Refinery29 Archives - October 5, 2018

Halloween
Why Kids Always Claim To See "Ghosts"
Children: they're the future. They light up our lives, but they can also be so, so creepy when they want to be. Anyone who's parented, babysat, o
by Sara Coughlin

Fashion
Why Are Designers Still Telling Women To Dress 'Sexy?'
"Sexiness" on the runways doesn't reflect the way the world is evolving, and the industry needs to reconsider how it's conceiving and s
by Sarah Moroz

Food & Drinks
LaCroix Faces Lawsuit Over "Natural" Claims — But Don't Panic
LaCroix's image of refreshing purity is now under fire. CBS Philadelphia reports that the unofficial seltzer for the millennial set is facing a lawsui
by Sara Coughlin

Beauty
Ulta Just Dropped A Ton Of Fall Skin-Care Buys — & These Are The ...
by Rachel Krause

TV Shows
Why Big Mouth Season 2 Is All About Tween Girl Shame
Netflix’s delightful animated series Big Mouth may involve a running gag about furry dildos with a mind of their own and procreative sex with pillows, bu
by Ariana Romero

Pop Culture
14 Celebrities You Didn't Know Went To Jail
by Elena Nicolaou

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Food & Drinks
9 Trendy Food Brands You Can Bulk Order Online
by Elizabeth Buxton

Music
New Music This Week: Jessie Ware's Dance Floor Return, Justine Sk...
After my first job at MTV working as a music programmer, I can't stop trying to matchmake people with music they might like. So, I wrote a book called
by Courtney E. Smith

News
Sen. Susan Collins Announces She Supports Brett Kavanaugh, Ensuri...
Judge Brett Kavanaugh is expected to be confirmed this weekend. On Friday, less than two days after the conclusion of a FBI background investigation into t
by Andrea González-R...

Fashion
Attention R29ers! We're Dropping Merch!
by Us

Music
Cat Power Creates A Meta Modern Album With Wanderer
In a time of great turmoil for women and marginalized populations, people are taking to the streets, to their congressional offices, and to their social me
by Courtney E. Smith

Pop Culture
Bette Midler's Tweets Show Everything That's Wrong With White Fem...
The opposition to Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh is loud and widely felt. It has pushed many to double down on their feminist values. A gaggle of Ho
by Sesali Bowen

Pop Culture
Has What Happened To Fan Bingbing Happened Before?
On Wednesday, Chinese actress Fan Bingbing returned from her three-month disappearance with a message on her Weibo account. “I feel ashamed that I co
by Kathryn Lindsay

Work & Money
Mika Brzezinski On Trump & The Biggest Raise She Ever Got
Mika Brzezinski is best known as the co-host of MSNBC's Morning Joe, but she's also made a name for herself as the best-selling author of a numbe
by Bourree Lam

Entertainment
Former Bachelor Contestant & Lawyer Cristy Caserta Dead ...
Lawyer and former Bachelor contestant Cristy Caserta has died at age 38. Caserta collapsed during a training class at a school in Sunrise, Florida. “She
by Syd Shaw

Fashion
We're Buying All Of Our Sweaters At Zara This Fall
by Eliza Huber

Home
Shop The Freshest Home Finds On Sale Today
We love a good sale. Which is why we’re always on the prowl for a worthy steal — a.k.a. ones that make you feel like a champion shopper, slaying style
by Elizabeth Buxton

Pop Culture
Why You're Seeing Mickey Mouse-Themed Food Collabs Everywhere
by Olivia Harrison

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TV Shows
Say Goodbye To The Boys Club Of Animation
In the midst of the #MeToo movement’s deluge of predatory revelations, certain public figures became the face of Hollywood’s monstrous ills. They were
by Ariana Romero

Fashion
We Spent Hours Hunting Through Sales So You Don't Have To
We love a good sale. Which is why we're always on the prowl for a worthy steal a.k.a. ones that make you feel like a champion shopper, slaying style o
by Us

Movies
Timothée Chalamet Is "1000%" Ready To Cry In Front Of A Fire Again
Did you cry while reading Armie Hammer's love letter to Timothée Chalamet in Variety this week? Was it a cool balm for your wounded, battered soul? A
by Anne Cohen

royal wedding
Why Tequila Will Flow More Freely Than Champagne At Princess Euge...
Ordinarily at wedding receptions, guests toast the bride and groom with flutes full of bubbly — but Princess Eugenie's upcoming royal wedding to Jac
by Olivia Harrison

