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Trouble by The Subway Strings
TEDxYouth@Sydney 2013 · 17 November 2013
The Subway Strings were busking at Sydney's Quay when heard by the curators of TEDxYouth@Sydney and they knew that they had found something special. Here they perform a new arrangement of the Taylor Swift classic: "I Knew You Were Trouble". The Subway Strings are a sydney based string group, and provide services for weddings, events and recordings. They also play a range of music from popular and folk to classical. They also play original music. Check them out on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thesubwaystrings
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Developed by IPAN and Rise
Toolkit Topics
The Child Welfare Parent Advocacy Movement
Changing Practice
Individual Parent Advocacy
Support Groups for Impacted Parents
Building a Parent Advocacy Organization
Parent Leadership Development
Support and Self Care for Advocates
Advocate Role
Throughout this toolkit, you'll find interviews with parent advocates and allies using a variety of approaches to parent advocacy, including community organizing, legislative advocacy and individual parent advocacy. At times these approaches reflect different long-term goals, from advocacy that aims to create a less punitive, more just and supportive system that centers families' own solutions, to advocacy that aims to abolish or vastly diminish the role of the child welfare system and fundamentally change a country's approach to child safety and family and community wellbeing.
In this section, advocates and allies provide insights into why and how they do their work and the principles and beliefs that guide them.
'We Help Parents to No Longer Be Afraid', Canada
Fearless R2W
Mary Burton never thought she'd help to start an organization. Burton was separated from her parents and siblings when she was placed in foster care as a child, as part of the child welfare system's 1960s scoop, which, along with other policies over more than a century, routinely separated Indigenous children in Canada from their families. After she successfully fought the child welfare system for custody of her own children and grandchildren, she spent the next 20 years helping friends and families from her living room do the same.
Roughly 90% of children in the child welfare system in Winnipeg, Canada are Indigenous. In 2014, Burton joined forces with other grandmothers and a local activist to form FearlessR2W to give members of her community power to fight for their families.
Interview with Mary Burton, Parent and Grandparent Advocate, Winnepeg, Canada
Overview presentation of Fearless R2W Child Welfare Education and Advocacy
FearlessR2W
Uplifting Every Voice, United States
"I urge parents affected by the system to get involved in the parent advocacy movement. To speak up and speak out and to work alongside all other advocates to create the change they want to see. There is no better voice than that of a parent who has experienced it firsthand."
Uplifting Every Voice: Together we can change the perception of parents created by the child welfare system by Dinah Ortiz-Adames, Parent Advocate, New York, USA
"I am motivated to do this work because I believe that families should be together."
– Mary Burton, Canada
Human Rights Violations and the Creation of a Parent Advocacy Network, Norway
Organisasjon for Barnevernsforeldre (OBF)
Between 2003 and 2016 the number of children in foster care in Norway gradually and steadily increased, from 5,693 to 9,080. In 2005, the physical abuse and death of an 8-year-old boy named Christoffer at the hands of his stepfather shocked the country, and became a national symbol of a child welfare system not capable of protecting children. But as the number of children placed in foster care continued to grow, child protection also faced mounting criticism from families, advocates and in the media for providing minimal support to system-involved parents and for inadequately protecting the parent-child bonds of families with children placed in foster care.
In 2011, in the midst of these tensions, child welfare-affected parents and their allies came together to create a parent advocacy organization aimed at ensuring that parents had greater support and greater protection within Norway's child welfare system. Increased removals also led to appeals to the European Court of Human Rights and to the Norwegian High Court, and ultimately, to the start of reforms within Norway's child welfare system. Since 2015, the number of children in foster care in Norway has been gradually declining.
Read about the controversy, the creation of a parent advocacy network and other reforms in Norway's child welfare system.
Read articles about child protection from the BBC News and The Culture Trip.
IPAN Program Profiles:
Browse through program profiles developed by IPAN to explore a wide range of approaches to child welfare parent advocacy in different parent advocacy settings and around the world.
Child Welfare Organizing Project (CWOP):
The Child Welfare Organizing Project, which operated from an office in East Harlem, New York City, from 1994 to 2019, was the first child welfare parent advocacy organization. CWOP worked for change through organizing and agitation as well as working collaboratively to create ways for parents affected by child welfare to work within the system.
