A Conversation with Ben Zehr, Co-Founder of Kisano — “As we move toward a future with a shifting climate, increasingly scarce water, and less arable land, agriculture has to evolve,” says Ben Zehr, decked out in his company t-shirt complete with miniature doodles of kale and collard greens. This 25-year-old grew up shuttling between the midwestern United States and…

A Conversation On the Eve of World Mental Health Day — You can’t find a decent stock photo on the internet of men or masc-identifying people in a close, platonic friendship. Trust me; I know because I’ve tried repeatedly as we create materials for The BoyTalk Project, and I end up using the one above. Every. Single. Time. Our society hardly…

How Toxic Masculine Narratives Contribute to Adolescent Boys’ Harmful Suppression of Emotion — In the last two weeks, we’ve seen Good Morning America’s host Lara Spencer ridicule Prince George for his especial love of ballet among the other subjects he’s pursuing outside of school. …

A Conversation with Parth Gala, Social Entrepreneur — While I’ve written in the past about avenues to dive into the social impact space after undergrad, some young people are committed and enterprising enough to work in the social sector alongside pursuing their degrees. …

In my senior speech at the end of high school, I said that I would never have the words to articulate the change that Howard Chang made in my life, but when I saw Thrive Global’s weekly prompt about “a teacher who lifted you up and taught you lessons that…

Remarks During A Panel Hosted by Womenite — On January 24th, Womenite organized a virtual panel to discuss gender equality on National Girl Child Day in India. Below, please find the five questions asked and a selection of my responses. Q1. Do you still witness instances of disgusting/disappointing reactions on the birth of a girl child? Q2. How do stereotyped gender roles dictate gender inequality from childhood itself?

Reflections From 7 Thought Leaders On Gender Equity — For UN Women’s #16Days campaign to end gender-based violence, Aangan hosted a virtual panel featuring Atiya Bose, Bishakha Datta, Kirthi Jayakumar, Divya Balaji, Shyamolie Parikh, Mihir Parekh, and Pooja Podugu. …