Welcome to Money Diaries where we are tackling the ever-present taboo that is money. We’re asking real people how they spend their hard-earned money during a seven-day period — and we’re tracking every last dollar. Today: a content creator who makes $45,000 per year and spends some of her money […]
Producers are the backbone of every song listeners grow to love—especially amid the lilts and thumps of Latin genres like reggaetón, dembow, Latin trap, and R&B en Español—but too often this musical vertebra is constructed by cis men. In fact, according to the USC Annenberg Inclusion Initiative, only 2% of […]
The week ahead opens with a square between the Sun in Sagittarius and Neptune in Pisces — between the planetary body that represents our sense of self and the one that represents our ability to transcend our sense of self and experience something greater. Both mutable and traditionally ruled by […]
Students are paying 60% more to live in halls of residence than a decade ago, according to a new report. The average annual cost of purpose-built student accommodation in the UK is £7,347, the report by the National University of Students (NUS) and housing charity Unipol found. This means that […]
Are you ready to look back at your best – and maybe worst – photos of 2021? Instagram has launched a new feature called Playback that allows you to share highlights from the last year. It’s a bit like Spotify Wrapped, but with photos from your Instagram Story instead of […]
Five years ago, at a playdate with one of my oldest girlfriends and our babies, I asked her about her experience with using a surrogate in India. We’re both Indian-Canadian living in Toronto, and I had read that lower-caste surrogates were being paid nearly $2,000 (£1,200) less than higher-caste women […]
When the trailer for Prime Video’s new series Harlem first dropped, a wave of deja vu washed over many of us. The show’s premise, pinned on the friendship of four Black women navigating life and love in the concrete jungle, seemed…familiar. Didn’t we just watch a show with this exact […]
This image shows the visible yellow cloud tops of Venus, rather than the solid surface revealed by radar. Even if you know nothing about astrology, you’ve probably heard of the word “retrograde” before. And although Mercury retrograde tends to be the most infamous, every planet in our solar system goes […]
Digital communities have given way to a new breed of relationships: parasocial pals, online dating endeavours, and bonds formed over common interests. It’s no surprise that these havens attract underrepresented groups who seek safe environments that can be difficult to find in offline spaces. Gaming communities, typically found across Twitch […]
Pearls have always been a classic, but up until recently, their appeal hasn’t extended far beyond costumes and gifts for our nans. In 2021, they’ve become a staple of the craftcore aesthetic, a movement that has seen Gen Z reviving homemade beaded jewellery and tech accessories that radiate childhood nostalgia […]
