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15 Photographs Of Women, By Women – & The Stories Behind Them
In this edition of the R29 Photo Album, we're celebrating women both behind and in front of the lens for International Women's Day.Ahead, we asked female photographers to share one picture of a woman...
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Why Millennials Love Memes, By One Of The Funniest Women On Instagram
"Take a million selfies, delete a million selfies"; a phrase that rings too close to home for many millennials. These are the words, of course, of the thinking woman's meme account: Top Girl...
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This Is How Your Beauty Buys Can Benefit Women Around The World
What do you know about the women behind your beauty products? While transparency is being increasingly demanded from the industry, there are still a lot of unanswered questions as to where, how and...
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Women Around The World Tell Us How They Want Their Workplaces To Be Different
In 2018, International Women's Day is celebrated around the world. But this day to highlight the fight for equal rights started over 100 years ago: First, National Women's Day in 1909, which celebrated...
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36 Fashion Designers On The Women Who Inspire Their Work
It's ironic that an industry so catered to women would be run mostly by men, isn't it? Though females make up 70% of the fashion workforce, they hold less than 25% of senior-level positions. But like...
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Bitch, Slut, Spinster & 5 Other Words Women Have Reclaimed
Every day as she gets dressed, my roommate slips a simple metal necklace over her head. It's silver, with a thin chain and a metal bar stamped with the words "kinda slutty." On days when I plan to...
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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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6 Things We Learned From Kim K & Madonna's Beauty Talk
What unfolds when two of the world's most well known and influential women sit down to talk beauty? Tips, tricks, and a possible collaboration in the pipeline, of course. So went Tuesday evening's...
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Why Mushrooms Are The Miracle Skincare Ingredient Your Complexion Needs
No Sunday breakfast is complete without a side of mushrooms – that's pretty much a fact – but it seems we've been missing a trick all along, because the (not so) humble fungi is proven to have a well...
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BBC Goes Undercover To Expose Bad Botox In New Documentary
Once the preserve of celebrities and only the richest women, botulinum toxin, otherwise known as Botox, is now widely available on the UK high street. Women in their 20s and beyond are increasingly...
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Comedian Replies Hilariously To Every Man On Twitter Asking 'When's...
Happy International Women's Day! The one day of the year we explicitly honour the contributions of women and girls and push for progress on gender inequality – and yet, somehow, some men still find a...
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McDonald's Ruthlessly Mocked For 'Celebrating Women' On International Women's...
McDonald's turned its famous golden arches logo upside down as a tribute to women on International Women's Day and people are most definitely not loving it.The fast food giant made the gesture on its...
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How An Abortion Provider Juggles Work & Family
Being a working mum is hard, and it can often feel like "a day late and a pound short" is the best case scenario: missed deadlines, forgotten dry cleaning, and never, ever seeing friends. But we don't...
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What Life Is Like For Women In The Most Gender Equal Country In The World
When you think of Iceland, a few things may spring to mind. The Northern Lights, a rugged landscape peppered with geysers, glaciers and volcanoes, an often casual attitude towards sex and dating, and...
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Disneyland Just Held A Mickey-Themed Fashion Show
Oh, boy! Where is the last place you'd expect a fashion show to take place? We'll bet Disneyland didn't even cross your list of possibilities. But if you're friends of Opening Ceremony's cofounders,...
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The New Handmaid's Tale Teaser Drops Us Off Straight In Hell
If you thought that the first season of Hulu's dystopian drama The Handmaid's Tale was intense, just wait until you get a look at what the sophomore season has in store.A new teaser for season two of...
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The Netflix Documentary That No One Asked For Might Deserve A Chance
With thousands of film and series titles to choose from, Netflix is more than just the sum of its most popular shows (like Orange is the New Black) and weird-but-cool movies (like What Happened to...
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9 Women Share Their Favourite Place To Travel Alone
It's a well-known fact that millennials love to travel; we're more willing than other generations to prioritise current experiences and adventures over saving for retirement. But, while venturing...
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Why You Need A Football Scarf (Even If You Hate Football)
It could be the fact that the World Cup is mere months away (ENG-ER-LAND!), or maybe it's because wear-it-proud slogans and logomania have reigned supreme over the past few seasons, but it seems that...
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"Where's The Queer Eye For Women?" Two Queer Writers Discuss The Netflix Hit
The Queer Eye reboot has been an unquestionable hit. From the moment it landed on Netflix on 7th February, it spawned countless listicles and opinion pieces praising it for its unbridled takedown of...
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