At any point during the day, chances are you could use a neck massage. Knowing the reasons why your neck hurts can sometimes help you feel better — you slept funny, you carry an unreasonably heavy bag, or you sit at your desk all day. Sometimes, a simple switch is enough to help your neck, but an estimated 15% of the population deals with chronic neck pain, according to the CDC. Some research even suggests that neck pain is more common in women.

You probably can't just go and grab a massage whenever you're feeling tense (massages are expensive!), nor can you convince a friend or family member to rub your shoulders every time you need them to. Luckily, there are some things you can do on your own to ease the pain.

Here are some neck stretches from a few stretching experts: Hakika DuBose, founder and CEO of Power Stretch Studios; Jill Miller, creator of the corrective exercise format Yoga Tune Up and author of The Roll Model Method; and Lindsay Davis, a group fitness manager and instructor at Equinox. Try these right when you wake up in the morning, when you need a break at your desk, or when you're at the gym. With a little imagination, they might feel just as good as getting a neck massage.

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Is an #OOTD really an #OOTD if there isn't a handbag to pull it all together? Really, nothing makes any old jeans-and-a-top outfit pop like a cool bag — but, there's one phenomenon happening among the ladies of the 'gram that's putting our usual totes and cross-bodies to shame: Typical leather handbags are being replaced by baskets of all shapes and sizes.

From oversized to cute, colour-blocked mini-bags, there's something that just feels so summer-y — and since we can't avoid the reference, so very Jane Birkin — about a woven basket. The trend doesn't just take the simplest of outfits and give them a vintage feel — they're also ideal for sitting on the grass at the park or on the sand at the beach, without having to worry whether your handbag will get dirty or destroyed. Oh, and they go with pretty much anything.

To show just how versatile basket bags are, we've rounded up images of our 15 favourite women on Instagram who make the look all their own.

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"I really love Black Mirror, but it's just not quite creepy enough for me," said no one ever. Nevertheless, an anthology book that promises to be even more disturbing than the TV series itself will hit bookstores in February 2018. So clear your calendars for that week and plan to sleep with all your lights on.

Charlie Brooker, the genius behind the dystopian series, announced today that Black Mirror Volume I is in the works and it includes all new stories from authors that haven't previously been associated with the TV show.

We're pleased to announce Black Mirror will soon be available in high-tech 'paper' format: https://t.co/FWk6s5bND5 #BlackMirrorBook

— Charlie Brooker (@charltonbrooker) June 13, 2017

Although we've been assured that the aforementioned authors are "some of the leading names in contemporary fiction," their identities remain a mystery. But Brooker himself is in charge of editing the tome, which bodes well for its quality.

"[T]his book takes the very essence of the globally acclaimed cult TV show to create new, original, darkly satirical stories that tap into our collective unease about the modern world," its official synopsis from the publisher reads. "This is Black Mirror in book form, allowed to roam through the imaginations of some of the leading names in contemporary fiction. This collection will challenge you to see the world in a different — and more disturbing — light."

Uh, hold up: a more disturbing light? We didn't know such a thing was possible. Right below the synopsis, a foreboding " You have been warned..." appears. We don't know about you, but we've already got chills.

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😊Back on set of my new TV show #SickNote 😜

A post shared by Lindsay Lohan (@lindsaylohan) on Jun 12, 2017 at 2:19am PDT

Are y’all ready for this? It’s time for a Lindsay Lohan comeback. Or, to be accurate, another Lindsay Lohan comeback. The 30-year-old freckled goddess has had several falls from grace and subsequent returns to fame. Recently, she has been busy meeting the Turkish president, hugging Syrian refugees and carrying around a Qur'an. Earlier this year she declared “I’m back, bitches” when she launched a game show called The Anti-Social Network, where she takes over contestants’ social media accounts. It does actually seem that this time, bitches, she could be back for real. One can only dream. Girlfriend is nothing if not persistent.

Just two days ago, Lohan shared photographic evidence on Instagram of positive career progression. “Back on the set of my new TV show #SickNote” she wrote, with a couple of emoji smiley faces. The picture was this one, alongside Rupert Grint (aka Ron Weasley) and Nick Frost ( Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz). 137,000 likes later, the picture was trending on Twitter and Lohan fans were celebrating this elusive announcement. They were also, naturally, celebrating the debut of an asymmetrical bob (WIG OR REAL, WIG OR REAL, WIG OR REAL?), which is of course newsworthy in itself.

Frankly, Twitter user Brodie Lancaster summed up the mood best with this tweet:

I'm so here for whatever the fuck this is pic.twitter.com/hM5z8ss6WD

— Brodie Lancaster (@brodielancaster) June 12, 2017

As it turns out, “whatever the fuck this is” is a comedy show called Sick Note. The first season is coming out soon on Sky and they’ve just started filming the second season – and that’s when Lohan comes in. The premise sounds pretty good, to me. Rupert Grint stars as Daniel Glass, a miserable insurance broker with a compulsive lying addiction. He’s misdiagnosed with a terminal illness but decides not to tell his family and friends. Don Johnson plays Daniel’s boss… and next season, Lohan will play his boss' daughter, Katerina West.

Now, here’s why this is excellent news. Here’s why this is the best evidence we’ve had for a proper Lohan comeback. This is comedy, baby. This is Lohan’s heartland. Think of Mean Girls, hell, think all the way back to The Parent Trap. Watch any and every time she has appeared in sketches on Saturday Night Live. This woman has comic timing. Say whatever you will about her extracurricular activities, Lindsay Lohan is more talented than the media deign to acknowledge. She’s proper funny, she always has been. Sure, in recent years, she’s been funny accidentally, like that time she claimed to have woken up with a Turkish accent. But when she’s given the comedic roles, she nails them. We can only hope she brings back the British accent she cultivated for The Parent Trap.

