On Tuesday morning, Sara Haines began her first day as co-host of The View with a severe crick in her neck.

"I slept funny," she explains in a phone interview. "So, here I have this big day I've been waiting and preparing for...I thought, I hope they sit me somewhere I won't have to look to the left! "

She needn't have worried, though. Haines quickly hit her stride, launching the show's 20th season alongside Whoopi Goldberg, Paula Faris, Raven-Symoné, Candace Cameron Bure, Joy Behar and Jedediah Bila.

"I like being with a group," she says. "I've had the most fun when I'm with people, so to be at a table with four others every time I sit down, it feels like you're always eating with the cool kids."

Though she's appeared on the show before, Haines says that she's ready to challenge herself as she takes on the role in a more permanent capacity. One question she often asks herself is: "I always have opinions, that's not hard, but how do I communicate those clearly and concisely?"

But mostly, she's just excited to jump into the thick of it. "To have a job where it's my responsibility to be up to date and to watch things, it just makes me feel more educated. I'm using that part of my brain that I think sometimes, with digital technology, gets lazy. You do quick things, you do Instagram, you check things, but you don't often get into deeper, editorial conversations or things that make you question the world."

As she goes forward, Haines says she'll keep in mind some advice she once got from co-host Whoopi Goldberg: "Do you, because you're not going to do anything else well."

Click through to read her diary account of her first day on the job.

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Adam Brody would like to publicly apologize for his terrible fashion choices all throughout the early aughts.

On the Late Late Show, Brody told host James Corden that he made a few fashion missteps in his early days. "Everything pre-2010," the actor said about the sartorial decisions he regrets while looking very stylish in a slim gray suit.

As Marie Claire points out, this also means Brody is apologizing for everything he wore as Seth Cohen on The O.C., which ran from 2003-2007. It's a little sad to know he hated every one of the sweaters he wore over a button-down shirt, but many do agree that everyone on The O.C. had terrible style.

Though, Brody's biggest style faux pas comes from when he was just a kid rocking out to "Ice, Ice Baby" and watching The Lost Boys on VHS.

"When I was very young in the early '90s," Brody said. "I was very into, like, a combination of getting my style tips from Vanilla Ice and The Coreys."

To give fans a clearer picture of what a young Brody looked like from head to toe, he admitted that he was trying to copy Corey Feldman and Corey Haim's over-moussed look in 1989's Dream a Little Dream: "I had very crispy hair in elementary school."

While we'd love to see a photo of all of this right now, we all have looks from out past that we'd like to forget. So, like the Coreys, we'll just continue to dream a little dream about what a '90s Adam Brody could have possibly looked like.

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Pretty much any time a female celebrity steps out in public after having a baby, tabloid magazines will seize the photos and descend on them as fodder for analyses of the star's so-called "post-baby body." The accompanying headlines will be variations on "X Shows Off Post-Baby Body," even if "showing off" means merely going on a grocery run a few weeks after giving birth.

First of all, the fact that the term "post-baby body" even exists already speaks volumes about society's expectations for women's bodies. It's a term commonly used to celebrate women who have appeared to slim down after giving birth — and to shame those who haven't. More often than not, women are under intense scrutiny to watch their weight before, during, and after pregnancy. And if they're at the mercy of tabloid media, we can only imagine that that scrutiny is even worse.

But thankfully, some celebrities are not bowing to the pressure to "bounce back" after giving birth, and setting a good example for us all. Even if we recognize the ridiculousness of societal standards for women's bodies, it's nice to know that some awesome, high-profile ladies are standing up against the idea that weight loss should be a woman's first priority the second after she, y'know, gives birth to a child.

Ahead, we've rounded up 20 times our favorite celebrities got real about what having a "post-baby body" really means. Check it out and get inspired.

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It seems 2017 will be an epic year for Natalie Portman, not only does the actress have six — yes six — films set to be released next year, she also has another baby due.

After walking the red carpet at the Venice Film Festival and sparking rumors of a pregnancy, People confirms that the 35-year-old is indeed pregnant with baby number two.

Portman is expecting with her husband, French ballet dancer and choreographer, Benjamin Millepied. The couple welcomed their son Aleph Portman-Millepied on June 14, 2011. They have yet to confirm the sex of the future member of their family.

