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10 of the best vegan ice creams you need to know about

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The 10 best vegan ice creams
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Despite there being only a few days of shorts-worthy weather this year, it’s perfectly acceptable to keep eating ice cream 24/7.

For those of us who are vegan or dairy free, we’ve come a long way from a lifeless bowl of fruit or flavourless sorbet.

12 vegan ice cream recipes to try today

We’ve now got our own amazing selection of ice creams, with bases made of everything from soy and avocado to coconut milk and cashew nuts.

So out of the many you could choose from, here are 10 of the best you should try today.

1.… Read the full story


National Underwear Day: Celebrate with these ethical pants brands

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We wear them every day of the year, so why not devote a day back to them? They’ve earned it.

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It’s National Underwear Day, everyone. From g-strings to Wonderbras, corsets to nappies, we definitely owe them one.

To celebrate in a truly feel-good fashion, have a browse of these ethical, comfy and all-round lovely pants.

Do You Green: Woodchips in your knickers?

Set up by a former architect, Do You Green uses leftover woodscraps from the construction industry to craft into undies.

If that sounds a bit scratchy, worry… Read the full story

How to let go of negative comments

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About five or six years ago I was told I look like Sonya from Eastenders.

Now, let me preface this by saying no hate to Natalie Cassidy, she looks bomb. But, it was a ‘before’ picture in a magazine, which she said prompted her to lose weight and bring out a workout video. It was one of the least flattering photos I’ve ever seen.

10 of the best vegan ice creams you need to know about

It was my boyfriend at the time who mentioned this, in a nonchalant way as I flicked through Hello or OK!.

To him, it was a throwaway comment. To me, it… Read the full story

21 intense relationship betrayals that don’t involve cheating

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Yes, cheating is very, very bad.

But relationships don’t break down only when one person sticks their genitals in the general direction of a person who’s not their partner.

All kinds of things can cause the end of a lovefest.

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Possessiveness, a lack of trust, differences in opinion, wanting different things from life – these all come into play, causing arguments and a return to singledom.

But these things are very often not about one person being in the wrong. They’re open to interpretation. They’re about feelings and personal issues.

There are some things, however,… Read the full story

What is SNS dip powder?

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The relationship between you and your nail tech can be a very strong one.

I see my nail girls every two weeks or so, which is more than I even see any of my family.

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So, when they suggested that I start getting SNS dip powder instead of my regular acrylic, I put my faith in them and let them do their thing.

The results are amazing, and I haven’t really shut up about the technique since I got it. So, I thought I’d enlighten you all… Read the full story

Young entrepreneurs launch a handy online guide to all things sex

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A team of millennial entrepreneurs have pulled together a ‘BuzzFeed of sex ed’. About time too.

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Fumble describes itself as a ‘handy guide to sex’ (pun intended). It offers curious teens social content like blogs, videos, games, galleries and quizzes.

The team behind Fumble say it responds to the lack of engaging digital platforms for good quality sex and relationships content for young people. They work with Brook, a leading sexual health charity, to make sure all the content is top notch.

It sets out to answer all… Read the full story

Nobody should use the N-word – not even black people

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‘If thought corrupts language, language can also corrupt thought.’

This quote by George Orwell rings as true today as it did 70 years ago.

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When I heard MP Annie Marie Morris use the phrase ‘nigger in the woodpile’ during a discussion on Brexit, it made me wonder: How often does she use it? Why does she think it’s acceptable? Does her choice of language reflect her own deep-seated opinions of black people? How come she felt so comfortable… Read the full story

Spicy pickle flavoured condoms don’t seem like a great idea

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Flavoured sex products are generally a load of nonsense.

Spicy pickle flavoured condoms don't seem like a great idea

The flavours are artificial and syrupy. They’re too sickly to actually make you want to put one in your mouth for longer than a few seconds. Plus the chemicals tend to be not-great for the vagina, meaning you need to swap from flavoured to regular mid-way through if you’re moving on to penetration (and care about the vagina’s delicate pH balance).

These particular flavoured condoms from Manforce are, perhaps, even stranger.

They’re flavoured to taste like achaar – pickled vegetables… Read the full story


Teacher gets walked down the aisle at her wedding by 20 of her students

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Well, this is lovely.

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25-year-old Marielle Slager Keller has been teaching for a few years, and she absolutely loves it.

So it only made sense to get her class involved in her wedding.

She could have just invited the students along to watch her tie the knot, but instead Marielle wanted to show them how important they truly are – by giving them the job of walking her down the aisle.

20 of Marielle’s students led her down the aisle to say her vows to her now-husband, medical student Mike.

The girls held… Read the full story

Body-positive bloggers offer glorious response to fat-shaming

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When three body-positive activists get together, wonderful things happen.

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This week, three major forces in the body positivity community, Megan Jayne Crabbe (you’ll probably know her as bodyposipanda), Melissa Gibson, and Anna O’Brien finally took their online friendship IRL, meeting up on Miami Beach.

