It’s International Women’s Day 2017 today – here’s what it’s all about
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International Women’s Day: How to shut down pay gap deniers
British women in full-time work are currently being paid 13.9% less than their male counterparts.
If you include part-time workers, it’s 18.1%.
Government is ignoring advice that could close gender pay gap
This pay gap is a generally accepted fact, one the current UK government are vocally committed to eradicating within a generation.
And yet, whenever an article about the pay gap surfaces online, the same comments appear – the pay gap is a myth, women have equality, feminists are ruining everything.
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Want to use sex toys as a couple but unsure where to start? Here are our suggestions
Sex toys are everywhere these days – you can even buy them with your supermarket groceries. But what if you want something a bit different?
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International Women’s Day: Why more and more young people are calling themselves feminists
Just a few months ago, we wrote about a report by the Fawcett Society that declared that just 9% of British women actively describe themselves as a feminist.
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It was pretty dismal reading. Whether they felt alienated by the movement, didn’t believe inequality is a thing, or hated the label, it’s always a shame to hear about people who don’t feel feminism is something positive.
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Nestle is cutting the sugar in Kit Kats by 10%
Today in ‘everything we love is being destroyed’ related news, our favourite chocolate bars aren’t just getting more expensive. They’re getting less sugary, too.
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Nestle has announced plans to cut the sugar content of Kit Kats, Aero, and Yorkie bars by 10%, in an effort to make us all healthier.
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Starburst is finally releasing all-pink packs
For years, we have waited.
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Forced to pick through the rubble of yellow and orange Starbucks (AKA nonsense Starburst that are designed to be given away to friends to pretend you’re generous), we have longed for a day when, finally, Starburst would listen to the people and just bloody well bring out a pack dedicated to only the good flavours.
That day has come.
Starburst has announced that they’re answering all our prayers… Read the full story
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What is it really like to live with endometriosis? 6 women share their stories
Endometriosis is a common condition, where tissues that behave like the lining of the womb are found outside of the womb.
Despite being a common occurrence, we seem to be ignorant about the condition.
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Metro.co.uk has spoken to 6 women of different ages and stages about the reality of having endometriosis. From those who struggled with their fertility to those who’ve had children, and those who found the experience life-changing as… Read the full story
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As the stupid unicorn food trend starts to die, mermaid toast becomes a thing
First, there was unicorn toast.
Then came unicorn coffee. Unicorn ramen. Unicorn macarons. Unicorn bark. ‘Bottled unicorn tears’ gin.
The unicorn craze got completely got out of hand and has ruined all kinds of great, adult food.
The internet went into meltdown when someone suggested Haribo eggs are actually UFOs
All you want is some natural-looking, beige grub that won’t exacerbate your headache during a hangover brunch. Is… Read the full story
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A statue of a fearless girl is staring down the charging bull of Wall Street
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This guy replaced his sister’s goldfishs with a carrots to see if she noticed
Goldfish are pets for people who don’t really like animals.
They just swim around their tanks doing their own thing, providing little-to-no succor for their humans.
Giant Kinder eggs are here to make all your chocolatey dreams come true
And because of that, it’s easy to forget about them. You feed them as part of your daily routine but that aside, they’re just there. Part of the furniture.
Which is how one brother managed to swap his sister’s… Read the full story
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How this ethical tampon and pad subscription service is helping women around the world
As we all strive to break down the societal weirdness around periods (seriously: why is period sex still considered ‘gross’? Why do people still think women shouldn’t swim on their periods?), tampon and pad subscription services seem to be the hot new thing everyone’s doing.
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There are subscription boxes designed for young girls just starting to menstruate. Ones that come packed with chocolates and tea. Boxes that pair tampons with beauty products.
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20 lies we all apparently tell our partners – how many are you guilty of?
As far as our Facebook and Instagram friends and followers are concerned, our relationships are utterly perfect but apparently, we’re all completely dishonest rats beneath the facade reeling out lie after lie to keep things sweet.
And the biggest lie of them all appears to be that honesty is the staple of a good relationship – with up to a quarter of us not fully trusting our other half.
A recent survey carried out by new Virgin on Demand TV show Imposters asked 2000 Brits about honesty in their relationships and, as… Read the full story
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Giant Kinder eggs are finally here to make all your chocolatey dreams come true
We’ve always loved Kinder Surprise eggs.
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Delicious milk and white chocolate. A pleasing egg shape. A tiny toy. What’s not to enjoy?
There’s always been just one thing we would change: making Kinder eggs a whole lot bigger. Because if you like something, you want more of it. And we’re fed up of trying to carry five Kinder eggs in our hands like damn fools.
So today, we rejoice. Because finally, giant Kinder eggs are… Read the full story
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The internet went into meltdown when someone said Haribo eggs are actually UFOs
Twitter has lost the plot after someone made the ‘discovery’ that Haribo Starmix eggs are in fact UFOs.
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Considering the sweets are called Starmix, Twitter user @Light_W8 insisted that the eggs just had to be space-themed – regardless… Read the full story
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This Nike plus-size model is too busy ‘laughing all the damn way to the bank’ to deal with fatshamers
Finding stylish plus-size workout gear can be torturous.
Go to Sports Direct, and you end up having to trawl through a load of child-size-like crop tops and camel-toe inducing leggings to eventually find a sack-like sports top that you wouldn’t be seen dead in.
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So when Nike revealed their first ever plus-size range last week, there were cries of relief all over the internet.
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How to end a relationship without being a total dick
I have been dumped one and a half times.
The first time was a balls-out, no quibbles, total wipeout of a dumping.
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On the next occasion, my ex started to dump me only to bottle it half way through, and I had to finish us… Read the full story
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This guy’s brilliant Tinder profile is bound to get loads of right swipes
Tinder works in mysterious ways.
Nike plus-size model is too busy 'laughing all the way to the bank' to deal with haters
While it’s so easy to swipe left and right, it can prove to be rather difficult to actually get the much-desired swipe right – and so it’s important that your Tinder… Read the full story
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We’re all having less sex than adults were 20 years ago
Oi, you. Get home and have sex. We’re all slacking and it’s time to get it together.
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A new study from San Diego State University and Widener University has found that adults, on average, are having sex seven times fewer annually than adults were in the early 1990s, and nine times fewer then adults in the late 1990s.
Which means, essentially, that… Read the full story
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Marathon training week 7: becoming a commuter-runner
I live on the border of East London and West Essex.
It changes according to who I’m talking to…but for the sake of making this sound more impressive, let’s say that this week I ran home from West London to West Essex for the first time.
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Up until now, I’ve been doing some Sunday runs around Woodford but have mainly stuck to treadmill training.
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There’s a secret version of Tinder just for hot rich people
Listen up, Tinder peasants.
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If, like me, you’ve been swiping through regular people Tinder, I’m very, very sorry. But the creators of Tinder have deemed us not quite special enough to be a part of their secret, exclusive section of Tinder: Tinder Select.
Tech Crunch reports that for the last six moths, Tinder has been inviting hot, rich people to join a new version of Tinder called Tinder Select.
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