Portman attended the film festival for the premiere of her upcoming film, Planetarium, alongside Lily-Rose Depp. The movie centers around Portman and Depp who play sisters that are also mediums. In the period piece, the two are travelers from America in Europe and end up in a post-World War I Paris where they are chosen to star in a movie about, yes, psychics. How meta!

I wonder if any of her fictional psychic abilities assisted her predicting this baby number two?

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One in five Americans have been in a non-monogamous relationship at some point in their lives , past research suggests. And thanks to a new study, we might just know exactly who they are.

Apparently, if you were born between December 21 and January 19, you may be more likely to be in open relationships. In other words: Capricorns have been found to be the astrological sign with the highest likelihood of being polyamorous.

This astrological research comes to us from the folks at OpenMinded, a dating site for open relationships, which conducted a study that analyzed data on its 192,235 users based on birth date. Their findings? Of people using OpenMinded.com, 10% happened to be Capricorns.

And in case you're interested, the site ranked the astrological signs based on the total number of members under each sign. Here's what they found:

1. Capricorn

2. Taurus

3. Aquarius

4. Cancer

5. Gemini

6. Pisces

7. Aries

8. Leo

9. Virgo

10. Libra

11. Scorpio

12. Sagittarius

While Capricorns topped the list with 19,249 members, Sags ranked in at the bottom of the list, with 14,925 members. Perhaps most surprisingly, the notoriously sexual Scorpios took the second-to-last slot, with 15,198 members. Then again, being in touch with one's sexuality doesn't necessarily equate to being polyamorous.

It's important to note that the data is pulled from a relatively small sample size — after all, not everyone who's polyamorous or in an open relationship is a registered OpenMinded user. And of course, not every Capricorn you meet is going to be polyamorous. Still, it's a pretty interesting finding, and if you believe in astrology, you might even say that alternate relationship structures could be written in the stars. Just something to keep in mind the next time you're reading your monthly horoscope.

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On Wednesday, the world watched Kanye West debut his fourth Yeezy show at New York Fashion Week. This included his sisters-in-law, Kendall and Kylie Jenner, who attended the outdoor presentation, staged on Roosevelt Island, alongside their family (well, most of them) and everybody else. Now, Kendall is a veritable supermodel, and while her younger sister certainly isn't, Kylie has walked in the rapper-designer's shows before. So why didn't they participate in Kanye's big event this year?

E! asked the sisters that very question during a chat at the Jenner girls' own big NYFW shindig, the launch of the Kendall + Kylie Fall 2016 collection. For Kendall, being a guest at Kanye's show instead of a model was chance to relax during a fashion show for once. "It's really cool to sit and watch. It's like a whole new world," she explained. "It's kind of nice to not feel the pressure of having to walk, and sitting there for a couple hours before." Fair enough.

Kylie's explanation, on the other hand, could come off to some as a tad self-congratulatory. "I used to walk," she said, "but I've gotten to a new level, and now I get to sit and watch." Okay. Kylie is a social media star and a lipstick mogul, no doubt. And while she has legit modeling experience, claiming she's on a "new level" is a little much. After all, notable models like Chanel Iman walked in Yeezy's show. Something like, "I wanted to focus on our show" or "I just wanted to chill out" might have been more appropriate responses. Watch the interview for yourself, below.

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Update: Clinton continued to tell her story throughout multiple posts on the blog, sharing her thoughts on her public image.

This story was originally published at 2:30 p.m. on September 8, 2016.

As a former U.S. senator for New York and a current state resident, Hillary Clinton probably counts as a Human of New York, no matter where she may be living next year.

The popular photography blog — which chronicles New Yorkers who founder Brandon Stanton encounters on the street — featured the presidential candidate on Thursday, as she shared a formative experience from her college years.

In the anecdote, which never mentions Clinton's name or her status as a presidential candidate, she talked of being one of a very few women in a room full of men as she got ready to take a law school admissions exam.

“A group of men began to yell things like, ‘You don’t need to be here.’ And, ‘There’s plenty else you can do,’” she said. One of them even accused her of taking his spot in the class and leaving him open to being drafted and killed in the Vietnam War. “And they weren’t kidding around,” she added. “It got very personal.”

Clinton used the tale to illustrate how she came by her much-criticized reserve. “I know that I can be perceived as aloof or cold or unemotional. But I had to learn as a young woman to control my emotions. And that’s a hard path to walk,” she said.

She is often seen as cold or unlikeable, though her intimates and many who have worked closely with her say that’s not the case.

