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This Story About Work Burnout Is Gonna Feel SO Familiar
It’s 8 p.m. on a Thursday. You’ve canceled your happy hour plans and kicked off your shoes. Seamless has just texted to confirm that dinner is on the way. And now you’re alone…in the office.Your desk...
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This Is What It Looks Like When Cats Take Over A Tube Station
Photo: Mike Kemp/Getty Images. Cats have the power to make anything better. Surely I'm not the only one who takes a quick trip through "adorable cats" Google Image search results in the middle of a bad...
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Sometimes, Colin Firth & Patrick Dempsey Feel Like Bridget Jones
You know the drill: You emerge from a hot dinner date to discover half a wedge of lettuce trapped between your teeth. You accidentally swipe right on your ex. The boss intercepts your email rant...
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The Women Who Made Me: Nick Grimshaw
Photo: Courtesy of TopmanThis article was first published Nov. 23, 2015.In the first of a regular series, Refinery29 UK asks some of our favourite men in the public eye about the women they grew up...
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What Is Technology Stress & How Can You Beat It?
I live in denial about the impact of technology. I pretend I’m not squinting at bright screens in bed, I ignore my perpetually tight shoulders, and I convince myself that to be hunched over a keyboard...
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This Striking Shade Of Yellow Is Everywhere We Look
Yellow was the colour of the season for SS16, popping up all over the catwalks of Gucci, Stella McCartney, Burberry, Emilia Wickstead and Christopher Kane and was a core part of Céline's AW16...
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British Asian Women On Mental Health And Marriage
Last month, Shaima*, a 32 year-old accountant from Leeds, attended her cousin’s wedding. It was a standard Asian affair: a rented community hall filled with women in brightly coloured Kameezes and...
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7 Safe Sex Hacks You Need To Know About
Illustrated by: Anna Sudit.We all know how important it is to practice safe sex. After all, in the case of sexually transmitted infections and unplanned pregnancy, it's better to be safe than sorry. In...
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Why You Should Visit Iceland During The Winter
Photo: Getty Images. Around the time autumn starts setting in, most of us find ourselves googling temperatures in the Med from our desks, desperate to chase after a last burst of sun. But if a tan top...
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"We're Not A Costume": What This Native American Woman Wants You To Know
Photographed By Nathaniel Welch/Redux.As the daughter of a single mother, Cherrise Reyes moved around a lot."In the beginning, life was tough, because she had me when she was still in college," Reyes...
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How Theresa May Plans To Get Young Girls Into Politics
There have been countless articles in recent months suggesting that women are "taking over" British politics, prompted by Theresa May's ascension to Prime Minister. But these have ignored an obvious...
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Riz Ahmed Pens Powerful Essay On Being Typecast As A Terrorist
Riz Ahmed, best known for his recent role as Nasir Khan on HBO's The Night Of, penned a moving essay about his career as an actor in The Guardian. He writes with emotion, eloquence, and purpose, with...
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Street Style Stars Prove Not-Trying Is The New Trying
There's a shift happening in street style — while it used to be about doing the most, it's now about not looking like you tried. The same old rules of what's flattering and what's "in" no longer apply,...
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7 Ways To Improve Your Avocado-Toast Game In 30 Seconds Or Less
It's no secret that we love avocado toast here at Refinery29. A lot of the time, we're guilty of ordering it at restaurants, when it could just as easily be made at home. There's something about the...
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Remembering Fashion Week Before Social Media
Photo: Dave Benett/Getty Images.We’ve all heard the story: fashion week has changed, almost beyond recognition. From a closed-door industry insider event to access all areas and live-streamed shows,...
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14 Married Couples Share Their First Dance Songs
Do you go for the sweet, acoustic version that means everything to the two of you but nothing to anyone else? Or a #1 nineties floor-filler to get the party started?The first dance is one of the most...
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Our Favourite Politicians Have Struck Up A Bromance
Move over Ben Affleck and Matt Damon because there's a new bromance that's getting us all hot under the collar.Two of our favourite forward-thinking feminist politicians, London Mayor Sadiq Khan and...
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Photographer Nicole Tung On Shooting In Syria
Dusty light shines between the bodies of the women of a Yazidi Peshmerga unit as they run during morning training. They are preparing to head to the front lines in the fight against ISIS. Most of these...
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The Problem With "Teacup" Puppies
There are few things that can guarantee your Instagram popularity like a tiny dog, which perhaps explains the popularity of so-called "teacup" puppies in recent years.However, animal welfare charity...
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14 Intimate Photos That Depict One Trans Woman's Rapidly Changing Life
On November 11, 2015, Abby Stein came out as transgender and announced that she'd already begun hormone replacement therapy (HRT) on her blog. But what started as a personal declaration became a viral...
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