Three independent makers in the Pacific Northwest use social media to grow & connect — Stella Harvey writes on finding new avenues for creativity and business savvy in a media-saturated world.

“It's incredibly discouraging because at the same time you're juggling whatever it is that is the reason that you need to seek therapy.” Peter Villafane honors BIPOC Mental Health Awareness Month with his latest TRASH MAG article, in this reflection of the specific barriers to self-care and wellness BIPOC folx face.

My mother never told me how therapeutic it was to truly tune in and listen to your needs. Sometimes, our greatest desires stem from within and are waiting to be nurtured by us. The beauty about authentic self-care is that all it really needs is a positive intention and natural ingredients to make your outcome come to fruition!

CRT is inherently a catch-all term for the teaching of any history, government, activism, or sociology that exposes how legislation has impacted race. As a country founded on stolen land and the labors of slavery, so many of our history lessons are naturally chained to race. As a consequence, teachings surrounding slavery, the Civil War, the Civil Rights Movement, and nearly every era in our nation’s history are under threat and their erasure is looming over students of color. . .