Clinton addressed her chilly image in her acceptance speech for the Democratic nomination, saying that “the service part [of public service] has always come easier to me than the public part.”

“I don’t view myself as cold or unemotional,” she said to HONY. “But if that sometimes is the perception I create, then I can’t blame people for thinking that.”

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Nafise Motlaq was living in Malaysia when she got the news that her father was ill.

“I heard from my family that my father is not in a good health situation,” she said via Skype. “I couldn’t be there in time. Unfortunately, he [fell into] a coma.” He recovered, but Motlaq said that she noticed a change in him. “His relationship towards his family was more tight,” she recalled. “I never had a problem with my father, but I never used to receive regular calls directly from Iran, from his phone, to ask me what I’m doing now, or what I had eaten for lunch or dinner,” she said.

“It was very touching for me, after over 30 years.”

While in Iran during her father's recovery, she started taking photos of her family at gatherings. She noticed that she kept capturing moments between fathers and daughters. “And then suddenly this idea came to my mind.”

She realized that no one had really explored the relationships between fathers and daughters. “They usually focus on mothers. Or even fathers and sons. Or mothers and daughters. But people were very interested,” Motlaq said. She wanted to show the diversity of families and relationships in her home country.

She said that even in her own extended family, experiences varied. “Some of them are very religious, some of them are not religious at all,” she said. “Some [have a] very modern lifestyle, some of them are very traditional. Some are very mixed,” she added, giving the example of a daughter who chose to cover her hair, while her mother did not.

Motlaq said that daily life in Iran was often overlooked in favor of political agendas. “The real picture of Iran is still not covered because of the political situation inside Iran and outside Iran,” she said. “Even talking about daily life is with a political lens.” When she moved abroad, people asked her what she calls “weird” questions about life in Iran — whether people go to university, or if women can drive. She decided she wanted to show the Iran that she knew, highlighting the father-daughter relationships that she rarely saw portrayed.

She began by photographing her own family, and then the project expanded. Some subjects she encountered at random, like the farmer and his daughter she saw while driving through the countryside; others, she actively sought out, like the twins she knew through her brother. She said people liked to be asked to represent their families and communities.

The most difficult ones to connect with, she said, were the religious men. “They're never approached by [nonreligious] people like me. They're only approached by very religious people or very political people.” She approached several clerics at a local shrine before she found someone who was willing to be photographed.

Ahead, 10 portraits of family in Iran.

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The 2016 presidential election has been a captivating contest.

If you feel like sometimes you can't look away, well, you're not alone. Even celebrities are finding themselves drawn into the candidates campaigns, and Refinery29 has curated a selection of who prominent stars and politicians are supporting.

Hollywood has never shied awa y from getting involved in political and social issues, and the coming election is not breaking tradition. There are a ton of celebrities who have been lending their time, money, and talents to the various political campaigns. And many of them aren't just contributing the weight of a famous name– plenty of celebrities have been getting in on the ground with phone banks or fundraising.

If you're curious as to who's won the crucial Kardashian vote, or who not-so-secretly supports Trump, we've got your answers. We'll be updating this list as more celebrities — and well-known politicians — make their opinions known, so if there's someone you don't see, feel free to tell us who we've missed!

This story was originally published on January 29, 2016.

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Snapchat already made the jump from your phone to TV and computer screens. Now, it's going in the opposite direction: print magazines. In this month's Garage, Kendall Jenner and Willow Smith debut a collaboration between Snapchat and Be Cool Be Nice. According to Garage, the latter is "a new social good campaign existing to combat cyberbullying."

It's fitting that Smith and Jenner headline the issue, given their own prominent followings on social media. Smith has 1.7 million followers on Instagram, while Jenner has 65.1 million Instagram followers. She also snaps frequently — like her sister, Kim.

Throughout the issue, Jenner and Smith sport Snapchat's flower-crown lens, as well as the ever-popular butterflies lens and cat and dog faces. When you scan the code on the magazine's cover using Snapchat, you'll be able to unlock and use an exclusive "New Age" lens. Smith Instagrammed a look at the galactic-looking lens earlier today and you can watch her transformation on the cover here.

But beyond the tech-enhanced fun of the cover and inside spreads, the issue addressed is a critical one. Cyberbullying of celebrities, including Leslie Jones and Justin Bieber, reached a tipping point this summer and is something affecting increasing numbers of adolescent girls — and women of all ages — across the country.

