Ajak Deng Is So Fed Up With The Fashion Industry, She's Quitting Modeling
Photo: Joshua LOTT/AFP/Getty Images.Model Ajak Deng is completely over "the fakes and the lies" that populate the fashion industry. The Sudanese Australian model is so done with BS, in fact, that she's...
View ArticleWatch This Pregnant Woman Prove Just How Few People Give Up A Seat
A pregnant woman took a hidden camera on the London Underground to capture just how many people give up their seats for expectant mothers. Sadly, the video shows that most commuters aren't willing to...
View ArticleThe Hard-Rocking "Queens" Of Botswana's Heavy-Metal Scene
These aren't your typical heavy-metal fans.You might think of men with long hair and bandanas, headbanging to Metallica. But for the "Queens of Marok,"a metal subculture in the southern African nation...
View ArticleThis Movie Starring A Real-Life Couple Will Be A Complete Cryfest
Don't mind us as we marathon cry our way through this new trailer. Offscreen couple Alicia Vikander and Michael Fassbender take their romance to the big screen in a new heartbreaking movie, The Light...
View ArticleHere Are The Bridal Looks We're Pinning Right Now
Pinterest is the holy grail of wedding inspiration. There’s not an image you can’t find — from inspiring engagement rings to creative cakes — on the addictive site. We've put in the hours. And since,...
View ArticleWho's Afraid Of The Big Bad Clitoris?
In the first birds-and-the-bees talk I ever had with a grown-up, I was told that, above all, sex is special. It sounded a little ominous, like a big responsibility, kind of like First Communion —...
View ArticleHere Are Refinery29's 2016 Oscar Predictions
The 2016 Oscar season is finally coming to a close, and it's a race between a bunch of finance nerds, some dedicated journalists, and Leo DiCaprio in fur. It seems likely that either The Big Short,...
View Article"Dad" Hats Are The Kind-Of Weird, Kind-Of Cool Trend Infiltrating Our Closets
Like mom jeans, it's a little funny when a stereotype sparks a fashion obsession. And while it took a while to dissociate the denim style from its middle-aged wearers of the '80s (and to learn that it...
View ArticleThe Latest & Greatest Beauty Buys From Sephora
As much as we adore the Ultas and Birchboxes of the world, we always find our way back to Sephora. Even as a beauty editor, with access to loads of goodies for the trying, I still find myself perusing...
View ArticleJetBlue Gave 150 Strangers Free Tickets — But There Was A HUGE Catch
Photo: Stefan Kunert / Alamy Stock Photo.As election season rolls onward, the rhetoric has become nastier, the ads have become tougher, and both voters and politicians seem unwilling to reach across...
View ArticleAdele Publicly Announces Her Support For Kesha
Adele is turning into the music industry's fairy godmother.While accepting an award for Best Female Solo Artist at the Brit Awards, she made a point to publicly tell the audience that she supports...
View ArticleWhat You Really Need To Know About The Oscar Nominees
As the Oscars approach, you might find yourself lacking any talking points about the nominated films. Does The Martian involve aliens? How exactly do you say the name of the actress who stars in...
View ArticleThis Woman Bravely Challenges People To Rethink Their Opinions Of Muslims
Photo: Matthew Staver/Getty Images.Sometimes, we show prejudice without even realizing we're doing so. In a TED talk delivered earlier this month, Muslim scholar Dalia Mogahed asked, "What do you see...
View ArticleCancer Gave Me An Eating Disorder
Photographed by Rockie Nolan.As told to Darlena Cunha.Being told you have breast cancer at the age of 37 is a like a kick in the gut.My name is Danielle Adams. I am a wife, a mother, an office manager...
View ArticleObama Just Made History With This Nomination
Photo: Courtesy of American Library Association. President Obama made a historic nomination Wednesday. No, it wasn't his much-anticipated pick for the Supreme Court (though news that Nevada Gov. Brian...
View ArticleWhy We Were So Surprised By Chrissy Teigen's New Book
We already knew that Chrissy Teigen is a food lover. She gets real about her pizza cravings and if you simply take a scroll through her Instagram feed, you'll be met with the likes of pasta in giant...
View ArticleOops: Chrissy Teigen Accidentally Put Her Number In New Book
Photo: MediaPunch/REX Shutterstock.Well somebody screwed the pooch on this one. (And my shameless use of that disturbing idiom will become more appropriate in a moment.) Today, expecting mom Chrissy...
View ArticleThe Real Reason I Returned To Work A Month After Giving Birth
Photo: Getty Images. “You must be devastated to have to leave him.”“Don’t you just count the minutes until you are back with him?”“Are you sure developmentally it’s okay to be away from your child that...
View ArticleWhat It's Really Like To Fight For Diversity In Hollywood
Photo: Matt Baron/BEI/REX Shutterstock.Anyone who's paying any attention at all to the film and TV industries knows that Hollywood has a serious lack of diversity. Studies have proven female directors...
View ArticleHow To Make A Perfectly Hard-Boiled Egg, Every Time
PHOTOGRAPHED BY DANNY KIM, FOOD STYLING BY ALI NARDI.Hard-boiled eggs are great to make in bulk, because they're incredibly versatile and hold up well. You can eat them right away; you can store them...
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