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A Year Into COVID, Anti-Asian Racism Continues To Spread

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We Aren’t Leaving It Too Late To Have Children, We’re...

I’m 36 and I still leave it too late to do many things. I get out of the bath 10 minutes after I should have. I worry about how I’m going to get to the

by Vicky Spratt

They Say Go Home, But As A Muslim Woman I Know They Don’t Mean Le...

Trigger warning: This article contains references to Islamophobia, racism and violence that some readers may find distressing. “I’m serious!” texts R

by Humeara Mohamed

In The Wake Of Racist Riots In The UK, What Is The Future Of Figh...

The tragic murder of three children — Alice Dasilva Aguiar, Elsie Dot Stancombe, and Bebe King, — in the Southport stabbing attack should have been a

by Banseka Kayembe

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“I’m Fearful For My Life”: 5 Women Of Colour On The Far-Right Riots

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Refinery29, Unbothered & Somos Have Been Acquired By Sundial Medi...

It’s a new day for Refinery29, Unbothered, and Somos. We have been acquired by Sundial Media Group (SMG). SMG is a powerhouse media company that owns bra

by Refinery29 Staff

The Attack On Diane Abbott Is An Attack On All Black Women

Diane Abbott is frightened. Let that sink in. On Monday, Britain’s longest-serving Black MP learned that Frank Hester, the Conservative party’s biggest

by L'Oréal Blackett

Black Feminists Are Standing Up For Palestinians — No Matter The ...

Brea Baker is a writer and organiser. In this op-ed, she shares her perspective on the history and current movement of Black feminist support for Palestine

Kelechi Okafor: “The Peckham Shop Protest Proved Why Showing Up F...

“It’s so important for people to show up for Black women,” says Kelechi Okafor, assuredly over Zoom. It had been a conflicting week for the public sp

by L'Oréal Blackett

Alleged Rapist Russell Brand Was Hiding ‘In Plain Sight’, Abusers...

Warning: The following includes descriptions of rape, sexual assault and abuse that some readers may find distressing. In 2010, the comedian Russell Brand

by Vicky Spratt

I Finally Left One Of The UK’s Most Controversial Churches — But ...

“Everyone worshipped Tobi. Everyone viewed him as God. People in the church were very much simping for him. If he told them to jump, they would jump.”

by Maxine Harrison

It’s Time To Pay More Attention To The UK’s Black Femicide ...

On 1st May this year, Johanita Dogbey, a 31-year-old Ghanaian British woman, was killed in broad daylight in Brixton, London. The man accused of attacking

by Hannah Uguru

Three Years After George Floyd’s Murder, Who Gets To Be Humanised?

Three weeks before the three-year anniversary of George Floyd’s brutal murder, Jordan Neely was executed in the same way; a chokehold delivered by a whit

by Kathleen Newman-B...

King Charles’ “Diverse” Coronation Was Designed To Distract

Over the weekend, I thought I would be able to let the King Charles III’ coronation pass me by. “It’s just like any other weekend,” I convinced mys

by L'Oréal Blackett

IPCC Report: The World Must Cut Emissions And Urgently Adapt To T...

This decade is the critical moment for making deep, rapid cuts to emissions, and acting to protect people from dangerous climate impacts we can no longer a

by Bronwyn Hayward

Nobody Is Talking About Male Infertility & It’s Bad For Us All

There’s a story we’ve been told about Britain’s falling birth rate. It goes something like this: women are too focused on their careers, having child

by Vicky Spratt

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I’ve Been Running A Vital News Source For Iranian Women — H...

It’s been almost three months since the death of Mahsa Zhina Amini. In September the 22-year-old Iranian was arrested in Tehran by the country’

by Lauren Crosby Med...

Meghan Markle Tried To Tell You

We’ve been here before: the royal family at the centre of a “race row” and a Black woman exasperated by it all. Ngozi Fulani, a Black domestic violen

by L'Oréal Blackett

Kelly Rowland Defended Chris Brown At The AMAs & People Aren’t Ha...

This week’s American Music Awards officially kicked off music awards season, giving us a good idea of what might play out come February when the Grammy A

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Equal Pay For Women

This Is When Women Start Working For Free For The Rest Of The Year

From Sunday, 20th November, women in the UK will effectively be working for free for the rest of the year. That’s because 20th November has been desi

This Is Why Glasgow Is Being Called “The UK’s First F...

Glasgow is being hailed as “the UK’s first feminist city” after councillors passed a game-changing town planning motion. Submitted by Gre

Russian Court Denies Brittney Griner’s Appeal, Upholds 9-Ye...

UPDATE: On Tuesday (Oct 25), a Russian court rejected WNBA star Brittney Griner’s appeal of her nine-year prison sentence for drug charges. After the

by Ineye Komonibo

MPs Just Backed Plans To Increase Protection For Women Accessing ...

This week, MPs have voted in favour of plans to enforce buffer zones around abortion clinics in England and Wales. By a hefty margin of 297 to 110, MPs bac

All The Reasons Why Private Renting Right Now Really Is Chaos

The rental market in England is, to use a technical term, totally and utterly bonkers right now. “There were literally around 60 other people viewing

by Vicky Spratt

Gen Z Are Officially Less Straight Than Any Other Age Group

Nearly 30% of Gen Z identify as something other than straight, according to a new report. Stonewall’s ‘Rainbow Britain’ report found that

Things Were Bad For Women – But Liz Truss Has Made Them Even Worse

Britain’s third woman prime minister, Liz Truss, delivered a budget which, in just the space of a few days, has made the lives of many women materially w

by Vicky Spratt

It’s Time To Talk About Period Poverty & The Cost Of Living...

As the cost of living crisis intensifies, one in eight Britons says they’ll struggle to afford period products over the next year. This is an alarmin

If Your Feelings About The Queen’s Death Are Complicated, That...

On September 8, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II passed away at the age of 96, after 70 years as the nation and commonwealth’s monarch. In the days sin

by L'Oréal Blackett

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