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Red Clocks Is Even Scarier Than The Handmaid's Tale — Here's Why

In the not-so-distant future in America, abortion and IVF have been constitutionally outlawed in all 50 states. Canada closes its checkpoints to abortion-seekers, sealing the border with a symbolic...

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Supermodel Sisters Bella & Gigi Cover British Vogue

Courtesy of Vogue/Steven Meisel.Two of the world's biggest models of the moment have just been unveiled as separate cover stars of the latest issue of British Vogue. For the first time ever, sisters...

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Why You Should Stop Worrying About Failure & Embrace Quitting

"If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again." That was the phrase my year five maths teacher extolled with a smile after informing me that I’d be repeating the test I failed in detention. I remember...

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The Most Instagrammable Gyms In London

When did gyms become fancy? Not too long ago, we were content with our workout spaces smelling like old socks and residing in a leisure centre with a café that served egg and cress sandwiches on white...

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All The New Year's Resolutions I Tried & Failed

New Year’s Resolutions are the opiate of the masses. Once upon a time it was religion, as my ex-husband Karl Marx said, but in the here and now that opiate has become the much observed, under-critiqued...

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Young Woman Searches For Stranger Who Left Her £100 While She Slept On Train

Strapped for cash? Money is tight for many people at this time of year and while we may long for a guardian angel or kind stranger to swoop in and get us out of the red, we generally have to just...

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A Plus-Size Model Just Reminded Us How Deceptive Retouching Can Be

What you see online or in the media isn’t always the complete truth. This is not about putting anyone on blast but moreso a reminder to not compare yourself to anyone else. In this instance I can’t...

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The Best Advice About Drinking To Follow After Dry January

Were you among the millions of people who made the virtuous decision to abstain from alcohol this month? There's a good chance you were, because Dry January has gone from strength to strength in recent...

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Women Are Sexist Too, Even You

Ask yourself a serious question: Are you, without meaning to be, sometimes biased against other women?That is the starting point for feminist Mary Ann Sieghart’s Radio 4 Analysis programme, Why Are...

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This New Plastic Surgery Trend Sounds Like An Episode Of Black Mirror

Social media has dramatically revolutionised the way the world works: We think differently, act differently, and interact with others differently when we have Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Snapchat...

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All The Looks From Black Panther's Purple Carpet

Marvel’s blockbuster Black Panther doesn’t hit cinemas until February 12, but the anticipation is already reaching a fever pitch; tickets sold out so fast that even Luptia Nyong’o (who plays Wakandan...

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Ladies & Gentlemen: The Most Terrifying Movie Of The Year

Horror fans have been fortunate over the past year with a bevy of creepy entertainment offerings, including Academy Award-nominated film Get Out and the trippy Netflix series Black Mirror. However,...

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What It's Really Like To Be A Gay Teenager In Oklahoma

I don't remember much about my high school drama class. I've forgotten the lyrics and the lines and even what the musical I was in was actually about. But there's one day I remember in vivid detail. I...

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Is Wokeness In Fashion Just Another Illusion?

Is fashion going through something like a #MeToo movement? Judging by the number of Instagram Stories denouncing style influencer and entrepreneur Miroslava Duma and designer Ulyana Sergeenko’s...

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Afua Hirsch On Why It's Damaging When People Claim Not To See Race

Afua Hirsch grew up in a genteel part of southwest London and went on to study at Oxford, but her privileged upbringing and successful career – she's worked as a barrister, and as Sky News' social...

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Money Diary: 26-Year-Old Nurse In Newcastle Upon Tyne On 25k

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...

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Cult Beauty Brand Kate Somerville Has Arrived In The UK

A post shared by Kate Somerville Skincare (@katesomervilleskincare) on Jan 14, 2018 at 8:59am PST Skincare fanatics rejoice, because cult US brand Kate Somerville is launching in the UK tomorrow....

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The Tan Bag Is Back: Invest In One Of These Keepers

From the Spring/Summer 2003 Luella Bartley-designed Mulberry bag named after Gisele to Proenza Schouler's 'anti-It Bag' PS1, the tan bag has weathered the ebb and flow of trends. Now, for SS18, it's...

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Kirsten Dunst Confirms Her Pregnancy In New Rodarte Campaign

Outlets reported on Kirsten Dunst's rumoured pregnancy earlier this month when paparazzi spotted what appeared to be her pregnant belly while she was at the airport with fiancé Jesse Plemons. However,...

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Why Hot People Vote Tory

Physical attractiveness is to some extent subjective (thankfully). But some people are widely considered more "hot" than others, thanks to factors like facial symmetry and height, and seem to swan...

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