This Is How You Win A Breakup
There's a scene in Sex and the City where, after Carrie breaks up with Big for the first time, a photo of her appears in the newspaper. In the photo, she's wearing a new dress and she's on a date with...
View ArticleStop Defending Johnny Depp For The Sake Of A Movie
One year and 11 days ago, I wrote a letter to Johnny Depp informing him of our break-up. I had just seen the first instalment of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, and had been jolted out of a...
View ArticleThis Church Won't Be Calling God "He" Anymore
Unless they're deliberately raging against the patriarchy, it's pretty common for Christian churches and people raised with Christian ideologies to refer to God as "He." But one church in Sweden is...
View ArticleThese Fertility Apps Will Make Your Life Less Stressful
Trying to get pregnant? Trying to avoid pregnancy? Just trying to predict your next period? Whatever your plans for the future are at this very moment, you probably have questions. Luckily, the great,...
View ArticleThe Afghan All-Girl Robotics Team Just Had Another Major Win
The Afghan all-girls robotics team is racking up the victories this year.When attempting to travel to the US for the FIRST Global Challenge robotics competition this past summer, the team was denied...
View ArticleThe Most Unforgettable Queer Love Stories In Film
Elio (Timothée Chalemet) and Oliver (Armie Hammer) never exchange the phrase “I love you” in the film Call Me By Your Name. Yet the breathtaking film, which focuses on the profoundly intense connection...
View ArticleAustralia Is One Step Closer To Legalising Same-Sex Marriage
Update: Two weeks after Australian citizens voted to legalise same-sex marriage, there's been another major step forward in the process.The marriage equality bill passed in Senate 43-12, as reported by...
View ArticleMoney Diary: A Student Mum With No Maternity Pay, Living On Her Partner's 13k
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 ArticleConfessions Of A Bikini Waxer: The Dirty Truth
With just 4% of women under 35 in the UK leaving their pubic hair untended, intimate hair removal is an extremely and increasingly lucrative industry. According to the 2016 Cosmo/ YouGov poll, 47% of...
View ArticleLaser Hair Removal Made Me Hairier
Growing up as a Greek Cypriot girl in a small Essex town, my schooldays were a blur of pretty girls with fair hair pointing out my sideburns, telling me I had a moustache or sniggering at the dark fuzz...
View ArticleHow To Banish Chapped Lips This Winter
A recent survey found that 48% of consumers' biggest winter beauty concern is dry, chapped lips. Caused by exposure to sun, wind or cold air, where the excessive moisture loss leads to uncomfortably...
View ArticleWhat You Need To Know About The Horrific Reports That Slaves Are Being Sold...
Vulnerable #refugees forced in to #Libya are facing grave human rights abuses including slavery, torture and rape. Act now - Tell European leaders to find a better way to tackle the refugee crisis:...
View ArticleYour First Look At Starbucks' New Red Christmas Cup
Today, Starbucks customers might notice something different about their coffee cups. For a limited time, the coffee company is switching from serving beverages in the most recent holiday design....
View ArticleH&M & Nike Support Stella McCartney's Campaign To Reduce Fashion Waste
Last night at London's Victoria & Albert Museum, designer Stella McCartney and Dame Ellen MacArthur co-hosted the launch of a sustainability report that sets out a new vision for the fashion...
View ArticleThe UK's First FULLY Vegan Pizzeria Is Coming To London
It's a terrific time to be vegan in London. If you haven't yet calmed down after hearing that one of New York's coolest plant-based eateries is coming to the capital next year, you may want to take a...
View ArticleNew Year, Same Show: Victoria’s Secret Blows It Again
Is anyone else feeling empowered after this year's Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show? Me neither.Change out the musical performers and the city location, and it’s the same thing each year — and each year,...
View ArticleThe Powerful Reason Actresses Are Wearing Less Makeup Than Ever On-Screen
When Oscar Wilde said, "Life imitates art far more than art imitates life," he clearly hadn't seen how different I, and everyone else who hasn't trained themselves to sleep perfectly on their back so...
View ArticleThe Post-Weinstein Reckoning: What Do We Do Now?
There is a painting that has brought me great personal comfort recently, as brave soul after brave soul has come forward with startling allegations of sexual misconduct: Artemisia Gentileschi’s Judith...
View Article17 Movies To Watch To Get A Head Start On Awards Season
We're about to enter into the most exciting time of year. And no, I'm not talking about the holiday season. I'm talking about awards season — a time of going to the movies, having fervent debates over...
View ArticleJay-Z Says Lemonade Stopped Him & Beyoncé From Getting A Divorce
Did Lemonade save Beyoncé and Jay-Z's marriage? According to the rapper's new interview with The New York Times, it made his marriage all the stronger.Beyoncé's highly praised 2016 album is an...
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