October 2018 — home — Women of Cincy

Eisha Armstrong: Building a Community of Women in Product

Five minutes on the phone with Eisha Armstrong, partner and co-founder of Vecteris, a startup product management consultancy, and I feel at ease. “When people talk about product management,” she tells me, “they talk about the intersection of technology, user experience, and business acumen.” But Armstrong and her triple-threat cohort of female founders believe there’s more to it than that. In a city bubbling over with potential and promise in the world of tech, this is a conversation that we should all be having.

Entrepreneurship, Sponsored Content, October 2018Kiersten WonesOctober 29, 2018

Read and Reflect: Be Your Own #GIRLBOSS

Recently, I’ve spent a lot of time wondering what my life is going to look like post-graduation. All I’ve wanted my entire life is to travel and live in new cities and have a career that I love. It’s getting to the point in my life where I now have to actually make those things happen. Which, honestly, is quite terrifying to me.

From the Residents, October 2018Lindsay CombsOctober 28, 2018Community Mix

What Is Health?

Molly and I write about health. We research health. We work in health. We talk about health. We try and practice “good” health. So we know that the word health is multifarious and the concept is a complex one. Health means different things to different people based on culture, income, race, geography, knowledge, stage of life, medical history, and so on.

CincyStateofBeing, Health + Wellness, October 2018CincyStateofBeingOctober 27, 2018Community Mix

Reported By Women: October 26

“Snapshot” is a part of the larger exhibit, Life: Gillian Wearing, and can be viewed and admired now through Dec. 30 at the Cincinnati Art Museum. In this portion of her exhibit, visual artist Gillian Wearing has created a multi-screen video piece that includes ideas of memory, identity, and photographic imagery.

Reported By Women, October 2018, Around TownKatey ParksOctober 26, 2018Community Mix

Still a Feminist

Do you believe in equality of genders? Cool, then you’re a feminist.

Do you prefer the Urban Dictionary definition of a feminist instead? Okay, maybe you’re not one.

But I say “maybe” because I don’t really know you, and I don’t want to make a blanket assumption. I get frustrated by blanket assumptions, especially those related to the topics of gender equality, women’s rights, and the people who believe in those things.

Gild Collective, October 2018Gild CollectiveOctober 23, 2018Community Mix

Read and Reflect: Waiting for Death

Most people will say that it is okay to live with uncertainty, but Stephanie Wittels Wachs made me realize in her novel, Everything is Horrible and Wonderful: A Tragicomic Memoir of Genius, Heroin, Love, and Loss, that it is better to acknowledge the pain than to hide it.

From the Residents, October 2018Mariama DoddOctober 22, 2018Community Mix

bombASSbabes Session 6

BombASSbabes is a mini-series celebrating the tenacious broads of Cincinnati. The short films explore a sundry of hobbies, skills, and enthusiasms women choose to pour their creative energy into. Session 6 features Danielle, a lifelong artist who, for the past 10 years, has used pole dancing as a way to tap into strength, expression, and sensuality.

bombASSbabes, Arts + Culture, October 2018Biz YoungOctober 20, 2018Community Mix

Reported By Women: October 19

Over the last week, our team ventured out to teach the community about advocacy, learn about funding for filmmaking, and meet more incredible people in our community. Keep reading to hear more about the events!

Arts + Culture, Reported By Women, October 2018, Around TownWomen of Cincy StaffOctober 19, 2018Community Mix

Stories Behind The Booze: Renee Webeler

The main thing I took away from meeting with Renee Webeler is her love for her family and community. Her family’s warmth is shared even with strangers, displayed as soon as I pulled up to meet her at the greenhouse during a particularly nasty downpour and her husband raced out to escort me in. The humidity and technicolor of the lush greenhouse is almost transcendent; I forget I’m even in Cincinnati.

Behind the Booze, Arts + Culture, October 2018, EntrepreneurshipCourtney ReynoldsOctober 16, 2018Community Mix

Reported By Women: October 12

The “I Love Me” Women’s Empowerment Conference was truly empowering indeed. So often women can forget or sideline loving themselves because they are so busy caring and loving others. This empowerment event focused primarily on reclaiming that love.

Reported By Women, October 2018, Around TownNicole MayesOctober 12, 2018Community Mix, Celebrate Black Stories

The Inaugural Cindependent Film Festival: A Celebration of Story

The inaugural Cindependent Film Festival at the Woodward Theater took over Main Street in OTR for three days straight from August 23 to August 25. Several filmmakers from around the globe came to see what an independent festival in Southwest Ohio was cooking up.

Female Filmmakers, Arts + Culture, October 2018Sandra Okot-KotberOctober 11, 2018Community Mix

Details2Decor: Powerful Women Changing the Game

Form a successful collaboration with other powerful women and change the game – phenomenally.

STEMulate: Beauty Does Not Make You Underqualified

Lyndsey Scott has led a successful modeling career with famous designers such as Calvin Klein, Prada, Louis Vuitton – notably known for her walk down the runway as a Victoria’s Secret angel. Without question, society has accepted all of the grand feats that Scott has accomplished in the modeling industry, but there is one skill set she has that many just can’t seem to grapple.

STEMulate, October 2018Tiffany WhiteOctober 10, 2018Community Mix, Celebrate Black Stories

Meet the Women of Cincy Team: Yashira M. Afanador

I first met Yashira at the Women’s March, when I was a young, nervous intern dealing with the stress of interrupting random people chanting in our city streets. Yashira was the experienced photographer to balance out my sketchy interviewing skills, and together, we bonded over our first Women’s March experience and contemplated which people to interview.

Meet the Team, October 2018, Around TownLauren LewisOctober 9, 2018Community Mix

Lauren Morris: Redefining the Rules of Financial Planning

Lauren Morris of Retirement Plan Advisors is not your typical financial planner. Instead of figuring out how to quickly make someone lots of money, Morris listens and connects with her clients. She figures out what drives, motivates, and inspires them, then works with them to create a purpose for their money.

Sponsored Content, October 2018Kiersten WonesOctober 9, 2018Community Mix

Read and Reflect: My journey to become a #GirlBoss

I want my own business, something that is me. But I have no idea how to go about building one. No one tells you how to build a business. They only tell you about it after the fact – when they’re successful – and they always make it sound easy-peasy. Enter this little pink book called #GIRLBOSS.

From the Residents, October 2018Stephanie SmithOctober 7, 2018Community Mix

Scenes From the City: Laurie Lambert

I always feel strange about reading up on a woman I have never met but will meet soon; I feel like a sleuth. But, after reading Laurie Lambert’s story, I didn’t need a detective wool hat to decide who owned this specific car. The mothering, bold, poetic Laurie Lambert opened the third entrance door to Women Writing for a Change moments later and confessed to the triplet bumper sticker, a-ha!

Stories Behind the Booze: We Olive Cincinnati's Leah Jones

We Olive Cincinnati is destined to be a local neighborhood spot where you can dine, drink, shop, and have a full culinary experience — and that includes enjoying cocktails made with balsamic vinegar. Leah Jones, who owns the shop with her husband Coby, chatted with Women of Cincy about her love for Cincinnati, the We Olive franchise, cocktails, and turning passions and inspirations into careers.