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Toilet Paper Is The Ultimate Single-Use Product. Can We Change Our Ways?

Don't Call Me Cute: A Plea From A Short Girl

I'm Crowdfunding To Pay For My £10,900 Degree

Why Everyone Needs To Stop Calling Their S.O. 'This One'

“Relationship status. Interested in. This is what drives life at college. Are you having sex or aren't you. It's why people take certain cl

by Katy Thompsett

How I Learned To Love My Sideburns

In the spring of 2015, sideburns had a fashion moment. Models at Marni strode the catwalk with hair slicked back like David Bowie in his Thin White Duke da

by Katy Thompsett

All The Single Mothers

To Our Mums Who Did It All On Their Own: You Smashed It

by Katy Thompsett

Our Favourite Books Of 2018 & Why We Loved Them

by Katy Thompsett

I Moved Back Into A Shared House After My Divorce

If I had to pinpoint the moment I realised communal living isn’t for me, I might tell you about the evening I came home from work to discover my housemat

by Katy Thompsett

I Had To Lie To Get A Divorce – This Is Why The Law Needs To Change

On Wednesday morning, judges at the Supreme Court unanimously rejected a woman’s plea to divorce her husband on the grounds that she is “desperatel

by Katy Thompsett

An Ode To Now That's What I Call Music & The Dawn Of My ...

The last thing I remember before getting irresponsibly drunk at a friend's wedding reception last year is a roomful of thirtysomethings losing their s

by Katy Thompsett

R29 Book Club Verdict: Lincoln In The Bardo By George Sa...

by Katy Thompsett

I Asked A Stranger 36 Questions To See If We'd Fall In Love

Give or take a month either side, I’ve been single for three years. One thousand and ninety five days of doing whatever I damn well please and shaving on

by Katy Thompsett

When Did We Start Taking Our Horoscopes So Seriously?

When did you last read your horoscope? This week? This month? Perhaps you have an app on your phone – the most popular across Android and iOS, the Daily

by Katy Thompsett

Real Women On Their Relationship With Their Body Hair

Remember when Julia Roberts flashed a hairy armpit at the Notting Hill premiere in 1999 and the tabloid press collectively lost its mind? This was in the d

by Katy Thompsett

Is It OK To Charge For Food That Would Be Thrown Away?

A post shared by @foodcyclehq on Sep 18, 2016 at 12:13pm PDT Picking up the award for Outstanding British Film at last month’s BAFTAs, director Ken Loach

by Katy Thompsett