Picture this: you’ve been looking to inject some of your Latinx cultural roots into your tarot collection, so you make your way to the nearest bruja shop, overstuffed with crystal clusters, stacks of divination decks, diverse altar offerings, and more spiritual goodies. While that sounds like a witchy dream come […]
Welcome to Spirit Guide! Your guide to all your spiritual, tarot, astrology, and occult-related shopping needs — from launch announcements and exclusive interviews to first-person reviews and gift guides. If you’re a fan of any of these and Refinery29, you’ve probably seen some of these stories already and maybe even […]
Don’t Use Me is a series of articles and social media posts which has a simple message: there is no excuse for transphobia. I’m Charlie Craggs, award-winning (*hair flip*) trans activist, author and, most recently, actress. Sadly it’s not my groundbreaking BBC documentary, Transitioning Teens, or my Lambda-nominated book, To […]
In the wake of the reversal of Roe v. Wade, if you believe in abortion, reproductive health, or myriad other human rights, you may be feeling, well, a lot. Anger. Fear. Sadness. That hand-wringing feeling you get when you just want to do something but don’t know where to start. […]
Content warning: This article discusses mental health and domestic abuse in a way that may be distressing to some readers. Do you have any regrets? It’s something that’s often asked in job interviews and group DMCs. Often, we hit back with a regretful purchase or a snide comment we wish […]
Welcome to July! The summer and our horoscopes are heating up. On the 5th of July, chatty Mercury swims into Cancer and action planet Mars enters Taurus. These cosmic shifts will bring on a more passive energy, as Mercury in Cancer doesn’t speak their truths until they feel safe in […]
Summer is officially here, which means so are Aperol spritzes and cute summer dresses. But for many people, the much-anticipated warmer weather brings with it the dreaded notion of the ‘summer body’. Arbitrary beauty standards have evolved throughout history. Take modern body positivity, for example, and self-love movements encouraging us […]
Over the past few years, Black people have been reclaiming and redefining what ‘luxury’ means to them and their lives — a quick scroll through the endless ‘Black woman in luxury’ hashtags on Instagram and TikTok and you’ll understand what I mean. For the most part, this has included celebrating […]
Since Carl Jung’s initial work on the subject in 1923, the introverts vs. extroverts debate has come a long way. As we know now, there is so much more to introversion than just not wanting to be around people. You can be an introvert and still enjoy hosting gatherings and […]
I spent almost all of my teen years dealing with severe, all-over acne; the super pissed-off, red kind that only seemed to act as a visual representation of how I felt about my skin on the inside. And while well-intended people around me assured me that my acne “wasn’t that […]
