Welcome to Refinery29’s So, How Is It Really? where we take a look at all of the topics that have the internet talking. In studying them up close, we answer the question of what it’s really like to try out a trend like a catsuit, a viral product, or an […]
Last year, in my final year at Bristol University, I was diagnosed with genital herpes. I had experienced an excruciatingly painful sore on my vulva on at least one occasion – something nobody wants to have happen to them – and initially thought it was eczema but was then struck […]
I’m looking in the mirror and trying on faces. I’ve always been self-conscious, with fluctuating levels of severity – the effect of comments made about my appearance over the years which have left slow puncture wounds, still hissing decades later. It is a symptom, I guess, of our collective, commodified […]
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 […]
Plans are said to be speeding up… It’s previously been reported that the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are been planning a relocation. But, according to one royal expert, their plans have ramped up. Writing about a speculated move to the Home Counties, Royal editor, Rebecca English writes that the […]
The Duke of Sussex pays tribute to his wife at the NAACP Awards over the weekend The Duke of Sussex has said that he and the Duchess were “brought together for a reason,” in a heartfelt speech at the NAACP Awards in LA over the weekend. Appearing at the NAACP […]
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Spoiler alert – maybe The Twittersphere waits with bated breath for every episode of Euphoria. From Maddy and Cassie’s twinning moment to always wearing the best dresses, the cast serves some of the most iconic fashion and beauty looks. But, with the final episode airing tonight on Now TV, fans […]
And pledged to fight for her country The former Miss Ukraine, Anastasiia Lenna, who competed for Ukraine in the Miss Grand International beauty contest in 2015, has joined thousands of fellow Ukrainian civilians in the battle against invading Russian troops. Lenna has uploaded several Instagram posts since the Russian troops […]
The number of women under 20 being sexually assaulted after meeting offenders on dating apps has increased significantly since 2016. Women under 20 now account for 22% of female survivors who are assaulted in this way, which is up from 12% in 2015. The proportion of male survivors under 20 […]
