Beyond the Spectacle: Finding True Meaning in Blue Origin’s All-Female Flight
Let’s take a moment to look beyond the spectacle, designer attire, rich white women narrative and Katy Perry kissing the ground. Social media has erupted with both celebration and criticism of the Blue Origin’s all-female spaceflight. While some hailed it as a feminist triumph, others questioned whether sending wealthy women to space truly advances gender […]
“That’s what girls have to think about all the time.” – Saoirse Ronan
Saoirse Ronan’s recent appearance on The Graham Norton Show is going viral. And so it should. She poignantly stops a conversation in its tracks by highlighting just how differently men and women have to navigate the world. It’s powerful, and it’s true. And in that moment, Saoirse voiced so many voices in the single sentence […]
let’s bury the C word! why do we always compare?
Colby Kultgen says, “The fastest way to kill something is to compare it to something else.” I’m sitting with this at the moment because I often don’t even know I’m doing it. We are so accustomed to comparing things because the world tells us to only seek the best of the best. Businesses fight for […]
self-care is selfish—the hidden cost of ‘me first’
#selfcare is everywhere, but maybe for all the wrong reasons… I can’t remember how I came across it, but I did, and now I can’t stop thinking about it. In 1988, African-American writer Audre Lorde said some important words I hadn’t heard before. She said, “Caring for myself is not self-indulgence, it is self-preservation, and […]