How the Child Welfare Organizing Project Helped Bring Parent Advocacy to NYC's Child Welfare System. By Mike Arsham, CWOP executive director from 1998 to 2013, executive director of advocacy at NYC's Administration for Children's Services
2006 testimony from parent advocate Carlos Boyet to the City Council about bias in child welfare decision-making and the need for a parent advocacy movement.
Can parents accused of neglect redeem one another? Parent peer advocacy gains institutional footing in New York City's child welfare system. By E. Tammy Kim, Al-Jazeera
From Pariahs to Partners:
How Parents and their Allies Changed New York City's Child Welfare System: Parents organizing a grassroots movement to reform child welfare, pages 278-288, in Routledge Handbook of Critical Social Work, edited by Stephen A. Webb. London: Routledge, 2019. The chapter is based on Tobis's book, From Pariahs to Partners: How Parents and their Allies Changed New York City's Child Welfare System.
Movement for Black Lives:
The M4BL Policy Platform: End the War on Black Women specifically addresses foster care and child welfare.
From Rights to Reality: A blueprint for parent advocacy and family-centered child welfare reform
Rise Timeline
'Abolition Is the Only Answer': A Conversation with Dorothy Roberts
Better Care Network:
The Better Care Network (BCN) asked David Tobis and Andy Bilson to prepare the first-ever international survey of parent advocacy in child welfare. The report, International Review of Parent Advocacy in Child Welfare documents the origin in New York City of the child welfare parent advocacy movement, describes and profiles the range of parent advocacy programs in child welfare, reviews the literature on the efficacy and challenges of parent advocacy, and presents the findings of the global survey which identified at least 100 parent advocacy programs in child welfare in high income countries.
The International Review of Parent Advocacy in Child Welfare practice brief addresses outcomes of program advocacy, effective strategies for implementation of program advocacy and ideas for developing a strategy to promote parent advocacy.
As part of their work to prepare this report, David Tobis and Andy Bilson developed a Parent Advocacy Literature Review.
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Topline Data for Phase IIA Multiple Ascending Dose Clinical Trial for AL001 Treatment of Dementia Related to Alzheimer's Expected in Second Quarter of 2023
ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Alzamend Neuro, Inc. (Nasdaq: ALZN) ("Alzamend"), an early clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on developing novel products for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease ("Alzheimer's"), bipolar disorder, major depressive disorder ("MDD") and post-traumatic stress disorder ("PTSD"), today announced that it is partnering with the Miller School of Medicine, Interdisciplinary Stem Cell Institute at the University of Miami for its Phase I/IIA clinical trial of ALZN002, a patented method using a mutant-peptide sensitized cell as a cell-based therapeutic vaccine that seeks to restore the ability of a patient's immunological system to combat Alzheimer's.
"We are thrilled to add the Miller School of Medicine, Interdisciplinary Stem Cell Institute at the University of Miami to the team and have full confidence in their ability to assist us with our Phase I/IIA clinical trial of ALZN002," said Stephan Jackman, Chief Executive Officer of Alzamend. "We strongly believe that the ALZN002 patient-specific immunotherapeutic vaccine has the potential of fostering tolerance to treatment for safety purposes while stimulating the immune system to reduce the brain's beta-amyloid protein burden, resulting in reduced Alzheimer's signs and symptoms. We are advancing the process and expect to initiate this study in the first quarter of 2023."
On October 5, 2022, Alzamend announced the addition of healthy adult subject to its Phase IIA multiple ascending dose ("MAD") study of AL001 in subjects with dementia related to Alzheimer's. This blinded, placebo-controlled trial (AL001-02) was initiated in May 2022 and is designed to evaluate the safety and tolerability of AL001 under multiple-dose, steady-state conditions and determine the maximum tolerated dose. This addition to the MAD study was based upon a recommendation by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration after its review and commentary on Alzamend's pre-investigational new drug briefing package for development of AL001 for bipolar disorder, MDD and PTSD. As the safety and tolerability of AL001 would need to be tested in healthy and elderly adults before Alzamend could initiate later-stage testing of AL001 for bipolar disorder, MDD and PTSD, the addition of healthy adults to the on-going Phase IIA MAD clinical trial would expedite the timing of further clinical trials.