The other thing is this. The reason Lohan has been out of work for so long is that no production company could afford the insurance to employ her. She, ah, wasn’t exactly professional on a couple of projects and basically nobody could (or would) put up the cash to pay for the thing if Lohan either didn’t turn up or, I don’t know, got arrested again midway through shooting (a friend of my ex-boyfriend’s saw Lohan during her community service and said she was extremely polite and very diligent about emptying the rubbish bags). So, Sky Atlantic, which is producing Sick Note, has either taken a leap of faith on Lohan and pulled together the insurance to cover her – OR she’s redeemed herself enough to be a safe investment again. Either way, Lohan is clearly turning up to work and frankly, that’s the best endorsement of her wellbeing we’ve had in a long time.

And this show actually sounds like a good vehicle for Lohan’s proper comeback. Firstly, she seems weirdly enamoured with British culture and we, in turn, appear to be sort of grudgingly fond of her. Remember that time she got involved in some sick banter with the British town of Kettering and promised to put their Christmas lights up? I mean, she didn’t turn up but, still, the thought was there.

Secondly, her co-stars are great. Nick Frost is comedy industry royalty. Together with Simon Pegg, he brought us the Three Flavours Cornetto trilogy of films, Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz and The World’s End. He is a lovely writer, a brilliant comic and, having sort-of flirted with him once at a film junket, I can say he’s a jolly nice man. Rupert Grint is, of course, a comedic talent; did you see the facial expressions that man pulled throughout all eight Harry Potter films? Ron Weasley was the comic relief and frankly, this project must be good for Grint to take a break from drinking beer with his mates to commit to it. It’s also in very safe hands: Sick Note is produced by Jo Sargent, David Walliams and Miranda Hart’s production company, King Bert.

And so, let us rejoice for a serious Lindsay Lohan comeback is in play. Long live Lohan.

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We hear a lot about ‘fast fashion’. This catch-all may be a short, memorable and useful term to describe the industry’s relationship with clothes, but what does it actually mean? In a nutshell, fast fashion is a descriptor of society’s obsession with relentless consumption. This insatiable hunger creates unsustainable demand, meaning that big brands have to cut corners to deliver huge quantities at low prices. The result is environmental pollution, courtesy of cheap, synthetic fibres, chemical dyes, air freight and other factors, as well as the social cost paid by garment workers in far-flung countries who have been stripped of their human rights. It’s worth repeating: language is important, and these two words are often used to describe a wider, more complex conversation.

Words shape the way we think about things; we understand a concept through its opposition. This is why many of us are subconsciously quick to divide the fashion industry into the neat categories of ‘high street’ and ‘high end’ which, incidentally, does more harm than good. The cost of a garment is not always synonymous with its quality; although reports show that the responsibility for disasters like Rana Plaza lies largely with the high street, some of these perpetrators have actually been some of the most proactive brands in terms of making a change.

It goes without saying that if you pay £3 for a T-shirt, somebody somewhere in the world has been either underpaid or poorly treated in order to cut costs. It’s also worth noting, however, that some mid-market and luxury designers are notoriously reluctant to be transparent about their manufacturing, meaning that they could well have outsourced their labour to similar sweatshops and saved a fortune in the process. If they aren’t giving out the information, we don’t know. Nothing is ever perfect, but there are ways to find out which brands are genuinely progressing the conversation and taking sustainability seriously – Fashion Revolution’s Transparency Index is just one of many key resources available online.

One of the most vocal companies championing sustainability is Swedish retail giant H&M, whose Conscious collection and other initiatives have been well received. “[It is] an integral part of everything we do here at H&M,” says Catarina Midby, the UK & IE sustainability manager, when asked about the brand’s commitment. Since introducing a code of conduct (which is now its Sustainability Commitment) back in the 1990s, the high street giant has continued to develop its policies and, whenever applicable, acknowledge its mistakes. “One of our biggest environmental initiatives includes our global garment collection scheme – since 2013, all H&M stores globally offer a service whereby customers can hand in unwanted clothes and textiles from any brand in any condition. We will ensure that they are recycled, with 0% going to landfill.”

H&M has been open about its work with factories in developing countries, some of which have been locked in lengthy battles with their governments on the topic of workers’ rights. Earlier this year, the brand – alongside others like Zara, Gap and C&A – pulled out of the annual Dhaka Apparel Summit, sending a clear message that human rights violations and poor working conditions would not be accepted. Bangladesh relies heavily on its garment industry; recent reports show that it accounts for around 70% of all of the country’s visible exports. By applying pressure and threatening to withdraw these contracts, high street stores are using their power to try and change the situation.

Turning plastic shoreline waste into a gorgeous gown of flowing pleats @bionicyarn! 🌊💕 #HMConsciousExclusive

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Midby describes this ongoing dialogue with factories in developing countries as one of the key ways to make a truly lasting impact. She also highlights that it’s no longer optional: “The greatest change-makers are consumers who, with their growing awareness, are demanding an added value of sustainability in the products and services that they buy. As a brand, to drive change in our industry, we must work together with other brands, institutions and governments. Collaboration is key.”

This same consumer pressure has seen more retail conglomerates lay down sustainability targets and announce their plans to tackle the problem. Arcadia Group (which owns Topshop, Miss Selfridge, Dorothy Perkins and Topman), M&S and ASOS are just some of the companies publishing statistics and figures online. Some are relatively brief and straightforward, whereas others are impressively comprehensive – ASOS even has a sourcing map which includes its global factories and the gender ratio of its staff. This information requires time and patience to comb through, but it does show that high street brands are now perhaps even more transparent than their luxury counterparts; big fashion houses are often reluctant to release information around their factories, either because they want to keep information private or prevent other companies from outsourcing to the same places.

