Nadya Okamoto, PERIOD

In 2014, when she was just 16 years old, Nadya Okamoto founded PERIOD.org a non profit with the goal of ending period poverty and stigma through service, education and advocacy.

FollowJess Docherty1 September 2020Period, Education, Menstruation, activist Comment

Le'Nise Brothers, Period Story Podcast

Like so many women on TYL Le’Nise is a multi-hyphenate woman - she is a women’s health, hormone and menstrual cycle coach and the founder of Eat Love Move, a nutrition and wellbeing practice, a yoga teacher AND the host of the Period Story Podcast.

ListenJess Docherty1 September 2020Health, Periods, Menstruation, Podcast, ListenComment

Aminatou Sow and Ann Friedman, Big Friendship

Aminatou and Ann are best known for their podcast Call Your Girlfriend, a podcast for long-distance besties everywhere. This month they blessed us with the best selling book “Big Friendship”.

ReadPoppy Robinson2 August 2020Reading, Friendship, Shine Theory, Podcast, Author, Listen, Instagram, Social Media Comment

Ilana Glazer and Abbi Jacobson, Broad City

Broad City is our must watch this August. This laugh out loud series is based on Abbi and Ilana’s real-life friendship and attempt to "make it" in New York City.

WatchPoppy Robinson2 August 2020TV, Friendship, Watch, Comedy, NetflixComment

Bobo Matjila and Lillian Ahenkan, Bobo + Flex

What do you get when you mix the most colourful and charismatic Aussie with your favourite philosopher and New Yorker? It’s the podcast you deserve.

Listen, FollowJess Docherty31 July 2020Listen, Social Media, Podcast, Sex, Friendship Comment

Wendy Tilby and Amanda Forbis, Wild Life.

This Canadian duo are lifelong friends and have worked together to create ground breaking and award winning works of art. Like so many of the women in The Friendship Edit, Wendy and Amanda created their own independent works before finding their flow and co-directing.

WatchJess Docherty31 July 2020Animator, Watch, Art, Design, Friendship, Modern ArtComment

Reni Eddo-Lodge, About Race Podcast

Reni’s podcast About Race takes the themes and conversations from her bestselling book a step further in episodes covering the historic white working class narrative, political blackness and the violence in white feminism.

ListenJess Docherty1 July 2020Listen, Podcast, RacismComment

Andrea Levy, Small Island

Andrea Levy is an award winning British author whose stories explored the experiences of Jamaican British people.

ReadPoppy Robinson1 July 2020 Comment

Marsha P Johnson, "The Death and Life of Marsha P Johnson"

Marsha was a central figure in the gay liberation movement, self-identified drag queen, performer, and survivor.

WatchJess Docherty1 July 2020LGBTQ, Watch, Netflix, TV, activistComment

Alayo Akinkugbe, @ablackhistoryofart

Alayo’s account @ablackhistoryofart highlights overlooked Black artists, sitters, curators and thinkers from Art History and the present day.

FollowJess Docherty1 July 2020Art, Modern Art, PodcastComment

Lavinya Stennett, The Black Curriculum

Lavinya is a historian, writer and recent First Class graduate from SOAS. Lavinya witnessed firsthand the ‘effects of systematic disenfranchisement through the exclusion of Black pupils and Black British history.’

FollowPoppy Robinson1 July 2020Education, Social Media, The Black CurriculumComment

Jenny Odell, How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy

Jenny Odell is an American Artist, Writer, Educator and the Author of the New York Times bestseller How to Do Nothing, Resisting the Attention Economy

ReadP & J1 June 2020Productivity, Reading, Social Media, Social Science, ArtComment

Elyse Fox, @SadGirlsClub

Elyse Fox is a filmmaker, activist and founder of Sad Girls Club. Elyse started Sad Girl’s Club after her own experiences with depression.

FollowPoppy Robinson31 May 2020Instagram, Mental Health, activist, Filmmaker, CommunityComment

Charli XCX, how i’m feeling now

Charli XCX’s new album how i’m feeling now is one of the first albums that has been entirely written, produced and released in lockdown.

ListenPoppy Robinson31 May 2020Music, ProductivityComment

Tiffany Ferguson, #InternetAnalysis

Tiffany is a 24 year old Media Studies student in NYC. Her video series on YouTube #InternetAnalysis has helped us unpack the conflicted feelings we’ve experienced during lockdown.

Watch, FollowJess Docherty31 May 2020Productivity Comment

Sarah Mardini, #FREEHUMANITARIANS

Sarah is an activist and became the first female refugee to return to the refugee camp in Lesbos. Whilst working with refugees on Lesbos in 2017 Sarah was arrested, along with her colleague Seán, and held in a Greek prison for 100 days.

FollowPoppy Robinson8 March 2020sarah, mardini, yusra, amnesty, international, human, rights, humanitarian, activist, freehumanitarians, refugee, lesbosComment

Seyi Akiwowo, Glitch

Seyi is campaigning to end online abuse through her non-profit organisation, Glitch.

FollowJess Docherty21 February 2020Women In Tech, End Violence Against Women, Online Abuse, Social MediaComment

Arlo Parks, Eugene

Arlo Parks is an 19 year old, London based artist, songwriter and poet. Arlo’s new single Eugene explores love and friendship and all the feelings that come when those two things blur.

ListenPoppy Robinson19 February 2020Music, Eugene, Friendship, LoveComment

Sonia Boyce, Biennale Arte

Sonia Boyce has been chosen to represent the UK at Biennale Arte 2021, the world's most important contemporary art festival.

WatchJess Docherty16 February 2020Art, Modern ArtComment

Jaha Dukureh, Big Sister Movement

On the International Day of Zero Tolerance to FGM, I want to share with you some resources that you can use to help tackle this important global issue and introduce you to incredible work of Jaha Dukureh.

Follow, WatchJess Docherty5 February 2020Activist, UN, FGM, End Violence Against WomenComment