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I Dated Virtually For A Year — & Found Something Way Better Than A Boyfriend

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I Love Being Single, So Why Am I Desperate For A Coronavirus Boyfriend?

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This Is The Impact Body Shaming Has On Self-Esteem

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I Was The Voice Of A Popular Cartoon Character. This Is The Most ...

When I was 11 years old, I begged my parents to let me audition for the Nickelodeon animated television show Go, Diego, Go!, a spin-off of the bilingual se

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Serena “F***ing” Kerrigan: How I Became The Queen of ...

Welcome to the “I Hate Serena Club.” Middle school girls can be catty, but I never expected my best friends would start a club entirely devoted to shre

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What This Controversial Holocaust Instagram Account Has In Common...

“Heil Hitler!” That was the last thing I heard from my teacher’s mouth the first day of class of fourth grade. I just turned 9 years old. It was Apri

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This Is How Lyric McHenry Should Be Remembered

Lyric McHenry was my friend. We worked together at Refinery29 and she became more than just my work wife. She was one of my closest friends. We both made o

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16 Self-Care Products Our Editors Swear By

July 24th marks Self Care Day — a day to treat yo' self, as Donna and Tom would say (though, technically, Treat Yo' Self day isn't until O

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Your Ultimate Summer Shopping List

Yesterday marked the official first day of summer and with it, the reminder that this season’s temperatures can be more brutal than we remember. Since th

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I'm Blonde, Blue Eyed & Tired Of Defending My Latina Identity

It was the second week of my sophomore year of high school. I was feeling triumphant — a little cooler than my freshman self, since I was no longer the n

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I Cut My Own Hair — & Here Are My Coworkers' Reactions

I have exactly zero experience cutting hair. My only attempt wielding a pair of scissors was back in high school and it involved a DIY bang trim — and le

by Serena Kerrigan