Category Archives: Hustle & Flow

June 20

Farewell to a Founder, A New Era Awaits

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The summer has historically been a time for big changes for The Renaissance Woman.

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June 05

Livia Ledbetter: 8 Badass Feminist Works to Read/Watch This Summer

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These readings range from light-hearted and satirical comedy by women with sharp tongues, to controversial manifestos by women with radical minds and a vision for change, to women with deeply moving stories that stay with us forever, affecting a fundamental part of us.

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May 21

Art & Pie: On making connections, storytelling, and the Professional Life of Amy Evans

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 Editor’s note: Amy Evans is a tour-de-force—there’s no way around it. She built the documentary program at the Southern Foodways Alliance, an organization whose mission is to document, study and celebrate the food cultures of the American South. She has been published in Saveur, The Bitter Southerner, The Local Palate, and Cornbread Nation 5: The Best of […]

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May 13

Surf Report: Surf Instructor Just Wants to Make you Smile with Her Art

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Betsy Harris is a competitive surfer, surf instructor and artist, whose work predominately features women surfers. We got a chance to ask Betsy a few questions about what inspires her surfing, her art and her passion for sharing both. For more about Betsy, and to see a selection of her playful art pieces, visit slideintostoke.com.

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April 30

In her words: raising a Muslim daughter in America

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Editor’s note: I first met Ranna Abduljawad while on assignment for Reveal, a public radio show from the Center for Investigative Reporting. The show’s producers wanted to find out how the Muslim American community was reacting to the recent presidential election, and what they expected from the new administration. Ranna and her family were wonderful ambassadors, […]

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March 19

Before & After

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Before and after weight loss pictures have always irked me. And for multiple reasons.

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February 02

WHO SAID THAT MODELS DON’T EAT?

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Aiste Miseviciute has quite the resume. She left her native Lithuania when she was just 18 years old to pursue modeling, and went on to work with such international powerhouses as Vogue and Givenchy. Aiste later moved on to study finance in Paris.  However, she has made an interesting transition into a new career (or […]

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