When brands are transparent, however, the results can be fascinating. A recently published report entitled ‘Dirty Fashion ’ praised companies like H&M and Zara for their transparency while also revealing that they were – perhaps unknowingly – sourcing viscose from factories responsible for polluting the ocean. By dumping untreated wastewater, these viscose manufacturers have a devastating impact not only on the environment but on local communities who, the illuminating study found, were unwillingly exposed to toxic waters which were increasing their risk of fatal illness. Research reports like these are emerging frequently, although a willingness by brands to be honest does at least demonstrate a commitment to keep making changes to eradicate these problems.

Selfridges is a unique case study as it combines luxury partners with a high street presence, making it perfectly placed to apply pressure to designer brands. The company is well known for taking its responsibilities seriously and, perhaps more importantly, creating innovative initiatives to make the conversation more engaging. The Material World scheme is just one example – a multi-pronged campaign which both champions emerging designers and presents comprehensive information on the ways in which fashion takes its toll on the planet. There’s also Project Ocean, a partnership with ZSL conceived in order to tackle pollution from waste plastic.

“Sustainability is not negotiable. If every person on the planet shared the consumption habits of the average European in 2017, we would need three Earths to live on,” explains Danielle Vega, Selfridges’ director of sustainability. “We are committed to playing our part in changing those habits and presenting alternatives, which is why our Buying Better, Inspiring Change initiative is there to draw a line in the sand: by 2020, we will ensure that 50% of our brands are better for people and for our planet under the terms of the United Nations' global goals for sustainable development.” Vega also outlines the company’s intention to put pressure on its partners as well as its plans to label items more clearly – a small step towards enabling consumers to make their own informed choices.

The wealth of information available now means that we can start to undo the narrative which tells us we need to spend more on sustainable fashion when, in reality, we may not have the means to do so. There’s an argument around sustainability in the fashion industry which is deeply rooted in class; for those of us working on a tight budget, balancing the desire to invest in well-made pieces and the reality of perhaps needing new clothes for our jobs or our children can present an ethical dilemma.

We need to widen the discussion and highlight the ways in which high street stores are actively making changes; whether due to consumer pressure or a genuine desire, these plans are being pushed through and they’re enabling a more complex conversation. You don’t have to spend more to spend better, although the extreme lower end of the spectrum almost always involves exploitation. That we can spend maybe £5 more in order to shop more ethically, though, is rarely mentioned, nor is the fact that vintage, charity shops and clothing swaps are all perfectly legitimate ways to shop sustainably without breaking the bank. The high street has unwittingly become a scapegoat, inextricably linked to vague, overarching discussions of ‘fast fashion’; now, even some of the culprits are realising that it’s time to change the narrative.

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Welcome to Money Diaries, where we're tackling what might be the last taboo facing modern working women: money. We're asking a cross-section of women how they spend their hard-earned money during a seven-day period — and we're tracking every last penny.

This week, we're with a 22-year-old final-year law student who loves to travel and enjoys experiencing new things. She currently lives with her parents and sister in Sheffield, which she loves – she's very much a family person. As a student, she makes the most of her money by looking for the best deals and selling things to fund her adventures.

Industry: Student
Age: 22
Location: Sheffield
Salary: £6,000 bursary
Paycheque amount per month: I receive it as one lump sum but if you divide by 12 then it works out at £500 a month
Number of housemates: 3 (my family)

Monthly Expenses

Housing costs: I don't pay rent because I live at home but I pay my parents £100 a month as well as paying for one-off things.
Loan payments: Still at university so don't pay anything at the moment.
Utilities: Covered by the £100 I pay.
Transportation: Share a car with my mum and only pay for insurance which is £500 per annum – £41.70
Phone bill: £9 a month for sim only. Bought my handset outright as it's cheaper but now due an upgrade.
Savings: Not saving much at the moment as I don't have a large enough income but have saved £500 towards a new phone overall. I don't put away a set amount each month, though.

Total: £150.70

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In Israel, there are around 25,000 men in prison. Some 14,000 of these are convicted on criminal charges. The rest are incarcerated on security-related charges – and are mostly Palestinian. In comparison, there are just 200 women in prison in the Holy Land. And they're all in one place – Neve Tirza.

Situated in Ramla, not far from Tel Aviv, and first opened in 1968, Neve Tirza is a small, dilapidated and dangerously overcrowded place. The size of most of the cells is 13 square metres, including a toilet and shower. Each cell is home to around six women, who often share their sleeping space, either out of choice or necessity. The United Nations declares that a basic human right, regardless of the person’s status, is a minimum of eight square metres of living space. In Neve Tirza, each prisoner has around two square metres to call their own.

Israeli photographer Tomer Ifrah was sent to Neve Tirza, back in 2013, to take a portrait of a prisoner for an Israeli magazine. Seeing the potential for a larger project, he found the prison warden’s office, knocked on her door, and negotiated further access.

Ifrah saw something beyond the bars, rules, claustrophobia and institutionalism of the place. He sensed a photography series that might have the power to say something about the country of his birth. Over repeated visits, Ifrah has now taken more than 500 images from within the prison, as part of the joint Israeli/Palestinian photography project Frames Of Reality. The series, he says, details how Jewish and Muslim women, and indeed women from all over the world, have developed close and intimate relationships in such a stark place – often in the most extreme and traumatic of circumstances.

The women in Neve Tirza are not separated by beliefs or ethnicity. Jewish and Muslim women share cells, showers, food and beds, alongside women of all kinds of ethnic and national identities. "Women from all kinds of social, cultural or religious backgrounds live together in Neve Tirza," Ifrah tells Refinery29. "Most of them are ethnic minorities and were not born on Israeli soil. Some come from Russia, Ethiopia, or South America."

