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women in business

money + work

Follow Your Arrow: Queer Hairdresser Klara Vanova on Trust and Community

In this month’s Follow Your Arrow, Klara shares the story of her gender-neutral barbershop business, how she made the leap from office-worker to sole-trader, and the importance of building trust…

Beth —

May 29, 2017

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astrology, tarot & witchcraft

Follow Your Arrow: Astrologer Chani Nicholas on Working With Your Gifts

“Being queer isn’t something that I can separate out from being a writer, astrologer, artist or entrepreneur and I would never want to.”

Beth —

Apr 24, 2017

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work

money + work

Follow Your Arrow: Graphic Designer Soof Andry on Punk-Rock Freelancing

“Generally in life all I want to do is: good work for good causes with good people. I want to be a good designer, I mean truly, deeply good at…

Beth —

Mar 27, 2017

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ruby tandoh

food and drink

Follow Your Arrow: “Great British Bake Off” Star Ruby Tandoh Shares Her Love of Food

“I wish there were more LGBTQ food writers, though — it can be a pretty stiflingly traditional (read: heteronormative, and very white) world. Find a network of like-minded queer women…

Beth —

Feb 27, 2017

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gardening

house & garden

Follow Your Arrow: Mushroom Grower Marita Smith on Patience, Permaculture and Petri Dishes

“When I started out, people knew me as the ‘girl growing mushrooms in her caravan,’ which was perhaps not the most flattering anecdote to have attached to your name.”

Beth —

Jan 30, 2017

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LGBT youth

money + work

Follow Your Arrow: How LGBTQ Youth Activist Tabby Besley Built a Sustainable Non-Profit

“Why do I do this? Because it needs to be done. Our schools and communities need to be safer for our young people, we are losing too many of them.…

Beth —

Dec 1, 2016

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women in business

money + work

50 Blogs and Books and Podcasts That Inspire Queer Entrepreneurs

The internet is full of resources to help you start and run your business. These are some of our faves!

Beth —

Nov 3, 2016

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women in business

money + work

Follow Your Arrow: Designer Sarah Gottesdiener On Creating Feminist Propaganda

“I offer products that strive to act as feminist propaganda, as a reality disruption. To pay my gargantuan monthly student loan debt by selling weird feminist gear? It seemed like…

Beth —

Oct 20, 2016

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periods

money + work

Follow Your Arrow: #periodpositive Creator Chella Quint on Challenging Taboos With Joy

“I’m psyched that I invented a thing, and I don’t wish to make money from it. I just want to try to retain a little influence over it with the…

Beth —

Oct 6, 2016

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women in business

money + work

Follow Your Arrow: Hinterland’s Jolene and Trinia on Doing Business With Your Partner

The line between work and life is definitely blurred. Work events become social events, chance meetings become networking and because we are always wearing Hinterland gear and up to no…

Beth —

Sep 22, 2016

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women in business

money + work

Follow Your Arrow: Entrepreneur Alyah Baker on Uplifting Queer, Trans, POC Makers and Brands

“After 13 years of corporate work I just needed to do something that felt like it mattered to me and to the communities that I was part of. I’m passionate…

Beth —

Sep 8, 2016

#affiliatemarketing

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money + work

Follow Your Arrow: Bluestockings Boutique Owner Jeanna Kadlec on LGBT Lingerie

“In business, especially when starting out, you need to be able to embrace risk with open arms, which is a nice way of saying you have no idea how to…

Beth —

Aug 11, 2016