Content warning: This article discusses suicide and child loss in a way that could be distressing to some readers. I had just lost a baby. I force-fed myself tequila as I wailed over the phone to my best friend hundreds of kilometres away, and waited for my ex-boyfriend — the […]
In our series Salary Stories, women with long-term career experience open up about the most intimate details of their jobs: compensation. It’s an honest look at how real people navigate the complicated world of negotiating, raises, promotions and job loss, with the hope it will give young women more insight into how to […]
If you had told me earlier in the year that I would be exclusively air-drying my hair this summer, I wouldn’t have believed you. Usually, my hair and air-drying don’t mix. I have a lot of hair and often have to fight off the elements — rain or shine — […]
A few weeks ago, 26-year-old media officer Cassie* planned an argument with her boyfriend. “He hadn’t done any cleaning in weeks and I was trying to ignore it for the sake of keeping the peace but it was getting to a point where I couldn’t take it anymore,” she tells […]
On Monday (15th August), Scotland will become the first country in the world to provide free period products to everyone who needs them. When the Period Products Act comes into force on the 15th, councils and education providers will be legally required to make tampons and menstrual pads available free […]
Cardiff has been named the UK’s least expensive city for students, while Edinburgh has been named the most expensive. According to the Natwest Student Living Index 2022, Edinburgh is the only city where student spending actually outweighs their income. Students in the Scottish capital shell out an average of £950 […]
From Grease to Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again, summer movies make holiday romances look oh-so-appealing. Who knows? Maybe you, too, will end up on a beautiful Greek island with three hot suitors. If you’ve ever been single on holiday, you’ve probably entertained the fantasy that you’ll end up sitting […]
Spoilers ahead. To be fair, the relationship between Never Have I Ever heroine Devi Vishwakumar and new boyfriend Nirdesh (or Des, to his friends) was doomed from the start. Or at least, it didn’t get off to the greatest start. Early into the Netflix series’ third season, Devi, who shows […]
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 25-year-old primary school teacher living on […]
Ever wondered what you’d say to a therapist, given the chance? We asked Dr Sheri Jacobson, a retired psychotherapist with over 17 years’ clinical experience and the cofounder of Harley Therapy Platform (UK Online Therapists), for advice on the things we worry about in private. Have a question for a […]
