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A good night's sleep can do you wonders, but many people don't prioritise their shut-eye - while others don't have the luxury of maintaining a healthy sleeping pattern. Often, stress from your personal and work life can affect how much sleep you get, while awkward hours and long shifts can…
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Only months ago, we all thought the Brooklyn Nine-Nine dream was over. On May 10th, fans were devastated when it was announced Fox had canceled the sitcom after five seasons, two Emmy Awards and hours upon hours of stellar comedy. However, the beloved sitcom would rise again. Only 31 hours…
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2018 has been a pretty depressing year, hasn't it? Just scrolling through Facebook or opening a newspaper throws up so many awful stories of tragic things that have happened - or are still happening - that it's sometimes difficult to take a break from it all. There are some things…
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When it comes to the subject of pets, we humans can be pretty hypocritical. What one person finds cute and cuddly, another person will find strange and nauseating. For example, there are plenty of people out there who think that pugs are the most adorable breed of dog on the…
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In a move that has been lauded as an important step by the LGBTQ community, the state of Tasmania in Australia has proposed to remove gender from birth certificates. The proposal is intended to be submitted to the Australian parliament later this year by the Labor and the Green parties, and…
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The Haunting of Hill House terrifies everyone who watches it. And when I say everyone, I mean everyone, this even including the actors who played the characters in Netflix's latest hit. Yes, despite learning the script and knowing full well that the blood smeared over them was completely fake, some…
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These days, it seems that all people do is complain. The right wing complains about the left wing, the wealthy complain about the less well-off, and the older generation complains about those younger than them. Millennials, in particular, get a pretty bad deal out of all this, as they are…
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Melissa McCarthy is doing pretty well for herself these days, but it wasn't always this way. Earlier this year, in an interview with Glamour, she revealed that she'd struggled with paying her bills in her early 20s, after she moved to New York City to pursue a career in comedy. "I…
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We've gotten used to crunching foliage underfoot, the evenings keep getting darker, and suddenly our tastebuds have started demanding sweet, caffeinated beverages in varying flavours of pumpkin spice. Yes, winter is here, folks. Now, when this kind of weather hits, there's only one place that I long to be: on the…
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More and more jaded Americans are indignantly announcing that they want to move to Canada these days, and indeed, the country has a bit of a stereotypical reputation as a liberal's safe haven, far removed from the partisan strife of Trump's United States. Now that marijuana has been fully legalised,…
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Gordon Ramsay is known as a belligerent celebrity chef who savagely roasts amateurs. On his reality shows, there's no shortage of hilarious insults: "For what we are about to eat, may the Lord make us truly not vomit." "You guys cook like old people f***" "This squid is so undercooked…
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The Haunting of Hill House, Netflix's newest original series, has been a smash-hit in the run-up to Halloween, and fans of the ten episode long drama are still pouring over all the neat little details that provide extra scares. Based on the classic 1959 psychological gothic horror novel by author Shirley…
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Ever since Friends ended, people have been revisiting the series, and it's safe to say that our opinions on the characters have changed significantly since the original run. Indeed, many people have reappraised the character of Ross Gellar upon rewatching the show, and your mileage may vary on this one,…
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Members of the management team of Jon James McMurray have confirmed that the Canadian rapper has died after falling to his death during a aeroplane stunt gone wrong on Saturday October 20th. The incident, which took place in British Columbia, reportedly involved McMurray, 34, walking along a wing of a small…
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On October 21, 2017, Kayla Hayes met up with her ex-boyfriend, Seth Fleury, inside her car. She told him she didn't want to get back together. She wanted to discuss their relationship, and give him an opportunity to right his wrongs. Seth got angry, and aggressively tried to kiss her.…
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On August 31, Grammy-winning rapper and 46-year-old man with "weird beard," Marshall Mathers, surprise-dropped his tenth album, Kamikaze. I remember that night. I was at a friend's birthday party at a bar, and overheard people talking about "Eminem's new album." I was like, "What?!" Part of me wanted to leave…
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Watching The Haunting of Hill House puts any viewer on red alert, ready and waiting for a ghost to appear onscreen and scare the living daylights out of them at any given terrifying moment. However, we've got news for you: there's a lot more where that came from. Series creator…
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Donald Trump has had an incredible influence on the USA during his time as president - and very little of it has been good. His incendiary rhetoric, homophobic/transphobic pronouncements, and misogynistic attitude towards any and all women have made him a poor representative for anyone who isn't a straight white…
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One new mom just got ahead of breastfeeding shamers in the most creative way. Meghan Koziel had a double mastectomy and reconstruction due to breast cancer back in 2015, and as a result, she physically cannot breastfeed her daughter. Koziel, who was diagnosed with breast cancer at age 26, gave…
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We've seen it all in the last few years; from McDonalds eyebrows to nose hair extensions, and this assortment of weird and wonderful beauty trends doesn't seem to be dying down anytime soon. Certainly, while jewellery has typically been confined to our earlobes, necks and fingers, one subversive designer has…
