Mariella’s experience is wide: she has written, researched, edited and produced content that covers everything from fashion to feminism, travel to tech, and women to weed. Having worked in the fashion space for over ten years, she now focuses her energy on positive change, whether consulting and strategising for her femtech-inclined clients or reporting on women’s health. She has been published in the likes of Bustle, DAZED MEDIA, The Spaces, and 

, while also creating content for Appear Here, On, MATCHES, and Ounass. You can also find culture/consumer insight articles with her byline on LS:N Global, Canvas8 and BEAUTYMATTER —for the US, UK, and Middle Eastern markets. 

In a polarised society, the meaning of gender is in flux. People want to be liberated from outdated norms – but many hold on to the gender binary as a source of stability in an uncertain world. How can brands navigate the changing gender landscape without leaning on stereotypes?

Byegender

Diverse representation is an expectation, but as individuals no longer allow themselves to be defined in singular terms, there's mounting pressure on brands to understand and sensitively reflect how the intersections between race, gender, class, and ability impact people's everyday lives.

Collective Equity

Sara London is a freelance journalist, author, and satirist-when-convenient. She has a graduate degree in an individualised psychoanalytic research intensive from New York University. She writes articles about psychology, wellness, pop culture, and the future of work. Sara’s first book, The Performance Therapist and Authentic Therapeutic Identity: Coming Into Being, explores tenets of performance art melded with psychoanalytic theory to create the hopeful new notion of a performance therapist.

Olivia Verhulst is a licensed psychotherapist, clinical supervisor, Forbes health advisor, certified perinatal mental health provider, and adjunct professor at NYU. She is certified to provide telehealth in New York, New Jersey, and Florida. Olivia's goal within her therapy practice is to build upon patients' innate resilience by helping them explore the roots of their feelings in an attempt to understand themselves better, challenge them in unique and collaborative ways, and work proactively toward everyday solutions or tools they seek.

Yasin Bojang is the co-founder of Home Girls Unite, an online and offline support group and safe space for first daughters of immigrants to discuss the experiences of childhood in marginalised communities. It works to help people connect with their multiple identities in a complex world – the worlds of their parents, peers, and the world young women envisage for themselves. Yasin is also completing her master's degree in gender violence and conflict, focusing on conflict in the family and its effects on immigrant daughters.

Global

United Kingdom

Social networking

Mental health

House of Commons

Inhersight

British Medical Journal

The New York Times

Feminist Economics

Interview with Yasin Bojang conducted by the author

Interview with Olivia Verhulst conducted by the author

Interview with Sara London conducted by the author

The Guardian

Statista

Psychology Today

Pulse

YouGov

The Atlantic

Fortune

As family dynamics shift in line with modern-day lifestyles, firstborn females are doing the brunt of the work at home. Home Girls Unite is an international community and support service for those seeking a space to work through their unique challenges as eldest daughters.