Creativity in the Time of Capitalism
Featuring monthly in-depth interviews with creative founders, expert insights, limited edition print work, personal reflections, round-ups, and more by a serial entrepreneur & sustainable fashion veteran.
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A Conversation with Marisa Mender-Franklin (opens the original)
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Compost, Part Two. (opens the original)
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This is the second essay in a series, following Compost, Part One.I’ve begun to question whether I can really do this, if I really have it in me to pull this off.After adapting Cass Marketos’s Microbe cotton t-shirt tutorial to the silk of these dresses and the Texas heat, and what felt like endless trial and error, something reliable, something t
A Conversation with Alex Elle, Part Two. (opens the original)
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Today we are onto part two of my conversation with author Alex Elle. If you missed part one, head there first, because we are jumping back in right where we left off. If you would prefer to listen to this episode, <a href="https://redcircle.com/shows/f5a1b121-a64b-487d-929c-3fefbed9779d?_gl=1*15exes0*_gcl_au*Nzc5NTM2NTI1LjE3ODExOTU5NTMuMTkwMzY1MDM5Ni4xNzg3MTgyOTAwLjE3ODcxODI4OTkuMTkxNTAwOTMyNC4xNzg3MTgyOTAwLjE3ODcxODI4OTk.*_ga*MTU0ODg1NzM5NS4xNzgxMTk1OTUz*_ga_KVZ47LYJWW*czE3ODc3NzE1MzckbzE2JGc
A Conversation with Alex Elle, Part One. (opens the original)
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Welcome back to Creativity in the Time of Capitalism, where we document how artists, designers, and independent founders are building sustainable, creative lives inside the container of late-stage capitalism. I’m your host, creative consultant, and serial entrepreneur Miranda Bennett.<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!GHzF!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe13cb12
Compost, Part One. (opens the original)
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A few months ago I shared a confession on my Instagram account about something that I was in a lock-step with shame over. Since April of 2023, when I closed Miranda Bennett Studio (MBS)—an apparel collection, plant dye and manufacturing facility, and brick-and-mortar store—I had been paying for a storage unit to park many hundreds of pieces of leftover inventory. With the encouragement of a new creative consultant, I had vowed that May would be the last month that I paid rent on that unit. The d
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