Many of the women in Neve Tirza are there on drugs charges, and are serving a second or third term. Mental illness is a serious problem, and the prison does not have the capacity, or maybe even the will, to treat the inmates as in any way afflicted. Issues here are compound and endemic. About 60% use prescribed psychiatric drugs. About 70% have served time here before, or will, statistically speaking, end up back here again. Many of the women here are mothers, but the prison doesn’t provide an adequate space for them to spend time with their kids when they visit. Many of the women have a background of sex work and, in many cases, are victims of sexual abuse and drug addiction, yet there’s little attempt to provide any sort of therapy for something that haunts people for life.

Ifrah doesn’t try and hide this in his photography. Many of his shots are narrow and close, often showing a single woman in isolation and lost in her own world, as if the camera wasn’t there, or was of little consequence to whatever was going on in her head. In some, the women lounge on their bed, or hang their arms through the bars of their cell, or crouch in a gesture of privacy as they listen to the voice of someone from the outside on the end of the phone. In others, Muslim women in veils silently read the Qur’an – their absorption a vision of power in itself.

Sometimes, Ifrah would take portraits that deeply engaged the prisoners – resulting in images that have the capacity to speak of hope, like the pregnant girl sat beside a bunch of flowers, or the woman who lies in the single patch of sun that shines on the yard, her eyes closed against the coils of barbed wire that hang just above her head. But in the intensity of their stare – and in this context of institutional confinement and decay – there’s a weary sadness to many of Ifrah’s portraits, a symbiosis between the women’s environment and the way they present themselves to the camera. It’s natural to focus on the small comforts they rely on – the cigarettes, their clothing, the tattoos and jewellery that elevate their singularity – and reflect on how paltry the comfort must be. You can’t help but wonder if they’re ever going to get out.

"Most were serving their second or third sentences,” Ifrah says. "They don’t have many options when they are released. That’s not just the case here in Israel. It’s a universal fact.”

Ifrah recounts how he became used to the sound of the insults hurled between prisoners, or the guards’ verbal violence, or the constant slamming of doors, the electric buzz as one is opened and closed again. But Ifrah wanted to capture the other side of the prison.

“If you stay close to someone for a long period of time, you often can’t help but develop a strong bond,” he says. “There is lots of love among the prisoners. They often care very deeply for each other. It feels like a very close family.”

It’s tempting to discuss Neve Tirza as a wider metaphor for the state of the State of Israel. But this prison is also indicative of a wider trend of female imprisonment throughout the world. With the exception of a handful of small, often autocratic regimes, in countries across the globe women generally constitute less than 10% of the entire prison population. In the vast majority of countries, that figure is closer to 5%. Apparently, because of their small and stable number over the years, female inmates suffer from a dual punishment – the forced marginalisation from society, and a total lack of regard when locked away.

Most modern prisons throughout the developed world have wings designed to cater for a specific type of prisoner, with specially trained guards and a basic understanding of how a prisoner might be impacted by seemingly obvious things – serious health issues, sustained drug abuse, the way the victims of crime can also perpetrate it.

If you’re below the age of 18 in the UK, for example, you’re sent to a juvenile prison. If you’re diagnosed with psychiatric issues, you‘re sent to a secure hospital. Or if your crime was motivated by drug abuse, you’re sent to a wing set up for those who are weaning themselves off drugs. This isn’t the case in Neve Tirza. A teenager serving her first sentence will find herself in a cell with hardened veterans of the system. Women who have spent a sustained period of their life on drugs are left to share cells with women who have never touched the stuff.

Vered Lee, a reporter for Haaretz, reminds us that the inmates of Neve Tirza are often victims themselves, from childhood onwards. Yet many of their crimes are heinous, unforgivable, and worthy of punishment.

“About five years ago, I interviewed a 32-year-old inmate at Neve Tirza who had been sentenced to a 25-year prison term for murder and robbery,” Lee writes. “At the age of 13, she began using drugs, and by the time of her arrest she was addicted. In prison she stopped using drugs for the first time in her life. She reflected the victimisation profile of the prisoners: a past as a girl without a childhood, a teenager who was exploited by men, the mother of a child given up for adoption. Slowly but surely, I realised that the fragile woman sitting opposite me had knocked on the door of an elderly woman, who trustingly opened it. She and her partner entered the apartment, beat the old woman cruelly, robbed her and stabbed her more than 30 times all over her body, killing her.”

Through Tomer’s lens, we see the impact of such imprisonment, a loop of violence, victimisation, and imprisonment, both in a cage in Israel, in Israel itself, and in the world at large.

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Jeremy Corbyn may have won over a fair few fans since his remarkable general election performance, not least within his own party, but he’s not the only one to acquire a glut of new admirers in the last week.

His youngest son, Tommy, is causing quite a stir on social media for a very different reason – namely, his notable resemblance to Lord of the Rings actor Elijah Wood.

jeremy corbyn's son tommy looks exactly like elijah wood oh my god pic.twitter.com/czd8ZfiWg2

— keiynan stan malak (@shumsende) June 12, 2017

Not much is known about the 23-year-old, aside from the fact that he's a York University engineering graduate and grassroots Labour activist who supported his dad on the campaign trail. Like father, like son, then. There were also reports in April that he was mugged in Islington North, his dad's London constituency.

Currently obsessed with the fact Corbyn's youngest son is basically Elijah Wood pic.twitter.com/r7FoYoAjDO

— HannahJane Parkinson (@ladyhaja) June 12, 2017

Jeremy Corbyn's youngest son looks like he's about to climb mount doom and destroy the one ring pic.twitter.com/vQS63CNM2v

— Tommy ≈ (@thomkirbyy) June 13, 2017

So... this is Corbyn's son? HELLOOOOO COMRADE 😍 pic.twitter.com/6OgjwtB5qD

— making labour queer (@whatkatie_did) June 11, 2017

A face for the many, not the few

— Votes By Women (@votesbywomen) June 12, 2017

I've fallen head over heels for Jeremy Corbyn's son. 😍

— LordJames (@HashtagChambers) June 13, 2017

Sooo... Jeremy Corbyn's son is an absolute fox. Once again - Corbyn has delivered. pic.twitter.com/yk3h8GA16t

— Tim Doble (@BetterThanToday) June 12, 2017

His mum is Claudia Bracchitta, Corbyn's ex-wife, and he has two older brothers – Ben, a football coach, and Seb, who works for shadow chancellor John McDonnell – about whom people have suddenly become extremely curious...

