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Recognizing Racism As A Public Health Crisis Is Just The Beginning

Elizabeth Gulino

Celebrity Beauty

Jackie Aina Is Pursuing Her Dreams While Setting The Mood

Body Talk excerpt: One Writer’s Path To Learning To Love Her Black ...

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I Live In Hoboken, Make $68k A Year, And Spent $374 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

Can Sex Magick Relieve Your Pandemic Stress & Make Your Dreams Co...

When Eva Clay went to sell her house, she didn’t rely on a realtor to make sure she got her list price. Instead, the clinical sexologist and psychoth

by Molly Longman

Your Horoscope This Week

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These Tiny Desks Are WFH Space Saviors

by Amanda Randone

Found: The Most Comfortable (& Stylish) Sandals To Hoof Around In

Celebrity Beauty

Demi Lovato Just Revealed The Name Of Her New Song — With A Manicure

Just a few short weeks after Demi Lovato announced her engagement to Max Ehrich, the star has more big news: She’s about to drop new music. According

by Megan Decker

Vanessa Guillén Was One Of Many Soldiers To Be Brutalized & Kille...

Vanessa Guillén, a Fort Hood soldier who originally went missing in April and whose body was finally found in July, still hasn’t gotten justice. Despite

19 Matching Sweatsuits For Living Your Best Stay-At-Home Life

Here are 1 stylish sweatsuit sets so comfy you won’t want to change out of them.

Hasbro Is Pulling A Trolls Doll Off Shelves For Inappropriate But...

Hasbro is removing a Trolls doll from store shelves following a number of complaints about an inappropriately placed button that some people say promotes c

by Erin Corbett

This Partnership Takes Buying Black To A Whole New Level

When Brown Girl Jane launched the #BrownGirlSwap pledge on social media, the founders of the CBD-based beauty and wellness brand knew they were just gettin

by Thatiana Diaz

To My Fancy Shoes: I Love You & I Miss You

It was a little over a week ago that I first tried my hand at outdoor dining in New York since the pandemic shuttered restaurant doors and ushered the city

These Shorts Are The Quarantine Staple I Wear On Repeat

We Filtered Out Top-Rated Face Masks For Every Occasion

Of Course Kellyanne Conway Thinks Censoring Trump On Social Media...

Anything can happen during a combination pandemic and election year — even social media sites finally refusing to give a platform to Donald Trump’s lie

A Week In Louisiana On A $20,000 Salary

Welcome to Money Diaries where we are tackling the ever-present taboo that is money. We’re asking real people how they spend their hard-earned money

Will The $600 Extra Unemployment Be Extended?

This story was originally published on July 31st, 2020. The $600 in supplemental unemployment benefits officially expired last week, before an extension wa

Telfar Shopping Bags Highlight The Issue With Buying From Resellers

Two weeks ago, Brooklyn-based unisex brand Telfar took to Instagram to share a message that many of the brand’s cult-like fans thought was their golden t

Things Just Got A Lot Worse In The Battle Between Trump & TikTok

President Donald Trump is again escalating tensions with China, this time with plans to ban the social media apps TikTok and WeChat from use within the U.S

by Erin Corbett

Does Your Underwear Have An Expiration Date?

Here at Refinery29, I’ve become the resident expert on underwear. How often should you change your skivvies? Should you wear panties to bed? I’m the go

by Molly Longman

Is Joe Biden Actually Trying To “Hurt God?” Trump Say...

Fox News may have been on to something when they claimed in June that the Democratic Party has plans to attack and dethrone God. At least that’s what Pre

by Erin Corbett

A New Video Shows A Man In Custody Pleading To Officers “I ...

Video released Wednesday shows a Black man incarcerated in a North Carolina prison being restrained and telling officers, “I can’t breathe.” Two days

by Britni de la Cretaz

When Breastfeeding Gets Hard, Lactation Consultants Can Help

Four out of five babies born in 2015 started out being breastfed. But by the time they were six months old, that number had dropped to under 58%, reports t

by Elizabeth Gulino

22 On-Sale Goods Our Beauty Writer Is Adding To Cart

by Karina Hoshikawa

Jessica Simpson Shows Off Her Real Hair: “I Love To Be Exte...

Back in the early 2000s, we could hardly imagine Jessica Simpson without her voluminous blonde blowout, heavy bronzer, and frosty pink lipstick. But 2020 S

by aimee simeon

21 Airy Cotton Jumpsuits To Float Through A Heatwave In

Nintendo’s Profits Are Up 428% — That’s A Lot Of Bells

No one’s had a better financial year than Tom Nook, the proprietor who tasks you with building your own island village in Nintendo’s hit game Animal Cr

Can The NRA Really Be Shut Down? Cancelling Guns Might Be The Onl...

Imagine a world without the National Rifle Association. No, seriously, because in 2020 anything is possible (maybe even good things!) and the powerful gun

by Erin Corbett

Amazon’s Quietly Dropping BIG Deals — & We’re Keeping...

by Elizabeth Buxton

Crystal Rogers Disappeared 5 Years Ago. Over 150 FBI Agents Are N...

On Thursday, the FBI announced they were taking over the investigation into the disappearance of Crystal Rogers and would be dedicating over 150 law enforc

by Britni de la Cretaz

Zendaya Wore All Black Designers For Her InStyle Cover

On Thursday morning, InStyle revealed the star of its September cover: Emmy-nominated Euphoria actress Zendaya. For the shoot, InStyle tapped Zendaya’s g

The Best Conditioners For Every Type Of Curl

by aimee simeon

Ballet Flats Got A New Look This Season

Michelle Obama Has Been Coping With ‘Low-Grade Depression,&...

Michelle Obama says that she’s been coping with “some form of low-grade depression” this year, in part because of the coronavirus pandemic and th

by Molly Longman

Trump Lied About Children Getting Coronavirus So Facebook (Finall...

Facebook is finally taking action against the president’s falsehoods, despite Mark Zuckerberg’s previous firm stance to allow misleading content to con

by Erin Corbett

Watch The Trailer For Selena Gomez’s New Quarantine Cooking...

During early quarantine, many of us were cooking up a storm, finding creative ways to use pantry ingredients and a lot of time stuck inside. Now, many mont

by Michelle Santiago...

Almost 200 Years Ago, This Queer, All-Women Art Collective Took T...

When her girlfriend Matilda Hays came downstairs looking for her, Charlotte Cushman was at her desk writing a letter. Outside on the busy Via del Corso, to

by Tana Wojczuk

How To Repair Dry & Split Ends — According To The Pros

It’s a regular wash day and, after a good cleanse and condition, you go about your schedule as your hair air dries. A few minutes pass, and that̵

by Thatiana Diaz

13 Breathable Buys For The Sweatiest Situations

by Karina Hoshikawa

Coronavirus Mansion Parties Are Yet Another Symptom Of The Diseas...

When YouTube star Jake Paul hosted a party at his California mansion in the middle of a pandemic two weeks ago, he garnered the ire of the mayor of Calabas

by Britni de la Cretaz