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What Does Venus In Pisces Mean For Your Love Life? The Return Of An Ex, For One

What Does Venus In Pisces Mean For Your Love Life? The Return Of An Ex, For One

Being newly in love is like being in a dream: You walk around (and stay up too late) in a semi-haze, preoccupied by giddy thoughts about the object of your affections. All that to say: Romantic Venus finds a very happy home in the dreamy sign of Pisces. The two […]

Money Diary: A Project Manager In London On 46k

Money Diary: A Project Manager In London On 46k

Welcome to Money Diaries, where we’re tackling what might be the last taboo facing modern working women: money. We’re asking a cross-section of women how they spend their hard-earned money during a seven-day period – and we’re tracking every last penny. This week: “I’m a cisgender bisexual woman, living alone in […]

One Year Later, Ahmaud Arbery’s Mother Speaks Out About His Death

One Year Later, Ahmaud Arbery’s Mother Speaks Out About His Death

On this day one year ago, Ahmaud Arbery, a 25-year-old Black man, was killed by two white men while out for a jog in his neighbourhood in Georgia. For a while, the case evaded national attention due to COVID-19’s domination of the news cycle around the world and specifically in […]

The Past, Present and Future of Black Communities

Black folk have really gone through it this past year. Not only have we witnessed people who look like us being gunned down in their sleep, on the street or on their daily jog, but we’re also disproportionately impacted by COVID-19, the deadly virus that has swept the globe. Being […]

What Does It Really Mean For Your Moisturiser To Be “Clean”?

What Does It Really Mean For Your Moisturiser To Be “Clean”?

Few words have been tossed around the skincare aisle like “clean” has. You’ll find it everywhere, and used to describe every type of product, from cleanser and toner to serum and moisturiser. You’ve probably even purchased a handful of items that tout the label in the interest of being more […]

Looks Like Kris Jenner May Be Coming Out With Her Own Skincare Line

Looks Like Kris Jenner May Be Coming Out With Her Own Skincare Line

In the midst of a few big Kardashian headlines landing this week — Kourtney confirming her relationship with Travis Barker and Kim officially filing for divorce — Kris Jenner is quietly stirring up her own drama, dropping hints that she might be getting into the celebrity beauty biz. According to […]

Apparently, Gwyneth Paltrow Started The Face Mask “Trend”

Apparently, Gwyneth Paltrow Started The Face Mask “Trend”

We can always rely on Gwyneth Paltrow — actor, business-person, candlemaker — to be on the cutting edge of the latest trends. She was the first person to do yoga, for instance. (According to her.) She popularised the term “conscious uncoupling.” And now, she’s revealed that she was wearing face masks […]

Why Using The Word Partner Feels So Complicated

Why Using The Word Partner Feels So Complicated

Because of a congenital heart defect, I have an annual checkup with a cardiologist. This yearly visit to the hospital — involving numerous tests, conversations about future surgeries, and a waiting room filled with babies who have only just embarked on the same lifelong journey of doctors’ appointments and arrhythmias […]

Despite Featuring Plus-Size Models, Victoria’s Secret’s New Swimwear Is Still A Problem

Despite Featuring Plus-Size Models, Victoria’s Secret’s New Swimwear Is Still A Problem

On Tuesday, WWD reported that Victoria’s Secret would be bringing swimwear back into select store locations after discontinuing the line in 2016, a time in which the lingerie company began losing its market share to more size-inclusive brands that served and championed plus-size shoppers. As part of the announcement, the […]

How I Overcame My Fear Of Losing A Year Of Dating During The Pandemic

How I Overcame My Fear Of Losing A Year Of Dating During The Pandemic

2020 was the year I was supposed to ramp up my commitment to dating, push myself outside my comfort zone, and finally pencil in the time and energy required to meet someone. Instead, I found myself newly unemployed and moving home to live with my parents. I landed in my […]