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“I’ve Started Shoplifting More Because Of The Cost Of Living”

How Cooking Became A Therapeutic Ritual For My OCD & Anxiety

Why I’m No Longer Putting A Lable On My Sexuality

Do Lesbian Breakups Really Hit Harder?

Losing You is a weeklong series investigating heartbreak. According to Facebook data, 11th December is the most popular day for couples to break

by Amelia Abraham

Inside Britain’s Child Beauty Pageants

We usually think of child beauty pageants as an American phenomenon. After all, they make up a booming industry in America. It was estimated in 2013 that t

by Amelia Abraham

Love Island Might Look Out Of Touch – But Is A Que...

Last night, after what can only be described as “some” anticipation, Love Island returned to our screens in all of its bronzed glory. Certain aspects f

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If You Quit Your Job And Moved To LA…

Thinking of making a big move? In a new regular column, we ask what life might be like if we were to relocate to various cities around the world. While we

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12 Kids Of LGBT Parents Share Their Experiences

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How I Feel About My Tattoos, Years Later

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I'm A Queer Sex Blogger In Russia — Where Homophobia Is Inescapable

Sasha Kazantseva is a blogger and journalist from Russia. She’s 32, lives in Saint Petersburg and identifies openly as a lesbian. In her country, being L

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Pink Runways & Strip Lighting: My First Time At DragCon

The following is an extract from Amelia Abraham's new nonfiction book, Queer Intentions: a (personal) journey through LGBTQ+ culture, out on Picador,

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I Went To The World's Biggest Lesbian Festival & Here's What Happ...

I first heard about the cult lesbian festival Dinah Shore the same way that most lesbians do, from what often feels like our one cultural reference point,

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Why You Should Visit Iceland During The Winter

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How To Stay Together For 50 Years

This week on Refinery29, we’re filling your screens and consciousness with inspiring women over 50. Why? Because living in a culture obsessed with youth

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Talking About Periods When You’re Trans Or Nonbinary

“There are a lot of good conversations about trans issues happening at the moment, but I think a lot of people don’t really think or talk about tra

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Dating When You’re Not Out To Your Friends & Family

Post-Pride, three queer people discuss the difficulty of dating in secret, and how same-sex relationships are still not as accepted as we might think. Imag

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It’s Only Blood – What Every Woman Should Know About Period Poverty

As much as the public conversation around menstruation has improved in recent years, there’s still a lot we don’t know and don’t talk about. In the U

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"You're So Educated, Why Are You Working Here?" The Stripper Dism...

Stacey Clare started stripping in 2006. She was a student at the Glasgow School of Art, and needed some extra cash on her year out. By day, she’d work in

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3 Female Experts Give Their Opinion On Syria

Last week, The Sunday Times Middle East Correspondent Louise Callaghan was reporting from a refugee camp in northern Syria. She describes talking to a woma

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What It Was Really Like Working For WikiLeaks

Plenty of women are whistleblowers, and plenty more work for the organisations that aid them. So why do we rarely hear about these women? And who are they?

by Amelia Abraham

Can You Be A Feminist & A Conservative? The Rise Of Women On The ...

Look at the political landscape of the West over the past couple of years and you’ll see a swing of power towards right-wing governments and nationalisti

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8 Queer History & Culture Instagrams To Follow Right Now

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The Problem With The Suffragettes

This month, we mark the long-awaited centenary of women’s partial suffrage: 100 years since some, but not all, British women were first granted the right

by Amelia Abraham

The Coolest Person On Instagram Right Now… Is A British Data Analyst

As with a lot of people, it used to be that when I heard words like 'mean average' or 'datasets' I wanted to crawl under a table and go

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What You Missed At London's 'Time's Up' Rally

A crowd of thousands booed in disapproval of Donald Trump, Jacob Rees-Mogg and Harvey Weinstein outside Downing Street yesterday, holding signs that read ?

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Quay Dash Is Your New Favourite Rapper

New York emcee Quay Dash has an infectious laugh and a sharp sense of humour. When I ask her why she called her debut EP Transphobic, she immediately jokes

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How To Do New York Differently (& Not Like All The Other Tourists)

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Into The Wild: 4 Women On Why They Chose To Live In Isolation

Cats, dogs, introverts, extroverts; whatever you want to call it, most people would agree that there are two types of person in the world: the ones who can

by Amelia Abraham

The Artist In Residence At A Sexual Health Clinic

Happy Sexual Health Awareness Week. A week that says: If you haven’t weed on your hand in an STI clinic or lied about a broken condom to a sexual health

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Why Women In Britain Can’t Afford To Have Their Periods

Food or sanitary products? The decision seems like a simple one on paper, but for the thousands of women in the UK who face it, things aren’t quite so ea

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