A Class Act

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  How Your Class Can Affect Your Mental Health

  Refinery29 - Jo Fuertes-Knight

  Wild-eyed socialites locked in attics or ghostly widows walking into the ocean, never to be seen again – the way we perceive women and mental health has shifted unrecognisably from the wistful tragedy that was once spun for us. Today, we can be candid about our battles with anxiety and depression. …

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  From Pirate Radio To Glastonbury: Grime Music's Evolving Connection To Class

  Refinery29 - Jazmin Kopotsha

  I text a couple of my friends to ask them about their earliest memories of grime music. "When George used to play that song that goes 'what endz are you repping – south'", replied one. A Channel U staple, as I’m sure longtime fans will remember. "And then there was some homemade video and they took …

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  How Working Class Culture Influences High Fashion – Then Gets Left Behind

  Refinery29 - Serena Brown, Serena Brown

  Growing up in London in the 2000s, brands were so important to everyone I knew. From classic Nike 'Just Do It' bags to Gucci belts, everyone was determined to prove their individuality in one way or another. But my school was strict about uniforms and routine, so we were forced to think outside the …

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  How Acrylic Nails Went From Working Class Salons To The Fingers Of The Middle Classes

  Refinery29 - Akesha Reid

  I have always been intrigued by long, acrylic nails. As a child in the '90s, I remember going to the market with my mum and seeing a lady in the Caribbean shop with lengthy, curved talons painted in the colours of the Jamaican flag. "How does she wipe her bum?" I apparently asked as we left the …

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  The Young Working Class Women Left Behind By Gentrification In UK Cities

  Refinery29 - Natalie Gil

  Nadine Makeida Davis In casual conversation, 'gentrification' has come to describe how an influx of oat milk and young suited professionals has sucked the 'coolness' or, worse, 'grit' out of the UK’s biggest cities, like London, Manchester and Bristol. But this surface-level equation of …

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  What It Feels Like Going To Uni If You’re Working Class

  Refinery29 - Tom Rasmussen

  Someone told me the other day that trying to define what the terms ‘middle class’ and ‘working class’ mean is the most categorically middle class, privileged thing you can do. I think it’s croquet, but that’s a close second. Issues of class are tricky territory, and talking about them brings …