Why Tampon Sales In Britain Have Fallen Dramatically
Sales of tampons have dropped by a quarter in the last four years, at the same time that more women are using contraception that stops their monthly cycles.Supermarkets have even reduced the amount of...
View ArticleJude Law's Daughter Is The New Face Of Burberry Beauty
If you forgot that Jude Law had a daughter, don't feel bad. Iris Law, daughter of beautiful humans Jude and actress Sadie Frost, has grown up largely out of the spotlight, forging her own path as a...
View ArticleEight Men Own As Much Wealth As Half The World's Population
For years, we've recognised that there's a huge global imbalance between the rich and the poor. But according to a new Oxfam report, that recognition hasn't resulted in change. Instead, the gap is...
View ArticleWhy I Secretly Hate This French Beauty Secret
If you've read a beauty story before, and you have, because here you are, then you've heard about micellar water. You've read that it's the secret to looking like a beautiful French girl. That you have...
View ArticleKylie Jenner Quietly Raised Half A Million Dollars For Kids With This Lip Kit
Kylie Jenner’s famed Lip Kits are doing a lot more good in the world than merely giving people full and fabulous pouts.The beauty brand Kylie Cosmetics, which might be responsible for the hottest...
View ArticleYour Wearables Could Know When You're Sick Before You Do
Using wearable devices has become a popular way to stay on top of our health. But usually, they tell you things that are easy to measure, like heart rate and footsteps. None of them to date are...
View ArticleWhy Women Are Marching In London This Saturday
As soon as it was confirmed last November that Donald Trump was to be the 45th president of the United States, women across America began mobilising.Now, the Women’s March on Washington, which takes...
View ArticleLiving With My Mother, The Addict
I have been living with addiction for the past decade. Not my own; my mother's. And as it turns out, my (now ex-) boyfriend’s brother’s, my friend's, an ex-colleague’s, another friend's boss... the...
View Article"Dry Jan", Week 3: I See Drunk People
Last week: "Dry Jan", Week 2: Report From The Front Lines Of Dry JanuaryWhen we drink alcohol, it passes down our throats, into the stomach and small intestine, and is absorbed into the blood within...
View ArticleDon't Bin Unwanted Makeup, Donate It To These Women Instead
Illustrated by Abbie Winters.When it comes to pretty, shiny things, many of us are like magpies. It’s understandable: it demands a strong will to resist the relentless marketing everywhere we go and,...
View ArticleWhy People Are Still Obsessing Over The OA Ending
Warning: Spoilers for the first season of Netflix's The OA ahead.In the space of less than a week, with practically no indication that it was coming, The OA has become everyone’s new favourite show....
View ArticleThe New Group Of Women At Risk Of Eating Disorders
Eating disorders are often associated with the young.Think 'anorexia' and you'd be forgiven for imagining a teenage girl at the hard end of the suffering. According to a new study though, there's a...
View ArticleLotus Plumbs The History Of Chinese "Flower Girls"& Modern-Day Sex Work
I was standing in front of my grandmother’s deathbed when my mother revealed the long kept family secret: Grandma, or Na, as we called her, had been a “flower girl” in her youth.The revelation came as...
View ArticleDonald Trump Mistakes Woman From Brighton For His Own Daughter
Photo: Via @IvankaTrumpWe've lost count of the number of times President-elect Donald Trump has made a fool of himself on Twitter.His latest blunder? Mistakenly tweeting praise to a council worker from...
View ArticleThe Rise Of Porn Watching On Public Transport... And What's Being Done About It
Travelling on London's public transport system, you'll encounter the whole gamut of human behaviour. There's the positive and heartwarming: strangers giving up seats and helping women carry buggies up...
View ArticlePiera Gelardi's Secret To A More Interesting Job — & Wardrobe
That feeling of being uncomfortable in your own skin is universal — but it takes a very determined type of person to make conquering that a mission. Refinery29 co-founder and Executive Creative...
View ArticleHow Do We Reconcile Loving Terrible People on TV?
Photo: The CWThe term "bad boy" no longer exclusively describes a James Dean-type in a leather jacket. Television's bad boys are hardly a cookie-cutter bunch: they can be wealthy or...
View ArticleThis Ballerina's Dance Video Is Going Viral For The Best Reason
If you've been on Twitter over the past few days, chances are, you've seen a video of a ballet dancer doing a pretty impressive spin. The ballerina in question, 15-year-old Lizzy Howell, has inspired...
View ArticleThe Food You Relate To Most, According To Your Birthday
Illustrated by Eddie Perrote.If you consider your birthday to be a holiday, you're not totally wrong. While some people were born on official holidays, like Christmas, others have the distinct...
View ArticleIs Millennial Blood The Key To Eternal Youth?
A company in Monterey, California, is out for blood. Young blood, specifically. Jesse Karmazin, 31, and his startup, Ambrosia, are looking for volunteers to be part of a clinical trial that hopes to...
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