Pregnancy Week 20: RIP My Favourite Dress
So I’m pregnant. It’s my first time. And I’m definitely not the type of person who ever pictured themselves pregnant (with the exception maybe of looking at my unbuttoned jeans after an excessive...
View Article9 New Fragrances To Try This Autumn
If you're into smells, you'll have noticed the constant stream of scent launches and the ever-expanding celebrity perfume lines of late – believe me, as a beauty editor my desk is buckling under the...
View ArticleYour New Instagram Stalk: Sofie Fatouretchi
Photo: Via @sofieroyer.Summer's over but the party doesn't have to end yet. Enter stage left Sofie Fatouretchi, one of our favourite DJs and music makers who we can always count on to keep the positive...
View ArticleA Week's Spending On A Freelance Writer's Salary In Birmingham
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 cash during a...
View ArticleRead Serena Williams' Vital Message About Black Anxiety Around Police
We're clearly entering a golden age of socially conscious athletes. As the United States undergoes one of its most important eras of social upheaval since the late '70s, American athletes have been...
View ArticleAnthony Vaccarello Puts His Sexy Stamp On Saint Laurent For Debut Show
It was the moment many were waiting for as Anthony Vaccarello ended the first day of Paris Fashion Week with his debut collection for Saint Laurent. How would he pick up from Hedi Slimane's decidedly...
View ArticleHow Irish Politicians Are Backing An Abortion Referendum
Photo: Courtesy of Repeal Project.This weekend thousands of people protested in Dublin and cities around the world against Ireland's strict anti-abortion laws, calling for a referendum on the issue in...
View ArticleHad Spots As A Teenager? We Have Some Good News
Artwork by Anna Sudit. As teens we spent many a stressful morning plastering our hormonal skin with layer upon layer of concealer and cakey foundation. Spots and – worse – acne were the bane of our...
View ArticleHere's Everything Coming To UK Netflix In October
Photo: Courtesy of Netflix. Want to know what new titles are arriving on your favourite streaming service? Well there are ample documentaries, films, kid's shows, and new seasons of addictive TV. Get...
View ArticleJulie Adenuga On Britney, Alicia & Fabric
Photo: Courtesy of Beats1.Unless you’ve fallen down a hole for the last fortnight, you’ll know Apple Music Festival is tearing up Camden, bringing 10 pretty major acts — Elton John, Britney Spears,...
View Article15 Iconic Scenes From Tim Burton Movies
How to describe a Tim Burton movie? The writer, director, producer, and illustrator has been sharing his visions of love, children, fear, and beauty with moviegoers for three decades now. His stories...
View ArticleThis Muslim Journalist Just Posed For Playboy In A Hijab
This Muslim journalist just made Playboy history for what she was wearing in the magazine's October issue.As Mashable pointed out, Noor Tagouri, who works at Newsy, is the first woman to wear a hijab...
View Article30 Workout Moves You Can Do With Just A Yoga Mat
I know the feeling — you're planning to exercise, but you get home after a long day and it just. Feels. Impossible. Maybe you can make yourself change into your fitness gear, but actually walking back...
View ArticleWhat I Wish I Knew Before Accepting My First Job
So, you've graduated from college, updated your LinkedIn, and have been hitting up your network like crazy. You had an amazing first interview, you genuinely liked your potential boss, and that missed...
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The Weeknd has released the video for his single "Starboy", and it's just as eerie as one would expect. In the opening seconds, a shadowy figure suffocates The Weeknd with a plastic bag. Later in the...
View ArticleThere's A Deeper Meaning Behind The Black Moon
As you might have heard by now, the first black moon since 2014 will rise this Friday night. As ominous as it sounds, the black moon is just another term for the second new moon in a calendar month....
View ArticleWoman Says She Was Run Over With A Moped For Ignoring Catcalling
In case you had gone too long without remembering that women are unreasonably punished for not being amenable and interested in men at all times, here's an unfortunate reminder: 19-year-old Londoner...
View ArticleWhat Thailand's Sex Trade Crackdown Means For Sex Workers
Photo: Paula Bronstein/Getty Images.People flock from all over the world to watch the live show at Susie Wong’s Go Go Bar. Every night, hundreds of men pass through the velvet curtain at the entrance...
View ArticleJamie Dornan: The Women Who Made Me
Photo: David M. Benett/Getty Images.As part of a regular series, Refinery29 asks some of our favourite men in the public eye about the women they grew up with, the women who shaped them, and the women...
View ArticleCould The Pill Be Affecting Your Mental Health?
Illustration by Anna Sudit.For millions of women around the world, taking the contraceptive pill is an automatic part of their daily routine. As habitual as getting dressed or brushing their...
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