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Your Horoscope This Week: 10th July to 16th July, 2022

Your Horoscope This Week: 10th July to 16th July, 2022

We begin this week with a sextile between the Sun in Cancer and Uranus in Taurus on the 10th. The Sun in Cancer is known for his emotional valence while Uranus in Taurus is associated with an upending, destructive force. A sextile is a helpful aspect, though its result may […]

Netflix’s Disturbing Girl In The Picture Perpetuates The Idea Of The Perfect Victim

Netflix’s Disturbing Girl In The Picture Perpetuates The Idea Of The Perfect Victim

Spoilers ahead. It all starts with a photograph. A seemingly normal family photograph of a little blonde girl sat on her father’s knee, his arms draped around his daughter. Both stare off to the side, but the expression of the girl is particularly haunting: vacant and filled with sadness. It […]

Your Horoscope This Week: 3rd July to 9th July, 2022

Your Horoscope This Week: 3rd July to 9th July, 2022

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 […]

36 Spiritual Gifts To Take You Higher, From Tarot Decks To Crystal Collections

36 Spiritual Gifts To Take You Higher, From Tarot Decks To Crystal Collections

Shopping for spiritual people is all about intention and energy — you can’t overthink it. If you feel like a particular present is going to be the one true joy-sparker, then it probably is. That’s your intuition, baby. And, while it’s not necessary to have stuff to explore practices like […]

Charlie Craggs: Don’t Use Me To Justify Your Transphobia

Don’t Use Me is a series of articles and social media posts which has a simple message: there is no excuse for transphobia.  I’m Charlie Craggs, award-winning (*hair flip*) trans activist, author and, most recently, actress. Sadly it’s not my groundbreaking BBC documentary, Transitioning Teens, or my Lambda-nominated book, To […]

Your July Horoscope Is Here — It’s Time To Embrace Your Power

Your July Horoscope Is Here — It’s Time To Embrace Your Power

Welcome to July! The summer and our horoscopes are heating up. On the 5th of July, chatty Mercury swims into Cancer and action planet Mars enters Taurus. These cosmic shifts will bring on a more passive energy, as Mercury in Cancer doesn’t speak their truths until they feel safe in […]

A Cheaper Netflix Subscription Is Coming (But There’s A Catch)

Netflix is adding a new “tier” that will offer a cheaper monthly subscription in exchange for adverts. It will be the first time adverts have ever appeared on the streaming service, which is trying to bounce back after losing subscribers for the first time in a decade. According to The […]

House Music Has been Black — Beyoncé Is Just Bringing It Back

House Music Has been Black — Beyoncé Is Just Bringing It Back

One thing about Beyoncé, she’s always going to start a conversation. This time, at the centre of the discourse surrounding Queen Bey is “Break My Soul,” featuring Big Freedia, the first single from her seventh solo album Renaissance dropping next month. The ‘90s house-meets-bounce record is a bonafide earworm: The […]

Hidden Gems: The Underrated Movies To Watch If You’ve Streamed It All

If you’ve ever agitatedly switched from tab to tab, searching the multitude of streaming services for something to watch, you’re in good company. I embarrassingly allocate a lot of my monthly funds into entertainment subscription platforms — Netflix, Disney+, Amazon Prime, Apple TV — you name it, I’ve got it. For someone who […]