Jeremy Corbyn's sons are beautiful lmao how have i just found out

— summy (@summyyyyyyy) June 13, 2017

EVERYONE STOP WHAT YOU ARE DOING! @jeremycorbyn's sons are gorgeous and it's 7.27am so I wasn't prepared for this revelation. #MakeMeACorbyn

— irate historian (@ndk1993) June 13, 2017

Jeremy Corbyn has 3 sons where i can sign up to become a Mrs Corbyn ???

— Jill💀 (@jillifer_) June 13, 2017

catch me googling jeremy corbyn's sons to see if i fancy them and can marry in

— CORBYN IS THE BOY (@_lucyhowell) June 9, 2017

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Summer, summer, summertime. We love it, obviously, but the strong sun strikes dread into the hearts of us paler folk. The fear of premature ageing and cancer has many of us racing to the shade in our SPF 50. Plus, skin that resembles a strip of burnt bacon before peeling off like a snake's ain’t a good look.

But what if we could get a tan without risking cancer or premature ageing? The idea may sound too good to be true, but some genius scientists have created a drug that does just that, the BBC reported.

The drug, developed by a team at Massachusetts General Hospital, creates a tan by mimicking sunlight, which makes the skin produce the brown form of the pigment melanin, the skin’s natural defence against harmful UV rays.

Unlike fake tan, which merely “paints” the skin and doesn’t protect against UV radiation, the tan created by the drug is “real” and within the skin. Users simply rub the drug into the skin, which kickstarts its melanin-making process.

The evidence suggests it would even help redheads to tan. Red hair and fair skin are caused by a genetic mutation that also stops UV light from creating dark melanin in the normal way.

Dr. David Fisher, one of the researchers, said the drug "has a potent darkening effect”. He told the BBC: "Under the microscope it's the real melanin, it really is activating the production of pigment in a UV-independent fashion."

While it’s easy to see the drug flying off beauty counters and department store shelves, the scientists said they’re more interested in preventing skin cancer – the most common type of cancer – than creating a new cosmetic product. It’s hoped the drug will be added to suncream to boost its effectiveness, the BBC reported.

"Our real goal is a novel strategy for protecting skin from UV radiation and cancer,” Fisher said. "Dark pigment is associated with a lower risk of all forms of skin cancer – that would be really huge."

As outlined in the journal Cell Reports, the drug has so far been tested on human skin samples and mice. While there has been "no hint of problems" so far, the scientists said they want to do more safety testing before it can be made available for commercial use. Put us on the waiting list, stat.

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Next Wednesday is the start of Glastonbury, which – and you may not believe this – is primarily a music festival and not actually a fashion show or even simply a five-day piss-up. It’s the music that brings strangers together in that unrivalled, free-spirited Glastonbury way.

Among those topping the bill this year are Ed Sheeran, Radiohead, Foo Fighters, Katy Perry and The XX, who you’d be forgiven for assuming must be receiving a pretty penny for their presence.

But not so, according to Glastonbury organiser Emily Eavis, whose father Michael Eavis founded the festival in 1970 (and can often be spotted wandering around the festival grounds).

In an interview with BBC 6 Music's Matt Everitt, Eavis revealed that Glastonbury generally pays its big performers "less than 10%" of what they'd earn at other festivals.

The festival’s emphasis on giving money to charities including Oxfam, WaterAid and Greenpeace, means it’s not a commercial operation in the way that most others are. “We're not in the same bracket as everyone else when it comes to paying artists massive fees,” she said.

“The most important part of the festival is the fact that we can give that money to charity, because it makes it all totally worthwhile,” Eavis added. "We try to give £2m a year. In a wet year it's harder because it costs more, but we give as close to £2m as we can.”

She said people should consider its charitable giving when they scrutinise the festival’s lineup. “Glastonbury relies completely on good will, we’re not in a situation where we’re able to just give people enormous amounts of money,” she said.

"It's probably less than 10% of what they'd get from playing any of the other major British festivals. So we’re really grateful for the bands we get because when they come here they’re basically doing it for fun and for the love of it.”

By contrast, artists can receive more than £1 million for headlining other UK festivals. Reading and Leeds raised the bar in 2000 by offering Oasis a six-figure sum and similar figures have been commonplace since then, the BBC reported. V Festival paid Eminem £2 million in 2011, while Rihanna earned roughly £1 million for playing before him.

Meanwhile, Michael Eavis once admitted paying Coldplay and Paul McCartney £200,000 for their Glastonbury sets. "Although it sounds a lot, they could have charged me far more," he said. Paul McCartney can earn up to £4 million for performances, but likely less for festivals, reported the BBC.

The Rolling Stones were even reported to have made a loss for headlining Glastonbury in 2013 because they spent money on revamping the Pyramid Stage.

When asked about festival safety in light of the recent terror attacks in Manchester and London, Emily Eavis said the Glastonbury team had had “a lot of security meetings in the last couple of weeks” and that “extra provisions and security checks” have been put in place this year.

Ticket-holders have received an email informing them that it will take longer for them to enter this year because extra searches will be carried out. The festival is also working closely with police, she said.