Pop Culture
Jersey Shore Cast Shows Up To Support Mike "The Situation" Sorren...
The Situation found himself in a rather sticky situation, but, fortunately, his co-stars were there to support him. The Jersey Shore star, whose real name
by Syd Shaw

Fashion
What The Founder Of @OldCeline Thinks About Hedi Slimane
View this post on Instagram A post shared by CÉLINE (@oldceline) on Oct 4, 2018 at 10:25am PDT Between Chanel's beach-themed extravaganza and Saint L
by Alyssa Coscarelli

Movies
Private Life Might Just Be The Best Netflix Movie Of The...
Warning: This story contains mild spoilers for Private Life, available to stream on Netflix October 5. The opening scene of Tamara Jenkins' Private Li
by Anne Cohen

Pop Culture
Five Nights At The Comedy Cellar, Where A #MeToo Battle Rages
It’s been one year since the New York Times and New Yorker investigation into the sexual misdeeds of Harvey Weinstein unleashed the #MeToo movement and a
by Kathryn Lindsay

Movies
Here's What's Up With The Ending Of Malevolent, A Terrif...
Don't watch Malevolent in bed right before going to sleep, thinking it'll be a tame teen horror movie. Certainly, on the horror scale, Malevolent
by Elena Nicolaou

Dedicated Feature
The Versatile Fall Footwear For Any Girl On The Go
by Jennifer Mulrow

Money Diaries
A Week In Missouri On A $36,000 Salary
Welcome to Money Diaries, where we're tackling what might be the last taboo facing modern working women: money. We're asking millennials how they
by You

Sex Tips
How To Deal When You're Horny At Work
You're sitting at your desk, working like usual, when you start fantasizing about hands roaming your body, drifting down your thighs, gripping your ne
by Kasandra Brabaw

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Politics
What Ivanka Did This Week: Goes To North Carolina & Flip...
What Ivanka Did This Week is a weekly column that explores what Ivanka Trump, first daughter and adviser to President Donald Trump, does all day
by Andrea González-R...

TV Shows
Wait, Is Jesse Williams Leaving Grey's Anatomy?
Grey’s Anatomy is a series filled with pregnant, emotional pauses. Thursday night’s latest episode, “Gut Feeling,” got its very first one when Magg
by Ariana Romero

Pop Culture
This Week In Pariana: Pete Davidson Jokes About Ariana Grande's B...
by Kathryn Lindsay

Pop Culture
Nicki Minaj Boldly Drops Merch Blatantly Mocking Cardi B
Following her disagreement with Cardi B at Fashion Week, Nicki Minaj appears to be laughing all the way to the bank. Minaj dropped photos of her new tour m
by Shannon Carlin

Relationships
What A Star Is Born Gets Right About Addiction & Relatio...
Warning: This story contains spoilers for the movie, A Star Is Born. If you've seen the trailer for the new movie A Star Is Born, you know that addict
by Cory Stieg

Home
I Live In NYC & Pay $3,300 In Rent For 1,000 Square Feet Of Space
In Refinery29's Sweet Digs, we take a look inside the sometimes small, sometimes spacious homes of millennial women. In today's episode, Chinae A
by Jessica Chou

Horoscopes
The October New Moon Will Ask Us To Find Balance
If you regularly follow your horoscope and the phases of the moon, it's easy to feel like the skies are always bossing you around: telling you to get
by Sara Coughlin

Beauty
Lush's Holiday Collection Is Here — & It's Every Bath Lover's
by Megan Decker

Pop Culture
Another Celebrity Has Weighed In On The Sex & The City F...
Yet, another celebrity is weighing in on the ongoing Sex & The City feud that has pitted Sarah Jessica Parker against Kim Cattrall. This time, it’s
by Shannon Carlin

Beauty
15 Makeup Products South Sudanese Women Love
by Jessica Cruel

Movies
Good Luck Listening To Anything But The A Star Is Born S...
Just in case you had any doubt that Bradley Cooper's directorial debut A Star Is Born would be the biggest movie of the year (sorry, Venom, you tried
by Kaitlin Reilly

