women in business

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

money + work

Follow Your Arrow: Natural Builder Barbara Jones on 35 Years in Construction

“I’m doing something I really believe in, that can change people’s lives for ever, that’s good for the planet. I never get tired of talking about how to use natural…

Beth —

Jul 14, 2016

pop culture fix

Screen Writer and Performer Brittani Nichols’ Hot Tip for Success — Naps

“Life is hard and you should just do what you want to do. Luckily the things that I want seem sort of selfless because of my identity. If I was…

Beth —

Jun 30, 2016

money + work

Follow Your Arrow: Coach Elizabeth Cooper on Grounding Her Business in Self Care

“An integral part of my business is to create and cultivate positive, meaningful, supportive relationships with everybody from my clients to my colleagues, people I’m renting space from, potential clients,…

Beth —

Jun 16, 2016

money + work

Follow Your Arrow: Gym Owner Nathalie Huerta on Hard F*cking Work

“I didn’t get any funding until year three and it came from a member who truly believed in me. Now in year six, funding opportunities are coming from multiple places,…

Beth —

May 19, 2016

money + work

Follow Your Arrow: Dog Trainer Mary Tully on Clear, Loving Communication

“I knew I wanted to train animals by the age of 3. I didn’t know that I wanted to start this business until 3 years ago.”

Beth —

May 5, 2016

money + work

Follow Your Arrow: Artist and Priestess Rebekah Erev on Making Spirituality Accessible to All

“I think a lot of us [queers] have turned to art as a place to find meaning and access other realms. Art explains the unexplainable and gives us a space…

Beth —

Apr 21, 2016

society + culture

Also.Also.Also: A Rideshare for Women, by Women and Other Stories for Your Face

Rainbow wasp nests, feathered dinosaurs, more People vs OJ Simpson feelings, raising fat-positive kids, Josie and the Pussycats 15 years later, the southern states’ governments still hate you in case…

Laneia —

Apr 11, 2016

money + work

Follow Your Arrow: Photographer Michelle Davidson-Schapiro on Confidence and Caring

“It’s the kind of work that makes me look forward to eight hours on my feet holding five pounds of camera in my hands with another seven pounds slung across…

Beth —

Mar 24, 2016

literature

Follow Your Arrow: For Books’ Sake’s Jane Bradley Champions Women Writers

“There’s no denying that women writers are affected by systemic, institutionalised sexism in the media and publishing industries, but women who are queer, trans, of colour, disabled, sex workers, from…

Beth —

Mar 10, 2016

life

Meet the Women Cannabis Entrepreneurs Toking the Industry by Storm

Lessons from the #WomenGrow Leadership Summit about what women cannabis entrepreneurs mean for the legal marijuana industry.

Mia Di —

Feb 16, 2016

money + work

Follow Your Arrow: Pathfinder Pace Smith On Chasing Your Heart’s Calling

“Own it, grrl. The world is getting queerer and queerer, and all the big businesses that refuse to acknowledge that are in their death throes. Your time is coming. Follow…

Beth —

Feb 11, 2016