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Livi Rae Lingerie is a woman-owned company that loves every body type. If you’re recovering from a mastectomy, or rockin’ a prosthetic limb, or have other varied abilities –– there’s something there for you. “When you come in here, it’s a judgment-free zone,” said Cynthia. That was the essence of their most recent campaign that showed women of all types…
Co-Founders Manan Mehta and Nitin Pachisia started Unshackled with one goal in mind: to help really good entrepreneurial ideas flourish, uninhibited by borders. “At Unshackled Ventures we know innovation and new ideas aren’t constrained by geography. It’s important to seek out and foster that entrepreneurial spirit, wherever it is,” says Manan. Drawing inspiration from personal experience––Nitin is an immigrant himself––and…
When the organizers of Boston’s St Patty’s Day parade banned OUTVETS – a group of LGBTQ veterans – from marching, Boston’s Mayor Marty Walsh RSVP’d saying that there’s no way he’s going. Then politicians from both parties chimed in to reject this discrimination, including Republican Governor Charlie Baker, Democratic Congressman Seth Moulton, and former Chief Marshal Dan Magoon. Thanks to…
The more people told Richardo (Ricky) Bambury he wasn’t cut out for college, the better his essays got. Ricky knew he would thrive in college, but he wasn’t getting the support from his high school to make it a reality. The discouragement was starting to feel pretty heavy. The positivity came when Ricky got involved with College Track his Freshman year.…
They’re a certified b-corp – just like New Belgium Brewing – which means they’re part of a growing pool of for-profit companies certified to meet strict standards of environmental and social performance, transparency, and accountability. Basically, it’s what every company should be. Their boards are made form non-toxic materials in Ithaca, NY, using regionally-sourced hardwood maple and water-based inks. They work directly…
Paul Rice spent more than a decade working with coffee farmers in Nicaragua. He saw that foreign aid was creating dependency and that what farmers really need are tools to solve their own problems. In 1998, Paul created Fair Trade USA – they audit and certify U.S. companies to make sure their global suppliers pay farmers fair wages, give them safe…
This is where you can pitch an unconventional idea and people will listen (or if you want to do the listening, check out Collins’ podcast.) Collins is the former Dean of The New School’s Parsons School of Design and he thinks the fashion industry is giving us a pretty flat impression of beauty – and leaders of the fashion and design…
Luckily her loved ones took her in, offered tons of support, and gave her the space to heal. That’s when things began to shift. She thought, “Fuck it, I’m going to stop being afraid of everything. I’m going to do things that challenge me and I’m going to follow the fear. I don’t know how much time I have on…
Do you know about the Pussyhat Project? Stay a minute and we’ll tell you. Your ears will probably want their own pink hat after they hear about it. January 21st is slated to be the Women’s March in Washington DC. The mission? To stand together, recognizing that defending the most marginalized among us is defending all of us. January is…
We remember actor and trans rights activist, Alexis Arquette, who died last year. Per Alexis’ request, the family members cheered upon his/her passing. Alexis inhabited many roles, both on and off the camera. Onstage, s/he stole the show in The Wedding Singer and Pulp Fiction, wowing us all with his/her gender-bending charisma. Off stage, you may know her/him as a…
