Archives - Jul 2022

The weather might finally be ramping up but the usual excitement of summer still feels a little lacking. After the failed promise of last year’s Hot Girl

I have a talent for leaving social settings the exact moment I decide that I’ve had enough. There’s none of that ‘just one more drink’ dilly-dallyi

While my social anxiety manifests in public spaces like at work and on dates, it also impacts me privately at home when I am doing the most menial tasks li

Six years ago, I downloaded an app called Depop. I vividly remember the hype around this buzzy new app, a place where you could easily flog your old New Lo

The Netflix adaptation of Jane Austen’s Persuasion is…not good. It’s an excruciating combination of a Regency setting interspersed with Fleabag-esque

I am only a Black woman on Sundays.  Let me clarify.  I am a 21-year-old Black nonbinary person. I was assigned female at birth. My pronouns are

“It got to a point where I felt like if I didn’t get a BBL [Brazillian Butt Lift], I wouldn’t be able to even think of myself as a Black woman,” sa

Reema, 27, finished secondary school at the top of her class. She knew she wanted to go to university, and that she’d likely excel at whatever she did, b

Welcome to Refinery29’s Why I Do It, a series where we ask inspirational, successful people 29 questions about what fuels them on and off the cl

The UK’s most popular baby names of 2022 have been revealed, with Lily and Muhammad leading the way so far. Lily replaces last year’s number on

As the sexual health and wellness writer on the R29 Shopping team, I have the pleasure of receiving a lot of sex toys. Emphasis on pleasure. No, seriously.

“I’ve really been exploring me, where I come from and how I came about,” says BEKA, beaming over Zoom, all vibrant in her trademark

On Saturday, more than a million people attended what is believed to be London’s biggest ever Pride parade. This year’s event was extra special