Extractive Capitalism Is Collapsing: The Generative Economy Has Entered the Chat
We are the visionaries, the early adopters, the system-refusers who know collapse is not the end. It is the invitation. Trickle-down, Reagan-inspired, neo-liberal money is dead. Versions of collaborative currency are the forward. When women have what we need, everyone wins.
I have spent the past 10+ years interviewing women in business and the last 6 years building the safest place on the internet for women. Here is what the data says: extractive capitalism is collapsing mathematically, not just morally -- and women-led businesses are already building what comes next.
Check Your Default Settings
Technology is still a baby. And not a chill one. Most of what we are calling the future is still running on V1 logic: trained on lopsided data, coded by a few overconfident engineers, and launched at scale without much reflection. Systems do not fix themselves. They just keep reinforcing what they were built to believe -- unless someone steps in and changes the defaults. That is us.
From hidden permissions to algorithmic bias baked into the tools you use every day -- most systems are profit-first, extraction-based, and allergic to nuance. Check out why I continue to build Business 4 Good, what I have learned helping women-led businesses actually use AI, and how to change the settings that were never designed for us as women or for that matter, for all to thrive!
Start with the End in Mind, or Don't
Start with the end in mind, they say. But also keep iterating and resetting to the present moment at the same time. Is it possible to hold both at once? After some thought, I do not think either is mutually exclusive. And being a woman in business within the current patriarchal order is clearly not the path of least resistance.
Building Coalitions, Not Networks
Let us get one thing straight: I love a good connection. But not the shallow kind where people just collect LinkedIn requests like Pokemon cards. I am talking about real connections. Rooted in respect, generosity, and mutual benefit. So no, I am not here to network. I am here to build coalitions. And my hunch is, so are you.
The old models are not working and the new ones are still taking shape. If you know me, you know I’ve been saying now is exactly the time to be brave, intentional, and unapologetically collaborative, out loud and on repeat for hot a minute or two. Please interact with my thoughts on Womanism, the wage gap, and why woman-forward does not mean men are not invited.
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Thanks a Lot: Gratitude, Community, and the Systems We Accept
I give thanks weekly, sometimes even daily. I also find certain holidays to be a bit of a farce followed immediately by one of the most massively marketed days of gross consumption as a national sport. I promise, this is a glass half full article. But gratitude lists are not enough and I think we can do better.
Expose for the Shadows in Web 3
My background is in photo and video production. I started with a Mickey Mouse camera at age 4, on film, and eventually ran my own dark room. Spending long nights exposing shadows taught me to look for gems where we might not expect to find them. That is exactly what I am doing now with Web 3.
The Crossing Guard Dream: Diversity Is Power
About five years ago I had a dream. I was walking down a busy city street and a woman of color told me in no uncertain terms: "STOP WALKING." She said it again, louder. And then I understood something I have never forgotten about diversity, power, and who should actually be leading us forward.
What Is More Offensive: F-Bombs or Genocide?
I have gotten the feedback that I "sure do curse a lot." That I "make great points but do I need to drop the f-bomb so much?" And my very favorite: "You are so pretty. Ladies like you do not swear!" Being the salacious sinner that I am, I thought: Well, f*ck. Let's talk about what actually deserves our outrage.
I Never Really Felt I Belonged
I never really felt I belonged. Anywhere. Until one day I began to notice why, and how I could maybe, just maybe one day, find belonging. Inclusivity matters to me because I know what it feels like to search for it. And I have been searching since inception.

