Exclusive β Kailand Morris is showing the world what it means to be a modern creative
The Gen Z fashion designer, artist, and influencer discusses how giving back has granted him a new outlook on life, why the fashion industry needs to do better, and his perspective on BLM. Forging an independent path may seem like a challenge when born to parents whose names exude fame,...
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Breaking β The new Queens of gaming have been crowned
Breakthrough media company Queens Gaming Collective aims to emancipate women from the male-centric gaming narrative, and itβs about time. βAll the boys were terrified of us meetingβ¦ they were like what happens when an unstoppable force meets an immoveable object?β, says Alisa Jacobs, CEO and co-founder of Queens Gaming...
Exclusive β New app WaterBear is the Netflix of social change
What happens when NGOs, storytellers, and tech experts unite to take control of our ecological narrative? One of the biggest hurdles that storytellers face today is the disconnect many of us have between problems βhereβ and problems βfar awayβ. We often feel untouched by global issues like climate change when...
Exclusive β Mastering the world of digital content with Zack Ahmed
Zack Ahmed is an award winning marketing executive whoβs been recognised for his creative strategies and behind-the-scenes direction for some of the worldβs largest branded campaigns. Heβs worked with YouTubers, musical artists, and renowned brands, and we recently chatted to him about his early beginnings and finding success through...
Exclusive β How brands like Pantee are rising to the conscious fashion challenge
With social responsibility ranking at an all time high amongst consumers, we spoke with burgeoning circular fashion brand Pantee about the importance of up-cycling and transparency. βMaking every choice a sustainable one is hard,β says Katie McCourt who, with the help of her sister Amanda, has recently launched circular fashion...
Exclusive β Welcome to the worldβs first-ever digital green carpet
This year, Eco-Age is moving its revolutionary Green Carpet Fashion Awards online, celebrating fashion's commitment to sustainability with an innovative, solution-based virtual event. In the past decade, sustainability consultancy firm Eco-Age has connected with fashion's biggest environmental innovators. Some of its recent collaborations include Candiani, an Italian production company that supplies...
Exclusive report β Illegal air pollution in Texas rises 155% in 5 years
According to a recent report, unauthorised emissions from industrial facilities in Texas have tripled since 2015 as the EPA continues to roll back protective measures. At the beginning of the week, Thred Media and Global Citizen were given early access to a report sounding the alarm on rising rates of illegal industrial pollution in the state of Texas. According to the study conducted by Environment Texas and Frontier Group,...
Exclusive β Keiser Clark is the menβs streetwear label promoting connection and creativity
We spoke with one-half of the cult-fashion brand about their work, the industry-wide push for more sustainability, and the value of using social media to start important conversations. Headed by Marc Keiser and Andrew Clark, Keiser Clark has made quite the name for itself since officially launching three years ago. Thanks to a range of one-of-a-kind leather jackets that stirred up quite the frenzy on social media, the label blew...
Exclusive β Inside the mind of Gen Z director Jason Joyride
Jason Joyride, up-and-coming director and creative talent for Rico Nasty, talks Gen Zβs responsibility for social change, and reinventing musicals for the hip-hop age. When you first watch Rico Nastyβs music video for βPopstarβ, a trap and punk-infused banger that dropped in early April, itβs hard not to be drawn in by the explosive colour, jittery doodles, and electric backdrops. The video is the brainchild of Jason Joyride, a...
Exclusive β Meet Nyome, the model who changed Instagramβs nudity policy
The social media platform has pledged to do better when it comes to censoring plus-size Black women's bodies, following a campaign from model Nyome Nicholas-Williams. βIf thin, white models can post nearly-naked photos on Instagram, why canβt I,β asked plus-size model Nyome Nicholas-Williams (who uses the handle @CurvyNyome) in response to Instagram repeatedly removing semi-nude photographs from her profile. βMillions of pictures of very naked, skinny white women can be...