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Wait — Is Prince Harry Dropping A Collab With Twin Ed Sheeran?
Lydia Wang
Oct 9, 2019
Mind
5 Ways Masturbation Can Help Your Mental Health
Erika W. Smith
Oct 9, 2019
Mind
8 Celebs Who Got Real About Depression, Bipolar Disorder & Eating Disorders
Erika W. Smith
Oct 8, 2019
Wellness
Is Your Brain Negatively Biased?
In 2019, it’s not hard to imagine the worst will happen. Of course it’ll rain right after my blowout. Of course we’ll elect the wrong official to pub
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Molly Longman
Horoscopes
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Venus Australis
Mind
Domestic Violence: Abuse Can Come In Many Forms
Ruth Glenn says strangers often try to change the subject when she tells them what she does for a living. “It’s such an unpleasant topic and they get u
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Molly Longman
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Wellness
Jonathan Van Ness Opens Up About The Long-Lasting Effects Of Bull...
Jonathan Van Ness spoke out about being bullied for his gender expression and sexual orientation as a child in a powerful new interview with The Trevor Pro
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Erika W. Smith
Entertainment
Ansel Elgort Wants Polyamory Without The Sex
Love is patient. Love is kind. Love is complicated. And, Ansel Elgort, is adamant that love can exist without sex. The Goldfinch star got real about this i
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Molly Longman
Horoscope
Your Horoscope This Week
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Venus Australis
Mind
Chanel Miller On Sexual Assault: “The Shame Was Learned Over Time”
Chanel Miller felt ashamed after her sexual assault — but not because of the sexual assault itself. Instead, it was the online comments that caused the i
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Erika W. Smith
Anxiety
What To Do When Separation Anxiety Is Getting You Down
The phrase “separation anxiety” is one we’ve come to use in a fairly off-the-cuff way. We whine that we have it when our bestie gets a boyfriend and
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Molly Longman
Wellness
Serena Williams’s Diet & Exercise Routine Is A Grand Slam
Serena Williams is a true goddess. The pro tennis player is fierce, and not afraid to go after what she wants. Her career is a grand slam in itself, to say
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Molly Longman
Feel Good Diaries
I Live In Georgia, Make $50K A Year & Spent $334.20 On My Wellnes...
Welcome to Refinery29’s Feel Good Diaries, where we chronicle the physical and mental wellness routines of women today, their costs, and whether or not t
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R29 Team
Mind
Friends
: Were Ross & Rachel Really On A Break? Therapist...
You don’t have to be a Friends fanatic to know about the “we were on a break” feud between Ross (David Schwimmer) and Rachel (Jennifer Aniston). Were
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Molly Longman
Health Trends
What Women In Their 20s & 30s Need To Know About Their Brain Health
In the past few years, we’ve made significant strides when it comes to decreasing the taboo surrounding mental health. But when it comes to talking a
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Cory Stieg
Body
No More “Appetite Suppressant Lollipops”? Instagram Introduces Ne...
If you follow even just a few Instagram influencers, you’ve probably seen many ads on your feed for weight loss products, such as “appetite suppressant
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Erika W. Smith
Cults
A Former Nxivm Cult Member Explains How She Recruited Thousands
In her new memoir, Scarred, Vancouver actress Sarah Edmondson tells the story of her time in the now infamous “sex slave cult” Nxivm. The group, which
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Courtney Shea
Wellness
Quick Tips For Calming Anxiety When You’re Freaking Out
No one likes crying in public. But who among us hasn’t had a moment where they burst into tears or had an anxiety attack on the subway, at work, or, say,
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Molly Longman
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Venus Australis
Wellness
What Netflix’s Unbelievable Gets Right About Rape Kits
Graphic discussion of sexual assault evidence-collection process ahead. In the first episode of Netflix’s Unbelievable, we see Marie (Kaitlyn Dever) go t
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Erika W. Smith
Body
What To Do When You Feel Homesick
When I first went off to college, I used to say: “I’m not homesick, I’m people sick.” It wasn’t my old room, or my my Zac Efron poster I missed.
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Molly Longman
Health News
Overwhelmed? You’re Not Alone, But We Have Solutions
You’re cramming for the first big exam of college while trying to have a social life, go to the gym, and drink enough water. You have a big presentation
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Molly Longman
Wellness
How To Handle A Trauma Anniversary
The 9/11 Commission opened their report with the “insistently premonitory and yet still dumbstruck” words: “[The day] dawned temperate and nearly clo
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Molly Longman
Mind
The New iPhone Is Freaking Out People With This Phobia
The just-announced iPhone 11 Pro is something out of some people’s nightmares. No, it’s not the $999 price tag that’s freaking everyone out. It’s t
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Erika W. Smith
Wellness
Camila Mendes Shares How She Healed After Sexual Assault
Riverdale star Camila Mendes opened up about being sexually assaulted as a college freshman in a cover story for Women’s Health. Discussing her tattoo, w
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Erika W. Smith
Mental Health Awareness
Phoebe’s Traumatic Childhood Was
Friends’
Darkest Plotline
There’s an episode of the sitcom Friends during which Rachel asks Phoebe: “How have you never been on Oprah?” The question is posed as a joke, but it
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Molly Longman
Wellness
What Happens When Therapists Get Bad Online Reviews
When she was 16 years old and struggling with suicidal thoughts, Lizzie (not her real name) began seeing a therapist in her home state of Arizona. During w
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Amelia Tait
Wellness
I Live in New York, Make $85K a Year & Spent $714.62 on My Wellne...
Welcome to Refinery29’s Feel Good Diaries, where we chronicle the physical and mental wellness routines of women today, their costs, and whether or not t
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Wellness
Looking For Friends In A New City? This Will Help
In renowned author Ann Patchett’s nonfiction work, Truth and Beauty, she tells the story of making a lifelong friend in an unorthodox way. It was fairly
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Molly Longman
Mental Health Awareness
Halsey On Why Noticing The Warning Signs Is The First Step In Add...
Halsey is known for speaking out about her issues with mental health, rooted in the trauma of sexual assault, her bipolar diagnosis, and suffering a miscar
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Courtney E. Smith
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