Helen Atkins

Helen Atkins, age 25 Albuquerque, New Mexico “Fuck White Supremacy”   Anyone who knows me knows I wear my hair up about 90% of the time. I wish this were because I was too busy to style it in the morning, or I hated the way it felt as it brushed against my face...

Marietta Benevento

Marietta Benevento Marietta Benevento is a force to be reckoned with. She has worked in male-dominated fields for most of her life and pushed forward through any obstacle in her way. She is an incredible jazz singer and has pursued her skill with relentless diligence....

Jordyn Bernicke

Jordyn Bernicke, age 23 Albuquerque, New Mexico “Choke on Your Cat Call” Since elementary school, when boys would smack my ass playing touch football on the playground, I have learned to recognize when I am being objectified. Walking to school as a college student I...

Khaki Carr

Khaki Carr, age 23 Canton, TX “Eudaimonia” I’ve always felt the expectation that I needed to do or be more. I worked my ass off for more and didn’t measure up. I failed at doing and being more and it shattered me. The woman in this picture is smiling through the...

Nora Chavez

Nora Chavez, age 65 South Texas: Corpus Christi and San Antonio “Assimilate? You Assimilate!” It’s taken me a week to come out and comment on this. Retired news anchor Tom Brokaw spilled his beans when he revealed on NBC News “Meet The Press” on January 27, 2019...