"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...
View ArticleHow 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...
View ArticleRiz 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...
View ArticleStreet 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,...
View Article7 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...
View Article14 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...
View ArticleOur 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...
View ArticlePhotographer 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...
View ArticleThe 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...
View Article14 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...
View ArticleYour Zodiac Sign May Have Changed — But Don't Panic
Photographed by Elizabeth Weinberg. Here at Refinery29, we invest a lot of meaning in the astrological sign we were born into — like, a lot a lot. Imagine our surprise (and okay, slight panic), when we...
View ArticleChildhood Nostalgia, Fluffy Coats & Custom Converse At LFW Day 1
After a sunny week in a blue-skied New York, touching down in dismal, damp London for the second leg of the SS17 shows can be pretty disheartening. Thankfully, day one of London Fashion Week opened...
View ArticleA Load Of Jargon – In Art Form
Photographed by Benjamin Swanson.Ever found yourself halfway through a term like “viral sensation” or “blue-sky thinking” and questioning whether you have in fact become the creative industry’s answer...
View ArticleThe Best Street Style At LFW SS17
New York Fashion Week drew to a close with a cyber rave finale from Marc Jacobs. Now the fashion pack has landed in rainy London for the second stint of fashion month. Despite the downpours, as ever...
View ArticleResearch Finds Women Face Greater Weight-Based Prejudice When Applying For Jobs
Photo: REX/Shutterstock.A new study has found, dishearteningly, that even a small gain in weight can affect a woman's job prospects.An experiment conducted jointly by the University of Strathclyde and...
View ArticleHailey Baldwin Gets A Bold New Look For LFW
Matty Bovan, Fashion East“Lol. Only for you @kegrand #bleachedbrows @babbym” wrote Hailey Baldwin under an Instagram taken backstage – with Hailey in the makeup chair sporting two fresh lines of bleach...
View ArticleThis Hollywood Movie Studio Wants More Female Directors
Photo: TriStar Pi/REX/Shutterstock.Hollywood's gender equality problem can only be solved from the top down, so it's encouraging to hear that one major studio has launched a significant pro-women...
View ArticleJ.W.Anderson Finds Inspiration In The Tudor Court For SS17
Photo: Estrop/Getty Images.J.W.Anderson's intimate show for SS17 wasn't one for claustrophobes. The front (and only) row in the tightly-packed vibrant green corridor was so close to the catwalk that...
View ArticleLena Dunham's Girls Goodbye Will Give You All The Feels
Although the final season hasn't aired yet, Girls has already started its long goodbye.As the show prepares to wrap, Lena Dunham and fellow cast members are commemorating the bittersweet milestone on...
View ArticleNew Study Reveals That Japan Isn't Having Very Much Sex & It's A Problem
Photo: Atsushi Yamada/Getty.A study says that nearly half of young men and women in Japan are still virgins.According to The Japan Times, the National Institute of Population and Social Security...
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