This New Web Series Rewrites Movies To Make Them About Women
It's no secret that Hollywood is male-dominated, and that often means its films end up centered on male characters. Fortunately, the new web series Full Movie Here is flipping that dynamic upside...
View ArticleWhat It Really Means To Be Queer In Public
Photo: Courtesy of Allison Hope. Editor's note: Allison Hope is a freelance writer and LGBTQ advocate. The views expressed here are her own.When I first came out at age 16, I told only select friends...
View ArticleAriel Winter Posted A Photo To Remind You Of The Swift Passage Of Time
It seems like just yesterday Ariel Winter was playing a girl finishing up middle school. But that Modern Family episode actually aired five years ago. Now, Winter is all grown up and graduating from...
View ArticleEspadrilles: The Affordable Summer Shoe We Didn't Realize We Needed
If you search for “espadrilles” on Pinterest or Tumblr, scores of the Spanish rope-soled sandals in all kinds of summery settings will bombard your screen: propped upon a Caprian rock, as the backdrop...
View ArticleDoes Taylor Swift Really Pay $40,000 A Month In Rent?
There’s another big change in Taylor Swift’s life — and this time, it's property-based.According to multiple reports (and TMZ’s shots allegedly showing Swift’s crew moving her in), she’s now calling a...
View ArticleOregon Court Officially Recognizes Non-Binary People
Oregon has just taken a huge step for transgender and non-binary people: A court in Multnomah County, OR, allowed a person to legally identify as neither gender, The New York Times reports.Friday's...
View ArticleJustin Trudeau Is Your Political Woke Bae
If you've been online lately, you probably know a few fun facts about Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. For instance, he's really good at yoga. And he wants both men and women to call themselves...
View ArticleNever Send A Drunk Text Again
You tap out a message and hit send — then, your heart thunks to the floor. Oh shit. I should not have sent that after all. We’ve all been there, whether it was shooting off an angry email to a...
View Article14 Day Trips Perfect For New Yorkers
Photo: Liz Ligon / Courtesy of Brooklyn Botanic Garden. Everyone needs to escape from the concrete jungle from time to time. And our centrally located city allows even the car-less to take easy,...
View ArticleThe Gender Gap You Haven't Heard About
ILLUSTRATED BY Anna Sudit. In Status: Stressed, Refinery29 is teaming up with Secret , the expert in stress sweat, to have an honest, passionate conversation about the role of stress in the lives of...
View ArticleThis Is What 116 Coats Of Nail Polish Looks Like
For some people (ahem, myself), waiting for two coats of polish and a topcoat to dry is pure agony. But one beauty vlogger had the patience to wait for not two, not three, not four...but 116 coats of...
View ArticleLil' Wayne Suffers Two Seizures, Private Plane Grounded Twice
Lil’ Wayne’s private plane landed twice in Omaha after the rapper and epileptic reportedly suffered two separate seizures.Wayne was flying from Milwaukee to California when he suffered his first...
View ArticleWhat Hillary Clinton & Donald Trump Had To Say About The Orlando Shooting
Photo: David Goldman/AP Photo. Both presumptive presidential nominees, Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, spoke in the aftermath of Sunday’s attack on an Orlando, LGBTQ nightclub that left 50 dead,...
View ArticleDinosaur Dominates American Ninja Warrior
American Ninja Warrior is one of our few reliable sources of inspiration. We have Jessie Graff once again crushing it, this time in a Wonder Woman costume. Her costumed feat was quickly overshadowed...
View Article4 Dos & 4 Don'ts For Handling Mystery Text Messages
Photographed by Erin Yamagata. "Hey! How have you been?" You just got a perfectly innocuous text. You'd normally reply back with something like, "I'm good! Just got back from visiting my parents."...
View ArticleGet Ready: New Rihanna Fenty Trainers Are Coming This Week
Still reeling over the heartbreak that was Rihanna's latest Fenty creeper drop, if you weren't able to snag a pair in the mere 35 minutes it took for the shoes to sell out? Don't worry, Bad Gal isn't...
View ArticleCut Back On Laundry With These Incredible Self-Cleaning Sheets
Washing bed sheets is my least favorite chore. There are just so many steps: strip the bed, wash the sheets, dry the sheets, remake the bed...and don’t even get me started on folding fitted...
View ArticleKid Cudi Says He'll Make Hip-Hop Speak Out For Gay Rights
Kid Cudi pledged to try to change hip-hop’s homophobic attitudes in the wake of the massacre at Pulse in Orlando. The rapper tweeted his support and pledged his commitment to effecting lasting change...
View ArticleThe Fashion Trends Celebrities Are All Over This Summer
When it comes to trying the biggest trends of the season IRL, it’s never quite as easy as it seems. Few of us want to be the first person to rock that tracksuit to brunch with our friends, or to dig...
View ArticleLiam Hemsworth Reveals Jennifer Lawrence's Expert-Level Trolling
Liam Hemsworth finished a pair of amazing Jean-Claude Van Damme stories with a semi-related anecdote about Jennifer Lawrence’s habit of onset non-sequiturs.The Australian star was on The Graham Norton...
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