Eliza Dumais

In theory, there are few spaces quite so antithetical to inner peace as the interior of a subway car. But for group meditation guide Jackie Cantwell, medit

In Refinery29’s Sweet Digs, we take a look inside the sometimes small, sometimes spacious homes of millennial women and their families. This week, w

Here is a list of things I’ve committed to unsuccessfully in quarantine: A breakup, Zoom pilates, dry December, dry January, paleo eating, The Sopranos,

In the grand tradition of dating deal-breakers (wears a fedora, says “lit” earnestly, tips poorly, et al), NOLA-based chef Nini Nguyen maintains a part

In Ellen Van Dusen’s New York, nothing is rigid or gloomy. No one is bored or mean-spirited. There’s not one swatch of monochrome black to be found.&nb

In your ongoing quest to stave off lockdown ennui, you’ve likely attempted a dystopian screenplay draft, a soufflé, a mastery of the trombone — but ha

For nine months now, Sophie* has been doing her laundry in the bathtub — with minimal detergent, no less.  At age 24, the videographer and creative

It’s hardly a stretch to suggest that wine shopping can operate as a unique form of masochism: The towering shelves, the breezy clerk, the siloed-off

Waking from a nap, for me, feels precisely as I imagine it might feel to rise from the dead: bleary, disorienting, and a bit like I’ve begun quietly deco

These days, Jade Verette is a proud proponent of the 1:30pm cocktail. As a chef-turned-mixologist-turned-podcaster-turned-Culinary-Internet-Person, she’s

Contrary to what Internet Culture would have you believe, all the best personal effects rest not in your purse, but on your nightstand. Sure, the “what?

Anthropologists of yore could hardly have predicted that masturbating and bread-baking would serve as summer 2020’s premier pastimes. But in the midst of

Six months ago, you were decades younger, and your concept of “joy” revolved around emphatic discussions carried on in dive bar booths to the tune of j

Friendship, when orchestrated through the blue-lit lens of a Zoom window, can seem a less-than-thrilling exchange. Socializing online and in the flesh are