This curvy model goes un-retouched in latest AerieREAL campaign, to represent true definition of beauty

January 25, 2016, 10:35 am

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American Eagle Outfitters have proved once again that there is more to beauty than diets and size 0. 

The latest edition to their #AerieREAL campaign – which celebrates women with varying physique, refusing to edit any of the campaign’s photos – features curvy teen model Barbie Ferreira.

It’s refreshing to see someone with a ‘normal’ body embracing every ounce of themselves.

Seeing a body move in a normal way, creasing in all the right places just like anybody else’s – without the digital manipulation giving a false impression – is refreshing.

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13 parenting struggles that owning a pet will prepare you for

January 25, 2016, 11:01 am

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Your life changes forever when you have a baby – and absolutely nothing can prepare you fully for the stresses and the pressures of bringing up a child. 

However, if you want to get a minor insight into what you are letting yourself in for, then you really need to own a pet first.

Basically, if you can’t cope with the minor hassles owning a cat or a dog brings to your otherwise harmonious life, then there is no way on this planet that you are ready for a screaming, pooing, hungry, messy little human being who depends on you.

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Ben from Ben and Jerry’s unveils new ice cream flavour (but we’re probably not going to be able to try it)

January 25, 2016, 12:09 pm

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Ben from Ben & Jerry’s have just released a new ice cream flavour and we couldn’t be more excited. 

The flavour, whilst sounding delicious, also seems to resemble something pretty close to the heart of Ben Cohen, co-founder of Ben & Jerry’s.

And he’s chosen to call it Bernie’s Yearning, a reference to Democrat presidential candidate Bernie Sanders.

The tub may share some of the famous Ben and Jerry’s name name it’s been made clear that the ice cream was created by Ben alone and should not actually be associated with Ben & Jerry’s as a company.

There are reportedly only 40 of these tubs in existence.

@kenvogel This was created by Ben as a citizen. The company is not involved.

— Ben & Jerry's (@benandjerrys) January 25, 2016

The ice cream, which has been named ‘Bernie’s Yearning’ was introduced while Ben was standing outside a Donald Trump campaign event… Read the full story

Australia Day 2016: 13 reasons we love Australia

January 25, 2016, 4:05 pm

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Ah Australia, the land down under, Oz, and the place where people have Christmas on the beach.

Australia is not too shabby, and in fact it’s an amazing place to visit or live.

With great weather, all the beer you could imagine, and a little known natural wonder called the Great Barrier Reef you’d be forgiven if you booked a one-way ticket in the next ten minutes.

So, to celebrate Australia Day today (Tuesday, January 26) here’s some… Read the full story

7 types of people guaranteed to fill you with rage on the Tube during rush hour

January 25, 2016, 10:52 pm

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Don’t get us wrong the tube is great – world’s first underground railway and all.

Well, except for when they’re on strike, there’s major delays, inexplicable last minute works and station closures.

Oh and rush hour.

That time when everyone loses their goddamn minds in order to rush to jobs, they probably don’t even want to be at.

And what comes with rush hour is an intense rage when you encounter any one of the following people:

1. The manspreader

Somehow you have defied all the odds and managed to nab a seat without sacrificing an elderly or pregnant person (which you… Read the full story

McDonald’s launches table service in 400 restaurants across the UK

January 25, 2016, 11:32 pm

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Soon, in every McDonald’s in the land, you’ll be able to order your Quarter Pounder with Cheese Meal from a digital kiosk and have it brought to you on a fancy wooden tray by waiter.

We know, it’s 2016 and you don’t even have to get up for your Happy Meal. We’re not sure if this is progress or not.

Anyway, McDonald’s will be rolling out table service with McWaiters, along with self-service digital kiosks, across 400 UK restaurants from February, after trials in 14 locations proved successful.

It is also doubling the number of restaurants serving its Signature… Read the full story

On his final day working at Burger King, this guy helped himself to all their chicken nuggets

January 26, 2016, 12:07 am

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A former Burger King worker who celebrated his last day in the job by taking home a freezer-load of chicken nuggets, has been dubbed ‘a true American hero’ on Twitter.

