Selected Articles

We spoke to director & photographer Lou Jasmine about how understanding Black Joy, as well as Black trauma, will be essential in the new cultural landscape.

We spoke to activist & author Sophie Williams about today’s culture of allyship, and what it truly means to take an ‘anti-racist’ stance.

We sat down with publisher Gunifort Uwambaga to talk about taking a second look at what’s on our bookshelves and figuring out where our blind spots are.

We spoke to chef & writer Zoe Adjonyoh about how every element of culture, including what we eat, is being ‘de-colonized’.

We spoke to museum curator Ayoko Mensah about today’s cultural power struggle and how our institutions are being forced to adapt.

Community and where we are looking for it is changing. Rather than church, many people are turning to places like fitness classes or social movements to find a sense of belonging.

We spoke with Rowen Aida, an instructor at Soulcycle, to learn about the euphoria of group fitness and why people keep crediting her for changing their lives.

We sat down with Alex Weller, Patagonia’s European Marketing Director, to discuss how the next generation of activists are forming a whole new type of community.

We sat down with sex educators Laureen HD and Zoë Ligon to talk about living openly with STIs and why online censorship is holding back our ability to progress on sex education.

Social media is helping people explore who they are and become more open-minded. It’s where they feel most authentic and free to be themselves.

We sat down with Jamie Windust, a non-binary model, writer and speaker, to discuss how social media helped them find their identity and the limits and power of labels.

We spoke with Nafisa Bakkar, the co-founder of Amaliah, to discuss the challenges of navigating Muslim identity today and how social media is helping make the journey easier.

We talked to Uday Kapur, co-founder of Azadi Records, about what it truly means to open up music to people from all walks of life.

We sat down with Phil Young, former co-host of Channel 4’s Board Stupid, to discuss the representation gap in the outdoors and how the younger generation is taking matters into their own hands.

We sat down with Bumble BFF user Kristina Baptiste to talk about the etiquette of meeting new friends online and why platonic dates often feel more intimate than romantic ones.

We talked to Scott Valdez, the founder of an online dating consultancy, about finding love in a world of calculated algorithms and the expectations it creates.