If you’ve always been obsessed with the idea of finding your doppelgänger, the latest TikTok trend should be right up your street. It involves using the Pinterest app in an unexpected way: not for trend-spotting like normal, but to find your internet lookalike. Though the results aren’t always completely convincing, […]
Like so many of us, Charity Migwi hit a point of pandemic fatigue where it’s time for a major change. When packing your bags for a life-affirming trip to a beach in Bali is off the table, a hair transformation can make a huge difference — and Migwi’s episode of […]
Prior to the pandemic, fashion’s elite flocked to the four major fashion cities — New York, London, Paris, and Milan — twice a year to see new designer collections. A major part of those Fashion Month voyages — one in February-March and another in September-October — was street style, which, […]
A couple of years ago, because I write about books, I was asked to fill out a questionnaire for a literary website, and one of the questions I was asked was: “What is the greatest misconception about book critics and criticism?” My answer, basically, was that I didn’t know that […]
In all the conversations I’ve had with astrologers, psychics, and tarot readers, I’ve learned that the most common questions asked of them centre around love and relationships: When will I find my next partner? When should I start swiping on Hinge? Is this person the one? While nothing can truly […]
The new Netflix anthology series, Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel, takes a closer look at the 2013 disappearance of Canadian college student Elisa Lam. Unfortunately, Lam’s bizarre vanishing is not unique to Los Angeles’s most notorious hotel. The nightmarish history of the Cecil Hotel, which first opened […]
In 2008 we bailed out the banks. We now face the biggest financial crisis in a generation, with record youth unemployment. Who will bail out young people? R29 and Vice are joining the National Union of Students to call for all students to be offered rent rebates and asking the […]
“Old” Millennials on TikTok had a rough last week when they found out that it’s no longer cool to part your hair on the side, use the laugh-cry emoji, or wear skinny jeans. I am a Millennial who partakes in all three of these Gen Z faux-pas. But, I’m also […]
The truth about the pandemic is unavoidable: We are stuck. Many of us have been stuck, quite literally, in our homes, others are functionally stuck, limited to commuting to work and coming right home to avoid contact with too many people. I’ve sacrificed seeing friends, family, and loved ones, and […]
“What’s his star sign?” is the question that gets fired off in my WhatsApp group chat whenever a new love interest enters my life. Next come the ‘Pisces woman, Aries man compatibility’ internet searches which, inevitably, tell me he isn’t The One and alas, my search begins again. Now, some […]
