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Bet You Can't Guess Which Words Were Invented The Year You Were Born

You might assume that words like 'cybersex', 'twentysomething' and 'intersectionality', which are commonplace in many of our lexicons these days, must have only been coined in the last few years. They...

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Exclusive: The Director Of Grizzly Bear's New "Mourning Sound" Music Video On...

Today, Grizzly Bear dropped their first album since 2012, which includes their hit single, "Mourning Sounds." The video for the song, which has a catchy, mellow beat, was released on the August 14, and...

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The New Natural Skincare Range Using Coffee & Avocado

Do you know what’s in your cleanser or face oil? If you can't tell your mineral oil from your monoi oil and your parabens from your papaya enzymes, you're not the only one. Customer knowledge of the...

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The Scary Truth About How Beauty Products Are Hurting Women Of Colour

There’s a word for the societal pressure that encourages women of colour to alter their appearances to better fit Western beauty standards: racism. Perpetuating the idea that there is a single...

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The Heartwarming Way One Woman Is Supporting Other New Mums

A woman from York has been leaving heartwarming letters of support for other new mums in public places.One of the letters was found in a supermarket's baby-changing bathroom by Emma Lowe, who opened it...

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The Non-Fiction Book About How Difficult Marriage Is

After decades of high divorce rates, 2015 brought some relief when the number of people getting un-hitched dropped to its lowest level in 40 years.Despite how many of our parents and parents' friends...

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Racists Accept Mythical Sea Creatures, But Not An Asian-American Ariel

Last November, Diana Huey, a Japanese-born actress accepted the role of Ariel in the American touring production of The Little Mermaid.For months now, she’s toured the U.S. as the lead in a role many...

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Your Horoscope This Week

Hang on to your eclipse glasses. The day has finally arrived as this Monday marks the insanely buzzed-about total solar eclipse in Leo. While there are two solar eclipses every year, this one is the...

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This Is The Bank Holiday Prosecco Deal We Deserve

The summer's final bank holiday weekend is approaching, and one supermarket chain seems to want us to celebrate in style.For two days only, Saturday the 26th and Sunday the 27th, Lidl will be selling...

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Petition Wants To Replace Confederate Statue With One of Missy Elliott

A Virginia resident is asking the city of Portsmouth to join cities like Baltimore and Franklin, Ohio in removing the Confederate monument in their town. He's started a petition encouraging the city to...

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Neo-Nazis Swarmed Germany By The Hundreds Over The Weekend

Just one week after violence erupted at the white nationalist Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, VA, more than 500 neo-Nazis gathered in Berlin, Germany, to mark the 30th anniversary of Nazi...

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J.K. Rowling Shuts Down Mansplainer Who Told An Author That She Didn't...

It's no secret that J.K. Rowling is a total badass both in real life and on Twitter. And as someone who frequently uses her platform to address the issue of sexism, it's no surprise that she was quick...

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Why 'Selling Out' In Our Careers Doesn't Have To Be A Bad Thing

The concept of 'selling out' is rarely seen as a positive. It suggests you have no integrity and no backbone. It suggests that you care only about money, that your ideals don’t matter and you’re happy...

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How I #MadeIt: Lisa Aiken

We're spoilt with a constant stream of style inspiration on our Instagram feeds, however, if you're not already familiar with Lisa Aiken, take a moment to hit follow right now. With that said,...

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Does Your Skincare Regime Need A Workout?

It’s a truth universally acknowledged that all good things must come to an end. Brangelina, Breaking Bad – even Bake Off with its gloriously kitsch new format won’t last forever. This, of course, is...

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How Burlesque Taught Us To Love Our Bodies

A post shared by Lilly SnatchDragon (@lillysnatch) on Jul 9, 2017 at 5:39am PDT Body confidence and self-love – or at least accepting our s0-called "flaws" – is having a moment. Thanks to the plethora...

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Online Hate Crimes Are Finally Going To Be Taken More Seriously

From now on, online hate crimes will be treated as seriously as face-to-face abuse by prosecutors in England and Wales.Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) guidance to prosecutors has been revised to...

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When Is The Right Time To Share Secrets With Your Partner?

You know that beginning stage of a relationship, when you feel like you've met someone that you connect with on a million different levels, and you feel like you can share just about everything with...

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Joss Whedon's Ex-Wife Revealed His Alleged Infidelity In A Heated Open Letter

In an explosive open letter published on The Wrap, Joss Whedon's ex-wife, Kai Cole, discusses the troubles the couple faced during their 16 years of marriage. Cole writes that Whedon used their...

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Patti Cake$ Questions More Than White People In Hip-Hop

The days of gatekeeping hip-hop as a genre reserved exclusively for people of colour from the trenches of America are kind of over. I’m not happy about it, but that’s just the way it is. The Lil Dickys...

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