Why? Our screens can act as a protective boundary and foster a feeling of detachment. The result: People make comments online that they would never say out loud in person. And as it becomes even more embedded in our everyday lives, social media's dangerous "filter" over reality will continue to expand if we aren't careful.

So while it's nice that Jenner and Smith promote the Be Cool Be Nice campaign on Garage, we'll only be impressed if their filter-covered faces actually lead to greater awareness of and action against cyberbullying.

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The best scene in White Girl takes place at a really rad party — the kind of cool-kid underground rager that seems to crop up a lot in movies and less obviously in real life. The film's protagonist, Leah (Morgan Saylor) drags her boyfriend, Blue (Brian "Sene" Marc) through the sweaty crowd. As a Puerto Rican drug dealer from the Bronx who never ventures into Manhattan, he's out of his element as both Leah's beau and among the mostly white, upwardly mobile revelers.

“Come on, it’ll be fun,” Leah says seductively before they head downtown.

She's extending an invite to a world Blue can't really join, but she's also so ignorant of her own access that she doesn't realize it.

The word “privilege” has come up a lot during discussions about White Girl — and for good reason. There's Leah's obvious white privilege, which is perhaps best illustrated by her shock when Blue doesn't get due process when being arraigned for selling drugs later in the film. It also crops up in the way she moves to the Bronx and immediately thinks of the 'hood as "hers" — a gentrifying playground ripe with the cheap rentals.

There's another kind of privilege that comes into play, too, and it's of the patriarchal ilk: Leah might be a middle-class white girl, but that doesn't keep the men who enter her life from taking advantage of her wildness.

But White Girl isn't just a movie about one young caucasian woman's privilege. It's a film about identities, disparities, and how these divisions are intertwined. From a certain angle, Leah's privilege serves to highlight Blue's lack thereof.

I have never been the 'white girl' archetype from the movie’s title. But I’ve always known Leah and girls like her.

Take this for example: Leah is an unpaid intern who can beg her parents to help bail her out of her financial woes; Blue pays his way by dealing drugs to junkies. But even at dealing, Leah has the upper hand: Her glitzy magazine internship gives her access to similarly hedonistic hipsters (the kind who buy cheap, tacky clothes to wear ironically, you know the sort). It's at that downtown party that Blue reaps the fringe benefits of being caught up in Leah's world. Soon enough, those benefits lose their charm. He's caught dealing and there's nothing her privilege can do to save him from a system that works against boys like him.

After that party sequence — and while Blue is in jail — the camera mostly returns to the perspective of the film's leading lady. She works to get money to pay his lawyer and survives her own myriad traumas along the way. She sells more blow to pay the lawyer who has taken on Blue's case, slinking into clubs, dime bags in hand.

At one point, a white bouncer beats up Blue's friend. He's been accompanying her on these outings. Leah just laughs it off. He looks at her, disgusted, as if to say: Can't you see what is happening here? Haven't you had enough? But she can't see what's happening here — that's the thing about privilege.

I have never been the "white girl" archetype from the movie’s title. But I’ve always known Leah and girls like her. You have, too. Long before I stepped into White Girl world for the first time, I watched her float above destruction, hide in indulgent excess, and glide easily toward a future. That is, of course, another kind of privilege: never wondering why your actions don't seem to have lasting consequences.

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For women who subscribe to that Rachel Comey lifestyle (martinis over rosé, Brooklyn over Manhattan, jumpsuits over gowns, Bowie over The Beatles), there's one thing that unites their style: versatility. It's that shirtdress that you can wear to the office, out to a client dinner, and take with you on a weekend trip to the beach. It's a pair of jeans that are dressy enough to wear with nice heels, but work just as well with a $5 sneaker. They're girls who re-wear their city-hall wedding dresses jumpsuits and have no problem wearing the same shoes for a month straight.

Comey is well aware of this — and she drove that point home with her line sheet for her spring '17 show. The diverse cast of models were each asked where they'd wear their specific outfit to and their answers made up the itinerary of an ideal long weekend: A blind date, a recital, to the farmers' market, a protest, "out," for a burger, and — of course — two city-hall weddings.

Click through to see all 40 looks (including the 2016 version of her infamous legion jeans) and find out where the models said they'd wear each outfit.

