Opinion
Views and opinion on the biggest stories of the day from the Editors at Marie Claire
Opinion
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I Left My Job Partly Because Of Painful Periods — Here’s Why We Need Menstrual Leave
Endometriosis, medical misogyny, and the fight for Menstrual Leave in the UK
By Chloe Laws
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I Thought the Fashion Industry Gave Me Body Issues—Turns Out It Was the 80s
Body positivity? Easier said than done when decades of diet culture still mess with your head.
By Ruth Crilly
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Inside Notting Hill Carnival: How It Connects Me to My Caribbean Heritage and Why It Must Survive
From child spectator to masquerader: Chanté Joseph shares her personal connection to Notting Hill Carnival
By Chanté Joseph
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I Grew Up Worshipping Carrie Bradshaw, But I'm Ready to Say Goodbye
I couldn’t help but wonder, what would we do without Carrie?
By Mischa Anouk Smith
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Kim Kardashian’s ‘Back to School’ Skims Drop Shows We’ve Still Got a Sexy Schoolgirl Problem
Can we stop dressing up girlhood for the male gaze already?
By Mischa Anouk Smith
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Kim Kardashian’s Skims Face Shapewear and *that* Sydney Sweeney Ad Reveal a Dangerous Revival of Regressive Beauty and Politics
Inside the nostalgia for toxic beauty and politics
By Mischa Anouk Smith
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Diane Abbott is Proof That as a Black Woman, You Are Held to Higher Standards and Criticised More Harshly
It's no surprise so many black women support Diane Abbott — they know how it feels to be vilified
By Sheilla Mamona
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Oracle Cards Are the New Self-Care—But Is Online Spirituality Helping Anyone?
Full moon mantras, astrology make-up, aura nails, and WitchTok: welcome to the era of algorithmic enlightenment
By Mischa Anouk Smith
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TikTok Banned SkinnyTok, ‘Skniytok’ Quickly Took Its Place
RIP #SkinnyTok. Enter: ‘#Skniytok’
By Mischa Anouk Smith
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Are Trending Sleep Divorces A Sign That Modern Life Is Making Us Too Tired to Be Together?
Peeling back the covers on TikTok’s solo sleeping obsession and what it says about intimacy in the age of burnout.
By Mischa Anouk Smith
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Lauren Sánchez’s Mega-Money Hen Do Sounded The Death Knell For Quiet Luxury
“Stealth Wealth”? Lauren Sánchez doesn’t know her.
By Mischa Anouk Smith
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How Do We Raise Our Kids in a Time of Misogyny and Intimate Image Abuse?
“We tend to ask more of schools when we perhaps need to ask more of ourselves”
By Amy Beashel
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Why is our generation obsessed with romanticising TV murderers?
By Jenny Proudfoot
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I was told I was too girly to be gay — When will society stop judging women on how we look?
Why femme invisibility is a feminist issue
By Roxy Bourdillon
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How much is too much to pay for a friend’s wedding?
It’s wedding season, but these anonymous bridesmaids have had enough of expensive hen parties
By Mischa Anouk Smith
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Bridal Store Secrets: 15 anonymous bridal shop assistants share their wedding dress horror stories
And the bride wore...
By Mischa Anouk Smith
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A harrowing new report reveals rape culture is poisoning British Primary Schools
Like Adolescence, a new report into primary school rape culture makes for painful viewing, but we can’t look away
By Mischa Anouk Smith
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I’m a ‘Queenager’ and proud of it
Why our fifties might just be our most powerful decade
By Annabelle Thorpe
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‘Adolescence’ and the rise of Manosphere influencers — how radicalisation is shaping the next generation
‘Adolescence’ is a painful, but necessary reminder that male rage and misogyny hurts everyone
By Mischa Anouk Smith
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PrettyLittleThing’s old money rebrand is giving 'kept woman'
PLT has ditched the bodycon clubwear in favour of an old-money aesthetic that shoppers say gives ‘kept woman’ vibes
By Mischa Anouk Smith
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Online misogyny is leading to offline violence - this week’s headlines are further proof
By Jenny Proudfoot
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Why are we praising homemaker influencers for escapism content, but tearing Meghan Markle apart for being vacuous?
By Jenny Proudfoot
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Why Women Need Male Allies: “If women and girls could solve gender-based violence, it would have been solved a long time ago”
Does the answer to ending violence against women and girls start with male allies and positive masculinity?
By Mischa Anouk Smith
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ADHD is a feminist issue: More women that ever are being diagnosed — what took so long?
“I witnessed firsthand how challenging it is for a woman to be heard and receive a proper diagnosis in a world designed for men.”
By Mischa Anouk Smith
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What 4 new mothers wish they knew about maternity leave
“I found it really hard to have to ask my husband for money.”
By Mischa Anouk Smith
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What it feels like to lose your job at two months pregnant
Every year, as many as 74,000 women lose their jobs after getting pregnant or taking maternity leave
By Mischa Anouk Smith
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Bianca Censori’s naked Grammys stunt looks like clear exploitation
The model and Ye muse’s latest outfit is more unsettling than sexy
By Mischa Anouk Smith