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Modern life is designed to push our buttons and trigger anxiety. Throw a global pandemic and lockdowns into the mix, and a global mental health crisis becomes a disaster. Managing anxiety and keeping a handle on negative emotions is more important now than it’s ever been. And while we may have adapted our lifestyles to …
5 Actionable Strategies for Coping with Anxiety in a Global Pandemic Read More »
Let’s face it. There is a lot of content out there, and not all of it is good. In fact, some of it can be downright harmful — you know the kind I’m talking about. The kinds of content that offer platitudes of support to women while simultaneously spouting white supremacist, anti-climate change, toxic masculinity …
5 Inspiring Media Platforms for Women to Check Out in 2020 Read More »
Travel is a beautiful thing. It puts us in uncomfortable, unpredictable, unique situations but it teaches us so much about ourselves. It teaches us patience and learning to let go, it teaches us that most of the world doesn’t live our way of life, ascribe to our values, care for our conveniences. It shows us …
10 Gorgeous Destinations for Solo Female Travelers Read More »
The Black Lives Matter movement has brought many deep-rooted societal issues to the surface not least of all, how under-represented, under-searched and under-funded Black people’s work, creativity, and businesses are. In 2018, Dell Gines authored a report from the Federal Reserve Bank of Kanasas City where he drew on a famous quote by Reid Hoffman, …
5 Black Female Founders Celebrating Black Culture and Identity Through their Work Read More »
Is the girlboss out? Three years ago, Britt Robertson graced our screens for a single season as Sophia Amoruso in Netflix’s widely criticized, Girlboss. The series, based on Amoruso’s book of the same name, about the meteoric rise of her apparel brand Nasty Gal, led to mainstreaming of the #girlboss. Over the last few weeks, …
We Got Ninety-Nine Problems, but a Girlboss Ain’t One Read More »
Is “Instagram Face” deracializing human faces? A few months ago, I read an article by Jia Tolentino in the New Yorker titled The Age of Instagram Face. The article talked about the ever-emerging “one-face fits all” on Instagram and the continuous quest for sameness through plastic surgery. It essentially highlighted how Instagram and various facial …
You Look Familiar — “Instagram Face” and the Deracialization of Beauty Read More »
