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 penny. This week: “I’m a 29-year-old SEO specialist living in London. After graduating from university, I worked in […]
Welcome to Press Pause. This January, we’re asking: What does self-care look like when it’s not all-or-nothing? What if we simply pressed pause here and there? I am the most sinfully boring I have ever been in my life. Paint-drying boring. Tumbleweed-dancing-across-a-desert boring. I recently watched an hour-long video on the virtues of […]
Have you ever noticed that a lot of relationships end after Christmas? Call it the January comedown, call it breakup season, call it whatever you want. But there’s something in the air after the clock strikes midnight on 31st December — and that something signals the end for plenty of couples. […]
Back in August, I went through some hormonal changes, and with that came hormonal acne. A large spot formed smack dab in the middle of my forehead and showed no signs of letting up. I popped an acne patch on after my skincare routine as usual, left it on long […]
A new year always feels like a clean slate — a symbolic reset where we give ourselves permission to (try to) forget the disappointments of the last 365 days, while moving forward with a renewed perspective. Sometimes that pans out, sometimes it doesn’t. But something that is guaranteed? A calendar […]
The new year is fast arriving, and with it new television. After the year we’ve had, we deserve every last second. 2023 was plagued with months-long strikes by both the Writer Guild of America (WGA) and the Screen Actors Guild (SAG), as the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers […]
2023 was The Year Of The Makeup Trend. Beauty movements happen all the time, but in 2023 specifically, it felt like every week there was something new being “coined” or rediscovered and reimagined. Social media dominated the conversation and our faces became food, whether it was “strawberry girl,” “latte makeup,” […]
Mercury will turn direct in Sagittarius on January 1 and this will take us back to the story that began on November 25 when Mercury entered its retrograde shadow. During the holiday season, Mercury was retrograde in Capricorn and Sagittarius. Now that the planet is making its way forward, we […]
In our series Salary Stories, women with long-term career experience open up about the most intimate details of their jobs: compensation. It’s an honest look at how real people navigate the complicated world of negotiating, raises, promotions and job loss, with the hope it will give young women more insight into […]
Welcome to 2024, cosmic beings. The first week of January is marked by Mercury’s shift direct in Sagittarius, Mars’ entrance into Capricorn, and Venus’ first full week in Sagittarius. These three transits provide us with a sense of hope, stability, and optimism. Keep in mind that Mercury will experience a […]