"We look forward to reporting topline data from the Phase IIA MAD study in the second quarter of 2023," said Mr. Jackman. "We are one step closer to providing patients, caregivers and clinicians with a major improvement over current lithium-based treatments that can help over 40 million Americans suffering from Alzheimer's, bipolar disorder, MDD and PTSD. We look forward to completing the Phase IIA MAD study and further advancing clinical development of this promising potential therapeutic."
About ALZN002
ALZN002 is a proprietary "active" immunotherapy product, which means it is produced by each patient's immune system. It consists of autologous dendritic cells ("DCs"), which are activated white blood cells taken from each individual patient that are then engineered outside of the body to attack Alzheimer's-related amyloid-beta proteins. These DCs are pulsed with a novel amyloid-beta peptide (E22W) designed to bolster the ability of the patient's immune system to combat Alzheimer's; the goal of this treatment approach is to foster tolerance to treatment for safety purposes while stimulating the immune system to reduce the brain's beta-amyloid protein burden, resulting in reduced Alzheimer's signs and symptoms.
About AL001
AL001 is a patented ionic cocrystal technology delivering lithium via a therapeutic crystal-engineered combination of lithium, L-proline and salicylate, known as AL001 or LiProSal. In March 2022, Alzamend completed its Phase I first-in-human trial to determine the pharmacokinetics, safety and tolerability of AL001. During this Phase I trial, participants received a single dose of AL001 containing lithium in an amount equivalent to 150 mg lithium carbonate; at the dose proposed deemed appropriate for Alzheimer's treatment when given three times daily. Currently, marketed lithium carbonate 300 mg are given three times daily when prescribed for manic episodes in bipolar disorder as well as maintenance therapy of bipolar disorder in patients with a history of manic episodes. The data affirmed that dose-adjusted relative bioavailability analyses of the rate and extent of lithium absorption in plasma indicated that AL001 at 150 mg dosage is bioequivalent to the marketed 300 mg lithium carbonate product and the shapes of the lithium plasma concentration versus time curves are similar.
Findings of plasma bioequivalence to a marketed lithium product may allow Alzamend to reduce the scope or eliminate the need for Phase 2 and Phase 3 studies of efficacy and/or safety of AL001 in such indications as bipolar/affective disorders in which lithium efficacy has been established. Bioequivalence may have utility for AL001 when seeking approval for the indications of currently marketed lithium products, and for new indications as a benchmark for safety.
About Alzamend Neuro
Alzamend is an early clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on developing novel products for the treatment of Alzheimer's, bipolar disorder, MDD and PTSD. Our mission is to rapidly develop and market safe and effective treatments. Our current pipeline consists of two novel therapeutic drug candidates, AL001 - a patented ionic cocrystal technology delivering lithium via a therapeutic combination of lithium, proline and salicylate, and ALZN002 - a patented method using a mutant-peptide sensitized cell as a cell-based therapeutic vaccine that seeks to restore the ability of a patient's immunological system to combat Alzheimer's. Both of our product candidates are licensed from the University of South Florida Research Foundation, Inc. pursuant to royalty-bearing exclusive worldwide licenses.
This press release contains "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. These forward-looking statements generally include statements that are predictive in nature and depend upon or refer to future events or conditions, and include words such as "believes," "plans," "anticipates," "projects," "estimates," "expects," "intends," "strategy," "future," "opportunity," "may," "will," "should," "could," "potential," or similar expressions. Statements that are not historical facts are forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are based on current beliefs and assumptions that are subject to risks and uncertainties. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they are made, and Alzamend undertakes no obligation to update any of them publicly in light of new information or future events. Actual results could differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statement as a result of various factors. More information, including potential risk factors, that could affect Alzamend's business and financial results are included in Alzamend's filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. All filings are available at www.sec.gov and on Alzamend's website at www.Alzamend.com.
Email: Info@Alzamend.com or call: 1-844-722-6333
Source: Alzamend Neuro, Inc.
Released December 28, 2022


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Washington|By a Vote of 98-0, Senate Approves 25-Year Extension of Voting Rights Act
By a Vote of 98-0, Senate Approves 25-Year Extension of Voting Rights Act
By Carl Hulse
WASHINGTON, July 20 — The Senate voted overwhelmingly on Thursday to extend the landmark Voting Rights Act for another 25 years, as lawmakers of both parties said federal supervision was still required to protect the ability of minorities and the disadvantaged to cast ballots in some regions of the country.
