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May Meetup Recap
We heated things a bit at the April Meetup! TMS founders Lili Stiefel and Ariel Bastida hopped right into the spring season by hosting an open discussion on the impact of mixe...
Confused: Being Okay With Not Being Sure
There is a lovely scene from the Before trilogy in Before Midnight (2013) where couples of different generations are gathered together in a Greek villa for dinner....
What is Compulsory Heterosexuality
Am I a lesbian? It’s become a burning question spanning internet searches, stemming from an anonymously posted master doc on TikTok titled with the very question....
April Meetup Recap
We heated things a bit at the April Meetup! TMS founders Lili Stiefel and Ariel Bastida hopped right into the spring season by hosting an open discussion on the impact of mixe...
Rain Man Hasn’t Aged Well: Representation of Neurodiversity in the Media Since the Oscar-winning Film
The world knew who Raymond Babbitt was and what “autistic savant” meant after the release of Barry Levinson’s film Rain Man (1988)....
Five BIPOC Women With Disabilities Who’ve Kicked Butt and Paved the Way for Accessibility
A solid and prevailing community of BIPOC women with disabilities use their platforms to speak up and move forward with the inclusion and accessibility of people with visible ...
“Beauty is Skin Deep” — British Vogue’s February Issue Only Touches the Surface
How do we Promise a Better Future? With Guest Speaker Dr. Donna Walton, Founder of Divas with Disabilities....
March Meetup Recap: Accessibility & Ableism How do we Promise a Better Future
How do we Promise a Better Future? With Guest Speaker Dr. Donna Walton, Founder of Divas with Disabilities....
A More Multiracial U.S. Population: Why This is Major and What the Future Holds
The multiracial population has changed a great deal from 9 million people in the 2010 Census, skyrocketing by 276% to 33.8 million people in the 2020 Census....
February Meetup Recap: The Journey of Mixed Identity: Moments that Shifted Us
For the February Meetup, we took it back to the roots of TMS as we discussed the journey of mixed identity. Lili along with TMS co-founder Ariel Bastida started by sharing the...
Stay Away from ‘Namaste’ Appropriation
Did you know Americans spend $16 billion on yoga gear each year? Learn how understanding the 8 Limbs of Yoga can help us decolonize wellness and keep you away from all the me...
Yoga Figures Who Decolonize Wellness
Resisting a wellness culture ridden with body shaming, privilege, and cultural appropriation is where decolonization begins. Read in our blog about these 5 yoga instructors, i...
Six Films That Bring Multiculturalism to the Table
Films about the challenges of faith in modern-day society are pretty hard to come by. Here are six multicultural films that challenge everything we thought we knew about relig...
January Meetup Recap: Multidimensional Healing | A Body+Soul Workshop
Yoga is a practice that's been cherished for centuries as a form of renewal and inner peace. However, inclusivity and accessibility has been a systemic problem. Learn how the ...
Finding Faith Between Individuality and Self Preservation
At the height of twenty-first-century humanism–that is the prioritization of self-agency over the divine–the idea of “keeping a faith” seems burdensome on our path to ...