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Sex Crimes In The UK On The Rise

The latest crime figures have been released by the Office for National Statistics and it doesn’t make for particularly encouraging reading.A 36% increase in sexual offences has been reported in the 12...

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A Blow Job From Me Is Not A Favour For You

If you've escaped the classic blow job head push over the course of your sex life, you are a rare specimen — based on my data sample of straight women, at least. As I look back now, it’s sad that I...

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The Place Where Women Are Happiest

Photo: Getty Images. Looking to achieve peak happiness this year? A move to Denmark might be in order — the Nordic kingdom is the world's best country for women.That's according to a new U.S. News...

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How Fitness Trackers Might Make Us Hate Fitness

Photographed by Rockie Nolan.This article was originally published on December 28, 2015.Fitness trackers are supposed to motivate us to get out and there do fitness things. But for some of us, being...

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12 Red Carpet Photos That Prove 2002 Was A Bad Year For Fashion

Photo: Matt Baron/BEI/REX Shutterstock.The early 2000s were not the best time for celebrity fashion. It was the era of the infamous denim duo made up of Britney Spears and Justin Timberlake, and a time...

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Oceans Will Have More Plastics Than Fish By 2050, Study Says

Photo: Mauricio Handler/Getty Images. A depressing new report is predicting that by 2050, the Earth's oceans will contain more plastics than fish.The World Economic Forum and the Ellen MacArthur...

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How This Woman Found Hope After Being Attacked By Her Father

Photographed by Jihan Hafiz. Geeta was lying on her cot, her two small daughters cradled at each side. The night seemed like any other for the 23-year-old mother living with her husband and her in-laws...

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More Americans Are Living Past 100

Photographed by Winnie Au.The number of Americans who make it to their 100th birthday has increased since the turn of the century. And by 2008, the death rate for these folks has gone down as well,...

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The Women Who Helped Bring A Rapist Cop To Justice

Photo: Sue Ogrocki/AP Photo.When District Judge Timothy Henderson sentenced former police officer Daniel Holtzclaw to 263 years behind bars, Shardayreon Hill, one of his victims, told Refinery29 the...

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When You're A Minimalist, But Also A Spice Girl

Photo: Josiah Kamau/BuzzFoto/Getty Images.No matter how hard she tries, Victoria Beckham will always be a Spice Girl. But this is a good thing. Sure, she's also an award-winning fashion designer, but...

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Meeting Foxes, A Very British Pop Star

Foxes turned our heads back in 2014 when she won a Grammy for her anthem "Clarity" just months before the release of her first album, Glorious. The record was daring, dancey, and a little bit...

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9 Must-Have Makeup Bags

Makeup bags are a funny thing. We're so concerned with what goes inside them that we don't really think about what they look like on the outside. Honestly, ask yourself — when was the last time you...

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Try This Model Chef's Mouth-Watering Mac 'n' Cheese

You probably recognise Isaac 's face from campaigns for Hermès, Moschino, Reiss, Replay and Lee Jeans to name a few but more important than his skills under the spotlight are his skills in the kitchen....

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The Real-Life Salaries Of Your Favourite TV Characters

It’s a strange time of year: Weeks into our New Year's resolutions, most of us are fighting hard to abide by the budgets we made, or our vows to socially detox. (See: More nights in watching Netflix,...

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The Healing Power of Crystals - Fact or Fallacy?

Photographed by Luke & NikRose quartz on your desk, amethyst by your bed and tourmaline round your neck. If this doesn’t sound like you then chances are it sums up someone in your circle. Crystals...

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This UK School Is Scrapping Gender Rules For Uniforms

A private boarding school in Brighton has decided to do away with rules concerning mandatory uniforms. Traditionally, most British schools require girls to wear a skirt, and boys to wear trousers and a...

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Does Oral Sex Give You Cancer?

Illustrated by Ly NgoBubblebaths lead to dyslexia; champagne decreases your life span; and cheese toasties give you paranoia. What's next? What other of life’s enjoyments should we sacrifice in the...

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Reunited WWII Lovers To Hug It Out After 70 Years

Warning: This story will make your Happn romance pale in comparison.For all the rep that the Internet gets for being a blackhole into which all chivalry and romance has tripped, it does have the power...

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Demi Lovato Opened For Hillary Clinton

Photo: Jae C. Hong/AP Photo. Hillary Clinton may have been upstaged by her opening act at an appearance in Iowa on Thursday.Demi Lovato, performed three songs, including her hit "Confident," before...

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Why Detox Diets and Cleanses Always Fail

If you spent any part of this month on a cleanse or detox diet, at some point in the process you likely felt run-down, irritable, depressed, nauseous, or fixated on food. Maybe you also experienced...

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