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These photos want you to celebrate the weirdness inside you

These photos want you to celebrate the weirdness inside you

Fotómetro’s new series Proof of Existence is an ode to our bizarre differences and quirky oddities

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Better off alone: Why it’s time to hit the club solo

Better off alone: Why it’s time to hit the club solo

From the mental health benefits to friend-making potential, here’s why raving on your own can be one of life’s most rewarding experiences

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The ultimate Gen Z Valentine’s day gift guide

The ultimate Gen Z Valentine’s day gift guide

Artsy mend-patches, penis-shaped lippies, cocktail kits and intimate card games. Dig in...

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Code-switching: here’s why some people have two accents

Code-switching: here’s why some people have two accents

We speak to TikToker Sara Deshmukh about her accent causing a furore online, and why juggling speech styles can be important for immigrants

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The Traitors: this is why we love to watch deception

the traitors: this is why we love to watch deception

Psychologists, lying experts and contestants Paul and Wilf tell us more about the art of deceit on the TV show

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here are our feel-good Oscar nominations for 2024

here are our feel-good Oscar nominations for 2024

Biggest ick, horniest movie, cringiest roll-out and most meme-able films; it’s all here

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Why do cute things make us feel so good?

Why do cute things make us feel so good?

Sylvanian Families, squiggly mirrors and emojis: we look at what cute means today

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Tits up: Lucy & Yak’s new campaign urges you to bare all

Tits up: Lucy & Yak’s new campaign urges you to bare all

In its latest collection, the Brighton-based brand stands up to breast censorship

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Did we need a Gen Z Mean Girls movie?

Did we need a Gen Z Mean Girls movie?

If this isn’t our mother’s Mean Girls, it’s not ours either

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15 thoughts I had while watching Poor Things

15 thoughts I had while watching Poor Things

Saltburn walked so Poor Things could run

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what does gen z make of the sopranos?

what does gen z make of the sopranos?

As the cult show turns 25, how are young people reacting to the classic mobster series?

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Loud budgeting is in, quiet luxury is out

Loud budgeting is in, quiet luxury is out

TikTok has decided it’s cool to save money and we’re here for it

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24 things to bring joy in 2024

24 things to bring joy in 2024

From festivals to film drops, from fashion moments to sports, could this be the year the roaring twenties truly arrives?

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Why it's time to leave the club early

Why it's time to leave the club early

Rave culture tells us we should put a good shift in by staying all out all night, but this competition and peer pressure is becoming toxic…

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The Buccaneers’ Josie Totah wants queer stories to be more joyful

The Buccaneers’ Josie Totah wants queer stories to be more joyful

woo chats with Josie Totah and Mia Threapleton about their characters’ queer love story in The Buccaneers

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Cai Davies’s happy meal is a dal with all the trimmings

Cai Davies’s happy meal is a dal with all the trimmings

The young chef has been behind the scenes in the UK’s best restaurant and manages his own Welsh-Japanese pop-up, but his happy meal comes from another...

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Disney’s Wish is a hopeful ode to the magic of solidarity

Disney’s Wish is a hopeful ode to the magic of solidarity

Celebrating 100 years of fairytales and animation, Disney’s new movie Wish is a love letter to community and agency

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TikToker Kelsey Russell wants Gen Z to bring back newspapers

TikToker Kelsey Russell wants Gen Z to bring back newspapers

woo spent an afternoon with TikTok’s ultimate newspaper girlie to understand why she’s making a case for print media

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36 Questions To Fall In Love With Baby Queen

36 Questions To Fall In Love With Baby Queen

Ahead of her debut album release, the alt-pop star speaks to woo about love, friendship and fangirling over Taylor Swift

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The Fingernails director on how “love isn’t something you prove”

The Fingernails director on how “love isn’t something you prove”

Christos Nikou, the director of the film starring Jessie Buckley and and Riz Ahmed talks to woo about love in the modern day

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