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Following the tragic attack in Manchester, United Kingdom, on May 22, Ariana Grande has proven herself to be a very capable pop star. The 23-year-old galvanised the pop world for an impromptu benefit concert titled "One Love Manchester," an assembly of some of the world's biggest superstars. For her efforts, Ariana Grande will earn honorary citizenship in Manchester, as The Guardian reports. In fact, the city of Manchester organised a whole new process through which it can recognise contributions, all because of Ariana Grande.

"This seems a fitting moment to update the way we recognise those who make noteworthy contributions to the life and success of our city," council leader Richard Leese told BBC news. He added that Grande "exemplified" the world's loving response to the terror of the tragic incident, and that many already consider Grande an honorary "Mancunian."

In the wake of the tragedy, which killed 22, Grande has demonstrated remarkable resilience. Organising the star-studded concert aside, the Florida native visited Manchester victims in the hospital.

"We will never be able to understand why events like this take place because it is not in our nature, which is why we shouldn't recoil," she wrote on Twitter following the attack. "We will not quit or operate in fear. We won't let this divide us. We won't let hate win."

She briefly postponed her "Dangerous Woman" tour following the attack, but relaunched it June 7, when she posted a photo of her first show back on Instagram. She works hard; this return performance was just three days after the epic demonstration of love that was "One Love Manchester," which, it must be said, raised over £10 million for the We Love Manchester Emergency fund.

The new system, which is still being proposed, will allow those from outside greater Manchester to earn honorary citizenship. The council also plans to honour the "great many selfless acts" that came as a response to the tragedy at an as of yet untitled event later this year.

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Thanks to streaming services like Netflix that allow us to watch entire seasons of our favourite shows in one sitting, binge-watching has essentially become a cultural phenomenon.

No one questions it when you say you "binged" 13 Reasons Why in just two days — tbh, most of your friends and coworkers probably did, too. And the idea that people will spend their weekends watching episode after episode of a popular show has even inspired Refinery29 to start a popular Binge Club — where we recap entire seasons of shows just days after they're released on Netflix.

But have you ever stopped to think, what is all of that binge-watching doing to your body?

The creators behind ASAP Science have, and they made a video to break it down.

Sure, watching tons of TV back in 1967 could expose a person to dangerous radiation, but TVs — and, let's be honest, laptops — don't emit the same harmful rays now.

At first, binge-watching doesn't seem too bad. There's that dry eye anyone who sits in front of a screen for a living experiences, but that goes away once you peel your eyes away from the computer. And kids who spend a lot of time inside watching TV will likely need glasses — myopia is just the medical term for nearsightedness.

But then it gets a little worse — depending on how much binge-watching you do. Watching TV in bed can mess with your quality of sleep, which is tied to your concentration, mood, and overall health problems like diabetes or heart health if you get too little sleep over time, according to the National Health Service.

In men, watching more than 20 hours of TV a week might even lower sperm count, the video says.

Studies have also correlated more TV time with health issues like diabetes and heart disease, and some indicate that watching too much TV can shorten someone's lifespan.

Still, that doesn't mean binge-watching is totally off the table. Just, if your binge-watches are more like binge-binges, then it might be time to shut it down and take a walk.

After all, the show will still be there tomorrow.

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Early Wednesday morning, a 24-story high-rise in London caught fire, killing at least 12 people and injuring dozens more. Most people were asleep when the fire broke out, but Muslims awake early for Ramadan helped usher people out of the building.

Residents reported that fire alarms didn't go off when the fire broke out at Grenfell Tower in north Kensington around 1 a.m., but some Muslim residents were up for suhūr, the pre-dawn meal eaten early in the morning before fasting until sunset during the month of Ramadan. When they noticed something was wrong, they began waking up their neighbours.

A local woman told HuffPost UK, "Muslim boys saved people’s lives. They ran around knocking on people’s doors. Thank God for Ramadan."

Khalid Suleman Ahmed, a 20-year-old who lived in the building with his aunt, told HuffPost UK he was up waiting to eat suhūr when he saw smoke coming from the floor below him.

"I woke my auntie up, then got clothes on and started knocking on neighbours’ doors," he said. "Every house opened except two — I saw the other guy later on so only one family unaccounted for. My next door neighbour was fast asleep."

He said he and his aunt didn't know how big the fire was, but thought they better evacuate just to be safe. When they got outside, the fire hadn't yet reached their apartment, but he said it was engulfed in flames about 20 minutes later.

Suleman Ahmed explained that he wouldn't have been up that late on a weeknight if it weren't Ramadan. "There are a lot of Muslims living there and people choose up to stay up and wait, so it was certainly a factor for me and others. It probably did save lives," he told HuffPost UK.

Another local, Andre Barroso, told The Independent Muslims were also providing food and clothes to those evacuating.

"Everybody was hands on," Barroso told The Independent. "It was wonderful to see everyone come together."

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For the naturally curly set, summer is the time to shine. We get a break from damaging hot tools, warm weather makes wash-and-go styles so easy to air-dry, and our mascot product, coconut oil, doesn't take, like, a year to liquify! Score.

We're not totally in the clear, however. The shrinkage struggle is still very real (is it just me or is it actually worse in the summer?) and humidity brings more frizz, which we know not everyone loves. Nevertheless, if there's any season to try out the bouncy, wavy, or coily styles you've been eyeing, now's the chance. Especially when it comes to new, on-trend haircuts.

You already know that short crops are having a major moment, from buzzcuts and pixies all the way to long bobs, so we've rounded up a ton of on-trend curly cuts just for you. Click ahead for 13 looks that are perfect for summer — and beyond.

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In an increasingly rare display of bipartisanship on Capitol Hill, the Senate overwhelmingly voted to impose sanctions on Russia in response to the country's interference in the 2016 presidential election.

The wide-ranging sanctions package targets sectors of the Russian economy as well as the individuals who carried out the cyberattacks. It also allows Congress to block Donald Trump from easing or ending penalties against Moscow.