"Despite the progress these states have made in upholding the right to vote, it is clear the problems still exist," said Senator Barack Obama, Democrat of Illinois.
Approval of the measure, on a 98-to-0 vote, came on the day that President Bush made his first presidential visit to a convention of the N.A.A.C.P., where he promised to sign the bill.
The House passed the measure last week after a flurry of rebellion from several Southern lawmakers.
Republicans had made renewal of the law a cornerstone of party efforts to reach out to minority groups, particularly blacks, and leaders of both parties promised its passage in a rare joint event on the steps of the Capitol this year.
But progress was slowed by objections from some Republicans in the House that the law unfairly singled out Southern states for special federal oversight when they have eradicated the rampant discrimination that spurred enactment of the law in 1965.
Some Senate Republicans expressed similar sentiments Thursday but none opposed the measure. "Other states with much less impressive minority progress and less impressive minority participation are not covered, while Georgia still is," said Senator Saxby Chambliss. "This seems both unfair as well as unwise."
President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the bill into law after violent attacks on civil rights marchers demanding the right to vote. It instituted a nationwide prohibition against voting discrimination based on race and banned poll taxes and literacy tests.
In regions where discrimination had been especially pronounced, the Justice Department was given the authority to review changes to election procedures, like redistricting, to judge if they would be discriminatory.
Representative John Lewis, left, and Senator Edward M. Kennedy in the room where President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act.Credit...Doug Mills/The New York Times
The current legislation retained the so-called pre-clearance requirement for nine states, most of them in the South, and for parts of seven others, including Manhattan, Brooklyn and the Bronx in New York.
Another provision opposed by some Republicans requires the printing of bilingual ballots in political jurisdictions that meet a threshold for the percentage of citizens who have difficulty with English.
Most Republicans joined united Democrats in pushing ahead, saying that while the Voting Rights Act had produced historic results, it was still warranted.
"South Carolinians, you have come a long way," said Senator Lindsey Graham, a Republican from that state, which is among those covered by the law. "But we, just like every other part of this country, still have a long way to go."
Civil rights leaders praised the Senate action and called on Mr. Bush to send a strong signal to the Justice Department that the measure must be strongly enforced.
The Rev. Jesse Jackson, who watched the Senate debate from the gallery, said that the Bush administration had sided with states in voting rights cases and that it had been left to the courts to intervene.
"So far, the Department of Justice has favored states' rights over federal enforcement," Mr. Jackson said. "We see a pattern."
The legislation was named for several civil rights figures: Coretta Scott King, Fannie Lou Hamer and Rosa Parks.
As the Senate voted, Representative John Lewis, Democrat of Georgia, who was beaten in the 1965 voting rights march on Montgomery, Ala., came to the floor, and other lawmakers provided their memories of the era as they spoke in support of the legislation.
"I recall watching President Lyndon Baines Johnson sign the 1965 act just off the chamber of the Senate," said Senator Edward M. Kennedy, Democrat of Massachusetts and one of three current senators serving when the law was originally passed. "We knew that day we had changed the country forever, and indeed we had."


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Q: Choose angular template by variable I have 3 different <ng-template>s. My component holds the switching variable with the name of template I want to render. How to inject it into my page?

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A: You can use an object to hold references to the templates, and then just refer to that object's property by the string value.
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export class ExampleComponent {
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Come fly with me: Fascinating exhibition shows off some of the best in Polish aviation
Science | History | News
Magda Dercz October 23, 2018
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Designed and constructed during the early 30s, the PZL P.11c was Poland's first fighter aircraft and for short time was considered the most advanced fighter plane of its kind in the world.
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At the outbreak of WWII the PZL P.11c scored the first Allied air victory when Polish ace Władysław Gnyś shot down a pair of Dornier Do 17s. It was also the first aircraft to successfully ram an enemy plane during the war.
The Polish fighter aircraft could manoeuvre better than its German counterparts and despite the Luftwaffe's general superiority, the P.11 managed to shoot down a considerable number of German aircraft, including fighters.
First flown on April 24, 1962, the PZL-104 Wilga (Golden Oriole) is a short-takeoff and landing civil plane in which a number of Polish pilots have been awarded prizes in the FAI World Rally Flying and Precision Flying championships. In military service, the plane was typically used to carry out liaison and recovery missions.
