10 Former Child Brides Tell Their Own Stories — In Photos
This article was first published May 4th 2016Photographer Stephanie Sinclair has dedicated her career to documenting the practice of child marriage around the world.From the pages of National...
View ArticlePriyanka Chopra: "I Don't Want A Label. I Want A Legacy."
“For eons, women have been told how to be or think or dress. I come from a part of the world where this debate is so heated, especially because we’re a country that has goddesses. We pray to women. But...
View ArticleGluten-Free Diets Are A Pointless Trend, Says Study
Photographed by Rockie Nolan. The anti-gluten-free movement just got a new weapon to add to its arsenal: evidence to confirm that, yes, many people are eating gluten-free food without medically needing...
View Article10 Breakfast Routines From Successful Women
Let’s break down breakfast, shall we? Definitively, it’s “the first meal of the day.” Arguably, it’s the most important. And personally, it’s not on my radar unless it’s after noon and/or covered in...
View ArticleChristian Louboutin Launches First Fragrance
Christian Louboutin made a name for himself as the architect of sky-high stilettos you can spot from a mile away. Then, he followed this inimitable first act with a foray into beauty, including nail...
View ArticleThe iPhone 7 Has Been Announced — Here’s What You Need To Know
Photo: Apple.Today in San Francisco, Apple finally unveiled its newest smartphone: the iPhone 7. While we've known the details around some of its best software features since Apple's developer...
View ArticleThis Is What Happened To My Skin When I Cut Out Dairy
My name is Maria Del Russo, and I hold these truths to be self-evident: A cheese plate is a perfectly respectable meal. A pack of shredded cheese is a great snack. Nachos deserve their own food group....
View ArticleTLC's "Unpretty" Is A Feminist Anthem That Rings True Today
Ruminations on the pressure women face to stay thin, beautiful, and youthful have been a common thread in popular music for years, particularly because the pressure doesn’t seem to be going anywhere...
View ArticleThis Long-Lost Study On Victorian Sex Teaches A Very Modern Lesson
What comes to mind when you picture Victorian-era sex? Corsets? Marriages of convenience and social bartering? Repression? Maybe, like, a lot of repression?Turns out, how we view that time in sexual...
View ArticleCheck Out Everything That Happened At Yeezy Season 4
Photo: Via @kimkardashian. Before models even hit the open-air catwalk on Roosevelt Island on Wednesday afternoon, Kanye West's Yeezy Season 4 presentation had already lived up to the artist's...
View ArticleMy Longing To Be A Mother, As A Trans Woman
Photo: Sally Anscombe/Getty Images. It’s taken me nearly every one of my fifty odd years to come to this point – where I’m going to express something that I’ve bottled up. A deep, dark secret, shaped...
View ArticleGold Jewellery To Make Your Autumn Outfits Shine
Not since Del Boy has loads of gold felt this good. The key with gold is to embrace its naffness and go full pawn shop on yourself and layer, layer, layer a la model of the minute Adwoa Aboah....
View ArticleHow I #MadeIt: Sharmadean Reid
Photographed by Jonny Cochrane & Morgane Lay.In its many manifestations WAH, founded by former stylist Sharmadean Reid, has always been about celebrating womanhood, bringing together focused female...
View ArticleMaternity Leave: What’s Not Working And How To Fix It
Having a baby can bring about its fair set of challenges, but one that expectant mothers should not have to face is the threat of encountering discrimination in the workplace.At the end of August,...
View ArticleIn-flight Magazine Prints Shockingly Racist Guide To London
Photo: Maurice Rivera/EyeEm/Getty Images.An article in a Chinese airline's inflight magazine has been condemned as racist for its comments about ethnic minority areas of London.Air China faces backlash...
View ArticleHow It Feels When Your Friends Have Babies
Photo: Pictures/REX/Shutterstock. For me, the internal conversation started around 25, when I felt a sudden pang of broodiness after seeing a few friends have accidental lovely babies. The pregnancies...
View ArticleHow ClassPass Helped Me Recover From An Awful Breakup
It’s been 42 days since my long-term partner and I ended our relationship. In the present moment, a salty puddle is forming on the floor beneath my eyes. The pain is incredible; I can feel it in every...
View ArticleWhat Infertility Really Feels Like
Every infertile woman carries with her a list of questions, comments, and suggestions she steels herself against: When are you finally having kids? Oh, you can’t? Maybe you should gain weight, lose...
View ArticleMAC Just Dropped 24 New Lipsticks Unlike Anything You've Seen Before
It’s the excuse we hear all the time for why makeup brands seem to dupe each other left and right: There are only so many colours, correct? Not if you’re Maureen Seaberg, a writer on sensory experience...
View Article10 Portraits Of Dads & Daughters That Show Real Family Life In Iran
Photographed by Nafise Motlaq.Nafise Motlaq was living in Malaysia when she got the news that her father was ill.“I heard from my family that my father is not in a good health situation,” she said via...
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