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How I Quit My Job and Finally Wrote that Novel

By Michael Grothaus — 2016

The steps and missteps one person took to achieve a dream, and how you can make it work, too.

Read on www.fastcompany.com

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Marginalized Mental Health Matters: What Experts Want You to Know

Seven professionals from across the US sat down with Verywell Mind to share insights about how they are improving the mental health discourse to better address the needs of marginalized groups.

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Krystal Jagoo
2021
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The African-American Art Shaping the 21st Century

Kerry Washington on Beyoncé, Ta-Nehisi Coates on Kendrick Lamar, Oprah Winfrey on Toni Morrison, Issa Rae on ‘Scandal,’ and 31 other prominent black artists on the work that inspires them most.

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The New York Times
2020
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A Model Who Uses a Wheelchair Is Working to Bring More Physical Diversity to Fashion

Model Jillian Mercado is using her platform to open doors for other creatives with disabilities who may otherwise get overlooked in the fashion industry.

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Kate Bubacz
2021
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Aaron Rose Philip on Manifesting the Future of Black Creativity

The model, artist and photographer made history when she walked the Moschino runway in her chair this season. She’s also the first creative we’re spotlighting from the BTF100, debuting today.

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Ashley Tyner
2021
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The Creative Collectives Finding Strength in Numbers

The 1960s and ’70s stand as an era of artistic community — of collectives: musicians and writers, artists and architects, photographers and filmmakers listening, arguing and creating with each other. Now they're rediscovering their power.

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Adam Bradley
2021
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Coming Out Stories From Young Black Creatives

With Pride Month here—this year coinciding with the resurgence of the Black Lives Matter movement after the killings of George Floyd and other Black victims of excessive police force, and racist attacks—WWD asked a few young Black creatives to share their coming out experiences.

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Victor Vaughns, Jr.
2020
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Cover Star Lil Nas X’s Road to Becoming Montero

The ever-viral artist discusses his meteoric rise and the pressures of being a Black gay musician on a global stage.

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Tre'vell Anderson
2021
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Is It Self-Care, or Is It Capitalism?

So many of the little rituals I have each day—like my makeup or skincare routine—do help soothe and/or rejuvenate me. For me, any type of solo practiced routine is good. But I’ve learned that self-care does not, and cannot, sustain me. And I believe that this may be the case for many of you.

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Ijeoma Oluo
2021
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Can We Choose Our Own Identity?

Who owns your identity, and how can old ways of thinking be replaced?

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Kwame Anthony Appiah
2018
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Experimental Treatments Changed the Course of the AIDS Epidemic; We Need the Same Approach to Mental Illness Today | Commentary

Demand from patients seeking help for their mental illnesses has led to underground use in a way that parallels black markets in the AIDS pandemic. This underground use has been most perilous for people of color, who face greater stigma and legal risks due to the War on Drugs.

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Monnica Williams, Morgan Campbell
2021
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