“I’d prefer Chanel. Birkins are ugly,” my friend Iman responds when I ask what her love language is. The term ‘love language’, while not new, has been popularised over the last year. Take a look at the results when you search it on Twitter and you’ll discover that most, in […]
Sustainable lifestyle influencer Jazmine Rogers started 2020 with around 5,000 followers on Instagram. Today, she has more than 34,000. “I’m happy to connect with a community of like-minded people,” she tells Refinery29 from her home in San Diego. Rogers, who is half-Black and half-Mexican, uses her platform to discuss issues […]
I started wearing the hijab a few months shy of my 13th birthday, as a commitment to my Muslim faith and dressing modestly. That’s also when I got glasses and braces and began high school. It was 2005, when nerdy-girl-gets-a-makeover movies were at their peak. It’s safe to say that […]
The beauty industry has a lot to answer for. From excessive packaging, which contributes largely to landfill waste, to a focus on natural, organic ingredients which are potentially harmful to ecological communities, the burden on the environment can’t be ignored. Yet, our beauty obsession, specifically skincare, shows no sign of […]
There’s a fair bit going on at the moment, from lockdown 2.0 to, erm, some stuff unfolding in the US, so you’d be forgiven for missing a few things here and there. However it’s not okay to be missing new HBO show The Undoing, which is airing here on Sky […]
“I suppose there are sisters that don’t compete. I have never met one,” wrote the American author Lisa Grunwald. And our finances – still considered the main measure of our worth and success even as more of us open our eyes to the flaws of this capitalist logic during COVID-19 […]
The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) has updated its definition of the word “woman” following a campaign highlighting the ways in which it was sexist and out-of-date. The new, more inclusive definition recognises the fact that a woman can be “a person’s wife, girlfriend, or female lover” rather than simply a […]
Nearly nine in ten millennials now expect a flexible working week, according to a new study. Some 87% of workers aged between 25 and 34 said they now expect some input into when and where they work. The study by Workshare also provides some insight into how Covid-19 and the […]
There’s no official start date to cuffing season, but once it starts getting dark before 5 p.m., all we want to do is stay inside and snuggle with someone. And while experts are saying COVID-19 is making cuffing season more intense than ever, we believe it should be a fun, […]
As we celebrate the demise of the Trump presidency, it’s important to acknowledge another major milestone that is sure to change the history of the U.S.: Kamala Harris will be the first woman, first Black person, and first South Asian American to be elected vice president of the United States. […]
