When I began my journey into web3, I remember thinking, wow, finally, a space that levels the playing field — a space filled with possibilities for women, POC and the socio-economically disadvantaged. In some ways, it felt like a blank slate. But, like any opportunity where capital is involved, bro culture and greed were already neck deep. […]
Did you know that the second biggest genocide in modern history happened in Ukraine in 1932-33 [six years before WWII]? Stalin was responsible for killing approximately 4.5 million Ukrainians during this time; a death count surpassed only by the Holocaust. Ukrainians were beaten, raped, starved, sent to concentration camps, or exiled to Siberia to die. […]
It’s Friday night and you just left the office, a dinner, a birthday party. You’re exhausted, but you proceed at a fast pace, clutching your keys in your pocket – the sharpest one wedged between your index and your middle finger. Just like you were taught. You’re still on a well-lit street, surrounded by people going […]
Have you ever wondered what it’s like to be a woman? Well, it feels a lot like you’re a Barbie – or at least, you are tirelessly trying to achieve being some semblance of a Barbie. As women, we are constantly told that this isn’t the case. That we don’t need to do this. That […]
Relationship gurus. Have you ever wondered why these have become so popular? I have. Mainly because I’ve dated one. And the actual relationship — a total nightmare. In my own experience, by the time someone reaches the status of “thought leader” in love, they become their own worst enemy in love. They try to coach when they […]
They start us young. The manufacturing stage. We are small. Impressionable. Ideal for conditioning. They give us Barbie dolls. Plastic babies. Makeshift kitchens. They dress us in pink sparkles and dainty little slippers. “How pretty,” they say. Then, the word teen. It comes so fast. We are ready for distribution. The attention is fierce. It […]
We all know that being told you are wrong feels like shit. But, in order for you to be right, inevitably someone else needs to be wrong. And, in this culture that’s been established— a culture where being a white, CIS male is a trait that makes a person inherently wrong — a stage has been set. A […]
Humans are motivated by purpose. So, why is it that our current economic infrastructure is built on survival? And, not purpose? In 2009, Daniel H. Pink wrote a book on what motivates people to be high performers. Hint: It’s not money. After going through over four decades of scientific research, Pink’s book Drive concluded that […]
Every so often, a bold artistic endeavor emerges that is courageous enough to ask the question: “Do parents actually know what their kids are up to?” If you were a teenager growing up in the nineties, you probably remember one of these valiant gestures presented in the form of a film called Kids. Kids stirred […]
2020 has undoubtedly been a year filled with tragedy. Amidst all of it, watching the Pacific coastline go up in flames has taken a considerable toll on my own soul. And, I know that many others who grew up in the region, are currently experiencing that same anguish. The Astrophysicist Herbert Reeves once said, “Man […]
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