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I really wanted to love Better Things. It stars a female comedian, and is executive produced and co-written by a female comedian — in fact, it's even been labeled the female version of Louie (a comparison I found problematic, though I appreciate the intentions of the phrase: Yaaass, girl power!). So I went into the FX series with high expectations. Unfortunately, I liked it, but didn't love it.

Pamela Adlon stars as Sam, a divorced single mother of three daughters, ranging from elementary school age to teenage years. Sam is a former child star who voiced a popular cartoon (and still does, which is reminiscent of Adlon's own real-life voice work), but is trying to break into a real acting career. She juggles her professional aspirations and attempts at dating with raising three daughters, offering a chuckle-inducing look at that elusive idea of "having it all." Adlon brings on some laughs, especially in a scene that finds her arguing with her teenager in the rain while narrowly avoiding her dog getting hit by a car.

My favorite scene is between Sam and her youngest daughter, Duke. They're in the bathroom when Sam gets a phone call; we see on the other end that the caller is an awkward man struggling to make conversation. Sam looks down at Duke and rolls her eyes. "Sophie's dad," she tells the tween, who responds, "Ew." Sam explains, "Yea, that was a big mistake." Duke immediately suggests, "What about Charlize's dad?" Sam asks, "What about him? Is he tall?" It's a moment we don't see much of on television: A mother discussing her dating life with her kid, a refreshing look at the intricacies of parenthood and, specifically, single motherhood.

Adlon is truly convincing as an overwhelmed mother whose main tool to battle stress is sarcasm.

But otherwise, I was a little underwhelmed by the pilot — aside from the above examples, it wasn't as funny as I'd hoped. The episode is only half an hour, but the scenes feel like they drag a bit, and the relationship between Adlon's Sam and her kids isn't quite believable. Plus, a few of the comedic bits feel a tad forced, like when Adlon is caught googling "mature lady porn" and her middle daughter walks in, or when her oldest daughter asks her for help getting "organic" pot. It could very well be that I didn't connect with the pilot because I don't have kids, so maybe I just couldn't relate. But I felt like my lack of connection went beyond relatability, and was more about a lack of chemistry on screen and some writing that landed with a thud.

Not to mention the show shares the same issue I have with a lot of other TV series these days: There were no brown faces, save for the man working the sound booth at the recording studio where Sam does voice-overs, and the guy working at the office supply store. Of course. I'll give Adlon the benefit of the doubt and hope that some minority characters might show up later in the season, but the initial view of her character's world is pretty homogenous. Would it really be so far-fetched if maybe one of her kids' friends were Black, or perhaps one of the women auditioning with her for a role could be Latina? With all of the discussion about women and diversity in Hollywood lately, it's hard to believe the thought completely slipped Adlon and the creators' minds.

Still, I do believe Better Things has potential. There is a sweet scene when Sam and her daughter fall asleep together in bed, and Aldon is truly convincing as an overwhelmed mother whose main tool to battle stress is sarcasm. I'll stay tuned for the rest of the season, if only because I'm an Adlon fan, and I love that she and the team are telling a different type of story — and bringing more women both behind and in front of the camera. More power to them; I just hope to see more diverse women show up in those places, too — and maybe some funnier jokes.

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Winning free food is one of life's greatest joys. Honestly, even if the food isn't that great, it's thrilling to be rewarded with snacks for absolutely no reason. So if we were on the receiving end of an entire year supply of free pizza — incontrovertibly the most magical food around — we'd probably hold on to every slice for dear life. That's why what this woman in Detroit did with her year of Little Caesars pizza is so incredibly heartwarming.

Hannah Spooner and her boyfriend, Pete, went to eat at Little Caesars one day, and on a whim, entered to win a year of free pizza. They didn't expect to win, so when Hannah got the call a few days later that she would be getting $500 worth of free pizza for a year, she couldn't believe it.

Spooner — who is only 19 years old, by the way — selflessly decided that she wanted the winnings to go some place where it would really make a difference. She told Inside Edition, "Detroit is going through a lot of negativity. I wanted somewhere close to home that would be affected by my donation."

After getting a tour of Covenant House Michigan, a local shelter for homeless youth, Spooner decided to pass along her winnings to the organization. Of her visit to the shelter, she said, "I could tell it would actually make a difference. I would actually see people who benefitted from it. They were really sweet, warm and welcoming." So, this story proves the only thing that could make you feel better than free pizza is an ample serving of generosity.

