I’ve spent my entire life yearning for love. In cocktail conversations and other interactions in which I’m trying to be charming, I like to blame this quality on being a Libra. If you believe in horoscopes, like I do, you’ll know that people born under the sign of the scales […]
The ’90s revival has rekindled our love for so many nostalgic beauty trends. We’re wearing butterfly clips, stretchy headbands and even thinking about skinny brows but the biggest beauty movement is arguably ultra glossy lips. If TikTok is anything to go by, though, we’re so over the thick and sticky […]
After two years of ever-changing restrictions and necessary COVID precautions, 2022 feels like the true, if tentative, return of wedding season. Getting married – that is to say, legally wed – is a different beast to having a wedding. It has to be done by a religious official or a […]
When Chinese photographer Yushi Li moved to the UK in the mid-2010s to study, she signed up for Tinder to meet some new people. Dating had been different for her back in China – she hadn’t really used apps there – and she found the platform curious and enthralling. “I […]
There is currently a global economic crisis. The cost of essentials like housing, food and energy is rising at its fastest rate for 30 years due to inflation. Life is getting more expensive and people are struggling, sometimes having to make Dickensian-sounding choices between paying their rent, heating their home […]
Cult streetwear brand Aries is everywhere these days. If you haven’t seen it, you’ve not looked hard enough. Popularised by its tie-dye prints, staple tees, bold temple logo and genderless fits, the London-born brand has, in the last decade, secured its spot in both the streetwear space and the skate […]
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There comes a time in every romantic relationship when a serious decision needs to be made about the direction the couple is going in. Are we exclusively dating? Should we move in together? Do our long term goals match up? Is this thing sustainable in the long run? These hard […]
There are shows that we love to watch, shows we love to hate-watch and shows that are painful to watch. Not painful in the artificially produced and heavily edited reality TV kind of way, but painful because they’re heart-achingly emotional. When shows hit too close to home — whether they’ve […]
Here’s one way to alienate yourself from your current friendship group: announce to God and the entire internet that you desire a whole new set of friends, specifically “Bad Bitches” or rather “baddies” who have similar prospects in their careers and dating life, and, most importantly, are as physically attractive […]
