Pregnancy and maternity discrimination are nothing new. The explicit bias in the workplace against women and people with wombs who are pregnant is a longstanding fact and something we’ve largely been expected to put up with. In recent years there have been increasing calls to tackle this issue head on, […]
Decorating a new home is expensive. I’ll-have-to-eat-pasta-every-day-for-a-month-like-a-student expensive. This is not news to anyone but it’s my first time moving as an adult post-university (thanks COVID for derailing that plan, too) and I’ve been shocked at just how quickly my paycheque gets eaten up. Near £360 for a light summer […]
The other day, one of my best friends told me she wanted to get Botox injections in her jaw. She just accepted a new job offer and wanted to “treat herself” to bilateral jaw-muscle Botox, a procedure she’s been contemplating for for the past two years (specifically during the pandemic). […]
“No one’s ever said hi to me at one of these things,” said a content creator with about eight times more Instagram followers than me after I introduced myself at an intimate London Fashion Week presentation. Then she backtracked, admitting she doesn’t often talk to people at fashion week either, […]
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 seven-day period – and we’re tracking every last penny. This week: “I’m a 26-year-old postdoctoral research assistant in chemistry, […]
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Bella 🦋 (@bellahadid) “I kind of like slapping,” warns New York facialist Joanna Czech as she preps my skin for what is probably the most unique face treatment I’ll ever have. “My very first beauty instructor back in Poland told me […]
The cost of living is rising. Inflation is at its highest rate for 30 years. And it’s hurting young women, who face historically high housing and living costs. Enter: buy now, pay later (BNPL) – a phenomenon that allows young people to buy things they can’t afford. Thirty-nine percent of R29 readers […]
With the Great Resignation looming, and the added pressure of a global pandemic and the rise of hustle culture, many of us are just about ready to set our desks alight and head to the airport for a much-needed holiday. But because of a fun little thing called consequences, we […]
The cost of living is rising. Inflation is at its highest rate for 30 years. And it’s hurting young women, who face historically high housing and living costs. Enter: buy now, pay later (BNPL) – a phenomenon that allows young people to buy things they can’t afford. Thirty-nine percent of R29 readers […]
Amid some truly awful weather, London Fashion Week returned, admittedly with a somewhat slimmer schedule. While designers like Matty Bovan, Simone Rocha and Molly Goddard were back to show in person, big hitters like Burberry, Alexander McQueen and JW Anderson were absent (although that did allow extra focus on some […]
