Why Many Sexual Assault Survivors Can't "Fight Back"
When it comes to sexual assault, people often seem to assume that it's easy enough for survivors to just fight back, or somehow try to overpower and escape their attackers. But one new study provides...
View ArticleTheresa May Reveals The "Naughtiest" Thing She's Ever Done & The Internet...
Just when you thought this election couldn't get much more surreal. We've had Jeremy Corbyn join BBK and be adopted by the grime community, a Conservative candidate give us his best Alan Partridge...
View ArticleBritish Authorities Released The Name Of Suspects In The London Bridge Attack
Update: Authorities in the UK released the name of the third suspect involved in the London Bridge attack last Saturday. Youssef Zaghba was a 22-year-old man born in Italy and of Moroccan descent. The...
View ArticleIKEA's New Range Is Next Level & You Need It In Your Life
For the most part, Ikea is regarded as a reliable source for everyday home supplies, like plain bedsheets and basic dinnerware sets. The Swedish superstore's vast, no-frills inventory makes it the...
View ArticleTry These 4-Ingredient Smoothies For Easy Summer Mornings
Mornings are hard enough without throwing intense summer heat into the equation. That equation being: As temps (we hope!) rise so does our exponential need for fast and easy a.m. refreshments. But...
View ArticleOh Great, Now People Are Putting Lattes In Carrots
The baristas must be stopped. Carrot lattes are now a thing, and no, they're not a healthy way to get your morning caffeine fix. While you may assume that a carrot latte is some trendy veggie-flavoured...
View ArticleWhat It's Like Dating Someone With A Different Body Type
No matter how much we tell ourselves that there’s no such thing as the perfect body or that we are in fact good enough, outside pressures to look a particular way are hard to shake. And ridding...
View ArticleMoney Diary: 29-Year-Old Italian Living In London On 34k
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...
View ArticleThe 24-Year-Old Woman Who Walked Across Canada
Day 231, breaking in Pinawa Dam Provincial Park. #tctrail #exploremanitoba #getoutside A post shared by sarah rose (@sarahrosewalks) on Jun 8, 2016 at 4:57pm PDT Cheryl Strayed’s Wild, in which a...
View ArticleFilms To Inspire Your Summer Style: The Virgin Suicides
With the news of Sofia Coppola's award for Best Director at Cannes for her new drama The Beguiled (disappointingly, she’s only the second woman to have won the prize in the festival’s history), we’re...
View ArticleThe Last Words Of The Terminally Ill Will Give You Hope
Death is still taboo in most western societies. Odd, considering it’s one of life’s only certainties (along with taxes, obviously), and we all regrettably experience grief and loss during our lifetime....
View ArticleCan We Take A Minute To Appreciate How Great The Women In The Keepers Are?
Have you watched The Keepers? You should definitely watch The Keepers. And for good reason. Hailed as "the new Making A Murderer ", the documentary series has fast become one of the most talked-about...
View ArticleThere's A New Urban Decay Naked Palette & We Want It Now
The term 'cult beauty product' is overused by beauty editors and makeup obsessives alike but if ever there was a cult beauty product, then Urban Decay’s Naked palettes undoubtedly tick the box. Some of...
View ArticleNew Study On White Vs Brown Bread Has Surprising Results
If you read “clean eating” blogs and follow #fitspo Instagrammers, you’d be forgiven for thinking that processed white bread is basically poison. Even if you pride yourself on eating a normal, balanced...
View ArticleThe Wonder Woman Double Standard That No One Is Talking About
I think we can all agree that Wonder Woman has crushed expectations.The film made over £175 million worldwide in its first weekend in cinemas, making it the highest grossing domestic film by a female...
View ArticleThe Drop: Exclusive Music Video Premiere For Dagny's "Wearing Nothing"
Welcome to The Drop , Refinery29's new home for exclusive music video premieres. We want to shine the spotlight on female artists whose music inspires, excites, and (literally) moves us. This is where...
View ArticleThe Diplomatic Bromance Between Obama & Trudeau Is Still Going Strong
In late May, the Universe gave us the gift of witnessing a new diplomatic bromance bloom: Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and French President Emmanuel Macron. And this week, we also got a sweet...
View ArticleThe Best Tweets About The General Election
Yesterday, the general election that barely anyone wanted was held and, well, things were a lot more interesting than anyone expected.As it stands at the moment, Theresa May has reached a deal with...
View ArticleSo Politics Is Unpredictable. But What Else Have We Learnt?
Well, well, well. Theresa May – the one who wanted to steal kids' school dinners and make your nan homeless – has failed to get a majority. Instead, the beleaguered prime minister has had to ask the...
View ArticleHow The DUP View Women, LGBT Rights & The Environment
Before yesterday's general election results started coming in, many of us knew very little about the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP). But because of the 10 seats the DUP won in GE17, the Northern Irish...
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