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What does it mean to be given a second chance in life? For entrepreneur and mom Amethyst Oliver, it means everything, to the point where she is using her second chance to pay it forward in an inspiring way. Today on the blog Amethyst has written a powerful guest post about her experience being convicted of a felony, spending time in jail, and recognizing the numerous barriers to rebuilding her life after incarceration. When ‘The Queen’s Gambit’ premiered on Netflix in the Fall of 2020, it marked a public shift, where hundreds of thousands of young women would be introduced and drawn into the exciting world of competitive chess, and potentially explore the game themselves. Inspiring Girls USA, a national nonprofit organization with a mission to raise girls’ aspirations and break down gender stereotypes, is proud to announce the upcoming relaunch of its transformative social media campaign, #ThisLittleGirlIsMe. Why do Zelma’s perfect relationships keep falling apart? That’s the tagline for director @signebaumane’s award-winning animated feature film ‘My Love Affair with Marriage’, which opens October 6 in NYC and October 12 in Los Angeles. We are THRILLED to have the opportunity to interview design TV icon @genevievegorder today! Genevieve talked to us about her new show 'At Home With Genevieve' on Crackle TV (you can watch it for free!). The award-winning designer is best known for her role on the ground-breaking show ‘Trading Spaces’, as well as ‘Rachel Ray’, and has spent a decade as one of the top design experts at HGTV. According to a national database on substance abuse, 6% of Americans over the age of 12 abuse prescriptions in a year (12 million people), and 12% of prescription drug abusers are addicted (2 million people). Most of all, prescription drug abuse is widely misunderstood, which is why we were fortunate enough to feature a powerful and very personal post on the blog today, from Canadian-Afghan writer Ria Ahmed, who shares what it was like learning about, navigating and dealing with her husband's secret addiction during the pandemic. If you aren't familiar with our girlcrush Ashley Ryan, aka @pythianpriestess, here's your chance to catch up! Ashley is the host of @theoccultunveiled podcast, and an award-winning screenwriter, producer, and personality who illuminates the little-understood aspects of philosophy, theology, history, and Western esotericism. Ashley Ryan spent half her life silently practicing and studying the occult under a veil of secrecy. In 2019, she went public becoming a popular occult expert and witch influencer known as Pythian Priestess Ashley makes it her mission as a Priestess to assist those searching for spiritual guidance to emerge from behind their veils. The music industry is extremely competitive to break into, whether you are an artist or an executive, or anything in between. For many women, there have been numerous barriers to overcome similar to what we see in a range of industries – discrimination, gendered expectations, unequal pay and more. Less than 1% of global corporate spend goes to women-owned businesses, although there are an estimated 224 million women entrepreneurs owning 35% of firms worldwide. This widens the wealth gap and decreases the number of opportunities women-owned businesses have to succeed, according to data from UN Women and Kearney. 
"If only we, as women, knew we had such power. Power to not only enrich our own lives but positively change the destiny of little girls. I am a living testimony to this empowerment. And my story begins with my mother’s story."

-Miranda Malone

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