From decentralised autonomous organisations (DAOs) run on Discord to city-wide mutual aid groups, people are finding safety and optimism in numbers. For growing numbers of people, collective action is emerging as the only viable solution to compounding crises and deepening alienation.

Once a signifier of luxury or novelty, custom products and services are now within reach of the everyday consumer, thanks to the rise of artificial intelligence, algorithm-led platforms, and the COVID-era digitisation boom. Today, everyone wants to be the main character of their brand experience.

A new collaboration between meditation app, Headspace, and online women’s network, Peanut, is taking the shame out of sexual wellness for women. With women’s reproductive rights being curtailed in the US, how are brands showing support and providing holistic sexual health resources?

Sexual pleasures of all forms, from kink to polyamory, are becoming mainstream. But despite this openness, sexual health for many women remains a thorny issue, with ads about breast cancer and menstruation still being banned. How are brands navigating these complexities around sex?

Social taboos have long made it difficult to get men talking about sexual wellness, but subscription-based platform Mojo wants to change that. By connecting subscribers with professionals and a dedicated community, it’s going beyond short-term solutions to tackle long-term problems.

Diagnostic health company Quest has launched a campaign focusing on humor to get people talking about physical, mental, and sexual health. By using comic relief to lessen the taboo around sexual wellbeing, Quest provides a welcome relief from the oppressive nature of many approaches to wellness.