On Saturday, more than a million people attended what is believed to be London’s biggest ever Pride parade. This year’s event was extra special because it marked the 50th anniversary of the inaugural 1972 Pride march. Organised by the Gay Liberation Front (GLF), the 1972 march was attended by around […]
Though it’s famously expensive to rent in, London is the city most young people want to move to. Manchester is the second most popular city among 18 to 30 year olds – Gen Z and younger millennials – followed by Edinburgh, Brighton and Hove and Liverpool. This is based on […]
July’s cosmic weather begins gently, even if some of us have discovered that the world we live in is anything but. These realisations — about justice and the lack of it, about bodily autonomy and how fragile it is — are uncomfortable for those who are new to them. And they […]
Mars, the Planet of Action, Ambition, and Desire, is leaving its all-time favourite fiery spot in Aries and entering into chill Taurus on 5th July, where it’ll stay until 20th August. In the coming weeks, we’ll feel a strong pull to embrace the slowness of life: leisure, relaxing, holidays – […]
Ever wondered what you’d say to a therapist, given the chance? We asked Dr Sheri Jacobson, a retired psychotherapist with over 17 years’ clinical experience and the cofounder of Harley Therapy Platform (Online Counselling), for advice on the things we worry about in private. Have a question for a therapist? Submit […]
As an influencer and aesthetician, Ryan Ruckledge spends a lot of time thinking about beauty and looking at beauty content on TikTok. It was there that the 30-year-old came across a trending cosmetic enhancement that would give his face the “lifted, feline look” he’d long desired: the ‘fox eye’ thread […]
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Augustinus Bader needs no introduction. The brand has popped off in the skin-care space, thanks to its supercharged moisturisers — which are basically liquid gold. However, as glorious as these products are, I have to admit they can be a bit much for my oily, acne-prone skin. Here’s where Augustinus Bader’s […]
Welcome to Refinery29’s Fertility Diaries, where people chronicle their joyous, painful, and sometimes complicated paths to parenthood. Today, we hear from Christine Smith, a 34-year-old woman in California, who decided to undergo fertility treatments solo after coming out in her 30s. DashDividers_1_500x100 “When I was a kid, I imagined I’d […]
Kristen Bateman is a fashion writer and founder of jewellery brand Dollchunk. If I had to choose my favourite item in my entire wardrobe, it would be a glass chiclet-style necklace from Chanel. It used to be extremely long, but over time, from excessive wear, it has broken up and […]
