Opinion
Views and opinion on the biggest stories of the day from the Editors at Marie Claire
Opinion
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Smearing Virginia Giuffre: What New Allegations Against Prince Andrew Reveal About Power and SilenceWhy smear campaigns by powerful men still work so well By Mischa Anouk Smith 
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Britain Has Its First Female Archbishop of Canterbury — So Why Did Some Headlines Name Her Husband Instead?“We're still measuring women by who they're married to and whether they're mothers, not by what they've achieved.” By Mischa Anouk Smith 
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Yes, Instagram Is Ruining Your HolidayIf you went on holiday and didn’t post it, did it even happen? By Mischa Anouk Smith 
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I Left My Job Partly Because Of Painful Periods — Here’s Why We Need Menstrual LeaveEndometriosis, 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 80sBody 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 SurviveFrom 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 GoodbyeI 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 ProblemCan 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 PoliticsInside the nostalgia for toxic beauty and politics By Mischa Anouk Smith 
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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 PlaceRIP #SkinnyTok. Enter: ‘#Skniytok’ By Mischa Anouk Smith 
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Donald Trump Is back in power—Why didn’t more people join the Women's March this year?“I am feeling the fatigue and weight of the challenge ahead of us, when it feels like we have already been fighting for so long.” 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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A harrowing new report reveals rape culture is poisoning British Primary SchoolsLike 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 itWhy our fifties might just be our most powerful decade By Annabelle Thorpe 
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Topshop was a mecca for Millennials like me—it might be coming back, but I don’t think Gen Z will ever experience a shopping heyday like that againIt would take more than Kate Moss for Topshop to save the British High Street in 2025 By Mischa Anouk Smith 
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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 proofBy 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