She Traded a Career in Law For High Fashion Hijabs
Melanie Elturk is the CEO of Haute Hijab, a brand that makes high fashion hijabs. Melanie left a successful legal career to launch a global brand dedicated to the hijab. This is how she came to that d...
17 Jul 201922min
How a Single Mom Grew a Million Dollar Business Selling Textured Hair Extensions
Vivian Kaye is the CEO of KinkyCurlyYaki, a brand that makes premium textured hair extensions for Black women. When Vivian saw an opportunity to start a business that celebrates black beauty, she went...
10 Jul 201922min
Introducing Vanguard Season 2
Here’s a sneak peek of our second season.
3 Jul 20191min
The Anti-Capitalists Selling Gender Confirming Products
Noah Kloeze is one of three worker-owners of Gender Gear, a collective that sells gender confirming products for trans and gender variant people. After an uncomfortable encounter at their physical loc...
20 Mar 201923min
Monsters Are His Friends
Jerry Parrino is the owner of The Horror Dome. By the time he was 46, Jerry was burning out from a thankless day job. He decided to quit and bet everything on his dream of running a Halloween-based si...
13 Mar 201924min
The Designer Making Truly Plus Luxury Clothing
Tamara Malas is the maker of a luxury plus womenswear collection offering clothes up to a size 32. Tamara was living the dream working in high-end fashion, but the body shaming and fatphobia of the in...
6 Mar 201927min
The Critic Changing Comic Books
Zainab Akhtar is the publisher of ShortBox, a mail order box for independent comic books. Zainab wanted to change the way independent comics were sold but as a visibly Muslim woman, her efforts were o...
27 Feb 201926min
What Drives an All-Femme Skate Crew
Arianna Gil is the cofounder of Brujas, a Bronx-based skate crew and streetwear brand dedicated to radical political action. But the politics behind their clothes are often overlooked by mainstream ga...
20 Feb 201927min
