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Hiring politicians to companies like Facebook is a threat to our democracy

Channel: Tech Tech November 14, 2018 By Caroline Lucas

Disabled people already have enough battles. Making us prove we need benefits is an insult

Channel: Health Health November 13, 2018 By Samantha Renke

The best vegan advent calendars – where to get them, what's inside and how much they cost

Channel: Food Food November 21, 2018 By Almara Abgarian
Caption: METRO ILLUSTRATIONS (Picture: Virgin Miri/ Metro.co.uk) Social infertility is very real and very shit Is there a word for when you find out there???s a name for something you???ve been feeling or experiencing? Because if there???s not, there should be. You see I recently found out (via this wonderful piece my friend Emily Maddick wrote for Grazia magazine) that there???s a snappy term for the fact that I desperately want children but might not be able to have them because I???m still fucking single. It???s called social infertility. While plain old medical infertility is something you hear about all the time, social infertility is so rarely spoken about I only just came across the phrase a couple of weeks ago and I???m afflicted by it. Like mental illness - which is only now starting to be treated as seriously as physical health issues ??? social infertility is seen as something that???s either made up or totally avoidable if only the person concerned would just pull their socks up and bloody get on with it. But I???d like to make it very clear here and now; I am not being too picky, I am not playing fast and loose with biology because I???m a spoilt brat who thinks she can always get her own way, and I am certainly not prioritising my career and purposely putting procreating on-hold to climb the greasy pole - I simply haven???t met anyone I could possibly, under any reasonable standards, have children with. And believe me, no one???s more disappointed or upset about this fact than me. To give you some background, I???m 35 and have been single for all of my 30s and a decent chunk of my 20s. Yes, I???ve dated. Yes, there have been people I???ve liked and others who have liked me (although, unfortunately, rarely the twain have met). I???m the product of a stable, loving, two-parent family, and have always envisioned creating my own equally traditional family unit with marriage and kids. And yet, despite my long-held hopes, dreams, and many, many dates, it hasn Copyright: Virgin Miri/ Metro.co.uk

Fertility rates are falling as half the world experiences a 'baby bust', researchers say

Channel: Lifestyle Lifestyle November 9, 2018 By Almara Abgarian
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Male fertility stories: I had lazy sperm and no one to talk to about it

Channel: Lifestyle Lifestyle November 7, 2018 By Almara Abgarian

Does your 'child status' affect your love life?

Channel: Lifestyle Lifestyle November 7, 2018 By Almara Abgarian

Can yoga help with fertility issues?

Channel: Families Families November 9, 2018 By Almara Abgarian
Women who had kids but regret it

Plastic could be affecting your fertility – here's how and why

Channel: Lifestyle Lifestyle November 3, 2018 By Almara Abgarian

Philip Hammond's Budget failed our environment. This is what needed to be said

Channel: News News October 31, 2018 By Caroline Lucas

Hate crimes against disabled people are dismissed. But they exist and they're terrifying

Channel: News News October 30, 2018 By Samantha Renke

Women take to Twitter to vent over how they are treated by doctors

Channel: Health Health October 29, 2018 By Almara Abgarian
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Woman covers her face in period blood before rolling around in the grass

Channel: Lifestyle Lifestyle October 29, 2018 By Almara Abgarian
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The best food and drink advent calendars for 2018

Channel: Food Food December 13, 2019 By Almara Abgarian

Fetish speed dating is coming to London

Channel: Sex Sex October 28, 2018 By Almara Abgarian
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The best beauty and makeup advent calendars for 2018

Channel: Beauty Beauty October 22, 2018 By Almara Abgarian
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Three people tell us why they like the sugar daddy community

Channel: Money Money October 21, 2018 By Almara Abgarian
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What is hypergamy and are some people prone to it?

Channel: Money Money October 21, 2018 By Almara Abgarian
WORLD SLOTH DAY: Unbelievably Cute Pictures of Rescued Baby Sloths

Here are some unbelievably cute sloths to soothe your Sunday

Channel: Lifestyle Lifestyle October 21, 2018 By Almara Abgarian

Dogs drag owners through the mud to raise money for pets everywhere

Channel: Lifestyle Lifestyle October 20, 2018 By Almara Abgarian

Do you recognise the couple captured in this proposal photo?

Channel: Shopping Shopping October 20, 2018 By Almara Abgarian

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