BriAnne (who was introduced to me by illustrator Cat Willett), is a fashion and beauty photographer and creator of Girls and Their Cats, a photo series showcasing cat-owning women in a positive light.
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Cat Willett is an artist who keeps consciousness and community at the forefront of her work. Her illustrations are unequivocally feminine — both soft and strong at once, her use of color is intentional and thematic, and there’s an air of optimism around everything she creates.
Read more "How illustrator Cat Willett uses her art to inspire women and cultivate community"
Katerina Bogatireva has been thinking about sustainable living for a long time. Katerina, the founder of Precycle, a Bushwick-based grocery store that promises to sell items without wasteful packaging, believes that real change has to start within all of us.
Read more "Precycle, Brooklyn’s first package-free, zero waste grocery store"
Natalie Grillon is something of a celebrity to me — I’ve been following her work as she’s made her mark within the growing slow fashion movement over the past several years.
Read more "Badass Women: Natalie Grillon, fair fashion pioneer"Photo by Erik Witsoe on Unsplash When it comes to watching movies, you can’t beat this time of year. Autumn festival season begins, nostalgic titles play across theaters large and small, and people finally want to watch them indoors. (I’m sorry, but outdoor screenings are just not as satisfying as the cinema experience #controversialopinion.) It also […]
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thecnnekt is a digital + IRL platform that spotlights diverse voices in an effort to nurture a cultured, connected community. We spoke with the brains behind the operation, Emily and Chary, about their friendship, ethos, and NYC lifestyles.
Read more "Badass Women: Q&A with thecnnekt founders Chary Sathea & Emily McMonagle"Today marks one year after Hurricane MarĂa made landfall in Puerto Rico. Join organizers from UPROSE Brooklyn today at 6 PM in Union Square for a demonstration showing solidarity and support for a just recovery on the island. Tonight’s speakers include Caridad de la Luz “La Bruja,” Elizabeth Yeampierre, Alexandria Ocasio- Cortez, Roberto Mukaro Borrero, […]
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Dina is the dynamic and multifaceted creator behind Nur Ceramics, a lifestyle ceramics brand that draws inspiration from her own Sudanese and Somali ancestry while embracing a wider exploration of history, womanhood, and community.
Read more "Art as a vessel: Dina Nur Satti, founder of Nur Ceramics, on identity and creation"
Apartments, and the roommates they come with, aren’t forever. Whether you’ve been living in a place for a few months or a couple of years, the time will inevitably come when you have to part ways with the space and cohabitants you’ve grown to know and love (or maybe not so much).
Read more "Feather, the Brooklyn startup that lets you subscribe to quality furniture"
Let’s get real for a moment — what’s the first visual that comes to mind when you hear the words “startup founder”? Perhaps some variation of a Silicon Valley stereotype, cemented into consciousness by the HBO show of the same name.
Read more "Badass Women: Nisha Garigarn on being a female tech founder"