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Will The ‘One Sec’ App Help Kill My Social Media Addiction?
Maggie Zhou
7 Oct. 2022
Wellness
Therapists Shouldn’t Be Posting About Clients On Twitter
Daisy Schofield
5 Oct. 2022
Living
Why I’m Done Apologising For Replying Late To People
Lauren Bravo
30 Aug. 2022
Tech
How Do We
Actually
Feel About BeReal?
Social media fatigue is real. The laundry list of social media apps’ wrongdoings is endless. Body image issues, problematic sex worker stances, unfai
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Maggie Zhou
Living
Why Bother With Authenticity?
The seemingly unstoppable rise of BeReal, the app that is “not another social network”, has brought the question of ‘authenticity’
by
Sadhbh O'Sullivan
Work & Money
The Influencer Pay Gap: How Female Australian Creators Are Missin...
Social media is often touted as this feminist utopia where anyone can be somebody. Sure, it’s democratic in a way that we don’t see with traditional me
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Maggie Zhou
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The New Apple Watch Is High-Key Worth It — Here’s Why
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Karina Hoshikawa
Tech
Instagram Knows You Want It To Be Instagram Again
Instagram knows we’re done with it trying to be like TikTok, and says it’s doing something about it. Earlier this week a post by the @illumitat
by
Nick Levine
Work & Money
Thanks So Much For Reading This Article About Using Exclamation M...
Earlier this year, Lara Frank*, a copywriter for a large tech company, wrote an email to her boss trying to clarify a miscommunication. Frank edited her em
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Ludmila Leiva
Amazon
AirPods Max & Macbooks: The Best Apple Sales Happening This Prime...
At Refinery29 Australia, we’re here to help you navigate this overwhelming world of stuff. All of our picks are independently selected and curated by the
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Alexandra Polk
Work & Money
These 8 Email Phrases Make Us Want To Throw Our Laptops Across Th...
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Ludmila Leiva
TikTok
TikTok’s New Feature Will Stop Your Endless Scrolling
Today brings good news for anyone who can find themselves caught in an endless scrolling loop. TikTok has introduced a new feature designed to help you red
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Nick Levine
Living
The Problem With Our ‘Fexting’ Habit
In a recent interview with Harper’s Bazaar, Jill Biden, First Lady of the U.S., made a deeply relatable admission. When discussing her 45-year-long relat
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Pema Bakshi
GG Good Game
Yes, You Are A Gamer Even If You Only Play
Animal Crossing
it's affecting a lot of women who like to — and want to — participate in gaming culture.
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Katherine Singh
Living
WhatsApp’s New Feature Will Save You So Much Time In The Gr...
We all have a complicated relationship with the group chat. Some days we’re happy to spend all morning chatting with our girlies; others, we just wan
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Nick Levine
TikTok
Small Businesses Are Thriving On Social Media & That’s Maki...
In February, a small business that specialises in scented lip glosses and scrubs went viral on TikTok for an audio clip that began, “I live in a coun
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Michelle Santiago...
Podcasts
The Best Podcasts For Single Women
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Maria Del Russo
Instagram
‘Before & After’ Accounts Shame Women But We Can̵...
In 2007, magazines plastered paparazzi pictures of Tyra Banks in a swimsuit, under headlines “Thigh-ra Banks”, “America’s Next Top
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Ruchira Sharma
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Living
Who Is “That Girl”? She’s All Of Us
These past few years, I’ve spent more money than I feel comfortable admitting on making my life and myself more beautiful than ever. I’ve always found
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Michelle Santiago...
Living
Our Smooth Brained Future: The Rise Of The New Age Bimbo
“No Thoughts. Head Empty. Just Vibes” is 2022’s version of “Keep Calm and Carry On.” After spending all year calculating the potentially deadly c
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Michelle Santiago...
Wellness
This Viral App Takes A Candid Photo Of You Every Day
When I first saw a TikTok about Glance Back, a Chrome extension that functions as a kind of photo diary, I knew I’d download it. Once a day at a ran
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Mirel Zaman
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Why ‘Crop’ & ‘Story Time’ Are All Over Ti...
Some TikTok trends are more self-explanatory than others. It’s a place where we can learn about others’ morning routines, check out the latest
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Nick Levine
Pop Culture
Just Joined TikTok? Here’s Who You Need To Follow
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Kathryn Lindsay
Living
Why You Should Never, Ever Text Someone: “We Need To Talk...
There can be no text message that strikes more fear into the hearts of, well, pretty much everyone than one containing these words: “Can we talk?R
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Vicky Spratt
Work & Money
So, How Is It Really? Going To Work In The Metaverse
These days it seems like all I ever hear about is the metaverse. From the buying and selling of virtual real estate to Facebook officially changing its nam
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Hannah Rimm
Living
“Come On You D***head”: Why I Need To Psych Myself Up...
Recently I’ve started developing little rituals before every phone call I make. I give myself 10 minutes to psych myself up and arrange the room I’m in
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Sadhbh O'Sullivan
Fitness
Are Massage Guns Actually Worth It? I Found Out
At Refinery29 Australia, we’re here to help you navigate this overwhelming world of stuff. All of our picks are independently selected and curated by the
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Sadhbh O'Sullivan
Living
What Are NFTs, & Why Are They Suddenly Everywhere?
The singer Grimes made millions last year in an unusual way: by selling art and short videos as NFTs, also known as non-fungible tokens — and, she isn
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Lydia Wang
Living
TikTok Just Clamped Down On Misogyny, Misgendering & Content Prom...
TikTok has announced it is updating its community guidelines to ban content that promotes disordered eating. The app already removes content explicitly pro
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Nick Levine
Tech
From Facebook Divorce Announcements To Instagram Shade: The Art O...
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Anabel Pasarow
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