In 1968, the Democratic National Convention was overshadowed by a massive civilian demonstration miles away from the International Amphitheater where it was being held. On the streets of Chicago, civilians engaged in passionate protests against President Lyndon B. Johnson’s Vietnam War policies, and the police were sent to break up the […]
It looks as though southwest England has become a kind of “woke hotspot”. According to a new study, Bath is now the UK’s most progressive city, followed by neighbouring Bristol. Measuring a city’s relative progressiveness is obviously far from an exact science, but the study by Bankrate takes into account seven […]
NEW YORK, NEW YORK – FEBRUARY 08: Kendall Jenner attends the Longchamp fashion show during February 2020 – New York Fashion Week: The Shows at Hudson Commons on February 08, 2020 in New York City. (Photo by Cindy Ord/Getty Images for NYFW: The Shows) Some agree that less is more […]
Deep in a climate emergency, in the midst of a global pandemic and suffering from an increasing lack of social mobility, young women in Britain today would be forgiven for exercising a ‘do or die’ attitude to most things in life, including their personal finances. What’s the point in saving […]
It wasn’t that long ago that people were packing their credit cards and IDs into empty gum packets rather than wallets because they wouldn’t fit in their micro bags. Keys were removed from keychains and lips were left bare because lipstick couldn’t fit inside a Jacquemus Le Petit Chiquito bag. […]
I know autumn is officially here when the grocery store aisles turn into pumpkin paradises. Pumpkin pancake mix, pumpkin pie, pumpkin spice lattes, and pumpkin everything else line the shelves as soon as the season changes. Being constantly inundated with pumpkin foods, candies, and recipes has me thinking — how […]
If only relationships were as simple as they are in rom-coms. Everyone except you can see your other half is blatantly wrong for you, and the only thing keeping them around is the need for dramatic tension. When you eventually break up, it’s as though you’ve been released into the […]
On Wednesday, Billie Eilish took home Billboard Music Awards for Female Artist, Best New Artist, and Album of the Year — though we would like to unofficially add the award for Best Red-Carpet Fashion of 2020. For her most creative and of-the-moment ensemble ever, the record-breaking artist matched her face […]
EMILY IN PARIS (L to R) LILY COLLINS as EMILY in episode 107 of EMILY IN PARIS Cr. STEPHANIE BRANCHU/NETFLIX © 2020 It’s been nearly two weeks since Netflix released Emily In Paris, a Darren Star original series starring newly engaged Lily Collins about a ringarde Chicago native who moves […]
As we grow up, there’s a point in many girls’ lives when we just…stop being as active. We might give up the team sports, like netball and hockey, that we once loved; we might stop going swimming with our mates; we might even use fake headaches and bogus period pains […]
