Homegirl Zine

An independent publication profiling creative women in their sanctuaries

After moving from Sydney to Melbourne, Australia, Ingrid Kesa found the atmosphere for creatives in the city to be one of “collaboration rather than competitiveness” and while making new friends and connections, came in contact with more than a few inspirational women. That, coupled with Kesa’s self-confessed voyeuristic streak, meant the idea for Homegirl Zine was an organic one. “I did some shooting and styling …

CH25: Melissa Kushner

Reinventing philanthropy to do greater good for Malawi’s children

“I lost my father three weeks before I was born, so I was hardwired to care about children who have lost one or more parents,” Melissa Kushner explains. Her fate was sealed when shortly after graduating from college she landed a job working with the former head of UNICEF Malawi. Moved by what she learned, Kushner founded Goods for Good at age 26 to aid …

City and Colour: Woman

Canada’s Dallas Green, the former Alexisonfire band member who now records under the moniker City and Colour, has released the lead single off of his upcoming album, If I Should Go Before You. “Woman” is a nine-minute love song set to dark, brooding rock—a departure from Green’s previous folk songwriting—that is as heartfelt as it is incredibly sexy, thanks to his pining falsetto.