Right now I’m suspended in the air, high above the ground, as if gripped in an invisible giant’s fist. Strangely I don’t feel scared at all. Leaves dance around me in a milky, impossible sky. This time yesterday I was on a deserted beach, the horizon ahead of me a […]
The things that you can do or say on social media as a dark-skinned Black girl are very, very limited. When it comes to my content on my TikTok page, @Lipglossssssssss, where I now have over 1.1 million followers, I’ve definitely shifted my videos to where I say much less. […]
Thanks to social media’s obsession with newness, aesthetics and trends come and go at lightning speeds; we barely have time to catch our breaths. Remember the hold that cottagecore had on us? Or our inspiration from make-believe relatives, like coastal grandma and coastal aunt? How about angelcore or its grimier […]
If you’re a newcomer in the world of spellwork, you’re probably after one of two things: money or love. Of course, willing a little extra cash into your wallet is different from trying to will another person into your arms. This form of magick (as it’s spelled when referring to […]
If you’re a true crime fan, chances are you’ve probably heard about Netflix’s new docu-series, The Most Hated Man on the Internet. From the production company behind The Tinder Swindler and Don’t F**k with Cats, the three-part series documents the rise and fall of Hunter Moore, an American man who […]
The further we get into summer, the less bothered we are about footwear that requires any sort of effort. As much as we love the look of knee-high boots and strappy heels, they are simply too much faff while we sweat our way through one heatwave after another. There are […]
You’re in the thick of an argument, you’ve got your heels dug firmly in the ground and you’re not backing down. But uh-oh — suddenly, amid all the fuss, you feel the damp heat of tears come streaming down your face. It’s confusing and upsetting, like your body isn’t your […]
A new survey has shown that the traditional friends-with-benefits (FWB) model is changing. No longer is it a strictly sex-with-no-strings-attached setup, with the benefits being a lot more than sex for people engaging in a FWB relationship. Relationships, situationships, flings… our perceptions of sexual interactions are becoming more fluid, so […]
Cuffing season is just around the corner, and we need as much help as possible to navigate the murky waters of love. Whether you’re still on the hook-up game or you’ve been partnered up for years, the newest deck by astrologer and R29 horoscope writer Lisa Stardust may be exactly […]
A curious phenomenon has been clocked on social media and it’s called being ‘woman’d’. The term, coined by culture writer Rayne Fisher-Quann, describes the moment when “everyone stops liking a woman at the same time”. Examples include Millie Bobby Brown, who was lauded as a shining young talent before becoming […]
