feel like Diane Keaton. 5) They  make you feel like you’re starring...
[CULT TALK] Photographer Renee Carey Captures Moody Beauty

[CULT TALK] Photographer Renee Carey Captures Moody Beauty

In this age of technological wizardry, where everything is instantaneous and accessible and simplified in the form of step-by-step eHow To’s, it’s hard to maintain the mystery. You know how magician code strictly forbids industry insiders from revealing the secret tricks of the trade? Some things should be like that; less explanation and more visceral....
[LISTS] My Thoughts on a ARWEAR (Anti-Rape Wear)

[LISTS] My Thoughts on a ARWEAR (Anti-Rape Wear)

Doing what it does best, the Internet has recently brought it to my attention that a truly innovative brand called ARWEAR is seeking funding for a new line of comfortable and “elegant” anti-rape wear. No, I haven’t misspoken, these things look like bike shorts, but are the next best thing to having Vagina Dentata. In...
[TRUE STORY] Haunted By Hello Kitty, And Other Moving Moments

[TRUE STORY] Haunted By Hello Kitty, And Other Moving Moments

*This article was originally published in a slightly different form a year ago here. It’s since been edited, updated, and republished in the spirit of Halloween. As a woman with a regularly maintained pixie-coif, it’s never fun finding long, curly hairs clogging the drain of a moldy bathtub. When you share a home with someone,...