TENDER PICKS: While wellness isn’t about spending money, these products, apps, and media may help bring some tenderness to your daily routine without breaking the bank. By investing in these, you’d also be supporting non-corporate entities — many of which are women-owned and/or Black-owned.
Total Peace & Wellness’s “Chill Tonic Tincture” Not only does the full-spectrum 400mg formula include ashwagandha (which helps reduce anxiety), but this Black-owned business also donates 5% of sales to a non-profit striving to promote equity in Black and brown communities affected by mass incarceration.
Unwell Women In her debut book, Elinor Cleghorn writes about the long, complex relationship between women and medical malpractice — myths, misdiagnoses, and more. Drawing on personal anecdotes, historical context, and case studies, Unwell Women paints a picture that every woman, especially women of color, disabled women, and plus-size women, can relate to.
Rebel Eaters Club This podcast is the anti-diet culture fix that we’re all in need of right now. Hosted by writer and activist Virgie Tovar, Rebel Eaters Club features guests like dietitians, food journalists, and authors who talk about topics like the BMI myth, the connection between anti-blackness and fatphobia, and much, much more. 12
