Sea of Change: Native Like Water
Did you know surfing started as an Indigenous sport? After Spanish colonizers displaced Native...
HERSTORY: Rita Moreno
Rita Moreno is the first and only Latina to have ever won a Peabody,...
Black Women Aren’t Allowed To Be Introverted
“I don’t think Sequoia likes me,” is something I’ve heard secondhand my entire life,...
Ismael Loutfi Talks Netflix’s ‘Patriot Act’ and His Hopes For the Future of Mus...
Ismael Loutfi has always been religious. Truth be told, he feels he’s become more...
Redefining Beauty with Cholas x Chulas | BESE Meets
With Cholas x Chulas, Nydia aims to create beauty products that appeal to the...
Real Talk: Sage Adams
Congratulations to the winner of our pilot competition, Ambar Navarro! Watch the first video...
Breaking Glass: The Fashion Model
Meet Jillian Mercado—one of the only professional models at the top of her industry...
Be You: Alok Vaid-Menon
This writer and performance artist is fighting for a world where all people are...
Be You: Gabriela Ruiz
In her latest installation, Haus, multidisciplinary artist Gabriela Ruiz uses sculpture and performance to...
State of Mind: Finding My Therapist of Color
Spoken word poet Yesika Salgado performs a beautiful piece about her search for a...
Be You: Fabian Guerrero
By photographing queer, brown men in traditional Norteño garb, Fabian Guerrero is reconciling his...
State of Mind: My Relationship with Self-Harm
Spoken word poet Matthew Cuban tells us about his complicated relationship with self-harm, and...
Be You: Nena Soul Fly
Nena Soul Fly shows us how adornment challenges mainstream perceptions of beauty—ultimately asking us...
Be You: Sebastian Hernandez
Artist Sebastian Hernandez shows us what movement and liberation mean to her.
BESE Meets: Melissa Barrera and Mishel Prada
BESE challenged Vida co-stars Melissa Barrera and Mishel Prada to interview each other—while taking...
BESE Meets: Lilian Martinez
Visual artist Lilian Martinez creates worlds that feel comfortable and beautiful for women of...