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The Female Singers From The '90s Who We Love

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The Kardashians’ Origin Story Is Not What You Thought

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The Colour Red, My Mother, & Me

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We Are Living For These 30 Photos From Hollywood’s Golden Age

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10 Things You Didn’t Know About Martin Luther King Jr.

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The Real Reason Joey & Phoebe Never Hooked Up On Friends

Ross belongs with Rachel. Chandler and Monica eventually become lovebirds. But why is it that Joey and Phoebe don't end up together after nine seasons

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The Women Villains Of #MeToo

How much blame do women deserve for #MeToo?

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Emma Stone On Battle Of The Sexes & Why You Don't Have T...

“One of the great lessons that Billie Jean taught me is that you don’t have to be perfect to be brave. You can still be figuring things out; you can st

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Battle Of The Sexes Is The Feminist Blockbuster We Need ...

As of this month, "battle of the sexes" is no longer just a moment in tennis history or a platitude trotted out to describe any variety of gender-based fri

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The Evolving Apology Tour

You have to admit they’re getting better. And by “they” I mean the apologies currently on tour through the headlines and social media sphere, a choru

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These Are Our Favourite Books Of 2017 — So Far

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How The Women Of The KKK Helped Architect A Hate Movement

In her new book, prize-winning historian Linda Gordon digs into the legacy of women in the KKK.

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Meet Feminism's Official Period Warrior

Three years ago, Jennifer Weiss-Wolf didn't know what menstrual equity meant. Now she's on the front lines of that fight. What's more: She's winning.

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Monica Lewinsky On The Evolution Of Shame Culture & Bridging The ...

For reasons largely self-evident, Monica Lewinsky has lost count of the number of times she’s been harassed or bullied. “Over 20 years,” she said dur

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So You’re Planning To Dress Up Like A Dead Celebrity This H...

When I was a little kid, my dad thought it was funny to dress me up like Elvis for Halloween. I had aviator sunglasses, a tiny white suit with glam embroid

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"What Happens To A Society That Cannot Grieve Together?"

It would start with hearts and prayers from public figures, rote reactions spread through a vast digital web; followed by emojis, bespoke hashtags, and Fac

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Ellen Pao On Silicon Valley’s Notorious Woman Problem

It was a “dark time” in her life, Pao recently reflected on a phone call with Refinery29: one in which her days were managed down to the minute and she

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'Til Trump Do Us Part: The Relationship Deal Breaker A Country Ne...

We felt it during primary season, when Bernie and Hillary drove a wedge between the progressively minded and romantically involved; we felt it during the c

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If You're Fluent In Emoji, Does That Technically Make You Bilingual?

"Vision can be more powerful, in terms of understanding and perceiving something than having to decode language. From that perspective, visual glyphs — a

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Wherever Boho-Luxe Style Persists, Original It Girl Anita Pallenb...

That is certainly the case when it comes to fashion. And yet, so often, we neglect to acknowledge the origins of a trend, seeing only the ripples instead o

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Celebrity Style

Khloé Kardashian Sends Destiney Bleu A Cease & Desist, But Bleu H...

Update: We've amended the story with an official statement from Good American. Khloé Kardashian, founder of denim label Good American, sent indie des

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There's A Wrong Kind Of Popularity & It Might Be Ruining Your Life

"The highest status people — this is all hitting too close to home since November for us — are very, very disliked. And it’s very lonely for them. Th

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When Gossiping About Your Girlfriends Is Actually A Good Thing

That relationships between women are complicated might be the grand understatement of the century — and yet, it's completely true. Whether we're talking

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My Problem With Miss Sloane

As of this moment, Miss Sloane isn't generating a ton of Oscar buzz. No matter: I am still counting it among my favourite films of 2017. The tale of a

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Dystopia & Rosé: Reading The Handmaid's Tale In Trump's ...

On a drizzling Monday evening in Manhattan, a bevy of well-heeled women seem to have worked out the book club kinks. Gathered in a penthouse suite at The W

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Nicole Richie Gloriously Reinvents Herself (Again)

Nicole Richie is a Virgo who is comfortable with the fact that life is a series of ebbs and flows. Her fellow Hollywood Renaissance woman Rashida Jones is

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Stephen Marche On Why Feminist Men Are "Useless" & What We Actual...

"Men are not talking, and it’s men’s fault that they’re not talking about it. I just find the way that men talk about gender when they do talk is eit

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So Now That Ivanka Is White House Official, What Does It Actually...

If you’re wondering what Ivanka is going to do with all this newfound officiality, supposedly, we’ll find out soon enough. But another question that’

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These Books Make Us Literally Laugh Out Loud

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Leighton Meester: “You’re An Ingenue, You’re An Icon, Or You’re A...

“I think the perception is: You’re an ingenue, or you’re an icon, or you’re a mom. There’s no in between,” Leighton Meester says. What she does

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