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The beginning of 2018 highlighted yet another area of the entertainment industry that's suffering from some vast gender inequality: music. While the dominance of female pop stars like Beyoncé or Ariana...
View ArticlePepsiCo Responds To Social Media Criticism Of "Lady Friendly" Crisps
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View ArticleThese Are The Fitness Trends Everyone Will Be Obsessed With In 2018
Certain fitness trends throughout history have gone on to become iconic signs of the times. For example, Richard Simmons will always be associated with the '80s. The quirky exercise class on The...
View ArticleDiane Kruger Responds To Criticism Of Quentin Tarantino Choking Her On Movie Set
In The Fade actress Diane Kruger has released a statement regarding Quentin Tarantino's treatment of her on the set of his film Inglourious Basterds.The prolific director of cult favourites like Pulp...
View ArticleThe SpaceX Launch Wasn't Groundbreaking In One Major Way
Everything about today's SpaceX Falcon Heavy launch should have been groundbreaking: The world's most powerful rocket — one with the ability to lift almost 141,000 pounds into orbit — achieved liftoff!...
View ArticleMoney Diary: A Recently Redundant 24-Year-Old On Housing Benefit
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...
View ArticleI Went To Meghan Markle's Favourite Yoga Class & Here's What Happened
It’s a Friday night in Silver Lake, LA, and I join a queue of lithe, tanned men and women, all wearing the standard uniform round these parts of black slouchy trousers, cashmere beanies and tattoos....
View ArticleA New Exhibition Charts The T-Shirt's History Of Protest
Maria Grazia Chiuri's debut at Dior in September 2016 featured a now-ubiquitous T-shirt reading 'We should all be feminists'. A quote taken from Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's Beyoncé-sampled TED talk, the...
View ArticleBBC Doc Islam, Women & Me Divides Opinion Online
In last night's BBC One documentary Islam, Women and Me, 28-year-old Mehreen Baig set out to answer a difficult question: Can you be a 'good' Muslim and a strong, independent woman at the same...
View ArticleMoringa: The Superfood Beauty Ingredient That Will Boost Your Complexion
From vitamin C to turmeric, we're all ears when it comes to beauty's next wunderkind ingredient. Our latest fix? Moringa. Often referred to as the 'miracle tree', moringa is native to north India but...
View ArticleThis Brit Actor Will Play Cult Leader Charles Manson
Matt Smith, best known recently for his portrayal of Prince Philip in Netflix's The Crown, will play Charles Manson in a new film. The cult leader died in November at the age of 83.The actor, who...
View ArticleFrom Couture To Harvard, Yara Shahidi "Undefines" Success
For someone who gets to go to college twice, you'd think Yara Shahidi is ready for a break. But the actress-cum-activist is just getting started. After wooing us on Black-ish, the 17 year-old is ready...
View ArticleTfL's Sexist 'Thought Of The Day' Was Such A Bad Idea
Whiteboard signs at Tube stations are a frequent talking point on social media, whether that's because they've made Londoners laugh, feel inspired, or like an idiot because they've been fooled by a...
View ArticleCan't Watch The Olympics? Snapchat May Be Your Best Bet
Keeping up with the Olympics can feel like an up-slope battle. The most popular events are usually saved for primetime, meaning that evening work events and cocktail hours with friends can easily...
View Article8 Things You Can Do If You've Had The Worst Day
Whether you had a huge fight with your partner, or a work meeting that didn't go as planned, or you just had a series of unfortunate, awkward events, almost all of us have gone through the kind of day...
View ArticleEverything We Know About Westworld Season 2
At long last, our Westworld draught is nearly over. The HBO epic closed out season 1 well over a year ago in December 2016, and it has often seemed like the Western-flavoured sci-fi favourite fell off...
View ArticleHow To Feel Less Awkward About Something Weird That You Said
We've all been there: A cinema usher rips your ticket, tells you to enjoy the film, and without thinking, you blurt out, "You, too!" despite the fact that this usher is likely staying put and not going...
View ArticleThere's A Gender Pay Gap For Uber Drivers, But It's Complicated
Is your female Uber driver earning as much as a male Uber driver? Probably not. But the reasoning isn't as simple as you might think.Professors from Stanford University and the University of Chicago...
View ArticleThis Parody Beauty YouTuber Will Make You Lol – But There's A Serious Message
A post shared by SailorJ✨ (@slaylerj) on Aug 11, 2017 at 1:49pm PDT Twenty-one-year old JJ Smith, known as Sailor J, may have only burst onto the YouTube scene four months ago but she’s already...
View ArticleI Asked My Ex 29 Questions About Our Relationship
Sometimes, when relationships break down, the reasons are clear: they cheated, you cheated, you moved away, you drifted apart, you fought all the time, you wanted different things. But sometimes you...
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