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It’s that time again to peek behind the curtains (or closet doors) of Refinery29 editors to see what they’ve been wearing for winter (and will continue to wear for at…
I’m Adopting The “Let Them” Theory To Change My Life
Five years ago, at a friend’s house party, I ended up in conversation with a woman I had never met before. It was surface-level small talk: work, dating, who we…
Marianne Jean-Baptiste In Hard Truths Reminds Us We’re Overlooking Older Black Women’s Mental Health
Minor spoilers ahead. Much has been said about British actor Marianne Jean-Baptiste’s performance as Pansy Deacon in Mike Leigh’s Hard Truths, and it’s easy to see why. From the opening…
R29 MVP Awards: The Most Valuable Products Of 2024
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I Lost The Only Home I’d Ever Known In The Eaton Fire. Now, We’re Trying to Rebuild
On January 8, 2025 24-year-old Imena Sotomayor lost her home in the Eaton Fire in California. Below, she shares her story as told to Elizabeth Gulino. The Sotomayor family is…
Keke Palmer Says ‘One of Them Days’ Box Office Success Proves It’s The Buddy Comedy We Needed
Keke “The Gag Is, I Hope I Don’t Sound Ridiculous, I Know It Ain’t, I Know It Ain’t The StAAllion, Sorry To This Man, That’s A Slave Hymn” Palmer is…
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15 Reader-Favorite Products To Start 2025 On The Right Note
To us, December shopping served two very distinct purposes: to track down the perfect last-minute gifts for the hard-to-shop-for people in our lives, and to navigate all the year-end sales…