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These Intimate Photos Of Couples In Their Homes Will Give You All The Feels (...
Joanna Cresswell
17 Jan 2023
Books & Art
Your Friends Should Legally Be Considered Family
Emily Kenway
4 Nov 2022
Photography
These Photos Explore The Lives Of Women In & After Cults
Joanna Cresswell
18 Oct 2022
Books & Art
We Need To Change The Way We Talk About Masturbation
The following is an extract from The Big O: An Empowering Guide to Loving, Dating and F*cking by Oloni (HarperNonFiction, £20) I used to work in
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Oloni
Books & Art
R29 Reads: The Books We’re Picking Up This October
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Alicia Lansom
Books & Art
12 Intimate Photographs That Tell An Honest Story Of Motherhood (...
“I think I knew from a young age that I wanted to have children one day,” recalls British photographer Imogen Freeland. It was this innate draw
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Joanna Cresswell
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I Grew Up In A Welsh Chinese Takeaway & It Shaped Who I Am
Takeaway: Stories From A Childhood Behind The Counter by Angela Hui is published by Hachette. It was a Friday at 4pm. My brothers and I were still in our s
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Angela Hui
Books & Art
These Joyous Photos Are An Ode To The Young Women Of Ukraine
“Ukrainian women are so resilient and so very strong and I see that more than ever now with the war. The power of withstanding such atrocities and st
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Joanna Cresswell
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R29 Reads: The Books We’re Picking Up This September
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Alicia Lansom
Relationships
The Pandemic Radically Changed The Way We Talk About Grief
“The thing about grief,” Ella Risbridger explains, “is that once you’re grieving something or someone, you can’t really get r
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Sadhbh O'Sullivan
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R29 Reads: The Books We’re Picking Up This August
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Alicia Lansom
Books & Art
Intimate Photos Documenting A Transition (NSFW)
“Taking a photo every day is, for me, a way of showing up for myself. It’s part of a larger process of accountability and self-care,” says 27
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Joanna Cresswell
Photography
Meet The Girls Given Up For Adoption Under China’s One Child Policy
In 1994 a group of six Belgian families boarded a plane from Brussels to Beijing, all with the same intention: to adopt a baby girl. Aged between 6 months
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Joanna Cresswell
Books & Art
50 Years Old & Still Got It:
The Joy Of Sex
Remains The Ho...
This year The Joy of Sex (written by the ironically named Dr Alex Comfort) turns a whole 50 years old. It might seem odd to celebrate a sex book written by
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Beth Ashley
Books & Art
How Food Memoirs Became An Act Of Protest
There is no version of my life in which food does not hold incredible significance. My memories of childhood and so much of my older life all spin on an ax
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Caitlin Quinlan
Books & Art
How A Meaningless Life Can Make You Truly Happy
Telling people you’re a nihilist isn’t exactly a conversation starter. When I bring it up, people make The Face: part grimace, part polite yet exhauste
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Wendy Syfret
Entertainment
5 Incredible Books About Sex & Sexuality To Add To Your Bookshelf
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Erika W. Smith
Books & Art
R29 Reads: The Books We’re Picking Up This July
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Alicia Lansom
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Magical Photos Exploring The Shared Experiences Of Growing Up As ...
When photographer Nydia Blas talks about the young women she photographs, her words are imbued with ideas of magic and alchemy and power, and there’s a f
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Joanna Cresswell
Books & Art
I’m 23 & Nostalgic For The Fictional Millennial Experience
If there’s one book that encapsulates the millennial experience, it might be Dolly Alderton’s Everything I Know About Love. Or, at least, the experienc
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Alice Porter
Books & Art
How Can We Cope With Unrequited Love & Desire? Lisa Taddeo Weighs In
Competition and judgment — can friendship exist without them? If you say the worst possible thing about yourself that others could say about you, does it
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Molly Longman
Photography
These Candid Photos Tell The True Story Of Young Native Americans
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Joanna Cresswell
Books & Art
Sick Girl Lit Allows Disabled Women Like Me To Tell Our Stories
I am sick but I am also lots of other things. I hang out in bars as well as A&E. I watch live gigs and also the TV in the hospital ward. There is a cat
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Hannah Turner
Books & Art
R29 Reads: The Books We’re Picking Up This June
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Alicia Lansom
Photography
These Photos Offer An Intimate Look At Being A Young Woman In Chi...
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Joanna Cresswell
Entertainment
The Best New Books To Read In 2022
Refinery29’s selection is purely editorial and independently chosen – we only feature items we love! As part of our business model we do work with
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Alicia Vrajlal
Books & Art
As A Lesbian, Straight Power Dynamics In Sex Confused Me — Until Now
There’s a tweet doing the rounds at the moment about the experience of loving a book but not remembering a single thing about it. As relatable content go
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Sadhbh O'Sullivan
Work & Money
How To Make Work Not Suck
Carina Maggar is a creative copywriter who has worked for brands such as ASOS, YouTube, Pepsi, Channel 4 and more, and is the author of nonfiction book Ho
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Carina Maggar
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R29 Reads: The Books We’re Picking Up This May
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Alicia Lansom
Unbothered
Why Kai Harris Fought To Write A Story About Black Girlhood In
When Kai Harris was writing What The Fireflies Knew, it was important to her to tell a story about Black girlhood. “I have always enjoyed reading about B
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Stephanie Long
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