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The day Ava* decided to stop cheating on her partner started like any other. She woke up, poured herself a mug of coffee, did her makeup, got dressed. She

Three years ago, Allie Brudner was taking a shower when she noticed a lump in her left breast. “I brushed it off,” she remembers. “It was a crazy tim

I’ll try anything to quell my stress. Nine months into 2021, many of us feel that way — likely because, given the state of the world, more people

The other night, I found myself with a Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad sunburn (as the fabled Alexander would put it). Now, a burn is painful enough

In New York City, there are so many wacky happenings and eccentric pedestrians that it’s hard to turn heads. If you need proof of this, just look at the

What with the pandemic and the general state of things at the minute, the fact that it’s summer and not the depressing depths of winter has been a bl

Here at Refinery29, I’ve become the resident expert on underwear. How often should you change your skivvies? Should you wear panties to bed? I’m the go

On Tuesday, decorated gymnast Simone Biles announced that she wouldn’t be competing in the individual all-around competition at the 2020 Tokyo Olympi

Nothing feels better than putting away all your winter running gear for the summer. Yes, you get to banish your heat tech to the back of your closet, but d

Sha’Carri Richardson, a star sprinter who’d secured herself a spot on Team USA and was set to go to the Tokyo Olympics, may not be able to comp

Ciara is taking a crucial step to raise awareness about cervical cancer and the disproportionate rates of advanced-stage diagnoses among Black people. In h

In mid-November 2020, Pamela Furr was cutting onions and noticed no tears were coming to her eyes. She couldn’t smell them, she realised. She got a COVID

Whether or not you consider yourself a “creature of habit,” it’s inevitable that life is a series of routines. You wake up every morning, you go to s

Breakups, no matter why they happen or who they’re with, are tough. But deciding it’s time to stop seeing your therapist can, in the best cases, be a h

Dating can be a lonely business — but it doesn’t have to be. I’ve known this since the 7th grade, when I fell in puppy love with my first real boyfr

For most of the pandemic, Frankie, a social worker, took barely a single day off work. She had her usual weekends and national holidays, but she didn’t u

When Kelvin Bivins and Nicole* first met on a dating app in August 2020, neither of them thought it was a perfect match. Bivins, who goes by KB, introduced