anothernoise

Working as a lifestyle editor, especially when my desk sits right at the intersection of art, culture, and women’s empowerment, I often find myself in conversations with artists, activists, and sometimes artist-activists who blur both roles. Those encounters are deeply empowering because they remind me why I love this work, but to be honest not all moments feel easy. There are times when they look at me and ask, straight up:  so where do you stand? what side is your media really on?  And honestly, that question lingers with me more than I’d like to admit. The deeper I go into my work, the more I realize that life (and especially work in the media and art world) is inevitably political. Every editorial choice, every headline, every voice we choose to amplify (or not) is never neutral. Lately, I’ve been caught in this tension: people ask if the media I work for is still about women, if our art direction aligns with one circle or another, or if our voice is shifting away from emp...