The Red Pill – At the Intersection of Love and Addiction
Love is deeply intertwined with humanity. It is at the core of our species, meticulously studied in ancient Greece and carved in imagery on cave walls, discussed in locker rooms and under covers, the root of devastation and great deeds; It’s the red string of human history. But what if love is not a grandiose…
The Quadruple Bottom Line – How The Hoodie Became The Fourth Pillar in Business Ventures
There is an invite to meditative painting-friday in your google calendar, and you are encouraged to wear athleisure to the event. A marketing intern has asked you to do a quick interview for the company’s social channels, and requested not that you comment on the new onboarding programme, but instead show what is in your…
Deck the Halls with Joy, Not Bills
The holiday season is upon us, and whether you hang red ornaments on trees and bake ginger spiced cookies, tell stories of the maccabees and feast on latkes, discuss the seven principles of kwanzaa over dinner and create mkeka mats or simply enjoy a few days off from school or work, I believe few manage…
Tinder; The Modern Debutante Ball
Wax is dripping down cavalier candles mounted to the walls in copper candle holders. Maroon colored suede drapes the floor-to-ceiling windows, tied together with thick satin ropes. Through a chandelier, reflections of light are dancing across the hardwood floors. Tittle-tattling behind thick double doors of oak is an equal parts anxious and excited line of…
The Irony of the Pink Tax
It is really funny. An arbitrary woman heads out the door for the day, sambas tied on her feet, matcha latte in hand, a podcast running in her headphones. She is having a good day, feeling like she’s owning it – little does she know that a familiar mise en scène of companies and institutions,…
