Former Facebook Exec Feels "Tremendous Guilt" About Setting Up The Site
It's hard to imagine a world without Facebook. For more than a decade, the social media platform has been a place where people could document and share every detail of their lives, from the articles...
View ArticleInto The Wild: 4 Women On Why They Chose To Live In Isolation
Cats, dogs, introverts, extroverts; whatever you want to call it, most people would agree that there are two types of person in the world: the ones who can spend hours alone, reading books, ignoring...
View ArticleMy Experience Shows Why Trans People Need Safe Spaces
It’s difficult to judge if someone says they define themselves as a trans woman but for all intents and purposes they look and sound like a man.– Caroline Flint, Labour MPTwenty-five years ago I was...
View ArticleHow To Fake 8 Hours Of Sleep, With An Eye Mask
If like us you're burning the candle at both ends right now, chances are your skin will be bearing the brunt. When eight hours of sleep is out of the question, there's only so much concealer can do. So...
View Article18 Ways To Wear Ultra Violet, The Colour of 2018
Following a froggy-green 2017, last week Pantone revealed the colour of 2018, a decidedly more wearable, uplifting hue of Ultra Violet. According to Pantone, the "dramatically provocative and...
View ArticleHere's Everything Refinery29 Staff Are Buying This Winter
It's party season! We've got our eyes on sparkling statement earrings, best-foot-forward satin mules and sumptuous jacquard jumpsuits to see us through every festive 'do, from the office Christmas...
View Article3 Warming Breakfast Recipes
There’s something about winter that really lends itself to breakfast. Give me a frosty first light and a cosy kitchen and I'll give you any number of start-the-day eats and warming drink ideas.Over the...
View ArticleWhy We Should All Stop Using Wet Wipes Immediately
Skincare experts have long advised us to steer clear of makeup wipes – they strip the skin and don't remove makeup thoroughly – but sometimes using them is unavoidable (after a big night, at a...
View ArticleThe Twitter Reaction To Nigella's Christmas Special Was Better Than The Show
A post shared by Nigella (@nigellalawson) on Oct 6, 2017 at 11:49pm PDT For some people, it's not Christmas until the festive cookery specials start airing on TV. The cosy houses strewn with a...
View ArticleAn Open Letter To Theresa May & Justine Greening From The #FreePeriods Movement
Dear Theresa May & Justine Greening,On Wednesday 20th December, from 5-8pm, you will not fail to notice a crowd gather in Parliament Square. You will see hundreds of people, of all genders, races...
View ArticleWhy Am I Freezing My Eggs? I Need More Time
It’s a fertility clinic, but I’m not here to be fertilised. I’m here because I’ll be 35 in 42 days, a real adult by any normal person’s standards. Though I couldn’t feel farther from it because, in my...
View ArticlePinterest's Top 100 Trends For 2018 Have Made Us Excited For The New Year
End-of-year roundups are cool, but arguably even more interesting are the trends we've got to look forward to – which is where Pinterest 100 comes in. Our favourite virtual pin-boarding site has...
View ArticleThese 8 Blacklisted Scripts Need To Happen
Every year, The Black List compiles a list of scripts that come recommended by film executives. Specifically, the scripts have to either be written in or associated with the current year, and not have...
View ArticleYou Can Now See The California Wildfires From Space
The Southern California wildfires are now so expansive that you can see them from the space. Travel + Leisure reported that NASA data visualisation and cartography lead Joshua Stevens has posted a...
View ArticleWatching Giles Coren’s I Hate Jane Austen Made Me Love Her Even More
“One half of the world cannot understand the pleasures of the other”, wrote Jane Austen in Emma. Fittingly, that is the premise of episode two of Sky Arts' Passion series entitled I Hate Jane...
View ArticleBetter Late Than Never Explores The Intersection Of Religion & Girlhood
Better Late Than NeverAt just 18 years old, writer and director Atheena Frizzell is already working to make film a more inclusive medium for women by showcasing the issues that impact them most. Her...
View ArticleSarah Michelle Gellar Revisits Her Cruellest Role
Sarah Michelle Gellar is reviving her role of the biting and cunning Kathryn Merteuil, and she has a message for everyone going to see Cruel Intentions: The '90s Musical Experience.The actress is...
View ArticleThe Internet Reacts To Doug Jones' Alabama Senate Seat Win
The country anxiously monitored the Alabama special election on Tuesday night, which determined whether Democrat Doug Jones or Republican Roy Moore would fill Attorney General Jeff Sessions' empty...
View Article10 Desert Island Discs By Women You Have To Hear
Sunday, 11.15am, BBC Radio 4 app, the reassuring sound of "By The Sleepy Lagoon" – the opening score to Desert Island Discs. First aired in 1942, Desert Island Discs was an idea the broadcaster Roy...
View ArticleMoney Diary: A Comedian In London On 35k
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...
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