If we want to see things change we must be the change we want to see in the world. Although that can feel like an overwhelming responsibility, it doesn’t have to be. Big change always starts small.
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Love is a topic explored in movies, music, television, and books. But regardless of how much we examine it—and our relationship with love—we seem to be on a permanent quest for more on the subject. Here are a few book recommendations to help us along the way.
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We’ve been conditioned to believe that self-care is selfish, frivolous and optional. The same thing can be said about civic engagement, or at least that’s some of the messaging out there. A former lobbyist shares her experience braiding the two together.
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In the post “When Harry Met Sally” era, we have been led to believe that men and women can never be friends, and seeing Mavis and Khalil love each other, like the besties they are, is something we need more of on television.
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This is not an easy conversation. However, since 1 in 4 women experience intimate partner violence and according to Statisa, “perpetrators of child abuse are more likely to be parents of the child, rather than a non-parent,” it’s a conversation we need to have. If not for ourselves, then for our friends and family so we can better support them.
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Artist Monica Shulman’s Hudson Valley studio is bright, airy, and filled with large canvases that explode with color. They’re hard to ignore. In fact, Shulman herself is hard to ignore. We had a radically honest conversation—she didn’t hold back, you all—about her work, our ideas of beauty as we age, and the art of taking up all the damn space we want.
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Jules Washington says pop culture makes her jealous. Can you relate? We talk about her podcast that looks at TV and movies through the lenses of race and gender.
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Two former evangelicals are friends on a mission to discuss and celebrate all the things that make life wonderful, especially pleasure. We discuss their podcast, 3 Questions with Kat & Val. It's thoughtful, engaging, and a hilariously good time!
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Wrapped inside Apple TV's Severance is a tale about the fate of middle managers. Things for them don't look good, but it doesn't have to be that way.
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Emily McDowell successfully built a beloved stationery company named after her. But she noticed something when she stopped being a human brand. While our culture has lots of roadmaps for “success” we don’t have any for walking away from it. So she and her friend Holly Whitaker started a podcast called Quitted to explore the art of quitting.
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When 46-year-old photographer Jennifer Folsom picked up her camera, something shifted. She no longer felt invisible. In fact, she felt powerful. And she wanted to explore her reclaimed visibility in a way that made sense to her: through art. She shares what she learned about desire, gender roles, and life after embracing the female gaze in this conversation with fellow artist, Melanie Biehle.
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Visitors to Mary Gaspar’s digital art gallery are greeted with a quote from Patti Smith: “We go through life. We shed our skins. We become ourselves.” This not only sets the mood, it’s a way to understand Mary’s art. It's also a way to understand her sobriety.
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Iva-Marie Palmer never imagined she'd be an author. Now, she's published 11 books and has learned to use Imposter Syndrome's power to write for pleasure. She shares her thoughts on the beauty of being awkward, preferring MAD over Sassy, and why embracing your ego isn't such a bad thing after all.
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Artist, writer, curator, and podcaster, Danielle Krysa wants you to know that your inner critic—that voice that tells you that your idea is stupid, that’ll never work, or that what you want is actually lame, etc.—is a big jerk. She knows because her inner critic is a big jerk too. She shares some tips for getting it to STFU.
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Artist & author, Andrea Pippins discusses the power of journaling, her life as a U.S. expat living in Sweden, and the piece of advice that's helped her stay in alignment so she can continue to create work that comes from a place of truth.
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