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Michelle Obama Talks To R29 About The Power of Girls' Education
You don’t need us here at Refinery29 to remind you that this past year has been simultaneously challenging and revolutionary for women. Between the steady stream of messages we’ve received from our...
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Donatella Just Announced Some Major Versace News
Versace is to join a growing list of design houses that have announced a ban on fur in future collections. In an interview for The Economist 's 1843 magazine, the brand's vice president and chief...
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A Woman From The Happiest Country In The World Tells Us What We're Doing Wrong
We're always looking to northern Europe for lessons for living a better life. Whether it's the Danish concept (and overdone lifestyle buzzword) of hygge, Sweden's lagom, or Norway's koselig, we've long...
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The Latest News About Bottled Water Is The Most Unsettling Yet
Plastic waste is the devil. It's one of the biggest environmental scourges of the 21st century, as a recent underwater viral video laid bare, and thankfully moves are being made to reduce human...
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Model Teddy Quinlivan Says She Was Sexually Assaulted ‘Several’ Times
Model Teddy Quinlivan came out as transgender last September, and since then she’s used her platform to encourage visibility and acceptance across the fashion industry. She’s been featured in magazine...
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The 17 Most Powerful Signs From The National Walkout Day
Thousands of students walked out of their schools in protest of gun violence Wednesday, telling the entire country that the Feb. 14 mass school shooting in Parkland, FL should be the last time children...
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This Young Woman Is Challenging The Maine Republican Who Insulted Emma González
On Tuesday, Refinery29 reported that Leslie Gibson, a Republican candidate for House District 57 in Maine, called 18-year-old student activist Emma González a "skinhead lesbian" on Twitter and...
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How To Keep Your Instagram Feed From Depressing You
There's plenty of research to suggest that too much social media use can be linked to mental health problems like anxiety and depression. One study from 2017 even suggests that Instagram is the worst...
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ITN Gave £3k More To A Guy Doing Exactly The Same Job As Me
In the latest instalment of the depressing gender pay gap saga, it has emerged that ITN, the news and multimedia production company which makes news programmes for ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 5, pays...
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Why Your Therapist Might Not Tell You Your Diagnosis
It's a generally-held belief that once you go to therapy or counselling, you'll be able to sort out your issues with a therapist, who will give you a diagnosis and begin treating you accordingly.Yes,...
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Roxanne, Roxanne Isn't The Hip-Hop Herstory We Want, It's The One We Need
Netflix’s last attempt at hip-hop history didn’t go as planned. The Get Down, which released its first season in two parts in 2016 and 2017, was canceled last summer. The news came as a shock to some,...
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If I'm Not A #Girlboss, Does That Make Me A Failure?
I have this yappy voice in my head. I call her Sheryl Wintour. Sheryl is a high-flyer with a designer shoe and handbag collection. She wakes up every day at 6am for spin followed by a kombucha shot....
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Alexa Chung Has Designed A Line Of Trainers That Go With Everything
Alexa Chung has the Midas touch. Following collaborations with AG Jeans and Marks & Spencer, she launched her eponymous brand in 2017 to much fanfare and critical acclaim. Whenever her followers...
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How I Got Over My Fear Of Flying In A Single Afternoon
For as long as I can remember, I’ve been scared of flying.I am not the kind of scared of flying where I don’t really like turbulence. I am the kind of scared of flying where driving past Heathrow makes...
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Dear Daniela: What's The Difference Between BB Cream, Foundation & Tinted...
Dear Daniela,The main thing I want when I put my makeup on is really fresh, healthy-looking skin. But it’s so much harder than it sounds: If I just want something light, do I need BB cream? Or can I...
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The Biggest Recycling Mistakes You've Been Making
If you resolved to start recycling more this year, there’s a chance you’ve been doing it wrong. According to a recent survey by Anglian Home Improvements, although the majority of people are doing...
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Young, Female & Addicted To Legal Pills
The news has been awash with reports and investigations recently exposing the perils of drugs bought and used illegally: From reports of teens ordering Xanax and diazepam on the dark web and social...
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Blogger's Hoax Disneyland Trip Proves How Easy It Is To Fake It On Instagram
Most of us accept an element of visual trickery, or at least dishonesty, as par for the course on Instagram. Indeed, you might be guilty yourself of airbrushing out a spot from a smoking hot selfie,...
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Clear Some Space On Your Bathroom Shelf For This Multipurpose Skincare Saviour
Your skin goes through a lot every day. A haphazard morning cleanse. A layer (or two) of makeup. A veil of smog as you commute to work, where the chill outside strips you of moisture and the heating...
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The 6 Colours To Invest In For Spring
Trends may come and trends may go, but certain seasonal tentpoles remain. Where winter is laden with black coats and leather boots (no matter how much effort we put in to dressing otherwise), spring is...
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