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I Am the Cage, Allison Sweet Grant’s debut novel, tells the story of 19 year-old Elisabeth’s reckoning with her medical trauma and the ways it shaped her life. Using poignant flashbacks, beautiful poetry, and powerful character development, Elisabeth learns to face the past and be honest about her story and scars.

To us, this is a story about integration and trust — about how we accept the hard parts of our story because they make us who we are and...

“Life-changing.” It’s a phrase tossed around so frequently that it often loses much of its weight. But at Café Momentum, the idea that a meal can truly change a life isn’t hyperbole; it’s the mission. Founded by chef Chad Houser, this nonprofit restaurant pairs fine dining with a 12-month paid internship program for justice-involved youth, giving them not just culinary skills but also a chance to build a future.Through the act of preparing and sharing meals, Café Momentum creates a space for...

Do current events inspire pop culture? Or does pop culture inspire current events? These are the questions that we want asked and discussed by pop culture writers, and luckily, we live in a time where Aisha Harris is doing just that. Co-host of the award-winning NPR podcast Pop Culture Happy Hour and the author of Wannabe: Reckonings with the Pop Culture That Shapes Me, Aisha asks all the right questions and connects dots, events, and people that get us thinking. So we were delighted to ask her ...

Olivia Kuan is a filmmaker and director of the documentary film The Herricanes featuring the Houston Herricanes, a professional women’s full-tackle football team that played in the 1970s. Olivia, with the help of her mother who played on the team, tracked down the former players and coaches of the Houston Herricanes to tell their story, which Olivia would later call “a love story.” The Herricanes received the Documentary Spotlight Audience Award and the Special Jury Recognition Louis Black “Lone...

Based on Atlas of the Heart (2022)

1. I used to use the terms stress and overwhelm interchangeably, but that does not serve us well. The growing field of neurolinguistics is teaching us that language doesn’t just communicate emotion, it shapes how and what we’re feeling.

2. Labeling emotions is core to regulating them and moving through them. I don’t want to create overwhelm when what I’m actually feeling is stress. For me, stress is barely managing the Whac-A-Mole game at the carn...

Recently, a number of statues of famous public figures around central London gained a new companion — a baby doll expertly slung across their chests. This display was orchestrated by George Gabriel and Alex Lloyd Hunter, who enlisted the help of babywearing consultant Mel Pinet to tie baby slings on the statues of actor Gene Kelly, former Arsenal player Thierry Henry, civil engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel, and many others. George and Alex are co-founders of The Dad Shift, an organization of men...

Hailing from Gary, Indiana, with a background as a steel factory worker, composer and math lover Jlin is carving her unique path in the world of electronic music. Her albums Dark Energy and Black Origami have received critical acclaim, earning her a place on “best of” lists in publications such as the New York Times, Rolling Stone, and the Guardian. Known for her innovative collaborations, Jlin’s distinct style and complex composition form a sound that is completely and unmistakably her own. Jli...

Ten years ago, Brené started the Daring Interview series on her blog. It quickly became one of our favorite features. Now, we are relaunching the series and adding in a few new questions, including some from the late James Lipton, host of Inside the Actors Studio, and Smith Magazine’s Six-Word Memoir.

Adam Grant is one of those people, in my phone, whose ideas help me on a weekly basis. This is truly not an exaggeration because anytime I’m online, looking for inspiration, I run across someone...

Meet Marley Dias, the Gen Z founder of #1000BlackGirlBooks, on a mission to revolutionize storytelling and champion representation. What started as a quest for 1,000 books featuring Black female protagonists has blossomed into a movement, inspiring schools, organizations, and millions of individuals to reshape the narrative and see themselves as the main character. With over 13,000 books collected to-date, Marley is a force for change, advocating for diversity and inclusion in children’s literat...

The RSA Short, “Brené Brown on Empathy,” celebrates its 10th anniversary this year. With over 20 million views on YouTube, the video features Brené’s voice as she teaches us about the difference between empathy and sympathy depicted by an iconic animal trio — a bear, a fox, and a deer. The video is RSA’s most viewed video of all time and was made as a part of RSA Shorts, a Webby Award-winning animation series spotlighting voices from the RSA Public Events Programme. The series features creative ...