The TikTok weight loss dance is going viral, but it’s actually extremely dangerous. Odds are, you (or someone you know) has watched the odd weight loss move, made famous by user Janny14906. The stomach workout has generated millions of likes and follows because it’s promised to be the perfect ab routine. But, here lies the problem: Experts warn that […]
An unusual stomach exercise is taking over people’s TikTok For You pages. A user, known as Janny14906, has gained millions of likes and follows with an intense ab workout. It may highlight problems with how the platform operates, such as allowing fad weight-loss tactics. Visit Insider’s homepage for more stories. There’s an intense abdominal exercise […]
Did you find yourself turning to something more and more during lockdown? Our nightly glasses of wine and growing drinking routine is perhaps one that’s been spoken about the most over recent months – with one in seven Brits admitting they are drinking more alcohol than before. But there are other addictive habits we’ve developed over […]
After I broke up with a guy I was dating a few years back, I deleted our conversation history with so much speed. It seemed weird to keep our conversations taking up precious space. Space that should be reserved for pretty photos of the sky or my favourite apps like Asos and Twitter. “How did the conversation go again?” my friend […]
When it comes to conversations about violence against women and girls, disabled women are often left out of the discussions. But we are the group most at risk of experiencing—and being trapped in—domestic violence situations and environments. I used to be in an emotionally abusive relationship. My ex-partner used my disability and my illnesses against […]
As the calendar circles back, for the very first time, to the dates on which so many of our lives changed in 2020, it’s tough to know what might resurface in each of us. The day the first lockdown was announced – 23rd March – marked not only our realisation of the severity of the pandemic and […]
Lockdown weight gain is an issue that has affected most of us, with research revealing that over 40% of adults in England gained weight during the pandemic. It’s safe to say that food was a comfort to many during the numerous UK lockdowns – with fancy home-cooked meals, banana-bread baking and the joy of FINALLY […]
I don’t think it’s any great stretch to say that my life is impacted on a daily basis by embarrassing moments from months – and sometimes even years – ago. I can be out perusing the yoghurts at Tesco and suddenly, overwhelmingly, I’m ripped back to some mortifying moment in my past. So vivid that […]
Update: Campaigners have been calling for misogyny to be made a hate crime and on March 17, the government announced that it will ‘on an experimental basis’ ask the police to record crimes of violence motivated by a person’s sex or gender. Since the tragic death of Sarah Everard, women’s groups have argued that recording […]
Watch: What the Sussexes really think of Charles, William and Kate 0:02 1:31 Harry and Meghan: What the Sussexes really think of Charles, William and Kate Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have opened up about the reported rift between them and other members of the Royal Family. Harry talked about his relationship with his father, during the Duke […]
