Here's What You're Going To Be Eating In 2018
Put down the avo toast, step away from the turmeric latte and hold fire on that Pastaio booking; they’re so 2017. The new year is a-coming and brings with it a whole new set of food-based trends that...
View ArticleFamous Last Words: Lewis Hamilton's Nephew & The Missing Kardashians
'Twas the night before Christmas, and all through the house, not a creature was stirring, except Lewis Hamilton’s fragile masculinity.“Boys don’t wear princess dresses,” the ex-boyfriend of the radiant...
View ArticleReady For A Reboot? These Straight-Talking Women Have Some Advice
What do you do when you’re stuck in a rut and looking to reboot your life? Many of us turn to self-help books, which are unavoidable these days. While they may work for some, often we’ll nod along and...
View ArticleMichaela Coel On Her Black Mirror Episode & Future Of Chewing Gum
From council estate to outer space: Michaela Coel's career is going stratospheric. You'll know her as the writer and star of the adorably filthy, funny, London-set comedy Chewing Gum, a sleeper hit for...
View ArticleWhere Have You Seen That Black Mirror Actor Before?
If you're anything like us, you've torn into this new series of Black Mirror with wild abandon, ignoring your family, your friends, your need to eat and sleep, in a desperate bid to watch it all as...
View ArticleDear Daniela: Can I Get Rid Of My Dark Circles?
Dear Daniela,I have the WORST dark circles. I swear I have them even when I get lots of sleep, they’re just so grey and sullen and make me look permanently tired. Skipping concealer just isn’t an...
View Article22 Incredible Photos That Tell The Story of 2017
When you think back on 2017, what images come to mind? The blaze at Grenfell Tower, Theresa May being handed a P45, Hurricanes Maria, Beyoncé's pregnancy with twins or the hordes of people in...
View ArticleThere's A Damaging New Side-Effect Of Mindfulness
It often feels as if everything these days, from journalling to drinking, has to be done mindfully in order to be appreciated. However, the wellness trend that's swept our lives over the past several...
View ArticleYour Instagram Feed Is About To Be Full Of Strangers
If you've spent years carefully curating your Instagram feed so that it's exactly the right mix of friends, "good" celebs, meme accounts and more, then Instagram's latest update will most certainly not...
View Article5 Refinery29 Staffers Reflect On How Their 2017 Resolutions Went
It's quite likely that you're busy making your own for next year, but do you even remember what your New Year resolutions were all the way back in January 2017? Perhaps you wanted to be more patient...
View ArticleRefinery29's Best Photos Of The Year — All In One, Gorgeous Story (NSFW)
At Refinery29, we will remember 2017 for myriad reasons, many of them very painful and unpleasant because of what was happening in the world around us. But there were also plenty of moments that will...
View Article6 Actually Achievable New Year's Resolutions
IMHO, New Year's resolutions are a truly terrible idea. January is almost certainly the most awful time of the year and, smack bang in the middle of it, we're expected to make major changes to our...
View ArticleIf This Young Drag Queen Is The Future, We're Feeling Great About 2018
Awesome. Amazing. Fun!Out of all the words in the English language, these would probably not be the ones most people would use to describe the kind of year they think is ahead of them. After all, we’re...
View ArticleThe Most Romantic Way To See Paris? It's On A Boat.
I never went on a babymoon. In fact, I was the kind of pregnant person who rolled her eyes at the idea. I silently judged the couples who posted carefree Instagram photos from tropical locales;...
View ArticleTrump's Most Ridiculous Twitter Feuds In 2017
There's some who secretly hoped that when President Donald Trump arrived in the White House, his compulsive Twitter habits would change. But alas, that wasn't the case.From tweeting "covfefe" in the...
View ArticleThe New Bacteria Appearing In Gyms (& Being Passed Through Sexual Activity)
It can be a struggle to summon the energy to go to the gym or a yoga class during winter, when all you feel like doing is fusing with your sofa. Now there’s a new excuse to help justify skipping your...
View ArticleDealing With New Year's Resolutions When You've Got Depression Is Awful
We all have things we wish we were better at. Maybe it’s as simple as eating healthier or exercising more, or something deeper like being more assertive or learning when to say ‘no’. What one person...
View ArticlePeople On Twitter Are Pitching 'Black Mirror' Episode Ideas, & They're Pretty...
Black Mirror is a show that doesn't just entertain - it also makes us think. A good episode can stay in your head for days, making you wonder just how fantastical Charlie Brooker's vision of future...
View ArticleHow To Be More ‘Emotionally Agile’ This Year
In 2017, Amazon.com voted Emotional Agility its ‘Book of the Year’. It also won the ‘Books for a Better Life Award’ in the Psychology category and was listed among Business Insider’s ‘8 Books That Will...
View ArticleR29 Writers' Entertainment & Culture Picks For January
And after the party, it's the...well, detox. Many people want to lie low in January so what better time to take in some culture, go to gigs, and kick back with a Netflix series? Sadly, most...
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