Twitter user Zealot (also known as John), from Florida, posted a picture of his chicken haul (lovingly placed in the passenger seat of his car with the seat-belt on) over the weekend and it’s already been shared over 32,000 times, receiving over 38,000 likes.

Because how do you fight the man? You take his nuggets of course*.

‘TODAY WAS MY LAST DAY WORKING AT BURGER KING SO I TOOK ALL OF THEIR NUGGETS, F*CK IT’ John tweeted alongside a picture… Read the full story

At the age of 25, this guy quit his job, bought a boat, and sailed it from Washington to Chilean Patagonia

January 26, 2016, 1:09 am

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18 months ago, at the age of 25, Dwyer Haney decided to quit his job, sell/donate all his belongings, buy a 30-foot sailboat, and set off on a 12,000 mile journey from Washington to Chilean Patagonia.

He explains: ‘In my early twenties, I built a ski manufacturing facility from scratch in Asia, leading a team of American and Chinese engineers to reach mass production in 18 months with a budget of 4.5 million dollars.’

After that, he decided he wanted a completely different challenge. The aim was to see the world at a slower pace, take everything in, and ‘watch a hell of a… Read the full story

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This Instagram wants to get us talking about mental health

January 26, 2016, 1:52 am

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So many of us are struggling with mental health issues – anxiety, depression, OCD.

But it can still feel like we’re dealing with things all alone, isolated by our inability to talk about mental illness without feeling shamed.

This Instagram wants to change that.

Jessica Walsh started the Let’s Talk About Mental Health website and Instagram as part of an ongoing project with Timothy Goodman, called 12 Kinds of Kindness.

Step four in the 12-step Kinds of Kindness project focused on Jessica and Timothy being a little kinder to themselves by reflecting on their past… Read the full story

Powerful photo series ‘Still Not Asking For It’ calls out rape culture and victim blaming

January 26, 2016, 2:14 am

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Australian photographer Rory Banwell‘s powerful ‘Still Not Asking For It’ photo series is tackling the culture of blaming the victims of sexual assault, the implication that they ‘asked for it’, head on.

Rory’s black and white photos show men and women naked from the waist up, with messages such as ‘fashion is not an invitation,’ ‘alcohol is not an excuse’ and ‘never asking for it’, scrawled across their bodies.

In other words, regardless of what someone’s wearing, how drunk they are, who they are, no one is ever asking to be raped, sexually assaulted, or abused.

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Turns out all you need for an adorable engagement photoshoot is a blizzard

January 26, 2016, 2:29 am

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When you’ve got a vision for your dream engagement, you’re willing to wait a while to make it happen.

Felicia Sam and David Nartey got engaged in October. They’d been hoping to celebrate with a snowy photoshoot, and when a blizzard hit Washington DC, they knew they’d found the perfect moment.

Felicia told ABC News: ‘We had wanted to do a snow photoshoot for a long time. So any opportunity that presented itself, we were just going to take it.

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39 rules for how to be a modern mum

January 26, 2016, 3:15 am

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Thanks to Country Living magazine we know about the criteria that makes a modern lady.

Essential qualities include owning a little black dress, always having a hanky and the ability to cook perfect, crispy roast potatoes.

But what are the attributes that make a modern mother? Here are the 39 steps to being a mum in 2016:

A modern mother…

1. Can laugh at herself. (Because when you have put shoes in the FRIDGE for the third day running if you didn’t laugh you would cry. A LOT. And never stop).

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Deep-frying vegetables might make them healthier

January 26, 2016, 3:20 am

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Finally, we have an excuse to turn all our vegetables into delicious deep fried snacks. Preferably dipped in some kind of equally fatty, salt-filled sauce. Or chocolate, if we’re in the mood.

According to a new study from Food Chemistry, deep-frying your vegetables could actually make them healthier.

We know. We can’t believe it either. Everything has changed.

Researchers deep-fried potatoes, tomatoes, aubergines, and pumpkins. The same vegetables were also boiled or sauteed for comparison.

