Talking Shop

If you’re reading this on your computer, which is very likely, it’s also very likely that your hands are draped over a piece of tech that’

Picture someone smoking weed. If the image that popped into your head involves some gendered combination of hotboxed basements, Cool Ranch Doritos, or ill-

Sustainability is the word on all of our lips. As the climate crisis worsens with no universally supported plan to address it, the burden of saving the pla

We’ve long been speeding toward an increasingly digital world, and 2020, with all its Zoom happy hours, has only accelerated that. However, there are

“Coffee is a connector,” Amanda-Jane Thomas, co-founder of Sip & Sonder tells Refinery29. “No matter where you are in the world, peop

When we’re teenagers, we usually want nothing more than to blend in. Sadly, our skin often has other plans. Pimples played a prominent role in so man

Being on the cutting edge of a new industry is tough. Just ask Cynthia Salarizadeh and Tracey Mason. In 2018, the pair teamed up to launch House of Saka, a

In Refinery29’s new Talking Shop series, we’re chatting with owners of up-and-coming small businesses about their experiences launching, the bi