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“How my parents’ bravery, love and strength got us through the Windrush scandal”
What was it really like growing up with parents from the Windrush generation? One writer shares her story.
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- Jenny McCall
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What are irregular periods, and why do we get them? A gynaecologist answers our questions
Are you experiencing irregular periods during lockdown?
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- Dr Anita Mitra
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“I’m not having children because I want to save the planet”
This Earth Day, the Birth Strike movement is continuing to go global.
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- Sarah Biddlecombe
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“What I learned from two years of joint therapy with my mum”
After DNA tests revealed she wasn’t related to her late father, Georgina Lawton found therapy was the only way to heal the rift between her and her mother
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- Georgina Lawton
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- Catherine Renton
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How to cope with Mother’s Day if you don’t have a mum
One woman shares her coping mechanisms for getting through a difficult day.
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“The one piece of advice from my mum that changed how I date forever”
“She planted the seed for a resilience that’s served me well.”
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- Jessica Furseth
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“Why I had to cut my dad out of my life for my mental health”
“Family is a privilege, not a right.”
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- Stylist Team
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How to cope with your first Christmas after the death of a parent
A writer who lost her mum three years ago shares her advice.
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- Lucy Miller
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“How a therapist helped me through my mother’s suicide”
“When I turned 30, a decade of stoppering my grief caught up with me.”
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- Mary-Jane Wiltsher
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Cannes just turned a female filmmaker away because she is a mother
British director and actor Greta Bellamacina claims that she was refused entry to the festival because she was with her baby.
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- Hannah-Rose Yee
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“How growing up in nature helped heal my childhood broken heart”
When her mother mentally abandoned her, Meredith May turned to honey bees for comfort. Here, she shares her story.
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- Meredith May
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- Alexandra Stein
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This is what it’s really like to live in a cult
There are estimated to be at least 1,000 cults operating in the UK. Here, a former cult member shares her story
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Louis Theroux reveals powerful new documentary on motherhood and mental health
The filmmaker opens up to Stylist about Mothers on the Edge, due to air on BBC2 in May
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- Sarah Biddlecombe
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7 women on the most important lessons their mums taught them
How to cook, get over heartbreak and deal with your siblings
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“How mother-daughter twinning brought me closer to my mum”
As the twinning trend takes over Instagram, one woman explains why she has been co-ordinating her look with her mum for years
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- Gwendolyn Smith
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Natural Cycles contraception app advert is banned for being misleading
The ASA has ruled that the app’s claim of being a ‘highly accurate contraceptive’ is misleading and exaggerates its effectiveness
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- Sarah Biddlecombe
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Life
Why we should never question a woman on her reproductive prerogative
This Twitter thread powerfully highlights why it's nobody's business but her own
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- Megan Murray
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- Rhiane Kirkby
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This is why more women than ever are freezing their eggs
What’s driving more healthy, young women to spend around £5,000 to preserve their fertility?
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What we need to remember when talking about celebrity divorces
Gossip may be irresistible, but it can be damaging, too
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- Sarah Biddlecombe
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