Senators passed the bipartisan sanctions legislation 97-2 on Wednesday, illustrating that both Democrats and Republicans believe Moscow should be rebuked for deliberately interfering in the 2016 presidential race between Trump and Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton.

Prior to the election, 17 federal intelligence agencies concluded that Russia was behind the email hacks that aimed to damage the Clinton campaign. Trump has failed to condemn the cyberattacks and, since taking office, he's sought to improve relations with Moscow. He's also repeatedly claimed that Russian interference didn't help him win the election.

However, some Republicans in Congress voiced their disagreement ahead of today's vote.
"[Vladimir Putin's] brazen attack on our democracy is a flagrant demonstration of his disdain and disrespect for our nation," Senator John McCain said. "But in the last eight months, what price has Russia paid for attacking American democracy?"

Although his comments were decidedly more tepid, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson conceded that he agrees "with the sentiment" that Russia should be held accountable for interfering in the election.

After intense negotiations, the leaders of the Senate Banking and Foreign Relations committee announced on Monday that they'd reached an agreement on the sanctions package. The deal was made amidst increasing investigations into Moscow's possible collusion with members of the Trump campaign. House and Senate committees are investigating possible ties between Russia and the Trump administration, and Special Counsel Robert Mueller is conducting a separate probe.

The deal reached today adds new sanctions against Russia's defence and military-intelligence sectors and codifies existing sanctions into law. It will also punish individuals who engage in what the senators describe as "conducting malicious cyber activity on behalf of the Russian government." The sanctions also cover people doing business with Russian intelligence and defence agencies.

The only two senators to vote against the sanctions were Mike Lee (R-Utah) and Rand Paul (R-Kentucky).

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A day after a horrific fire at Grenfell Tower in London killed at least 12 people and injured dozens more, pop phenomenon Adele visited the site to comfort the victims and the surrounding community.

Adele near the #Grenfell Tower in an Abaya. Respect to you. pic.twitter.com/7GAb1Dpels

— FourMe (@FourMee) June 14, 2017

"Adele near the #Grenfell Tower in an Abaya. Respect to you," Twitter user @Fourmee captioned her photo, which has since gone viral.

According to Daily Mail, Adele grew emotional as she "'hugged and comforted' victims" of a fire the outlet reports "could be one of the worst in British history."

Onlookers and fans have since tweeted out their reactions to Adele's appearance.

@Adele went to Grenfell Tower in London, i spoke to her and she said she's here to help and support those affected by the fire. ❤❤

— Spooks (@Lo9ics) June 15, 2017

The fact that Adele has gone to Grenfell tower and not said a word about it just proves how amazingly sincere she is.❤️

— ❤️ (@theonewithelly) June 15, 2017

Adele is at currently at Grenfell Tower asking if anyone needs help that was affected by the fire ❤️

— Adele Union (@AdeleUnion) June 15, 2017

Adele is such a wonderful person for going to Grenfell Tower. Shows that just because someone doesn't tweet, doesn't mean they don't care.

— Aisling💐 (@adelescackle) June 15, 2017

It's clear her support has made fans feel her love.

As the Daily Mail points out, Adele is the latest in a long list of celebrities who have extended their thoughts, prayers, and love to the victims, first responders, and their families. Also included in that list is Rita Ora, who grew up in the same neighbourhood where the devastating tragedy took place.

A post shared by Rita Ora (@ritaora) on Jun 14, 2017 at 2:45am PDT

"This is my neighbourhood I can't believe this is happening," Ora captioned an Instagram post, which noted specific locations where people could get assistance. "My prayers are with everybody involved my heart is beating so fast. I used to play in that block — I want to do all I can do to help."

Like Ora, many are wondering how they can help those affected by the blaze. Though many local residents — including Muslims awake in the early morning hours for Ramadan — have offered their support, people around the world are hoping to contribute what they can, as well.

Local residents and a local councillor created a number of GoFundMe pages where you can donate money to help cover the cost of medical, housing, food, and clothing expenses. Here are just some of the pages:

https://www.gofundme.com/help-grenfell-tower-fire-victims

https://www.gofundme.com/west-london-tower-fire-victims

https://www.gofundme.com/GRENFELL-BLOCK-LATIMER-FIRE-APPEAL

https://www.gofundme.com/grenfell-tower-fire-fund

https://www.gofundme.com/fvh642-grenfell-tower-fire-fund

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When you’re sitting at your desk, do you ever wish you were somewhere else? That’s exactly the idea behind Breakroom. Created by virtual reality startup Mure VR, the company imagines a time where we’ll all be at our desks physically, but will be miles away in our minds. Think of the possibilities – you could write emails with waves crashing in the background, or brainstorm on a mountain top.

On paper, this sounds quite cool. But is it? Or is it just another way to make us forget where we are (stuck in an office)? Another efficiency-mad strategy to get us to spend more time at work? You can imagine the companies which are likely to test this out on their employees first. It will be the same ones that introduced the business world to ping pong tables and free beer, hoping to seduce and keep the best talent with their Insta-friendly perks.

For those of us who joined the workforce during a recession, this seemed like a pretty good deal. But the payoff of this casualisation? You sacrifice your own time to socialise with your colleagues, and find yourself at the beck and call of your employer – who insists you’re friends on WhatsApp "because it makes communicating easier".

Organisational psychologist Fiona Cooper has studied the importance of being accessible to your colleagues. That translates not just into being always contactable, but into making an effort to socialise, too. “From an in-group out-group perspective, we are wired to want to find things in common with people we spend a lot of time with, and to form groups,” she says. “Particularly in small and sociable offices, if an individual does not socialise and get to know her colleagues, it is likely they will take offence and subconsciously be saying, 'Why don't you want to be in our group?' This can ostracise people.”