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Mum thanks Apple employee who went out of his way to make her son with Down’s syndrome and Autism feel comfortable

January 26, 2016, 3:32 am

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LynnMarie Rink is an artist and entertainer from Nashville. She’s also a mum to nine-year-old James, who was born with Down’s syndrome, and, at six-years-old, was diagnosed with Autism.

Last week, she took to Facebook to share a story of how an Apple employee went out of his way to make her son feel comfortable.

In the post addressed to her local Apple store, LynnMarie explains that James has used an iPad since the age of three – ‘It became a way to help James communicate,’ she explains. ‘We use his iPad… Read the full story

This woman and her cat are the truest friendship goals

January 26, 2016, 3:44 am

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You and your friends may be close. Maybe you have your own book club. Perhaps they were there for you when you went through that really awful breakup.

But do you wear T-shirts with each other’s face on? No? Then sit the f*** down.

This is true friendship. When your friendship is true and everlasting, those around you will see it. They’ll feel it.

And when it’s your birthday, they’ll know the perfect gift for you and your real BFF.

Just like Imgur user kindstrangerofgold, who treated her sister and her cat (who happen to share the same birthday) to the perfect birthday presents.

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Man climbs mountain to find odd note from a mysterious naked hiker

January 26, 2016, 3:44 am

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If you were hiking to the top of a mountain, what would you expect to be greeted with? 

The smell of cold, fresh air? Birds chirping away at you as you attempt to catch your breath, preparing to make your way back down?

That’s not all this guy found though, who hiked to the top of a mountain only to find a register book at the pinnacle.

As he’d gone to sign his name in the book – to add to the long list of other people that had somehow made it to the top of the mountain – he came across something a little odd.

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Instead of writing their name, or signature, someone had given some hilarious advice to other hikers, and Redditor laneowns posted it online to give others a giggle:

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Woman goes viral after making brilliant video entitled ‘I’m a slut’

January 26, 2016, 3:50 am

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It’s not every day someone posts to Facebook with a video entitled: ‘I am a slut’.

Not one as beautiful as this, anyway.

Poet Savannah Brown posted her ‘Slam poem’ onto her YouTube account to share with her 213,000 subscribers, and it seems to have gone viral after the video itself hit 461,000 views and was then re-uploaded by other accounts, receiving over a million views.

She opens her video introducing herself as a slut.

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Autistic Starbucks barista is getting a lot of love for his dance moves

January 26, 2016, 3:59 am

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Sam the barista has been bringing a smile to customers’ faces by serving his coffee with a side of dance moves.

Everyone’s impressed, not just because his dancing is on point (though it definitely is), but because this teenager has overcome the challenges of autism and turned them into a strength.

Carly Fleischmann, who writes about her own experiences of living with autism, uploaded the video of Sam dancing onto YouTube, and wrote: ‘I would like to introduce you to a young teenager named Sam.

Giambattista Valli just showed the most beautiful collection of dream Oscars dresses

January 26, 2016, 4:13 am

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Okay, most of us won’t be going to the Oscars but we totally know what we’d wear if we were.

One of these deliciously frothy tulle gowns from Giambattista Valli’s Spring 2016 Couture collection, as shown at Paris Haute Couture Fashion Week yesterday.

Because nothing says red carpet better than some OTT tulle. Just ask Rihanna, who wore the designer’s enormous pink tulle gown to last year’s Grammys and totally stole the show.

These are the dresses dreams are made of. 

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Scientists have found a way to trick you into eating less pizza

January 26, 2016, 4:34 am

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Dark times are upon us. Rather than reassuring us that deep-fried vegetables are secretly healthy, or finding excuses for us to sleep more at the weekend, scientists have turned their efforts to an evil, evil mission: tricking us into eating less pizza.

The horror. Oh, the horror.

The science-y types out to destroy all our pizza-eating goals published a study in the Journal of the Association for Consumer Research.

For the study, they bought four pizzas. Then, rather than eating all four pizzas, they put two pizzas on big tables, and two on small tables.

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