PayPal Responded To Claims About Its All-Male Gender Equality Panel
PayPal clearly has its heart in the right place. The payment company gained national attention recently when it revoked plans to build an operations center in North Carolina, in protest against the...
View ArticleHow To Watch Coachella From Home
With Coachella kicking off its second weekend, you might assume that if you aren't already in Indio, CA, you won't be able to catch your favorite musicians performing there. Not so! The festival has...
View ArticleHow The Justice System Fails Trans Women
Grand Marshal Laverne Cox (L) and Delores Nettles, mother of slain transgender woman Islan Nettles, attend the 2014 NYC Pride March on June 29, 2014, in New York.Photo: D Dipasupil/ Getty...
View ArticleSick Of TV? These Shows Will Get You Addicted All Over Again
Amazing news, TV lovers of the world: Since we first published this story in 2013, there have been leaps and bounds in the number of streaming platforms offering hours upon hours of programming to...
View ArticleCoachella Countdown: 20+ Of The Most Epic Performances From The Fest
It's that time of year. The weather is warmer, the hemlines are shorter, and your Spotify playlists are in dire need of an update. Welcome to music festival season! While your friends are dusting off...
View ArticleThe Sex Toys You Didn't Know You Needed
We're great fans of accessorizing in the bedroom. Au naturel stimulation is wonderful, but sex toys can do things that people just can't. The sex toy industry is now attracting an impressive $15...
View ArticleYes, It Is Possible To Make Denim Ethically
Photo: Courtesy of AG Jeans.When we take a step back and look at what really goes into our favorite pairs of jeans, the processes are astonishing. Everything from how they're made (machine, by hand) to...
View ArticleGigi Hadid Is Having More Fun Than Anyone Being Wicked
Broadimage/REX/ShutterstockGigi Hadid mostly looks like she’s having more fun than you. Maybe it’s because she owes her fame to reality TV and Instagram rather than runway and magazine editorial work...
View Article11 Proven Tips For Your Best Vacation Sex Ever
This story was originally published on December 18, 2015.Whether you're planning a trip with your partner or merely fantasizing about one, vacation sex likely plays a starring role in your vision. It...
View ArticleZac Efron Tells The Story Of How He Shirtlessly Rescued A Puppy
Moviestore/REX/ShutterstockZac Efron and Seth Rogen are, as you know, starring in the upcoming Neighbors 2. They stopped by Buzzfeed to play a round of Never Have I Ever that, confusingly, didn't...
View ArticleEverything That's Happening To Your Body During PMS — & How To Deal
Women are fed a lot of platitudes during their Time Of The Month — your period is a natural sign of your womanhood, it's a beautiful reminder that you can bring life into this world, and so on. And...
View Article15 Cult-Favorite Trader Joe's Products That Are Impossible To Find
Everyone who shops at Trader Joe's has a list of those products. We can't get enough of them, but there's a catch. Either they're only available once a year (we're looking at you, pumpkin everything!)...
View ArticleThese Unmarried Sisters Created Their Own Version Of Happily Ever After
During the summer months in Alekhovshchina, a small village in Russia, the sun doesn't set until after midnight. That's just one of the reasons the photos in Nadia Sablin's Aunties series (now a book)...
View ArticleThis Woman Is Fighting Extremism In The Most Unusual Way
Photo by Brendan Ballou.In the U.S., our online freedom is a given. We tweet what we want to tweet, share articles that inspire or frustrate us on Facebook, and read whatever interests us. Elsewhere,...
View ArticleHippie Communes In Parking Garages: The Tiny Home Wave Of The Future?
Designer Eny Lee Parker is not a fan of poor urban planning. We're sitting down for lunch at the Savannah College of Art and Design's Atlanta campus to chat about her work for the school's SCADpad...
View ArticleWhat Is The Craziest Thing You've Done For A Like?
Face it: Instagram Likes give us an artificial sense of gratification. We are obsessed with getting as many red hearts as we can — and we ask ourselves whether we should take a photo down if we haven't...
View ArticleThe Sad Way I (Almost) Sabotaged My Chances Of Having A Child
To mark National Infertility Awareness Week, Refinery29 is dedicating a full week of coverage to an open discussion about becoming a parent. Check out more here.Like many Generation Y women, I was...
View ArticleEverything You Need To Know About That Frightening Melisandre Scene
Photo: Courtesy of HBO. Last night's Game of Thronesseason premiere ends with a big surprise that shows how one character is definitely not who we think she is. Melisandre (Carice van Houten), The Red...
View Article5 Days Of No Social Media
Follow R29's Lucie Fink as she dives headfirst into social experiments — five days at a time.Social media is how we connect with each other in this day and age. It's how we know when an event is...
View ArticleEllen Pompeo Says Grey's Is Doing Just Fine Without That One Bit Of Anatomy
Sure, we all miss Patrick Dempsey on Grey's Anatomy. But the show is performing quite well without him, according to ratings and according to star Ellen Pompeo. Though, when she visited The Ellen...
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