Refinery29 Archives - December 6, 2016

US News
Who Would You Cast In Game Of Thrones: Trump Edition?
Just in time for the holidays, we bring you the long overdue "Game of Thrones" matching game.
by Yael Kohen

Work & Money
A Viral “Work Wanted” Ad Helped This 89-Year-Old Reti...
Getting up almost every morning and heading into work can sometimes be a bit of a drag, no matter how much you may love your job. When you're slogging
by Olivia Harrison

Health Trends
This Guy Is A Hero To Anyone Who’s Lost Sleep Because Of A Cat
It's a truth as old as time: Cats DGAF. They break your stuff, attack your young, and, as Nicholas Tecosky discovered with his own cat, Italics, they
by Sara Coughlin

Trends
Odds Are, You Wore A Pair Of Adidas Superstars This Year
A lot of our shopping habits can be explained by the internet. We end up buying that one bag we see all over Instagram; we end up succumbing to that additi
by Ana Colon

TV Shows
Andy Cohen On Which Kardashian He’d Marry, Kill — & You Kno...
Andy Cohen is the reigning patriarch of petty and the headmaster of housewives. When he’s not stirring the drama pot with Bravo’s reality start
by Sesali Bowen

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Pop Culture
Sarah Michelle Gellar & Freddie Prinze Jr. Give Us #SleddingGoals
As a native New Yorker living in Los Angeles, one of the (only) things I miss about East Coast weather is snow. Not the kind of snow that turns gray and gr
by Kaitlin Reilly

Mind
This Chronic Apologizer Is Sorry You Have To Read This
(Paid Content) I don't know about you, but I apologize all the time. It was when I caught myself last week mumbling "sorry" to a guy who nearly knocked me
by Sylvie Wolfe

Celebrity Beauty
Gigi Hadid Can’t Get Enough Of This Cheap Shampoo — & Neith...
by Samantha Sasso

Makeup
Stop Everything: This Cult Line Will Soon Be Available In The U.S.
If there’s one thing we’ve learned from the internet’s current fixation on all things gilded and glittery, it’s that you’re n
by Rachel Krause

Mind
10 Images That Will Change How You Imagine Blindness
by Sara Coughlin

Celebrity Beauty
You’ve Never Seen Bella Hadid Like This Before
Paper magazine is known for delivering some of the most jaw-dropping covers in the game. (Remember that now-infamous Kim K. edition?) So, we should have kn
by Erika Stalder

Entertainment News
Omarosa: Trump Will “Empower Women & Have Them Shatter The ...
There are a variety of words you could use to describe Omarosa Manigault's alliance with Donald Trump: controversial, confusing, heartening, and delus
by Carolyn L. Todd

Body
Election Stress Made My Period Late — & I’m Not The Only One
I won't lie to you, dear reader — the past few weeks have been rough. And I do mean rough. In addition to facing some difficult challenges in my
by Sarah Jacoby

Fashion
Angela Merkel Called For A Burka Ban In Germany
Germany is the latest country to take a stance against burkas. The country's chancellor, Angela Merkel, called for a ban on the full-coverage, face-ob
by Alexandra Ilyashov

Food & Drinks
Tina Knowles Pays Homage To Her Daughters While Dining At Buffalo...
We expect to run into famous people after somehow managing to get a table at Le Cirque or Nobu because that's their territory. However, imagine how sh
by Olivia Harrison

Pop Culture
Rob Kardashian’s New Photo Of Dream Is The Sweetest One Yet
The Kardashian family expanded on November 10, when Rob Kardashian's fiancée Blac Chyna gave birth to the pair's first child together, Dre
by Kaitlin Reilly

Food & Drinks
All We Want For The Holidays Is A Mac-‘N’-Cheese Doug...
Just when we thought we'd fully vetted and finalized our wish lists this holiday season, something very important happened. It can only be described a
by Elizabeth Buxton

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Celebrity Style
Here’s The Real Story Behind Bella Hadid’s V...
“You can't always get what you want,” sang a young Mick Jagger to a yet-unborn, soon-to-be Angel, Bella Hadid. We're joking, of cours
by Landon Peoples

Health Trends
How Life Would Be Different If Men Could Breast-Feed
What if men could breast-feed? That's the question posed in a new video that takes an imagined look at how different life would be if men could take o
by Kimberly Truong

Movies
This Insane Theory Connects Elf To Step Brothers
One of the best things about the internet is stumbling onto wild, insane, and totally untrue theories about movies and television shows. I love the conspir
by Morgan Baila

Body
A New Study Suggests Your Parents Could Be Potheads
If you've been keeping your weed habits under wraps around your parents, know this: They might be harboring the same secret. According to a study just
by Suzannah Weiss

TV Shows
Game Of Thrones Is Casting A UFC Champ: Report
Reports are emerging of a most unlikely addition to the ever-fluctuating Game of Thrones cast. According to an Irish newspaper, the show's casting dir
by Carolyn L. Todd

Mind
How To Make Plans With A Friend Who Has Anxiety
by Rebecca Winchell ...

