Breast cancer is the most common type of cancer in the UK, Australia and America. Approximately eight out of ten breast cancer cases occur in women over 50, and while mammographic screening is effective in early detection in this age bracket, that’s not the case for women under 40. Yet, […]
After getting back from a trip, a friend of mine learned that her boyfriend had gone to a strip club and gotten a lap dance, which felt like a clear crossing of her boundaries within the relationship. The problem was that her boyfriend didn’t seem to think the strip club […]
Being a disabled woman on the Internet can be dangerous. We endure intrusion, ridicule, mock compliments and violent words. Our photos are misused in freakshow-style clickbait social media posts. Articles written about us are often dripping in inspiration porn. Sometimes our photos are even censored by social media platforms. In […]
The 1970 movie Valerie and Her Week Of Wonders tells the story of a young girl who gets her period for the first time. This initiates a sequence of fantastic and, at times, terrifying events that take place over the course of one week. Marriage is another major milestone in […]
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 am a 27-year-old with no skills or degree […]
Laura Ashley has long been a reference for Batsheva Hays, whose namesake brand has become a go-to for prairie-like, retro-inspired dresses since launching in 2016. “I’ve been talking about Laura Ashley as my inspiration for years,” says Hays. Now, the Brooklyn-based designer is partnering with the British label for a […]
YOU (L to R) SHALITA GRANT as SHERRY CONRAD and CHRIS O’SHEA as ANDREW in episode 301 of YOU Cr. JOHN P. FLEENOR/NETFLIX © 2021 This story contains spoilers for Netflix’s You Season 3. When we first meet Shalita Grant’s character Sherry Conrad on Netflix’s hit series You, she feels […]
All this week on Refinery29 we are looking at the ongoing problem of sexual assault at UK universities and giving a platform to the students calling for change, once and for all. I vividly remember the first time I kissed someone in a club. It was my first campus night […]
Over the past year, many of us began to think of our hobbies outside of work. For me, it wasn’t so easy. See, I get paid to write about Victoria Beckham’s favourite blush, which means that work is usually fun. But, I’ve found that pigeonholes can lead to creative burnout, […]
From keratin hair treatments to Brazilian blow-dries, I’ve tried pretty much all the hair smoothing treatments out there in a bid to shave time off my hairstyling routine. My hair isn’t very thick but I have a lot of it, and it can often be frizzy and wavy where I […]