A 15-metre glider, the SZD-56 Diana has been winning awards since 2005. This year Łukasz Grabowski won the gold medal in the Ostrow Glide, Polish Nationals 15m in his Diana glider.
The Student space association of the Warsaw University of technology (SKA) is made up of the rocket group, the rover team, the stratospheric balloon group and the PW-Sat 2 team.
The TuCAN rocket, designed by students at the Warsaw University of Technology, was first launched in 2016. Designed to take small research instruments into the atmosphere, the TuCan is over 2 meters long and can climb to 5km. The FOK1 reaches an altitude of 1,700m and is aerodynamically guided by a module which 4 control surfaces called "canards. The Grot1 rocket is the newest member of the Polish rocket family and can reach 15km.
The Orlik Olimpijski is a single-seater, high-performance glider constructed entirely of wood. Made of pine and covered with birch plywood, it was originally designed in 1938 and took second place at a completion in Littorio, Italy.
This multi-purpose PZL SW-4 chopper which entered service in 2002. Powered by a Rolls-Royce turboshaft engine, the SW-4 can carry five people and is well-suited to passenger transport, primary and advanced training, patrol and surveillance missions.
A newly-opened exhibition at the Warsaw University of Technology tells the fascinating history of Polish aviation. Running from October 22-23, the 'Per aspera ad astra' exhibition shows off some of Poland's greatest aerial achievements, from fighter aircraft to rockets.
Tags: Exhibition, aircraft, aviation, Warsaw University of Technology
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With an enthralling World Cup quenching everyone's thirst for entertainment over the past three weeks, it's been easy to take one's finger off the transfer pulse.
While the likes of Cesc Fabregas' move to Chelsea from Barcelona is pretty sure to have registered with most footy fans, there have been plenty of Premier League comings-and-goings that may have slipped under the radar.
The former Lyon striker could prove to be somewhat of a steal for the Swans as they potentially prepare for life without Wilfried Bony and Michu. Gomis, 28, has penned a four-year deal and has scored 20+ goals in his last three seasons in France.
Fresh from winning four consecutive Eredivisie titles, Newcastle have landed themselves an attacking midfielder with an eye for goal. Still only 25, De Jong bagged himself 78 goals in 244 appearances at Ajax and brings plenty of Champions League experience with him to St James' Park.
Notorious west Midlands club allegiance-swapper Ridgewell, was released by the Baggies and rather than complete his Black Country pilgrimage at Wolverhampton Wanderers, the defender has opted for the north west instead. North-west USA.
While Ridgewell finds his passport, England international Lescott will be taking his spot in the Hawthorns dressing room. Cast off by the 7/4 Premier League title favourites, the former Evertonian should get much more game time at West Brom.
Having formed a formidable central midfield partnership with former Spurs teammate Tom Huddlestone on loan at the KC Stadium last season, it's no surprise to see Steve Bruce pay out a similar fee for Livermore.


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Sophia Amoruso Might Be The Scrappiest Superwoman We Know
Story from Celebrity Style
Photographed by Jessica Haye and Clark Hsiao; designed by Gabriela Alford.
I met Sophia Amoruso almost a decade ago, when we were both hustling to get our businesses off the ground. She was the founder of Nasty Gal Vintage, and I, as one of the founders of this website, happened to be one of her biggest fans. As a dedicated vintage collector, wearer, and passer-onner, I simply liked the cut of her jib, the way she styled weird but wonderful thrift-store gems and gabbed thoughtfully about her products. I remember once, when I needed a dress for I-can't-even-remember-what event and was too overwhelmed to actually go out and find one. Without even asking, Sophia sent me the perfect tiered, black-silk number…just because she knew I needed it.
Today, when Sophia calls herself the founder and chief troublemaker at Nasty Gal, it's not just a shallow bit of CEO-as-guru branding. She's a real-deal, born disruptor. In less than 10 years, she's turned that very same eBay vintage shop into a bona fide, $100 million global brand, through pure sweat; social-media savvy; and an eye for the fashion-forward, subversively sexy clothing women want to wear. And, yeah, great customer service. Now, sitting atop a mini-retail empire of over 350 employees, Sophia has become that rarest of things: a CEO who truly inspires and a patron saint of badass #girlbosses everywhere. Ahead, her thoroughly inspiring take on the unlikely rise of her scrappy brand, and why she'll always be an upstart at heart.
