The Story of Diana’s Final Month — The fascination with Princess Diana may be seen as frivolous to some — just the story of a woman wearing beautiful clothes. Society prefers to separate frivolous (i.e. things that are enjoyed by women) from those things which are important. However, public figures like Diana reflect very important undercurrents and…

Gender is a Critical KPI and Business Metric in the 21st Century — Since the late 20th century, it seems like so many things have moved so fast that we’ve forgotten just how recently everything started shifting. Take for example — women in the workplace. Sure, women have worked in some capacity forever. Pre-Industrial Revolution, women were a major player on the family…

A Look at the Role of Storytellers — One afternoon in March 1993, a man walked out into a field near the village of Ayob. This village was located in what would become modern-day South Sudan. As he stumbled out into the field — exhausted from a day spent in UN convoys and photographing the gruesome scenes of…

The Gossip Girl Revival and It’s Faux-Wokness Falls Flats — Has anyone else been love/hate-watching the reboot of Gossip Girl? Because I know I have. I love-watch it because I’m a fiend for fashion that pushes the envelope and just about anything set in New York City. I hate-watch it because I’m truly trying to figure it out. Making trashy…

Why We Need Cross-Sectional Solutions to Period Access — At the end of April 2021, a cohort of researchers and academics published the first comprehensive and self-contained definition of menstrual health. Despite the increase in menstrual health advocacy, programming, policy, and research, there was no holistic method to define menstruation health up until this point. Imagine that — a…

A Writer Working Her Way Through the World — Writing is not the result of pure imagination and inspiration. Those who we herald as the great writers of our time did not arrive there by sheer luck or divine intervention from a muse. Writing is the result of hard-earned, consistent practice. It is a craft. There are no right…

A Guide to Getting Rid of Fear and Finding Storylines — The first real job I ever wanted was to become a writer. I suppose like all other jobs I had conceptualized in my mind, I was a bit delusional in what I thought a writer’s life would look like. I imagined a life of late-night black coffee, gathering pennies to…

An Excerpt from a Book With Too Many Working Titles — The murmur of some Middle Eastern dialect poured from the driver’s cellphone, while a newscaster’s voice penetrated through the fake bullet-proof glass. It was one of the rainiest days I had ever witnessed in New York City. As the downpour beat heavy on the windshield of the cab, I peered…

5 Things You Didn’t Know About Princess Diana — Whether you grew up idolizing her or you came to know her through modern retellings in television and film, Princess Diana remains iconic and immortal in the minds of many across the world. It may have been her style and glamour that drew people in, but it was her empathy…