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Online, people seem to love two things above all others: cute cats and conspiracy theories. Normally, Taylor Swift and her adorable pets fulfill the desire for the former. But certain corners of the web have developed a very strange belief about the singer: that she is actually the clone of a former Satanist.

The theory begins with Zeena Schreck (formerly Zeena LaVey), as BuzzFeed reports. Schreck, the daughter of the man who started the Church of Satan, was a practitioner of the religion until 1990. And she looks a lot like Swift in certain photos and video clips, particularly in the one below.

Conspiracy theorists have previously pointed to apparent doppelgängers to speculate that Nicolas Cage is a Civil War-era vampire, but they've decided the Swift-Schreck resemblance means that the "Bad Blood" singer is a clone. Supporters of the theory have been tweeting out polls, side-by-side photos, and creating YouTube videos to "prove" their point.

Of course, Taylor Swift isn't actually a clone, satanic or otherwise. While it may be fun to make up wacky theories about TV shows and movies (have you heard that Sandy from Grease is actually a ghost?), it's important to remember there's an actual person at the center of this one. Swift already has to deal with plenty of criticism (warranted and unwarranted). Positing that she's the clone of a former Satan worshiper seems like a bit much.

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It's officially Fashion Week, which means that style stars are flooding the streets of NYC between shows. No invite to the actual shows? No problem. If it's inspiration you're after, there's no better place to position yourself than outside Milk Studios. But while most street style photographers are snapping away at what's happening below the neck, we're interested in what's going on above with the hair and makeup.

So we sent our own photog out to capture the most amazing beauty looks of New York Fashion Week as they're happening. And these styles are sick. From colorful eye shadows to rainbow bobs, the fashion crowd knows how to deliver. Throughout the week, we'll be bringing all that goodness straight to you and updating this slideshow with examples of the season's most insanely enviable style — from front-row celebrities to models running between runways. Click through for rad ideas you'll want to try now.

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On Wednesday, a piece in the Minnesota Star Tribune by a freelance business columnist named C.J. went up, criticizing local Kare 11 news anchor Jana Shortal for wearing "distracting" skinny jeans on air. Shortal was reporting the devastating news that the mystery of the 1989 abduction of 11-year-old Jacob Wetterling had been solved; he had been tragically killed, and his remains were found near a pasture.

The column, in which C.J. sniped that the "camera did [Shortal] no favors," was taken down almost immediately, but the damage was done. Instead of discussing Wetterling, the conversation had shifted to Shortal. Shortal responded to the column in an impassioned post on Facebook, in which she said, "I wore my clothes. The clothes it took a very long time to feel comfortable in no thanks to bullies like you who tried to shame me out of them... You wrote about clothes in the darkest moment of Minnesota news history."

C.J. wrote a pithy "apology" in the Star Tribune, saying she was "sorry it hurt Jana Shortal and I have told her so."

But here's the thing: It's more than just "hurt feelings." The subtext of C.J.'s statement was that a woman is only as valuable as her appearance. Shortal's appearance didn't please C.J., and thus, her entire job — to report the news in an accurate, respectful manner — was rendered invalid. In the initial column, C.J. stated that Shortal's outfit choice was "disrespectful" to the family of Wetterling — without realizing how incredibly disrespectful it was for her to turn what should have been a tribute to a boy who was brutally murdered into a discussion of fashion.

But it's not just an isolated thing. Last month, the St. Louis Business Journal thought it was a good idea to run an article about powerful area businesswomen by having them photographed holding up the shoe that meant the most to them. And it's not even restricted to women: Writer R.J. Fernandez, author of An Innocent Fashion, told The New York Post this week that he got fired from a Vogue internship because he wore four-inch heels to the office. While Vogue responded that its staffers had "never met a shoe they didn't love," Fernandez sticks by his story.

Do jeans or high heels prevent us from doing our jobs, or enhance the jobs we already do? Unless we're working on a factory floor or wrangling livestock, no. Obviously, dress codes exist for a reason; they keep employees safe, they present a polished look to clients, they convey a sort of image that a firm wants to present — and that's fine. It's also fine to have fun with what you wear to the office. Self-expression is powerful, and feeling comfortable in your clothes can help you feel confident in your work. But dress codes or suggestions only work if they apply to all genders. And calling out someone for how they look — instead of how they do their job — is seriously depressing.

