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Considered by Refine Social is a digital magazine for women who want more than a trending list. It's essays, interviews, city guides, and cultural observations written for the woman whose taste outpaces most of what the internet offers her.

This is not a publication about what's new. It's about what's worth your attention.

Created by Ali Stricklin — founder of Refine Social Club and co-host of Refined & Unhinged — Considered sits at the intersection of connection, culture, and discernment. The writing here is shaped by lived experience: hosting rooms, building community, and paying close attention to what creates real connection and what quietly erodes it.

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Still Here

I grew up in Los Angeles knowing two things very early: that life could be complicated and that complicated was not an excuse. · · · My parents were young when they had me and split before I was two. I grew up with younger sisters on both sides of my new blended

Good Taste Is a Form of Self-Trust

Most mornings I wake at 5:55. I do the thing we all know we’re not supposed to do. I reach for my phone, open Instagram, and scroll while my eyes adjust and the foggy haze lifts. I know the better version of this morning involves meditation, stretching, silence.

When We’re Disconnected, Discernment Fades

When We’re Disconnected, Discernment Fades I shared on the podcast at the end of last year that “my thorn of 2025” was my Grandma’s decline. As the words left my mouth, I remember feeling a sense of finality, a deep inner knowing. Sadly, just a few weeks later,

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Still Here

Good Taste Is a Form of Self-Trust

When We’re Disconnected, Discernment Fades