Tech
This Is What Everyone Was Tweeting About In 2016
by Madeline Buxton

Skin Care
This Futuristic Face Mask Is So Cool — But Does It Really Work?
High-tech facial devices always hit the market with a bang, piquing our interest with blue lights and spaceship designs that make us hope perfect skin isn&
by Kelsey Castañon

Sex
Cathedral Of Furs
We're partnering with erotica author and expert Rachel Kramer Bussel to bring you steamy stories written by women. Enjoy the selection below, and head
by Lana Fox

Pop Culture
The Teen Mom OG Reunion Fight Aired & Proved This Feud J...
Teen Mom OG's Amber Portwood and Farrah Abraham are best kept in separate rooms. MTV finally aired the reality stars' physical altercation during
by Kaitlin Reilly

Music
Kanye West Is Boycotting The Grammys — & Not For The Reason You&#...
Kanye West won't be attending the 2017 Grammys this year, but not for the reason you'd think. Recent events have led to speculation around the mu
by Rebecca Farley

Pop Culture
Khloé Kardashian Has Some NSFW Words For The Troll Saying She Cur...
Khloé Kardashian has always been the best at defending her family with quick-witted retorts on Twitter, and now she's standing up for herself t
by Sabrina Rojas Weiss

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Body
The Hard Truth About The 40 Pounds I Lost
The first time one of my eating binges ever scared me, I was 19 years old. I’d been self-medicating with food for years before that, but one summer d
by Alana Romain

Sex
This Is The Sex Position Americans & Europeans Want To Try Most I...
There's a lot of debate over which sex position feels the best, and the basic answer is that it varies from person to person. But, according to a new
by Suzannah Weiss

Movies
Emma Watson’s Next Movie Is Basically An Episode Of Bla...
If you've read Dave Eggers' fantastic tech-thriller The Circle, then you already know just how pumped you should be for the upcoming movie adapta
by Carolyn L. Todd

Home
Your Christmas Tree Could Be Crawling With 25,000 Bugs — But Don&...
There are plenty of Christmasy creatures so adorable you'd gladly invite them into your home. Be honest, if you saw a reindeer in your yard, you'
by Olivia Harrison

Celebrity Style
Lily-Rose Depp (Finally) Made Her Runway Debut
Lily-Rose Depp's runway debut has been long anticipated. It's only appropriate that the model/actress' first traipse down the runway happen
by Alice Casely-Hayford

Pop Culture
Of Course Harry Styles’ Tweet About Taylor Swift Had The Mo...
Way back in 2012, Harry Styles and Taylor Swift were spotted strolling around Central Park together. They were deemed a hot pop star couple and rebranded a
by Morgan Baila

Health Trends
Sorry, Being “Tall, Dark, & Handsome” Does Not Mean Y...
After a high school football player was arrested for sexual assault, his father came out in his defense, telling newspapers that his son couldn't poss
by Kimberly Truong

Skin Care
You Have To See This Beauty Brand’s Hilarious Response To A Viral...
Some beauty-shopping experiences can feel very Pretty Woman, thanks to snooty sales associates. (Though we imagine coming back with, “Big mistake. Hu
by Erika Stalder

Entertainment
Matt Damon: Great Wall Is Not Whitewashing If Role Was N...
Matt Damon would like you to know that by taking the lead role in The Great Wall, an upcoming science-fiction film set in China, he did not steal the part
by Molly Horan

Food & Drinks
This Starbucks’ Latte Is Everything — & We’ll Never G...
The holidays are supposed to be all about cookies, cheesy casseroles, hearty family dinners, and presents. But to the coffee-obsessed, November and Decembe
by Elizabeth Buxton

US News
We Shouldn’t Have To Wait Over 100 Years To Hit This Milestone
Gisel Kordestani is COO and cofounder of Crowdpac. As a tech entrepreneur, she has worked in early stage startups and management consulting, and spent over
by Gisel Kordestani

Health Trends
What Pakistan’s Sexual Harassment Problem Really Looks Like
by Taha Siddiqui

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Makeup
Under-$20 Secret Santa Gifts Everyone Will Want To Steal
by Lexy Lebsack

Pop Culture
Is Charlie Puth Sending Secret Messages To Bella Thorne On Twitter?
Sliding into the DMs? Pssh, not for Charlie Puth. According to a new fantastic rumor, the “We Don't Talk Anymore” singer has been shooting
by Kaitlin Reilly

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