People have always socialised with work colleagues to some extent – it’s how you make better contacts, strengthen relationships and grow your career. 29-year old May Burrough has worked in Shanghai, New York, London and Barcelona so she’s seen first-hand how different cultures respect the need to ease into relationships with potential business partners. “The Chinese and the Spanish are most similar; relationships ( guanxi) are valued above all,” she explains. “Long, relaxed meals with plentiful alcohol seem to be the way business is conducted. It's all about trust. You need to get to know individuals really well before even beginning to think about signing deals."

But now that we’re connected to everyone all the time, the idea of being sociable has taken on a whole new meaning. Without internet access, laptops and smartphones, work was confined to the office. Your annoying client couldn’t send you midnight requests. Your boss couldn’t ruin your Sunday with a neurotic email. Computers were meant to help us work less; instead, they’ve led us to work even more. And we’re so used to being connected that we’ve become permanently switched on, constantly waiting for that next dopamine hit from a notification. Being busy is a state of mind, and we’re all addicted to it.

And then there are those of us who have more than one form of employment. Currently, 234,000 Brits are freelancing in a second job. This is made possible by our ability to juggle a busy diary on a phone. And many of these have developed from passion projects into steady additional incomes. Every advertising agency in Britain is full of designers who double up as illustrators, copywriters who moonlight as crime novelists. Now, thanks to the opportunities the internet provides, they can also be monetised. Our hobbies have become a valuable source of extra income.

For companies like WeWork, this is providing a huge opportunity, as people turn to communal working spaces to launch their second career. I asked their Director of Community, Leni Zneimer, if breaking down the boundaries between work and play allows people to do better work. “I think it does,” he replied. “Because when you’re truly passionate about what you’re doing and supported by a strong community, the work feels more like play.” He continues: “We believe that if you bring your authentic self to work – and if you truly know the people around you and have that support system – you’re going to work more efficiently, make connections more quickly, and generally see your business thrive.” Lots of startup jargon, yes, but you get the idea.

Cooper believes that blurring work and play, to some extent, is important for your mental wellbeing. “People need both in order to be happy, and without play, work can become monotonous,” she says. “In the same way, too much play in isolation without any work or purpose can be unfulfilling. We are social creatures by nature, and we usually need a certain amount of this in every area of our lives. We are not wired to always be rational. Certain research has found that emotion is the number one motivator at work, and allowing all types of emotions at work, to a certain extent, will allow us to feel more like ourselves.”

But confusing the distinction between work and play also makes many people uncomfortable. “I know the ultimate goal in life is to feel like you’re not working when you're at work, achieving a totally streamlined work and personal life,” says Burrough. “But personally, I have always found it more natural to have my work hat on at work – where I’m more sensible, shy and professional – and my play hat on outside of work – where I’m more playful, chatty and relaxed!”

This growing trend towards being yourself all the time also adds pressure to make valuable friends and contacts during the 9-5. Jess Wong is a 27-year old media planner who has experienced this. “I often get slated if I slink off to a Thursday night dinner party instead of joining everyone at the pub, or forego a Friday lunchtime bender to work through my lunch hour so I can leave on time ready for the weekend,” explains Wong.

“I have had to learn to say a hard no, so as not to get my arm twisted and later regret it when I miss a train or turn up to a party half-cut,” she continues. “Work for me is just that, and it's a bonus that I work with great people who want to have fun.”

Being always 'on' presents psychological challenges as well as social ones. ‘Burnout’ is a word that’s been lingering for a few years, but what do we really mean by the expression? Marissa Mayer, Yahoo!’s controversial CEO, described it in 2012: “Burnout is about resentment,” she said. “Preventing it is about knowing yourself well enough to know what it is you're giving up that makes you resentful.” For those of us who need downtime, combining socialising with working exhausts those supplies of energy and means we need to spend more of our own time getting our energy levels back up. Ergo, resentment of work.

So as we navigate the murky waters between having fun and being professional, maybe there’s just one more woman’s advice to take. In the words of Hillary Clinton: “Don't confuse having a career with having a life.”

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If you're the type of person who isn't ever going to be a morning exerciser, don't beat yourself up about it. Some people are jump-out-of-bed, birds singing, run-down-to-the-gym types. Some of us, on the other hand, will stay in bed until the last possible minute, before desperately chucking on some clothes and showing up to work 10 minutes late.

If you're one of the latter, you probably leave your exercise until after work. Which means that it probably gets shunted out of the way for more fun evening activities. Like the pub.

Consider, then, if you haven't already, fitting exercise into your precious lunchtime. Sure, it's a faff getting changed and showered and all that but, if it means you get your evenings back then really, it's not that big a deal.

Besides, there's like a million super-short, super-effective classes running at gyms all across the country now, catering to people just as morning-shy as you.

Read on to find our faves.

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While we can't ignore England's temperamental weather, pounding rain and sweeping winds, we can dream up a wish list of sartorial choices for warmer climes and sunnier days.

Whether we're shopping floral midi dresses in preparation for Glastonbury, adding a flash of sunset orange to an otherwise navy wardrobe, or getting in on the mule action for lazy strolls in a faraway province, the team over here at Refinery29 have our sights set firmly on brighter days.

Click through and see what we're hoping (wishing, praying...) to be wearing this summer. Let's just wait for the weatherman to fall in line now, shall we?

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Come summer, beauty is a tricky field to navigate. Mascaras become waterproof but are a nightmare to take off; hair gets wilder, thanks to the humidity; nail polish lasts about 24 hours before peeling away. One of the most frustrating aspects, though, is applying your makeup in the morning only for it to slide off by lunchtime. And that's just in the office – on a summer night in Porto, you know that foundation isn't going to last.

So what's the answer? A powerful primer. The little wunderkind has many strings to its bow: illuminating, pore-refining, tone-evening, mattifying – the primers out there are pretty impressive. Think of it as a photo-ready, makeup-holding addition to your routine.

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