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Let’s Talk About Unconscious Bias in Hiring: What Is It and What Can Be Done About It?
10.02.2020 14 minute read

Let’s Talk About Unconscious Bias in Hiring: What Is It and What Can Be Done About It?

Could you be biased without even realizing it? We often assume that our conscious or rational mind is in the…

Rigoberta Menchu
10.01.2020 5 minute read

Rigoberta Menchú: Indigenous Activist and Feminist

Illustration by Creative Circle candidate Jose Mora. Indigenous rights can be a touchy subject for American* colonizers. Looking back at…

You've got this
09.29.2020 6 minute read

Here’s Why Freelance Performance Reviews Matter

Welcome to the distributed workforce story of 2020. If remote work and freelancing were growing at an unprecedented rate before — it's…

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…