To celebrate finally meeting away from their screens, the trio spent the day on the beach, had fun, and shared group selfies to their hundreds of thousands of followers.

And they wore swimsuits. As most people do at the beach.

Some people took issue with this. They decided… Read the full story

Throw out your Instagrammable copper cocktail mug, it could end up poisoning you

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Oh Lord, this is like being told avocado toast is killing us.

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You know those trendy copper mugs that have been popping up in every cocktail bar, all over Instagram feed, and in your interiors Pinterest board?

Well, turns out we might not want to keep using them for every sip of gin we take.

Iowa’s Alcohlic Beverages Division (sounds like the fun, party division, no?) has issued a fairly intense warning about using copper mugs to serve cocktails, suggesting that they could give the drink-sipper copper poisoning.

The bulletin explains that… Read the full story

Women in Translation Month: Books you need to read by women around the world

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It’s a big month for celebrating women’s voices from around with the world, so we’ve put together our top book picks to mark the occasion.

Teacher gets walked down the aisle at her wedding by 20 of her students

Women in Translation Month is an initiative from The Reading Agency, an Arts Council-backed literacy charity in the UK.

It aims to showcase the range of electrifying, mind-broadening, powerful texts by women that are available to English-language speakers thanks to translation.

Books by women that were originally written in other languages don’t currently get a great showing in English, according to The Reading Agency.

The charity notes that ‘less… Read the full story

Girl has a rare disorder that makes her sleep for 16 hours a day

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Jade has Kleine-Levin Syndrome, which causes her to need several naps each day. (Picture: SWNS)

We all love a long lie-in of a weekend, but for this girl sleep has become something of a prison.

Jade Frazier, of Beaver Dam in Kentucky, has Kleine-Levin Syndrome, which causes her to need several naps a day.

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The 11 year-old’s mum, Dee, said she first started to notice Jade’s problems when she would sleep through the night as a baby, but didn’t think much of it.

Then, when she started school she began falling asleep in class, and even slept right through… Read the full story

You’ve heard of star signs, but what’s your moon sign?

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Astrology has been around for as long as we can remember, with loads of us reading up our horoscopes in the back of magazines – or laughing at those who do, believing it to be a load of superstitious rubbish.

For those not in the know, star signs are based around 12 constellations that correspond to different months of the year.

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Each of the signs takes up a 30 degree segment of the ecliptic – the path the Sun follows over the course… Read the full story

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10 things you should get ready to hear if you’ve just had a baby

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Everyone wants a piece of you after you’ve had a baby.

It’s awesome that people want to congratulate you and talk to you about your newborn – who doesn’t like attention?

However, after a while, you realise that there are some stock phrases that everybody trots off to new mums and dads.

10 words and phrases you didn’t know existed until you had a baby

Some of them are lovely to hear, and some are downright infuriating. You just have to remember that people do say the wrong thing sometimes, even if their intentions are good.

Here are… Read the full story

Experts think unleashing your inner child could be the key to easing stress and here’s why

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Two words: Fun House.

Could any linguistic combo inspire more misty-eyed nostalgia and stomach-flipping excitement?

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If you didn’t know, the 90s TV show that featured a mullet-haired Pat Sharp, two fizzy cheerleading twins and a final round in which kids got to run around a fairground-style house of fun may be set to return as a live attraction in 2018.

Growing up, my brothers and I dreamed of having (read: discussed, designed and drew up plans for) a fun house in our… Read the full story

Yogi Mind Body Bowl wants us all to take a break from sharing body image related content

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Once a platform for showing off which exotic location your hotdog legs were getting mild skin damage in, Instagram has become a hive of body positive and fitness-related activity.

From photos of colourful no dairy, no gluten, no refined sugars breakfasts to people writing odes to their fat rolls and #TransformationTuesdays snaps, we’re constantly being bombarded with body image content.

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Some of it is there to inspire us to eat and exercise better. Some of it is there to get us to love ourselves as we are. But it does all –… Read the full story

58-year-old woman regularly gets mistaken for 20-year-old

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This summer we’ve seen plenty of hot bods, from Love Island to Game of Thrones.

Italian actress Pamela Prati could easily grace the villa with Kem and the gang.

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But, instead of being a young twenty-something like she seems, she’s actually 58 years old.

Prati has starred in numerous films and TV shows over the years, but seems to have not aged at all.

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She’s also listed as a showgirl… Read the full story

If you love Hawaiian pizza, you’ll lose your head over ‘Swineapple’

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Ham and pineapple is a combination made in heaven – everyone knows that.

Hawaiian is the best topping in the world thanks to a heady combination of salt and acidic sweetness. It’s truly delicious.

58-year-old woman regularly gets mistaken for 20-year-old

But what if you’re gluten intolerant and there are no pizza joints around which can accommodate your dietary needs? What if you’re on a no-carb hype? How are you supposed to get your fix of fruity meat?

Enter: The Swineapple.

That’s right, this year’s hottest summer food trend comes in the form of a pineapple wrapped in salty bacon and stuffed with sweet pork… Read the full story

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