Loves anything and everything that surrounds fashion, poetry, and lifestyle. She sees life as a recipe, where the ingredients are yours to choose and the flavour depends on how you blend them. Her one ...

Loves anything and everything that surrounds fashion, poetry, and lifestyle. She sees life as a recipe, where the ingredients are yours to choose and the flavour depends on how you blend them. Her one ...

Black and Blue, a female-owned tattoo shop on Guerrero near 16th Street. Photo by Leslie Nguyen-Okwu. In the lobby of the tattoo shop Black & Blue Tattoo on a recent Sunday afternoon, the sound of a ...

Despite cultural taboos, women have been getting tattoos for centuries. In ancient Egypt, women got tattoos as a form of beauty and as a status symbol. Permanent ink was seen for the first time in the ...

Before women are ever exposed to the world of alternative body modification, they have been overexposed to the beauty culture through their personal interactions as well as the media. They have ...

Since the election, Jess Koala, a tattoo artist at Black + Blue in San Francisco, has seen an uptick in the number of clients looking to get feminist tattoos. She’s inked women with Elizabeth Warren’s ...

If you’re considering a tattoo but are still weighing your options, you’ve come to the right place. We consulted Shaughnessy Otsuji, founder of Studio Sashiko in Los Angeles about what you should ...

This week on Refinery29, we’re filling your screens and consciousness with inspiring women over 50. Why? Because living in a culture obsessed with youth is exhausting for everyone. Ageing is a ...