Growing up, I got used to not seeing myself. In films, TV shows and music videos, the heroine – the girl all the guys wanted – always pivoted around the cookie-cutter standard of Hilary Duff, Britney, Christina or Sabrina The Teenage Witch‘s Melissa Joan Hart. Their blonde, blue-eyed appearance didn’t […]
After being yelled at loudly in front of everyone in the office, denied training and passed over for a bonus and promotion despite meeting all of her targets, Anita*, a regulatory reporting analyst at a large financial institution, cracked. She’d had enough of the workplace abuse she experienced at the […]
Pairing the notion of a fashion trend with something as long-lasting as an engagement ring might seem counterintuitive: the former is usually thought of as fleeting while the latter is equated with timelessness. But personal taste varies and what’s classic to one person is out of date for another. So […]
Newly elected Labour MP for Erdington in Birmingham, Paulette Hamilton, the city’s first black MP, at Holly Lane Sports and Social Club in Birmingham, after she won the Erdington by-election. Picture date: Friday March 4, 2022. (Photo by Joe Giddens/PA Images via Getty Images) When Paulette Hamilton, a former nurse, […]
The first morning I tried the new Summer Fridays Dream Oasis Serum, I woke up very tired — I had been tossing and turning the night before with a bilateral charlie-horse situation — and my skin looked sullen. I didn’t expect anything dramatic, that’s not the vibe of a gentle, […]
When a nail artist posts a manicure on Instagram, it’s pretty much fair game for others to copy. Think about all of the times you’ve asked your nail artist to recreate a multicoloured French or a metallic gold stripe that you found on Instagram or Pinterest. I do it almost […]
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 marketing manager living and working in […]
On Thursday 24th February Russia’s president Vladimir Putin shocked the world by launching a brutal invasion of Ukraine. It has sparked a huge exodus – 1.7 million people so far, according to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) – with many Ukrainians and Ukrainian residents fleeing into surrounding […]
From the infamous wine-throwing incident between Martha Kalifatidis and Cyrell Jimenez-Paule back in Season 6, to last night’s blow-up between Domenica Calarco and Olivia Frazer, Married At First Sight Australia has proved it’s set in an environment where female voices often end up pitted against each other and nasty behaviour […]
Ahh, the dreaded ‘ick’. A relationship killer. An overthinker’s worst nightmare. Those unfamiliar with the term certainly won’t be unfamiliar with the phenomenon, as we’ve probably all experienced the ick to some degree. Your partner or the person you’re seeing does something mundane that throws you for a loop, sending […]
