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This Very Special Retrograde Will Reignite Your Inner Fire

This Very Special Retrograde Will Reignite Your Inner Fire

Surprise: Asteroids can go retrograde, just like the planets in our solar system. One called Vesta, for instance, will begin to track backwards in the sign of Virgo on 19th January, and it will continue its moonwalk until 20th April. And just like planetary retrogrades (looking at you, Mercury), asteroids’ […]

How The Racial Trauma Of 2020 F*cked With Our Bodies & What To Do About It Now

How The Racial Trauma Of 2020 F*cked With Our Bodies & What To Do About It Now

For a little over a week last July, I couldn’t feel my toes. It’s an odd thing, losing sensation in the very foundation of your body. Then there was the hum of stress radiating through my bones and the fatigue of too many sleepless nights in a row. Oh yeah, […]

This New App Is The Deliveroo Of Clothes Repairs

This New App Is The Deliveroo Of Clothes Repairs

From spring cleans and selling sprees to charity shop drop-offs and TikTok-inspired customisation, time and space away from wearing real clothes every day (2020 had our loungewear on heavy rotation) allowed us to look at our existing wardrobe with fresh eyes. One thing we’ve been unable to do thanks to […]

What’s Athflow? Everything To Know About 2021’s Newest Loungewear Trend

What’s Athflow? Everything To Know About 2021’s Newest Loungewear Trend

After a year that can be measured by the sheer volume of sweatpants acquired to work from home, there’s a glimmer of optimism on the horizon with vaccine rollouts now underway. But even as our most glamorous ensembles await their glorious day back in the sun, a return to some […]

It’s Time To Talk About Kamala Harris, Colourism & Who Gets To Be First

US Vice President-elect Kamala Harris and I have a few things in common. To start, we are members of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. — the first (and finest) historically Black sorority.  Thirty years may separate our entrance into this sisterhood (Harris joined in the Spring of 1986; and I […]

How To Stop The COVID-19 “Super Strain” From Spreading

How To Stop The COVID-19 “Super Strain” From Spreading

NEW YORK, NEW YORK – DECEMBER 20: People wear face masks at The Mall in Central Park on December 20, 2020 in New York City. The coronavirus pandemic has caused long-term repercussions throughout the tourism and entertainment industries, including temporary and permanent closures of historic and iconic venues, costing the […]

Photographing The Last Few Precious Years Of Girlhood In Rural India

Photographing The Last Few Precious Years Of Girlhood In Rural India

“As soon as those first drops of blood trickled between my thighs, my world changed,” says Indian photographer Deepti Asthana, recalling the first time she got her period. This natural sign of approaching womanhood still holds a particular shame where she’s from and so it’s with these fateful words that […]

That Family Is Trying To Finesse The System — Again

That Family Is Trying To Finesse The System — Again

Just weeks after Lori Loughlin’s brief stint behind bars for her involvement in Operation Varsity Blues came to an end, the Fuller House actress’ husband is also making moves to alleviate his own prison sentence. And, true to the privilege and audacity the couple has shown throughout this entire scandal, […]

This Virtual Library Is Offering Free Books During Lockdown

A new virtual library is to offer free books during the latest lockdown. The virtual library has been created for children in England by The National Literacy Trust in collaboration with Oak National Academy, a government-backed virtual school. A new book will be uploaded to the virtual library each week, […]

My Respectful Thirst For Malcolm X Was Reinforced By One Night In Miami

My Respectful Thirst For Malcolm X Was Reinforced By One Night In Miami

One Night in Miami, an emotional journey presented to us by first-time director Regina King, gathers together four of Black American history’s most prominent figures in a hotel room for one night only. The film’s plot follows the men — the boxing champion formerly known as Cassius Clay (Eli Goree), […]