Giadha A. DeCarcer | Founder & CEO, New Frontier Data

by Windy Borman | Jul 20, 2016 | Mary Janes Blog, Meet the Puffragettes

Giadha A. DeCarcer is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of New Frontier Data, the premier data, analytics, and technology firm specializing in the global cannabis industry, delivering solutions that enable investors, operators, advertisers, brands, researchers,...

What is The “Male Gaze”?

by Windy Borman | Jul 18, 2016 | Featured Article, Mary Janes Blog, Notes from the Director

The concept of the “Male Gaze” was first developed by feminist film critic Laura Mulvey in her 1975 essay entitled “Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema”. “The Male Gaze” is the way visual arts depict the world and women from a...

Laila Makled | National Cannabis Festival

by Windy Borman | Jul 13, 2016 | Mary Janes Blog, Meet the Puffragettes

Laila R. Makled is the VP of Operations at Breeze Distro, a house of brands based in Oakland, CA* that uplifts and resonates within Black and Brown communities while building inclusive supply chains to ensure participation from underrepresented groups in the cannabis...

“Weediquette”, Gender Parity, and the Puffragette Movement

by Windy Borman | Jul 11, 2016 | Mary Janes Blog, Notes from the Director, Reasons We Need a film about Women in Cannabis

Recently, Weediquette ran it’s “Mary Janes” episode, which featured the women who are building the foundation of the cannabis industry–like our amazing Puffragettes Jane West, Jazmin Hupp, Julianna Carella and Sabrina Fendrick–and gave them a national...

Lindsay Robinson | Executive Director, California Cannabis Industry Association

by Windy Borman | Jul 6, 2016 | Mary Janes Blog, Meet the Puffragettes

Lindsay Robinson is the Executive Director of the California Cannabis Industry Association, the most influential statewide trade association representing the cannabis industry. CCIA was instrumental in passing the Governor’s trailer bill and SB 94, which reconciled...