Photographed by Jessica Haye and Clark Hsiao.
I'm reading my advance copy of #GIRLBOSS, which hits shelves on May 6, and I really, really love it! I texted you that one of the parts in the beginning, The Red String Theory, made me cry. It was so smart and moving. What's the biggest objective for writing the book and what do you hope your fans will get out of it?
"Over the past year and a half, I've told the story of how Nasty Gal began and how I built what it is today. What I haven't told is what I was doing (or blowing it at, for that matter!) before I launched the brand. There are so many things that I did prior to Nasty Gal that prepared me — I shoplifted, dumpster dove, and hitchhiked my way to a place where I learned through trial and error that only hard, honest work is sustainable. That's a crazy story, and it needed to be told in my voice — few women who aren't pedigreed with Ivy League MBAs are speaking to girls, and it's important that the rest of us can pow-wow, share ideas, and make amazing shit happen, too."
Mania Mania Necklace, Nasty Gal Bomber, Moschino Vintage Dress, Charlotte Olympia Shoes.
We met when we were both starting businesses and buying most of our clothes at the Salvation Army. The early days were pretty tough, but I kind of miss them sometimes. Is there any aspect of a young business at the beginning that you miss? And, by the way, I still shop at the Salvation Army.
"When I look back on the early days, I can't help but feel nostalgic for that time in my life. It was hard, but fun, and there was something new to learn every day. Quite honestly, I'm so glad that I can say that I feel the same today, but the lessons are very different. I'm dreaming up big ideas rather than executing small ones — but without the meticulous hands-on work I did in the early days, we wouldn't have a brand today."
I've been a huge fan of Nasty Gal since Day One, and the thing I love most about the brand is the voice. It's not just stuff to wear but a state of mind for women who aspire to be like you. The confidence and the clothes go hand in hand. What do you think has been the most important part of your strategy and approach that's allowed that to thrive?
"It's incredibly important for us to be consistent — from our photography to our design to our copywriting, every small choice is an opportunity to either strengthen our brand or fall flat. I'm so fortunate to have an incredible team around me who not only sustain the voice that I incubated over so many years, but who can truly evolve it."
Social media is an amazing tool for smart women like you with a strong point of view to share a more intimate side of the brand and the culture around it. It can be such a powerful tool, and your approach is one of the best examples of being real with customers and inviting them into your world. Yet, why is it that so many fashion brands still fail to have an authentic presence online?
"For one, it works to our advantage that Nasty Gal was born on social media. We've been having a 24-hour-a-day nonstop party with our girl for eight years and never once stopped to create a social 'strategy.' It's in our DNA. Secondly, who we say we are and who we are happen to be one and the same. This generation is savvy — if your company is run by an old white guy that you mask with a 'cool' social media account, people know it."
I know you're moving into makeup and maybe home, as well. What's next for Nasty Gal, and where do you hope it will be in 10 years?
"Next up is #GIRLBOSS, my forthcoming book, and I couldn't be more excited. Beyond that, we're building a global fashion destination, a network of retail stores, an un-fuck-with-able content strategy, and more. As you said, Nasty Gal is more than the sum of our parts, and I want to see how large that sum can be!"
You relocated your life and your business to Los Angeles a few years ago. How does L.A. enhance your lifestyle and how you run Nasty Gal?
"I like to say that L.A. gave me legs in more ways than one. The weather completely changed how I dressed when we relocated the business from Northern California! But, on a more serious note, L.A. has been an incredible place to run the business. There's been a mass pilgrimage of friends from S.F. and talent from NYC, which is helping to expand the community of creatives here. I love being able to drive home with the windows down, alone for once, rather than combating someone else's psychic garbage on a city sidewalk. I don't miss that about San Francisco at all."
You're the face of Nasty Gal and very much in demand when it comes to being a public spokesperson for reaching millennial woman and succeeding in a really crowded fashion space. How do you prep for speaking engagements, etc.?
"Every speaking engagement is different, but the best thing I've learned is to keep my cool. I always check out the room I'm speaking in beforehand so I feel comfortable when I walk in, day of. It's easy to feel nervous at first, but I make it a point to be myself regardless of who I'm speaking to."
