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Cheekbone Beauty: When Transformation Is Part of the Journey

Cheekbone Beauty founder Jenn Harper explains how resilience, consistency, and excellent products have helped her realize her beauty dream.

Jenn Harper started Cheekbone Beauty in 2016 because she had a dream. “Sometimes I say that people interpret it as a vision because I’m Indigenous, but it was an actual dream—a crazy dream about all these Native girls covered in lip gloss, laughing. It was joyful,” Harper says.

Tanya Talaga Speaks with a Collective Voice

A generous soul.

When writers send their books out into the world, there is always a hope attached. For Talaga, her hope is that people read the stories, listen to the collective voices, and ask themselves, “What can I do?”

Q&A: Indigenous Activist Sarain Fox

A political existence.

Sarain Fox has one voice, but when she speaks, it reverberates with the voices of hundreds more. Such is the role of an activist: having a responsibility to speak for those who cannot be heard.

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