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Remedios Varo
09.18.2020 7 minute read

Remedios Varo: The Surrealist Magic Maker Inspiring Witches, Academics, and Madonna

A visionary Surrealist, Remedios Varo’s fantastical paintings of androgynous creatures engaged in alchemy, magic, and the occult arts continue to…

You Can Survive This: Cultivating Resilience for Hard Times
09.15.2020 11 minute read

You Can Survive This: Cultivating Resilience for Hard Times

I’m going to be honest here. I’ve written a few versions of this because it’s hard to know who I’m…

Together we create
09.02.2020 9 minute read

Creativity Born from COVID Times

The art, music, and creative industries were some of the most hard-hit by COVID-19. Major festivals and fairs like Coachella,…

Microaggressions: Death By a Thousand and One Paper Cuts
08.25.2020 8 minute read

Microaggressions: Death By a Thousand and One Paper Cuts

Usually committed by a well-meaning person — unaware that what they’re saying is inappropriate, gauche, or hurtful — the term…

Words Matter: Navigating Language and Social Change
08.24.2020 5 minute read

Words Matter: Navigating Language and Social Change

As copywriters, editors, and creatives, we use language and ideas to persuade, inform, promote. We may communicate across vastly different…

What Investing in Diversity Really Looks Like
08.20.2020 7 minute read

What Investing in Diversity Really Looks Like

As a twenty-don't worry about it-year old, I was not above grumbling about Generation Z, with their TikTok videos, seemingly missing awkward…

womens-suffrage-stamp
08.17.2020 8 minute read

PR Lessons from the Women’s Suffrage Movement

In 1920, after over a century of proposals, petitions, and protests, the 19th Amendment was finally ratified, granting women the…