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— Star Tribune (@StarTribune) September 8, 2016

To its credit, the Star Tribune apologized — but still, that doesn't refute the fact that someone thought C.J.'s opinion was initially worth publishing. The outrage was warranted, and hopefully, the more we keep standing up and telling people it is not okay to publicly judge the outfits of people who are just trying to do their jobs, the more we can focus on actual problems. As Shortal pointed out in her Facebook post, the real issue of the day was Jacob Wetterling's tragic death. If C.J. really wanted to "respect" the Wetterling family, her piece should have focused on him — not Shortal's jeans.

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This whole VR thing. If you haven't yet tried it yourself, it can seem…kind of weird. You strap a goggle-like headset on your face, and then what — look around?

In fact, there's a lot you can do with virtual reality. Paper Fashion 's Kate Rogers recently showed us one really fun example from our own studio here at Refinery29. Using Google's Tilt Brush, she created a series of gorgeous visuals, including dress designs and teases for our Fashion Week experience, 29Rooms. In the video, you can see what she looks like (in the real world), but also what she's seeing and painting, in the virtual world.

You can watch the video below to see for yourself.

If you're in the New York City area this weekend, you can stop by 29Rooms and check out Tilt Brush yourself in our Google Tilt room. Can you best Rogers' creations?

29Rooms — Refinery29’s magical art and fashion funhouse — is back for its second year, kicking off during NYFW, from September 9 to 11. We’re bringing our commitment to women claiming their power to life, through the event’s theme, “Powered by People.” To celebrate this sense of possibility, we’ve curated content that embodies our theme and pushes you to do more — start the conversations you want to hear, make change. We built our dream world and want to inspire you to power your own. For more information on the 29Rooms event and our initiative,click here.

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If you've been to college — or just watched an episode or two of Felicity — you know it can be intense. You're learning about potential career fields, navigating the dating world, making new friends, and discovering the best late-night snack options. For many people, all of it happens while living away from family for the very first time.

Your college years can be filled with amazing memories — spending late nights talking with your roommate, going to parties, and even having a great discussion with a professor during office hours.

But college can also be a time for growth in more serious aspects of life. When we asked Refinery29 staffers to share what they wish they knew before college, the responses weren't all positive. Some expressed regret at the cost of attending college, while others advised incoming students not to ignore mental-health issues.

Ahead, we've rounded up the best advice for college students from Refinery29 employees who've been there. College is an exciting, thrilling, and sometimes scary time. These are the things we wish we knew — it would have made that first year a lot easier.

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If you aren't a nightclub regular, it's easy to dismiss that scene as superficial, and therefore not worth examining, but according to photographer Dina Litovsky, it's for these exact assumptions that we shouldn't dismiss nightclubs; sometimes, things are not as simple as they seem.

In her series Meatpackin g, Litovsky takes a critical look at Manhattan's notorious Meatpacking District and discovers a very specific social structure contained in the nightlife-centric neighborhood. People who seem superficial at first reveal themselves to be deeply self-conscious, while men and women both follow an implicit set of rules for how to behave and interact, seemingly for the purpose of finding some kind of physical connection at the end of the night.

"The space in between [the clubs] is like an airport terminal where everyone intermixes," Litovsky told Refinery29, as she described the "scantily clad" women, "gaping" men, street cart vendors, and tourists that fill the district at night.

The first time Litovsky visited this area of New York City, she felt like a total voyeur as she observed the activity on the street. After a few visits, she began to notice a pattern: At the beginning of the night, the "attitude" is more about being seen, she said. And inevitably, the interactions she witnesses become "looser and visibly sexual" until social norms — as well as respect for women's boundaries — seem to be forgotten.

"I have never witnessed such extent of catcalling in a public space — the unapologetic staring, whistling, commenting, and even grabbing," she said. "What was even more surprising is that such behavior seemed to be, if not encouraged, then tolerated and accepted as due."

But this environment, while problematic, is sadly familiar to women outside of the nightclub scene. Litovksy likened the behavior in the Meatpacking District to the world of online dating and its norms, many of which seem to objectify women (to put it lightly).

"The way men would look over passing women to pick one out from the crowd seemed like an analog version of swiping left and right on Tinder," she said.

That said, Litovsky is less interested in making a sweeping statement about "hookup culture" than she is in observing how people behave in this tiny universe that seems to come alive only at night. As she puts it, it's a "cultural capsule" that's far from superficial — and very worth documenting.

Click through to see Litovksy's photos of the Meatpacking District after dark.

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