Queer Voices
The Fight For LGBTQ+ Equality Isn't Over: How To Help In New York
For a long time, New York has been considered a progressive state, especially when it comes to LGBTQ+ rights. It was in New York that the modern LGBTQ+ rig
by Kasandra Brabaw

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Pop Culture
Keira Knightley Opens Up About Mental Breakdown & PTSD In Her 20s
Now 33, Pirates of the Caribbean star Keira Knightley has been in the acting game since she was just a teenager. However, while her Disney franchise — an
by Kaitlin Reilly

Beauty
We Tried Fall's Orange Blush Trend On 7 Different Skin Tones
by Us

Fashion
20+ Sales Happening This Weekend To Hold You Over Until Black Friday
by Ray Lowe

Fashion
Who Knew Raincoats Could Be This Cool?
by Eliza Huber

Entertainment News
Alyssa Milano Tearfully Recalls Her Own “Secret” Sexual Assault I...
While protesting the Supreme Court nomination of Brett Kavanaugh, actress Alyssa Milano joined a number of protesters outside Senator Susan Collins’ offi
by Kathryn Lindsay

Wellness
Why You Can’t Deal With Watching Horror Movies
To this day, I still haven't seen any of the Halloween movies, mostly due to the enduring childhood trauma of my older brother playing the theme song,
by Kimberly Truong

Movie Trailers
This Assassination Nation Trench Coat Isn't For The Fain...
Imagine a film that takes the horror and chaos of The Purge and blends it (somehow seamlessly) with the teenage drama of Riverdale and the aesthetic of Spr
by Eliza Huber

TV Shows
Shonda Rhimes' New Netflix Series Sounds Like Black Mirror
What if you combined Black Mirror and Grey’s Anatomy? Well, it seems you’d get Shonda Rhimes’ new Netflix series Recursion. Rhimes is creating a movi
by Shannon Carlin

Beauty
Halloween Nail Art That Will Still Be Cool In November
by Samantha Sasso

Pop Culture
The Mysterious Case Of The Viral Drew Barrymore In-Flight Interview
The Hollywood Foreign Press Association has issued a statement of apology, via Vanity Fair, over a strange interview with Drew Barrymore published in Egypt
by Kaitlin Reilly

Beauty
4 Beauty Brands That Support Native American Communities
by Rachel Krause

Music
Halsey Lets Fans Inside Her G-Eazy Relationship In Break Up Anthem
Halsey dropped a new track on Thursday, and it's a big gulp of hot tea. The stand alone song, “Without Me,” is her first new song since he
by Courtney E. Smith

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Pop Culture
Ariana Grande Is Teasing New Music After An Intense Few Weeks
Following an intense few weeks, in which she took to Twitter to ask for “one okay day,” Ariana Grande seems to have found her happy place: the studio.
by Shannon Carlin

Music
Alessia Cara Wrote Every Song On Her New Album & She's Not Afraid...
Alessia Cara isn’t an up and coming artist anymore. She’s taken home a Best New Artist Grammy earlier win this year, has scored No. 1 pop songs with ?
by Courtney E. Smith

Wellness
Monica Lewinsky On Being Shamed, #MeToo, & Fighting Bullies
Since coming back into the public eye with a powerful 2014 Vanity Fair op-ed on surviving shaming, Monica Lewinsky has made it her mission to fight bullyin
by Kimberly Truong

Pop Culture
Lady Gaga Says Bradley Cooper Is One Of The Few Real People In Ho...
The Star Is Born press tour has begun, which means that Lady Gaga (Stefani Germanotta, for the real-name dweebs in the back) and Bradley Cooper are out and
by Rebecca Farley

Sex
5 Things To Know Before Putting A Condom In Your Mouth
by Kasandra Brabaw

TV Shows
All American Review: The Riverdale–FN...
Hot teens. Uncomfortable love triangles. Some genuinely shocking twists. The CW. Are we talking about Riverdale? Well, almost. Right now, we’re chatting
by Ariana Romero

Entertainment
This Is How Much Money Samantha Markle Grant Has Made Trash-Talki...
It seems from the first moment Meghan Markle came on our radar, so did all the Markle cast of characters who formed her extended family. Father Thomas Mark
by Maia Efrem

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