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Pride month has only just ended in the USA, and already we're being reminded of how desperately we still need it. Every day we hear incidents of transgender individuals being denied entry to bathrooms or dressing rooms, LGB couples experiencing physical and verbal abuse for holding hands or being affectionate…
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When you check your messages on Tinder, you usually know what to expect. Someone saying "hey," a second person saying "hey," a third person saying "hey," an unsolicited photo of someone's junk. Romance is still alive! But sometimes you'll be surprised. Amorous admirers will scour your profile and comment on…
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A few weeks ago, news of a rare black giraffe that was shot and killed by a trophy hunter went viral after images of the slain animal were posted on social media. The hunter was identified as Tess Thompson Talley, a 37-year-old American woman who has achieved a level of…
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A Florida woman has finally lost her virginity at the age of 32 after being cured of a rare condition that meant she couldn't have penetrative sex without feeling like she was "hitting a brick wall". Karen Buono 35, from Wesley Chapel, Florida, has spent most of her life struggling…
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It's hard to believe that there was genuinely a time before Donald Trump was president. While we're all used to the President's constant stream of tweets online, it wasn't always this way. Before Trump became the most powerful man on the planet, America had Barack Obama at the helm and…
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It seems like these days there's a new piece of dating terminology to learn ever week. Seriously, it's like social media is totally determined to name, log and categorise every minute facet of human interaction and behaviour, and keeping up with the new terminology can feel pretty exasperating sometimes. You've…
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The way products are marketed towards men and women is absolutely insane. Take men's products, for example. When marketing something towards men, everything needs to be "manly." This involves packaging being made of up of navy blue, black and silver, with words such as STEEL and AXE (which have to…
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If my Instagram feed is anything to go by, then a lot of you out there really love to travel and see the world. Nominally, there's nothing wrong with that; it's a chance to see how other cultures live and try some delicious foreign food but I find that after…
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Being someone who is in their twenties I can tell you that life is tough. Low wages, little job prospects and sky-rocketing rent prices mean that the future, right now, for my generation, looks pretty bleak. However, luckily for some, they don't have to experience the travails that the majority of…
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There is nothing worse than feeling humiliated in front of a crowd of people. It's honestly the worst feeling in the world. Feeling the blood move up your body and fill your cheeks; the sweat; the clammy hands - it's terrible. However, it's something we all endure and thanks to…
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As a parent, what are you meant to do if your child flat out refuses to get a job? Of course, the first port of call would be to not give them any pocket money. Then what? Remove the Xbox from their bedroom? Slowly, but surely, remove all of their…
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Nobody is perfect. All of us make mistakes from time to time, and those mistakes have a habit of hurting other people too. For the most part, you'd like to think that people wouldn't do anything deliberately to mess with people - but once again, the internet has provided a…
