Think about the long, long list of things you can buy on Amazon. Video games? Yep. Clothes? Absolutely. Electronics? Definitely! Laundry detergent? Sure thing. You can even buy a resort-style sauna for two. But what about quality lingerie? Is it really possible to buy lingerie, for yourself or your partner, on Amazon? Well, you can officially add lingerie to the ever-growing list of products you can purchase on Amazon. If you’re looking to surprise your partner for Valentine’s Day, it turns out buying lingerie might not require a mildly embarrassing solo trip to Victoria’s Secret or a three-week shipping ordeal from Italy. In fact, you can find a lot of the top lingerie brands on Amazon. But, what’s the best...
Anthony Mecke had drifted to sleep in the break room when a loud knock roused him at 1:23 a.m. “We just got the call,” a coworker said. Mecke, a moonfaced 45-year-old, is the manager of systems operation training at CPS Energy, the city-owned electricity provider that serves San Antonio. He started at the company not long after high school, working at one point as a cable splicer, a job he performed in hot tunnels beneath the sidewalks of San Antonio. He thought he’d seen it all. But when he hustled from the break room, where he’d sneaked in a power nap after an all-day shift, into the company’s cavernous control room, housed in a tornado-proof building on the city’s East...
5 Designers Share What It Takes to Run a Positive Impact BrandI’m always curious what it takes behind-the-scenes to create a brand rooted in positive values that still makes enough money to be a viable, even successful, business. As a consumer it’s easy to demand perfection from brands (while also, somewhat ironically, wanting lower prices), but if we’re too disconnected from what it takes to make clothes at scale and run a real business, we run the risk of undermining good progress in our pursuit of perfection. Having spoken with many designers over the years, I’ve realized just how complicated running a sustainable or positive impact fashion business is, and I think it’s important to have a good understanding of—and...
Illustration by Liliana Ospina (aka Lilondra) Mariana Martínez Esténs knows how journalists like a near-death experience. As a Mexican journalist who often works with foreign reporters who drop in to chase the country’s “most dangerous” stories, she also knows how reporters like to talk about those dangers. She names these tales “fireflies” — stories that become performance and anesthetic for the teller, beams of light that gather audiences and cover personal layers of fear. In Inside People, Esténs reflects on the last decade of her work. Through vignettes about incarcerated people, documentary photographs of prison riots, and notes of confessions from women in a penitentiary — and by blending different narrative forms — she gives fuller shape to the stories...
image from Bearaby Disclosure: Some of the links below are affiliate links, we earn a small commission if you click through and make a purchase. This post is also sponsored in part by Laura Elizabeth Jewelry. We only add brands & products we truly believe in. Sustainable Valentine’s Day GiftsIf you’re in need of some positivity and joy to get you through the rest of January, it might be time to start thinking about, and looking forward to, Valentine’s Day! Now, maybe more than ever, it’s so important to celebrate the happy times of the year and surround ourselves with friends and family when we can. Valentine’s Day is a great opportunity to remind your loved ones how much you...
