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TikTok’s Milk Crate Challenge Is The Latest Dumb Way To Injure Yourself
Erin Corbett
25 Aug. 2021
Wellness
Does TikTok’s Sex Pillow Trick Actually Work?
Lydia Wang
25 Aug. 2021
Living
Inside StripTok, Where Strippers Have Started A New Kind Of Community
Lydia Wang
25 Aug. 2021
Fashion
From #BamaRush To #MadeMeBuyIt: What Does A Fashion Brand Need To...
In the ‘00s, it was the celebrities with brand deals that could boost a fashion label’s sales. In the 2010s, came the influencers, with highly-curated
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Frances Solá-Sant...
TikTok
TikTok Is Highlighting All The Cringe Ways Men Write About Women
A new TikTok trend is making fun of the painful ways that men write about women – and the results are hilariously on the nose. The #writtenbymen hashtag,
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Nick Levine
Living
This Was The Year We All Became Obsessed With Alabama Rush
Maybe it’s the sweltering summer heat, maybe it’s the fact that we’ve been locked inside for a year, or maybe it’s our collective a
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Asia Ewart
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Style
Rihanna Wore TikTok’s Favorite Going-Out Top With Low-Rise ...
Rarely does Rihanna succumb to fads, likely because she’s often the one starting them. Yet, the billionaire fashion-beauty mogul’s latest look featured
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Eliza Huber
Style
How TikTok’s Fashion Influencers Are Shattering Ageist Stereotypes
As recent as last year, Carla Rockmore had fewer than 100 followers on Instagram. At the time, she didn’t even know what TikTok was. But in the midst of
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Frances Solá-Sant...
Beauty
TikTok Says Drinking Chlorophyll Water Will Clear My Acne — Shoul...
For better skin.
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Megan Decker
Wellness
This Frozen Honey TikTok Trend Isn’t Exactly Good For You
Thanks to TikTok, we’ve seen a variety of food trends come and go over the last year: homemade pancake cereal, dalgona coffee, and that feta pasta. A
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Asia Ewart
News
TikTok’s Latest Feature Looks Like A Game Changer
The world of tech never stands still, so it’s not surprising to see TikTok testing a game-changing new feature. It’s called TikTok Stories and
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Nick Levine
Beauty
You’re Probably Using Your Gua Sha Tool Wrong
At Refinery29 Australia, we’re here to help you navigate this overwhelming world of stuff. All of our picks are independently selected and curated by the
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Sarah Midkiff
Entertainment
The Women Of Film TikTok Are Here To Reclaim Your Favourite Movies
TikTok had been untouched on Pavan’s phone for about a year when the pandemic hit and she, like many other film-lovers, found themselves at a loss as the
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Maybelle Morgan
Tech
The “Best” Memes Of 2021, So Far
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Michelle Santiago...
Style
Pucci, Courregès, and Gaultier Are Decades Apart… & All The...
Putting a finger on why one thing goes viral on TikTok (here’s looking at you, mermaidcore) and another doesn’t (aka everything I post) is next to impo
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Eliza Huber
Style
The Modern-Day Power Of Southern Gothic Fashion
On TikTok, nestled alongside cottagecore, dark academia and gorpcore, the Southern Gothic hashtag has amassed over 9 million views. Played out through curr
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Katie Tobin
News
Celeste Barber Schools Anti-Vaxxers Who Think They Know More Than...
Just when you thought national appreciation levels for Celeste Barber couldn’t get any higher, she drops a perfectly articulated takedown of anti-vax
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Alicia Vrajlal
Wellness
TikTok Helped Me Dismantle My Gender Identity — And I’m So Grateful
For some, discovering the term “non-binary” or “genderqueer” feels like finally coming home. For me, however, it was a little more complicated. Ove
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Ruby Staley
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Fashion
How To Wear These 6 TikTok Fashion Aesthetics IRL
At Refinery29 Australia, we’re here to help you navigate this overwhelming world of stuff. All of our picks are independently selected and curated by the
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Pema Bakshi
Fashion
Mermaidcore Is Trending. But… What… Is… It?
Back in March, fashion shopping platform Lyst reported that they had evidence of a rising fashion trend, strongly reflected in what their users were search
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Eliza Huber
TikTok
Whatever You Do, Don’t Try Dry Scooping, TikTok’s Lat...
Briatney Portillo, 20, said she had a heart attack after trying a TikTok trend called “dry scooping,” which is reminiscent of the 2013 cinnamon challen
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Erin Corbett
Living
Why Everyone You Know Suddenly Has Main Character Syndrome
In psychology, Main Character Syndrome is described as being… well, it actually doesn’t exist as a diagnosable mental illness, at least not in the Amer
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Michelle Santiago...
Fashion
How TikTok Became Home To A New Kind Of Fashion Influencer
The year was 2012. Then-teenage blogger Tavi Gevinson sat in the front row at the Dior show in Paris wearing an enormous bow on top of her head, baffling m
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Frances Solá-Sant...
Wellness
Who Is ‘That Girl’ & Why Is TikTok Obsessed With Her?
“All that the ‘that girl’ trend did to me is give me an eating disorder and made me hate my life,” a young woman named Dahyuni twee
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Ruchira Sharma
Beauty
I Got The “Wolf Cut” Hairstyle That’s All Over ...
At Refinery29 Australia, we’re here to help you navigate this overwhelming world of stuff. All of our picks are independently selected and curated by the
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Ellen King
Living
The Word Cheugy Is Already Cheugy
There is, once again, a trendy term going viral. A term that is dividing generations and genders. A term that groups a number of food, fashion, decor, and
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Michelle Santiago...
Beauty
TikTok’s One-Minute Ponytail Hack Made My Hair Look Twice A...
At Refinery29 Australia, we’re here to help you navigate this overwhelming world of stuff. All of our picks are independently selected and curated by the
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Jacqueline Kilikita
Fashion
Recreating Outfits For Plus-Size Bodies Is TikTok’s Latest Fashio...
As a fat fashion fiend, outfit inspiration strikes in all kinds of ways. From films (think Jennifer Coolidge in A Cinderella Story) to my Instagram feed (s
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Gina Tonic
Beauty
TikTok’s Clean Look Makeup Trend Channels Main Character Energy
At Refinery29 Australia, we’re here to help you navigate this overwhelming world of stuff. All of our picks are independently selected and curated by the
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Pema Bakshi
Entertainment
‘My Younger Self Would Be So Proud’: AJ Clementine On Becoming He...
Fairytales — made up of distant lands, glittering ballgowns, and slain dragons — usually live in the folds of childhood picture books. But for Melbourn
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Maggie Zhou
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