Given you're in the public eye so much, do you have any beauty or skin-care obsessions to share?
"Beauty-wise, I'm a bit of a schizophrenic! Lately it's been Kate Somerville moisturizer. I love Chanel's Vitalumiere foundation and have been wearing it for years. But mostly, I just pick at my face and get upset with myself for doing so, then pick it some more. I'm awful."
Nasty Gal Crop Top, Tibi Skirt, ManiaMania Necklace, Gorgana Cuff, Shoe Cult Booties, Nasty Gal Rings.
But, seriously, sometimes it's our flaws and our mistakes and setbacks that actually advance us the most in life and alter our perspective. What do you think were the most important mistakes you've learned from?
"Everyone else's! No, seriously — I watched my parents go through bankruptcy. #GIRLBOSS details what that was like, but the best mistakes are the ones you let other people make, that you get to learn from."
Who's provided the most inspiration for you along the way, as you've built your business? What advice can you share with other Superwomen and #Girlbosses in training?
"In #GIRLBOSS, I talk a lot about being your own idol — that when you look up, you keep yourself down. I prefer competing with myself rather than others. And, I do my best work in a vacuum. My dad said at dinner the other night something that I really loved — he said, 'Hope is not a strategy,' which is so true. The best things happen with not only hope, but ingenuity, self-awareness, and a lot of elbow grease. That's when the real magic happens."
Sophia Amoruso - Nasty Gal, Girl Boss Interview
Celebrity Style • Fashion • The Latest • Los Angeles • Nasty Gal
written by Christene Barberich
Styled by Skye Stewart-Short; Hair and makeup by Brittany Sullivan; Photographed by Jessica Haye and Clark Hsiao
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WOW! I am looking forward to seeing more of this mysterious landscape. An artist, sculptor, Ronnie Horn, who had an exhibit at the ICA in Boston, has a very special connection with Iceland. She has visited there often in the past thirty years. She has a permanent exhibit of photographs of water at the University of Akureyi in Iceland. Those accommodations sound better than the ones you are going to get outside of Boston!!
All the photos are great as always from you, but the first is stunning more like a painting that a photo. I feel like I could easily fall in.
We out all day every day taking it all in and by the time we get back we're both so beat we just go to bed and almost pay no attention to the place we're staying in. This place is fantastic! See you tomorrow.
You would absolutely love this place. We've both said we want to come back again. It's all so beautiful in a stark and rugged way, plus the people tend to have a better sense of humour than the rest of Scandinavia.
Lots of walking to be had with spectacular scenery and on one little walk we went on (un-marked) along a hilltop ridge we've came across a style. There were styles wherever we went in Norway, because they have a "right of way" thing where everyone has a right to go just about anywhere they want. So it looks like Iceland might have the same thing.
So what do you say…… Iceland next year?
xxxxooo Oh by the way whats the beer like over there?
Oh, quit your snivelling and pack some more batteries……. faster! While I tell you about the beers.
We've tried about five of the local beers.
Kaldi which is a larger and a darker beer (darker than Newcastle brown)is a nice drop that goes down easily as it seemed to have less hops than the beer back home. Had some Úlfur India Pale Ale nr. 3 last night which I thought tasted O.K (a bit too hoppy, but no big deal. Karen had some Bjartur Blond bjór nr. 4 which tasted a little more hoppy than the Kaldi but was still quite drinkable.
We also tried a Egils Premium which was a larger which smelled weird and I didn't care much for the taste. Then there was a beer called Viking that was also pretty good, despite it's name (so much stuff has "Viking" written on it over here that I could just scream).
We might've tried more but at about $8 a glass it seemed expensive.
Out of all the beers I preferred the Kaldi.
The fish here is very good. We had some fish (fresh cod in the some of the lightest and tastiest batter I've had) and chips the other night that was to die for.
O Jesus lord! I hope you like Samuel Adams lager cuz I just bought a case of it! I'm in the waiting area at Logan waiting for you both as I write this! Just going to the international terminal is exciting to me!
No worries, the beer was fine….. we're still alive. Any beer you can walk away from is a good one!
As for the radio, I have no idea as I didn't even turn it on. We were out all day, every day and were so tired when we got home, that we just went to sleep.
Iceland was a great place and I'd highly recommend it to you.